| ABOVE: | Heaven, God |
| ABYSS: | Womb of the earth, subconscious |
| ACE: | Gift, new consciousness |
| ACORN: | Fertility, spiritual growth |
| ADAM: | Humanity, earth life |
AIR: | Rules mind, spirit, masculine element, breath of life, speech |
| AKASHA: | Record of experiences, karma |
| ALLIGATOR: | Connected with water, serpents, creative visions and strength |
| ANGEL: | Hidden forces, heavenly messages Messengers Raphael - super conscious, angel of air, healer, charity Michael – angel of fire and sun, protection Gabriel - angel of water, calls to God, strength |
| ANIMALS: | Five senses, emotions, desires, instincts |
| ANKH: | A symbol of life, associated with the Phallus Also known as the Crux Ansata Formed from the male (Osiris) and female (Isis) symbols Union of heaven and earth, masculine and feminine A key for unlocking the mysteries of life With eagle - freedom from bondage |
| APPLE: | Earthly desires, fruitfulness, ripeness, nourishment |
| APPLE TREE: | Tree of Knowledge |
| ARCH: | A new life or beginning, fresh insights, a birth portal |
| ARMOR: | Protection, defensiveness |
| ARROW: | Direct will, the rays of the Sun,thoughts, messages |
| ASH: | Rebirth, letting go of the ego, transform |
| AURA: | Energy, force field around the body |
| AURABORA: | Enlightenment, purity of thought, promise of peace |
| BAT: | Wings – Underworld, shadow self, hidden / repressed desires, rebirth |
| BATTLEMENTS: | struggles, gateway to beyond |
| BEARD: | Masculinity, strength White Beard - age and wisdom |
| BEES: | Visions and perception, Order, sociability, royalty, wealth, the soul |
| BELOW: | Earth, human desires, earthly ways |
| BELLS: | Cosmic harmonies, The connection between heaven and earth, water symbol |
| BELT: | Limitation, time, a vow, initiation Girding the Loins - preparation of a task or journey |
| BIRD: | Messengers, freedom, spirit of air, ideas, possibilities |
| BLINDFOLD: | Not focused on materialism, inner vision, faith, blind to reality |
| BLOOD: | Life, vital power, energy |
| BOAT: | A personal journey or progress through life.The relationship of conscious to unconscious, adventure, moving away from past, travel, rescue |
| BOAZ & JACHIN: | Pillars which according to tradition stood at either end of the Temple Veil in Jerusalem before the destruction of the Temple and the Jewish captivity in Babylon. They represent severity and mercy or matter and spirit |
| BOOK: | Record of truth, measure of time, memories, akasha, Torah Knowledge, wisdom |
| BREAD: | Flesh, the body, life substance |
| BREATH: | Ego, solar and lunar energies, inspiration, spirit, life |
| BRIDGE: | The threshold between two realms, The ability to overcome and move forward from situation |
| BULL: | Sign of Taurus, the element of Earth, masculine, stability, strength and power |
| BUTTERFLY: | Element of air, transformation, temporariness, lightness of being |
| CADUCEUS: | Moral balance, healing energies, two entwined serpents indicate sickness and health, Kundalini |
| CANDLESTICK: | Seven candles, chakras, spine |
| CANOPY: | Protection, mind |
| CAT: | Sensuality, passion, grace, perception, intuition, hidden aspects Black Cat - shadows of self |
| CAVE: | Journey into the unknown |
| CHAIN: | Restrictions, limitations, boundaries |
| CHALICE: | The Cup of Life, the Grail, A female symbol, open, receptive |
| CHARIOT: | Human personality, which can be a vehicle for the expression of self, movement |
| CHILD: | Innocence, joy, curiosity, simplicity, potential |
| CIRCLE: | Spirit, eternity, circles of manifestation, wholeness, perfection, heaven, The Sun, The Moon, self contained. |
| CIRCLE in a SQUARE: | The unity within the Quaternary of elements, the Freemasonry concept of "Squaring the Circle." |
| CITY: | Security, society, support |
| CLOUDS: | The changing natures of the mind, thoughts |
| CLOVER: | Domestic virtue and good luck, trinity |
