Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Sun: Alchemy and Hermeticism: A symbol used with many different meanings, including but not limited to, gold, citrinitas, sulfur, the divine spark of man, nobility and incorruptibility. Sun cross: Iron Age religions and later gnosticism and neo-paganism. An ancient pagan symbol of the sun, adopted by gnostics, neopagans and occultists.
The ancient Mesopotamian "star of Shamash" could be represented with either eight wavy rays, or with four wavy and four triangular rays. The Vergina Sun (also known as the Star of Vergina, Macedonian Star, or Argead Star) is a rayed solar symbol appearing in ancient Greek art from the 6th to 2nd centuries BC. The Vergina Sun appears in art ...
The Sun is classed as a G2 star, [66] meaning it is a G-type star, with 2 indicating its surface temperature is in the second range of the G class. The solar constant is the amount of power that the Sun deposits per unit area that is directly exposed to sunlight.
A green lion consuming the Sun is a common alchemical image and is seen in texts such as the Rosary of the Philosophers. The symbol is a metaphor for aqua regia (the green lion) consuming matter (the Sun), gold. In alchemical and Hermetic traditions, suns are used to symbolize a variety of concepts, much like the Sun in astrology.
Star of David, or Jewish Star, a hexagram symbolizing Israel, Judeans, and/or Jews; properly speaking, this "star" is called the "Shield of David," (Magen David), while the pentagram is the "Star of David." Note that this is a cultural, rather than religious symbol. Star of Lakshmi, a Hindu symbol associated with the goddess Lakshmi
In his work titled Essays upon the Mathematics of Mordente: One Hundred and Sixty Articles against the Mathematicians and Philosophers of this Age (Prague: 1588), [2] Italian philosopher, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist Giordano Bruno used the unicursal hexagram symbol to represent Figura Amoris ("figure of love") [2] part of the Hermetic trinity in his mathesis.
Pole star worship was also forbidden among the inhabitants of the capital and nearby areas when the imperial princess made her way to Ise to begin her service at the shrines. Nevertheless, the cult of the pole star left its mark on imperial rituals such as the emperor's enthronement and the worship of the imperial clan deity at Ise Shrine. [50]
Three star or three stars is a grading received in a star classification scheme. Three star or three stars may also refer to: Three Stars (Chinese constellation), a group of seven stars; Three stars (ice hockey), triple equivalent of "man of the match" in other sports; Three Stars (militant group), a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka