Signs of fate - how to recognize the tips of higher powers and use them correctly. Symbol Spring

Send your good work in the knowledge base is simple. Use the form below

Students, graduate students, young scientists who use the knowledge base in their studies and work will be very grateful to you.

Posted on http://www.allbest.ru/

MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGIES AND MANAGEMENT THEM. K. G. RAZUMOVSKY (FIRST COSSACK UNIVERSITY)

TOPIC:

« Symbols and signs in life of people"

WORK COMPLETED

FETISOVA ANASTASIA 1 COURSE 1 GROUP

TEACHER VOROBYEVA ALINA ANDREEVNA

Sign is a materially expressed replacement of objects, phenomena, concepts in the process of information exchange in a team.

Symbol- this is a sign, an image of some object or animal, to indicate the quality of the object; symbol any concepts, ideas, phenomena.

Sometimes a sign and a symbol differ, because, unlike a sign, a deeper social-normative (spiritual) dimension is attributed to the symbol.

Symbols and signs are an integral part of esoteric secret knowledge, which is ambiguous and accessible to a few. It is based on the principle: he will understand who gets the maximum from the minimum, i.e., he will understand who can read in the language of symbols and signs. Symbols are the language in which the Gods speak to people. For example, the simple symbols "cross" and "circle" embody the global idea of the creation and evolution of the world.

What is symbolism? Symbolism is the visible expression of an idea or thought. The original letter had no signs and the symbol expressed a whole phrase or sentence. The symbol is not an indication, but a hint. Not a cheat sheet, but a charade. Not a rule, but a search. Symbol is internal state transmitted by something or someone at any given time.

There are symbols in everything, but each symbol is interpreted differently by different people, for each person has his own key of symbolic interpretation. The multiplicity of meanings of the same symbols is an integral rule of symbolism. The symbol is necessarily lower than the thing it symbolizes.

Every day we all see thousands of signs around and do not always think about what meaning they hold in themselves and what impact they have. The world speaks to us in its own language - the language of symbols, colors, shapes, smells, the language of events and states. A person perceives the world in the language of the picture of the world that he has developed for himself and accepted as true. First, we perceive the world in the language of mythology and fairy tales, then in the language of science and culture.

State symbols of countries, symbols of flowers and plants, symbols of color, car emblems, currency signs and signs of the zodiac, logos, pentagrams, religious symbols accompany us everywhere and all the time. Symbols and signs have a history of tens of thousands of years. The secret language of symbols is the most valuable spiritual heritage of bygone eras, the wisdom of millennia, encrypted and conveyed to us in conventional signs.

Each character is fraught with some encoded information. The symbol is the key to the mystery.

Many generations of people different eras and cultures in the language of symbols expressed their state of mind, their worldview, their understanding of the great truths and secrets of being.

Sometimes the meaning of the symbol is quite obvious, such as the emblem of a heart pierced by an arrow, symbolizing love.

But what does the magic pentagram or the eye in the triangle mean? And in everything that a person does not understand, he is inclined to see a threat or experience fear in relation to the incomprehensible. But is it worth it to fence off the world with fear, or is it better to understand what he wants to say...

What does the insect want to tell us with its stripes or dots, what does the flower want to say with the size and color of the petals, smell and shape, what does the plant say with the size and shape of its leaves or the thickness of the trunk. The behavior of plants is natural and subject to the laws of life, conditions environment- the amount of sun and moisture to which it is adapted. But plants have also developed defense mechanisms - needles and thorns, poisonous juice and smell ...

The signs and symbols of humanity are sometimes the subject of a common agreement, and sometimes they hide knowledge and information rather than make it publicly available and understandable, or are information only for those who know and are initiated.

Humanreactsemotionally.

What is the reaction of a person when they see a sign or symbol? The person reacts emotionally, sensually. He does not comprehend the information, he feels it, and immediately, without critical evaluation and reflection, a state is born associated with the information perceived as a whole. Emotions are our response to the current situation, the task of a general strategy. Emotions determine the main direction: attack or hide, attack or flee, enjoy life or fall and play dead.