| COLORS: | Black – mystery, unknown, shadows of self, hidden aspects, rebirth Blue - peace, life, intuition, subconscious mind, emotions, expression, communication Brown - Earth, grounding, honesty Gold - enlightenment, soul power Green - healing, growth, earth, abundance, stability Grey - balance of opposites, neutrality or uncertainty Purple – enlightenment, luxury, psychic energies, imagination, spirituality Red - courage, vitality, passion, action, energy, action, desires, ego Silver - magnetic, mystical, protection White - truth, perfection, purity, rebirth, unity, source of all things Yellow - knowledge, intellect, will power, emotional intelligence, harmony, happiness |
| COSMIC LEMNISCATE: | A symbol of eternal life and dominion Harmonious interaction of the conscious and subconscious, idea and feeling, desire and emotion |
| CRAB: | The sign of Cancer, The fertilizing power of water, materialization of emotions |
| CRAYFISH: | Unconscious mind, the early stages of unfolding, primordial and primitive, triggers journey |
| CRESCENT: | Soul |
| CROSS: | Solar cross - with equal arms indicates union of male (positive) and female (negative), union with God, balanced energy Triple cross - intellectual and physical worlds, divine, generative power |
| CROSSED CIRCLES: | The Golden Dawn used the crossed circle to represent CHOKMAH |
| CROSSED KEYS: | Silver and gold representing the lunar and solar currents of energy |
| CROSSED SWORDS: | Fighting, battle, hardship |
| CROWN: | Mastery, attainment, royal status, divinity, priesthood, creativity, the formative and material word, may be set against the cosmic purpose Kether Triple Crown - The Three Worlds: Heaven, Hell and Earth |
| CRUX ANSATA: | The ankh |
| CRYSTAL: | Healing, insight, clarity |
| CUBE: | The square in three dimensions, Earth, order and measurement, that which was, is and shall be, material manifestation, physical world Half Cube - only the visual sensory side of reality is being seen |
| CUPID: | Choice |
| CUPS: | Symbol of knowledge and preservation, love, pleasure and enjoyment, associated with water Silver - the subconscious Gold - the conscious |
| CUIRASS: | The protective power of creative imagination |
| CYPRESS TREE: | Sacred to Venus, wisdom, Chokmah |
| DANCER: | Rhythm, attainment, victory, celebration |
| DECAGRAM: | A ten-pointed star Unity, spiritual achievement, death, perfection, or totality (of the self, the Universe) |
| DESERT: | Lack of substance or life, emptiness |
| DIAMOND: | Wealth, clarity in thoughts |
| DOG: | Guardian, loyalty, companion to man, helper, domestication, the, conscious |
| DOLPHIN: | Joy, gentleness, intelligence, playful, intuition |
| DOOR: | Portal, entrance, new opportunity |
| DOVE: | Peace, Holy Spirit, bird of Venus, eternal love |
| EAGLE: | Higher thought power, aspiration, hope, expansive, masculine, strength Bridge between heaven and earth. |
EARTH: | Concrete physical manifestation, feminine and frequently maternal |
| EAST: | Within, hidden, interior |
| EDEN: | Paradise, solar plexus |
| EGG: | Immortality and resurrection, the cosmic egg is the world egg, containing all levels of creation, ideas, seed forms The Egg with the Serpent around it - wisdom producing or nursing life With wings - spiritual life or life ascending |
| EVE: | Feminine principle, receptivity, soul, feeling |
| EYE: | Open – awareness Closed- inward looking |
| FALCON: | Swiftness, strength, wisdom, clear sight |
| FAN: | Related to the Moon, a symbol of power or authority as well as of air, wind and the celestial kingdoms |
| FEATHER: | Wind, air and freedom |
| FEET: | Support, progress, comprehension, One in water, the other on land – union of opposites |
| FEMALE: | The subconscious mind |
| FENCE: | Limitation |
| FIELD: | Substance, space for growth, potential |
| FIGURE EIGHT ON ITS SIDE: | Cosmic lemniscates, harmonious interaction between conscious and subconscious, between life and feeling, desire and emotion, dominion over the material, eternal life |
FIRE: | Element of Fire, action, purification, renewal |
| FISH: | Symbol of ordination of dedication to spiritual service, creativity, increase, ideas Universal subconscious. Arising from one's own subconscious, idea or thought |
| FIXED SIGNS: | Fixed conditions in the mind or on earth |
| FLAME: | Spirit, action |
| FLOWERS: | Spiritual thoughts, love, happiness, fertility, essence, growth |
| FLYING: | Telepathy, messengers, mental thoughts |
| FOUNTAIN: | Peace, rest, spiritual strength or nourishment, the Water of Life (Inner Life, Celestial Life or Eternal Life) coming forth in abundance to give strength |
| FRANKINCENSE: | Consecration, spirituality, love |
| GARDEN: | Solar plexus, substance, Earth, sub-consciousness, abundance, growth |
| GATE: | The meanings of door or window with the additional connotation of keeping the wild and unfamiliar out and the tame and known in, new path |
| GENTILES: | Worldly thoughts |
| GLOBE: | Cosmic egg, universe, travel, worldly Winged Globe - transcendence, knowledge |
| GOAT: | Capricorn, linked to Pan, playful, trickster |
| GOLD: | Metal of the sun |
| GRAPES: | Pleasure, abundance, life, celebration |
| HALO: | Auric egg, spiritual force, light of truth, radiance |
| HAWK: | The soul |
| HAND: | Right - positive, masculine Left - negative, feminine |
| HEAD: | Crown, place of intellect, mind |
| HEART: | Any symbol in the shape of a heart represents sub conscious, emotions and seat of judgment Pierced with an Arrow - conjunction, painful emotions |
| HEIGHTS: | Spiritual ascendancy |
| HERMAPHRODITE: | Union of opposites, complete |
| HERMIT: | Inner teacher, higher self |
| HEXAGON: | Six-sided geometrical figure |
| HEXAGRAM: | Six-pointed Star, the Shield of Solomon Magical power, witchcraft, union of the triangles of water and fire, a hermaphroditic symbol, the human soul perfected |
| HIPPOGRIFF: | A composite mythological animal formed from a Gryphon (Head of an Eagle, body and hind quarters of a Lion) and a Horse Union of Fire (Lion) Earth (Horse) and Air (Eagle |
| HOLLY: | masculine |
| HORNS: | Penetrating, strength |
| HORSE: | Vitality,, controlled, harness element and put in force to move forward Winged - Solar power, intellect |
| HORUS's EYE | Formulate ideas |
| HOURGLASS: | Time passing, but also relates to the lemniscate, an hourglass on its side, which is a symbol of infinite time |
| IBIS: | Vigilance, immortal life, thought, the mind |
| ICE: | Frozen mental attitude |
| IRIS: | Greek goddess of the rainbow, A flower sacred to the sun, feminine |
| JACHIN & BOAZ : | Pillars which according to tradition stood at either end of the Temple Veil in Jerusalem before the destruction of the Temple and the Jewish captivity in Babylon They represent severity and mercy or matter and spirit |
| JACKAL: | Untamed, wild selves, excess of passion and uncontrolled emotions, desires |
| JESTER: | The court fool |
| JEWELS: | Love and wisdom, wealth, richness |
| KEYS: | That which opens, frees, allows and (conversely) closes, imprisons and forbids, open of the mysteries Crossed Keys - A symbol of the Pope and of Papal Authority, Keys of St. Peter, hidden doctrine, one silver and one gold meaning solar and lunar current in radiant energy |
| KUNDALINI: | Seven chakras rising up the spine, serpent fire |
| LADDER: | Climbing ropes, beanstalks or pine trees the variants are many and the meaning usually the same: a vertical bridge between Heaven and Earth, leading to perfection, kundalini, roadway to the gods |
| LAMB: | Intellect, loving, obedience |
| LAME: | Lacking understanding or progress, disabled thoughts |
| LAMP: | Intelligence, spiritual light, light center in the heart |
| LANTERN: | Light of intellect, search for truth, a seeker, a lost one |
| LAUREL WREATH: | Symbol of victory, accomplishments, the journey is circular |