And the deepest and most intimate reason for this or that reaction to the influence of the outside world lies in the deep mechanisms of the work of human consciousness. The archetype in late antique philosophy is a prototype, an idea; the original, innate mental structures, images (motives) that make up the content of the so-called collective unconscious and underlie the universal symbolism of dreams, myths, fairy tales and other creations of fantasy, including art. According to Gödel's theorem, it is impossible to independently know anything that is more complex (smarter) than oneself. And this means that the archetypes are of extraterrestrial, non-human origin. A person has conceptual (symbolic) thinking. With the advent of archetypes-symbols, the humanoid became a rational person. The age of the archetypes is no less than the age of humanity.
Archetypes are things that can be expressed without words through gestures, interjections, allusions, or cues. Understanding them and knowing how to deal with them, you can encode the collective unconscious (our subconscious, soul) and provoke anything. It is a powerful and irresistible psychotronic weapon. With your thought, you can form trigger impulses in the information field (our subconscious) so that the same thoughts come into the heads of many people. This is not a fantasy.

Symbolsgreatworldreligions.

Hinduism - religion vital strength. Sacred sound "Om" beginning all religious texts, is universal generally accepted symbol Hinduism.

Taoism - doctrine about Ways life nature and person. Sign yin and Yan - symbol peace, in which day passes in night, a death in life.

Buddhism - doctrine about overcoming evil. Wheel law or rebirth human shower is main symbol Buddhism.

Christianity - Vera in the rescue souls person. Cross - basic symbol Christianity.

Judaism - treaty God and of people. Symbols Judaism - six-pointed star David and Sacred lamp.

Islam - religion purity. Crescent - symbol Islam

Exists lots of regions, G de we Can meet co signs and symbols: In logic and semantics:

"The Semantic Triangle »

In society:

In cartography:

In mathematics and programming:

Road signs:

In writing: Egyptian hieroglyphs/ Chinese character

sign symbol writing symbolism

In art:

ATliterature: A symbol in literature is primarily a connection. It combines the physical picture and its transcendent, metaphysical meaning, which suddenly, suddenly begins to “shine through” through the ordinary real, giving it the features of a different, ideal being. In other words, a symbol in literature is a sign or an object that obscures some other object, expressing its hidden essence and at the same time being a conductor of a system of ideas or ideas about the world that are characteristic of the one who uses this symbol; conditional expression of the essence of a phenomenon through the appearance, shape of another object, or even its internal qualities, in which case also becoming a "shape".

Objects, animals, well-known phenomena, for example, natural (“Thunderstorm” by Ostrovsky), signs of objects, actions, etc. can serve as a symbol in literature. Here are examples of symbols that have been stable in the history of culture: scales - justice, orb and scepter - monarchy, power; dove - peace, goat - lust, mirror - another world, lion - strength, courage, dog - devotion, donkey - stubbornness, rose - female beauty, lily - purity, innocence (in France, lily is a symbol of royal power).

All these objects, beings, and phenomena are given a symbolic character by culture. Due to him, they are also the basis of such an artistic device as allegory.

Lotus is a symbol of the deity and the universe among the Hindus. Bread and salt is a symbol of hospitality and friendship among the Slavs. Serpent - wisdom on the one hand and sin (Old Testament) - on the other. Cross - crucifixion, Christianity. Parabola - infinity. Morning symbolizes youth, blue color - hope (in the subject system, its symbol is an anchor). There are various series of symbols (objective, color, geometric, etc.). In different cultural systems, different signs can take on different meanings. So, in the gospel system, fish is a symbol of Christ, in Newest time they acquire a sensual, erotic meaning. Artistic images of heroes literary works due to their value existence in culture, they also acquire the character of a symbol in literature (for example, Prometheus, Odysseus, Orpheus, Hamlet, Don Juan, Casanova, Don Quixote, Munchausen, etc.).

Structurally, a symbol is close to an allegory, also consisting of two parts, however, both of its components (both what is symbolized and what symbolizes) exist in reality, while in allegory one component is usually a product of fantasy. A symbol always hides a hidden comparison, the connection of a transformed phenomenon with a domestic situation (object), a historical event (phenomenon).

AT fiction it can be considered one of the varieties of the artistic image, but usually it is perceived independently. It can be either an individual creation of one or another author (for example, Gogol’s “bird-troika”) or common to two or more authors (Balmont and Brodsky have a poet’s speech as a symbol of his personality as a whole), or a universal cultural unit. Thus, the symbol of the connection between life and death is the journey to the underworld and the return from it, which occurs in the works of folklore of the most ancient peoples and appears in the works of the authors of the New and Modern Ages. This symbol was used, for example, by Virgil, Dante, J. Joyce, Bryusov and other poets. In addition to the connection of the two polar worlds, it means the initiation of the soul due to the receipt of a complex spiritual experience, its immersion in darkness and further purification, awakening.