| LEAD: | Labour, responsibility, metal of Saturn |
| LEAFLESS TREE: | Trefoil flames of the 12 sings of the zodiac, each divided into three decans, The tree of life |
| LEAVES: | Vitality, growth |
| LEFT: | Sinister (Latin for left) and sneakiness |
| LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY: | Female, receptive, past, subconscious mind |
| LEMNISCATE: | A Figure 8 on its side, Infinity in Mathematics and Eternity or Infinity in occult studies |
| LIGHTING: | Masculine, positive |
| LIGHTING FLASH: | Revelation, divine power, shock, truth, reality, inspiration, life power |
| LILY: | Purified thoughts and spiritual development, purity of thought and actions |
| LINGAM and YONI: | Male/female, procreation,pleasure |
| LION: | Fire element, the Sun, Mars, power, action, courage, desire, primal self, pride, nobility, individuality. |
| LIZARD: | Wisdom, silence |
| LOTUS: | Divine knowledge, mystic center, crown chakra, purity, peace, evolution, the intersection of Heaven and Earth, the Universe, the completion of a created being into a single unified whole, union of opposites, broadened consciousness. |
| MALE: | The conscious mind |
| MALTESE CROSS: | The coming together of different forces |
| MANDALA: | Circular symbol, simple order in creation, all thing move to or from the center |
| METALS: | Gold, silver, mercury, lead, copper, tin, iron, refers to the planets |
| MIRROR: | Judgment, reflection, seeing beyond |
| MIRROR of VENUS: | Solar cross surmounted by a circle, symbol of planet Venus, indicates fertility |
| MONKEY: | Thoth – Wisdom, curiosity, mischief |
| MOON: | Feminine astrological symbol of personality, subconscious mind, reflected light of subconscious, fruitfulness, generosity, female cycles, inner knowing, renewal. |
| MOUNTAINS: | Challenges, overcoming obstacles, realization, path leading to the heights, abstract thought, journey |
| MOUTH: | Communication, consciousness expressed |
| NORTH: | Darkness, unknown, ignorance, hidden |
| NORTHEAST: | The direction of the unknown |
| NUDITY: | Truth, natural, innocence |
| NUMBERS: | 0 -Infinity, beginning and end, journey, eternal energy, super consciousness, free from limitation 1- Masculine, the seed, birth,initiation, individuality, related to the sun, fire and action. 2. Partnership, duality, attraction and union of opposites, yin yang, unity through knowledge of contrasts, separation and reconciliation, life giving maternal energy, imagination, reflection, intuition.Associated with water and Moon 3 - Child, creation from 1 and 2, mother and father. Expansion in life, breath, creativity, expression, communication (speaking) Associated with Air and Jupiter. 4. Material world. Solid. Square and cube. Organization. 4 human functions – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. 4 points – North, East, South, West. Associated with Earth and The Earth. 5. Active, inventive creative, flexible, freedom and information. Associated Ether and Mercury. 6. Number of days in creation, 6 point star representing humanity and God. Art and service. Associated with Earth and Venus. 7. Visible planets, days of the week, day of rest, colours of the rainbow, chakras, 7 branches of the menorah, the sacred Hebrew candelabrum. Dreams, and meanings of life. Associated with Air and Neptune. 8. Cube, 3 dimensional material world with fourth dimension of time. Symbol of eternity. Will and power. Associated with Water and Saturn 9.Completion and endings, final turn of the wheel of fortune before it starts a new cycle. Highest single number, most refined and developed. Action, Associated with Fire and Mars. |
| OCTAGON: | A symbol of regeneration, it is mid-way between the square and the circle (Terrestrial and celestial order) As a geometric figure it is derived from the octagram. Totality, regeneration, rebirth. |
| OCTAGRAM: | An eight-pointed Star, frequently employs a pair of implied Greek Crosses in its structure, therefore combines the meanings of Cross and Star The Cross is symbolic of balance between opposites and a Fire symbol The Star is significant of the forces of the Spirit fighting against darkness and of the Collective Unconscious Equilibriumof opposing forces of destruction |
| OIL: | Love, plenty, peace, vital fluid, illumination, spirit |
| OVAL: | Horizontal - A halo, symbol of Godhood on Earth Vertical - The Egg, Creation |
| OWL: | Wisdom, knowledge |
| OX: | Strong, patient, self-sacrificing |
| PAPAL TRIPLE CROWN: | The lower trefoil design represents the lower material world. The middle represents the formative world. The top tier represents the creative world |
| PATH: | States of becoming, steps to the heights, spiritual attainments, esoteric knowledge, journey |
| PEACOCK: | Immortality, the immortal soul, twilight, the night stars, psychic duality nurtured by unity |
| PEARLS: | Wisdom, the soul, combination of fire and water, associated with the Moon |
| PENTACLE: | The suit Pentacles in the Tarot is made up of three elements: the Circle, Pentagram, and Coin. |
| PENTAGON: | The Geometric figure derived from the Pentagram, the significance of the Star but is directly 'physical' in its effects, the binding or confining of a kind of physical power |
| PENTAGRAM: | The prime symbol for power confined or constrained, Earth and Heaven combinedThe seal of Solomon, five pointed star, symbol of the world made flesh, expressing mind's domination over the elements, represents order or confusion depending on the direction of its points, figure of man, relates to Hierophant.Inverted - earth, the material |
| PHOENIX: | Grace, rising from the ashes of experience, transformation |
| PILLAR: | Duality, support, firm, Earth connecting men and everything below with Gods and all that is above White - positive aspect of life, light, Jachin, principle inherent in all things, mercy Black - inertia, darkness, Boaz, negation of activity, severity |
| POMEGRANATE: | Female seeds, goddess, fertility, sexuality, secret knowledge, rebirth |
| POOL: | Womb, substance, receptivity, female symbol |
| PRECIPICE: | Stepping down from spiritual heights to physical manifestation |
| PURPLE: | Spirituality, penitence, and forgiveness |
| PYRAMID: | Earth in the material aspect, triangular shaped face of the pyramid suggests the threefold principle of creation, Eternal. Guided by the star Sirius. |
| RABBIT: | Fertility, associated with the Moon |
| RAINBOW: | Sign of good fortune, perfection, possibilities, bridge of heaven and earth, spiritual and manifest, broad spectrum |
| RAM: | Assertive, noble, physically strong, will power, leadership, symbol of Aries. |
| RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY: | Male, out going, future, aware, conscious mind |
| ROCKS | Challenges, inflexible |
| ROD: | Mastery, discipline |
| ROSE: | Heart, perfection, passion |
| ROTA: | Royal road, wheel, karma |
| SALAMANDER: | Fire element, able to live in midst of fire |
| SCALES: | Balanced judgment, equilibrium, the symbol of Libra |
| SCEPTER: | Related to all of the following: Cross, wand, club, thunderbolt, sword, phallus, Thor's hammer and the arrow Straightforward Earthly power is its main implication, fertility or implied physical force |
| SCROLL: | Akasha, hidden mysteries, divine law, past events impressed upon the subconscious |
| SEA: | All potentials, universal principles |
| SERPENT: | Symbol of wisdom, secrecy, serpent biting its tail represents the law of endless transformation, infinity and eternity. Radiant energy descending into manifestation, consciousness, desire |
| SHELL: | 'Good luck' scallops that were carried on pilgrimages |
| SHOES: | One's understanding |
| SILVER: | Metal of the moon |
| SIX: | Symbolic of the union between Fire and Water and therefore of the human soul, ambivalence and effort, the cessation of effort. |