Inside the main symbol, poets develop their own particular symbolic system (it can also be considered as a system of metaimages, see Image). Such, for example, is the “swallow” in Mandelstam’s poetry, associated with a journey to the afterlife and with the search for a lively poetic word (see the poems “What the Grasshopper Clock Sings”, “Swallow”, “When Psyche-life descends to the shadows ... ").

The same symbols in literature can appear in different authors, introducing new shades of meanings that are transmitted from one poetic generation to another. For the authors, they add up to a single system in which each link is connected with others, each time repeating an artistic logic that is different from the ordinary.

ATdesign:

ATreligions:

Signszodiac:

Signssurrounduseverywhere,costsonlyclosertake a closer lookandlittle by littlelistentopeace,which theussurrounds,andstraightawaywill becomeclear,WHATstands forthatordifferentsymbol.

Hosted on Allbest.ru

...

What are signs of fate

How to recognize the secret question, by the way, is not particularly difficult. It is important to understand first of all what they are.

After all, not knowing that gold has value, a person will pass by, stomp on ingots and never bend down to pick it up. This is what we do when fate comes. We simply do not notice them, like some kind of barbarians. What to do, society does not consider it necessary to educate their children, talking about the important, about what really helps in life. Fortunately, there is now a turn in this sense. More and more information about what signs of fate are, how to recognize their essence and use them, appears. It's great that people perceive it, assimilate it, try to use it. Fate gives signs to a person in the most unusual ways. It depends on upbringing and worldview, even on the type of character. There is a right clue for everyone.

Where do the signs of fate come from

The theoretical aspect of the problem is far from being of concern to everyone. However, their application will be more meaningful if you understand who (or what) forms them. It is believed that wizards (the Lord, Angels or Higher Powers) are watching a person and at the right time throw up “signs of fate”.

How to recognize such a "message" is not at all clear, if we proceed from such a postulate. In fact, everything is much simpler and more complicated. Man himself is not the way we are accustomed to perceive him. In addition to consciousness, there is also a higher "I" (if not to complicate). So it takes on the role of an Angel, throwing up such clues that consciousness can understand. These are the signs of fate. How to recognize them, of course, you need to ask him. Namely, listen to intuition, which constantly quietly whispers its advice.

What to pay attention to

Now let's move on to practice. After all, it is she who interests those who wish to understand the secret signs of fate. The first thing you will need is to learn to control your perception of reality. One has only to remember once the case when this “sign” was fixed by consciousness, but did not take into account how everything would fall into place. I'll have to dig into my memory.

For example, Pierre-Simon, a well-known mathematician, told such a story. He was often robbed by street swindlers. He was fond of statistics and noticed that troubles occurred when his slippers did not turn out to be in the right place at night. He linked these two events, different in meaning, into one cause-and-effect series. Conclusion: the disappearance of slippers is a sign that on this day someone's thieving hand will get into his pocket. This is pretty much what happens to every person. Of course, slippers are not signs of fate for everyone. How to decipher your own "clues", you need to figure it out yourself, like the mathematician given in the example. Namely: observe and compare.

Unforeseen delays

Pay attention to annoying misunderstandings and accidents if you want to understand the signs of fate. How to recognize such events, we will show with an example. One American scientist conducted a study of the statistics of air crashes. He found that about fifteen percent of the passengers simply did not show up for the flight.

When they began to be questioned, it turned out that some of them were simply late, others did not motivate their behavior, and still others suddenly changed their minds. However, they all saved their lives! So think after such a study, what are unforeseen delays, if not signs of fate? How to decipher and apply similar clues in own life- clear. Don't be nervous if you get delayed. Know that there is no need to travel. Fate wants you to avoid a certain event. It is necessary to believe in it. Some researchers have even developed a system of rules that allows, if not recognizing, then correctly using “signs of fate”.