| SKIRT: | When divided into eight parts, each decorated with geomantic symbols it represent dominion over terrestrial forces |
| SNAKE: | Feminine, wisdom, bringer of knowledge, magical power, cunning, transmutation, end is the beginning. Two Headed Snake - conflict between equals |
| SOLAR CROSS: | Solar symbol of balance of forces |
| SPHERE: | Rotation, cyclic, creative motion, perfection, Sun, Moon |
| SPHINX: | Ancient wisdom holds the riddle of human existence, guardian of the temple, gatekeeper of hidden mysteries. Made up of four primary astrological signs; man, bull, lion and eagle. |
| SPIRAL: | Source of life, rising in consciousness, creative force |
| SPOKES: | Universal radiant energy |
| SQUARE: | Limitation, solidity of Earth, foundation, stability |
| ST. ANDREW'S CROSS: | A cross in the form of the Greek Letter 'X', the union of the upper and lower worlds |
| STAFF: | Sign of power, authority, journeying Raised – Power of mind |
| STAIRS: | Rising to a higher state of consciousness |
| STARS: | Sixth sign of the Zodiac, spirit, truth, guiding light Five-pointed - star of the Magi, symbol of man Six-pointed - shield of Solomon, magical power, union of the elements, human soul perfected, dominion over the laws of the great world Seven-pointed - mysticism, wisdom, spirituality Eight-pointed - radiant cosmic energy, power and material success In sevens - the seven main Chakra points of the body, or the seven ancient planets Fifteen-pointed - symbolic of Spirit, 15 is associated with the Devil and of a markedly erotic nature Sixteen-pointed - Stars tend to indicate their proximity to God or Heaven by the number of points which they have, this Star is closer to God than a four-pointed Star |
| STONE: | Conscious union with truth on the physical plane, challenges |
| STREAM: | Thought currents, sub-consciousness, forever flowing of consciousness, past |
| SUN: | Source of light, radiant energy, life giving, immortality Sun in Glory - sun with rays at the Cardinal and Ordinal points, symbolizes the majesty of the sun and its power |
| SUNFLOWER: | Sacred to the sun, glowing energy, vitality, happiness |
| SWORD: | Protection, knowledge, mind, constructive or destructive activity, elimination of outworn forms, bravery, freedom Upward - victory Double edged - action destroys as well as builds, and the false must be cut away from the true Broken Blade - As a symbol of manhood, the broken blade represents castration. As a symbol of bravery and freedom, the broken sword symbolizes fear and imprisonment |
| SQUASH(Garden Vegetables) | Harvest, celebration or working towards the harvest |
| TAILS: | Animal aspects of self |
| TAU CROSS: | Cross in the form of the letter 'T' or Tau, also called St. Anthony's Cross or the Egyptian Cross, external life |
| TEMPLE: | House of God, body, self |
| TEN: | Perfection, beginning a new cycle, completion, over completion, decadence, death |
| TENT: | Temporary structure, transitory building |
| THIRD EYE: | The stone, clairvoyance, golden flower |
| THRESHOLD: | Entering new way, crossing |
| THROAT: | Desire, Venus center, speech |
| THUMBS: | Ability, will, practical |
| THUNDERBOLT: | lighting flash, celestial fire, sudden change / realisation |
| TOMB: | Peaceful rest, opportunity for renewal, rebirth |
| TORA: | Wisdom, in the Jewish religion the Law, specifically the Ten Commandments given to Moses on Sinai and written in letters of black fire on skins of white fire. Personification of the Law, a Woman or Angel, who intercedes twice for mankind |
| TOWER: | Human thoughts, personality, misapprehension, personal isolation, Two Towers – Gateways, choices, decisions |
| TREE: | Sheltering, strength, nourishing, spine, regeneration Evergreen - everlasting Fir - elevation, nobility Oak - strength, integrity, honour Olive - passion Palm - healing, victory, help Pine - humanities |
| TREE OF KNOWLEDGE: | Conscious choice of knowledge and the transformations and separations that inevitably follow. |
| TREE OF LIFE: | A diagram of Creation showing the Divine manifesting itself downward to the lowest levels of existence and back upward again. In Kabbalistic interpretations of the Tarot each card is related to one of the 10 points on the Tree or to one of the 20 Paths which connect the points Nerves, spinal column, masculine, roots, centered solar plexus, absolute life principle, spiritual point of balance, secret of immortality, to ultimately attain completion and eat the fruit growing in the illusionary garden of worldly things |
| TREFOILS: | Trinity |
| TRIANGLE: | Threefold nature of the universe Pointing Upward - a sign of Fire, male, life, spiritual Pointing Downward - a sign for Water, feminine, receptive, lunar Pointing Left – movement from passive to active pointing Right – movement: active towards inner Triangle of Spirit - Points upward, often from within a square, the three of the triangle added to the four of the square add up to seven |
| TRIPLE CROSS: | The Pope's vicarage over Heaven, Earth and Hell |
| TRIPLE CROWN: | The Three Worlds, knowledge and wisdom |
| TRIPLE STAFF: | Spirit, soul and body |
| TRUMPET: | Power of sound, Trumpet blast - the creative word that liberates man from material limitations |
| UNICORN: | Innocence, moral purity, mystery |
| URNS: | Temporary containers, life fluid Silver - soul, feminine Gold - spirit, masculine |
| URIM and THUMMIN: | Truth, perfection, revelation, light |
| VALLEY: | Field of experience, opportunities, potential |
| VASES: | Transformation, astral fluid, womb |
| VEIL: | Cover for hidden mysteries, illusions, self deceit, gateway to the other side |
| VINE: | Abundance, wisdom, life |
| WAND: | Will and magical power, continual renewal of life, phallic significance In a pair - the powers of involution and evolution |
| WALL: | Man made limitation, boundaries, security |
WATER: | Universal substance, subconscious, cleansing, emotions, manifested, purification, intuition, receptivity and the subconscious Five rivulets - the five senses Calm water - calm emotions, reflection, Flowing Water– free flowing emotions, sharing and expression emotions, Turbulent Water – emotion disharmony |
| WATER LILIES: | Eternal life |
| WEST: | Past, solar plexus |
| WHEAT: | Fertility, wholesomeness, death/rebirth of seasons |
| WHEEL: | Cycles, motion, chakras, whole cycle of cosmic expression, the Sun and its motion and power, change through choice Eight Spokes, Eight Pointed Star - the channels of universal radiant energy, spirit, a fifth element Center or Pivot - the archetypal or thought world Inner Circle - creative Middle - formative Outer - material |
| WINDOW: | The going in and coming out of the mind, soul and spirit, “mind over matter” Meaning affected by the number of panes and shape Square - established order |
| WINE: | Vitality in soul and body, life, spirit, blood |
| WINGED DISK: | Inspiration |
| WINGS: | Free from material limitations, flight into the unknown, power to transend. |
| WOLF: | Destructive and untamed consciousness, the manifestations of nature before man tamed and civilized them, the conscious |
| WORLD: | Archetypal - ideal, creative, formative, Travel, Matter - Earth |
| WREATH: | Attainment, spiritual, force of nature, praise, victory, the kingdom of growing things, success, acquired wisdom Forming an 'O', unity and eternity |
| Y: | Three in one, three paths |
| YOD: | Drops of light, dew from heaven, the descent of spirit, Hebrew letter symbolizing the hands, betokens power, skill, dexterity Blessings, small sparks of fire, leaves or droplets of water Life force from above |
| YOKE: | Two paths, male/female, yoga |
| ZODIAC: | Characteristics of humanity, symbols of the cycles of existence |
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