Confidence

You must understand that your plans are not always correct, desires are useful. If they encounter obstacles, then follow "fate", do not be stubborn. Those who seriously think about how to understand the signs of fate have come to a very simple conclusion-rule. It sounds like this: "whatever is done, everything is for the better." You have probably heard this many times and said it yourself. Make this principle fundamental, then life will seem more pleasant and comfortable. Also, the opposite often happens. Opportunities come when you don't expect them. Of course, they must be used. If you are made an unexpected offer that does not correspond to your current plans, remember if this is what you dreamed about five (ten, fifteen) years ago? Most likely, then you were more sincere and better understood what you truly want.

Mood

It is believed that optimism and enthusiasm are the real signs of fate. If what you are currently doing uplifts your mood, evokes pleasant emotions, then everything is going “as it should.” And vice versa. If doubts arise, the mood tends to the abyss, then stop, reconsider the motivation of your intentions. It is fate that speaks to you in such a refined language. You will begin to delve into these "subtle matters", listen to your mood, you will not have to figure out how to read the signs of fate. They are all the time in "your field of vision", even if only internal.

Information from outside

Sometimes clues come in the form of conversations or the printed word. If you remember a phrase uttered by a stranger, or an ad in a magazine, do not think that this is some kind of whim of the brain. This information did not come by chance. You need to think about what she is telling you. This can only be done by the person himself, based on specific life circumstances. No tips or advice will help here. It is important to understand that memory is selective. Since a certain word is “stuck” in it and does not leave, then it must be analyzed. It also happens that a person is worried about a certain problem. He constantly thinks about her, not daring to take a responsible step, to choose a course of action. At this moment, he can hear the conversation of third-party people, which will push him to "enlightenment".

Just be careful. Words come from strangers, from TV or computer screens. Sometimes these are not even phrases, but feelings that help create the right atmosphere for making a decision.

Signs of fate on the body

Another interesting moment. Fate is believed to be born with us. Some of her clues are encoded in the human body. It is customary to refer to such signs as moles, the shape of nails or eyebrows, and other individual features. There are even theories about how the fate of a person is connected with the color of eyes and hair. Not all of this is true, of course. But some features, of course, carry certain important information. These include They appear in those who are marked by the Lord. For example, if you have a triangle, in each corner of which there is a small mole, then reveal your talents! You definitely have them!

If you ask a simple layman what he can mean by the concept of "symbol", then he, most likely, will begin to give examples from life that are closest and most understandable to him, such as, for example, Mukhina's well-known sculptural group "Worker and Collective Farm Girl", symbolizing our Soviet yesterday, etc. And this is all true, but most do not even realize that the symbols in our lives can have a hidden esoteric or magical meaning. And it doesn’t matter whether a person knows about it or not, such a symbol will still affect him.
The choice of symbols for the state is especially important. In ancient times, the symbols were different, and they were chosen taking into account the impact on the psyche. Later they came into use as something inalienable and served to strengthen the statehood.
There are many symbols, but very few are currently known to be potent. There are varieties of magic that describe or at least mention such symbols. So, for example, images of flowers, plants or animals were used. Take a lilac or mustard flower. The shape of such a flower coincides with the shape of the cross, the most ancient, even pre-Christian, symbol. Therefore, the action of the form of such a flower is similar. At the sight of a mustard or lilac flower, a person (and even an animal) has a subconscious reaction of the body, laid down in ancient times, similar to the reaction to the symbol of the cross. Sometimes it is enough for a person to remember God, if he believes in him, of course, or about the cross, or simply cross himself. In all cases, the power of the cross will not be long in coming.
Other symbols have their own properties - images of flowers. Five-petalled flowers, usually from the borage family, greatly reduce the iodine content in the body. The effect is so significant that even a small amount of forget-me-not flowers can cause severe memory loss. Who knows this property of forget-me-nots, when giving, sometimes says: “Take flowers for joy, but look, don’t forget at least your name!” Knowing this extraordinary property of the five-petalled flowers of the borage family to reduce the iodine content and stupefy a person, the slave owners of ancient Rome hung five-pointed stars in places where slaves gathered. The slaves were so stupid that they could not even agree to organize protests. Later, five-pointed stars were further used as elements of symbolism, but it is unlikely that their harmful effects are known today.
Six-petalled flowers, on the contrary, strengthen the endocrine system and the body's defense against poisoning and the harmful effects of bacteria. Six-pointed stars have a very beneficial effect on the overall development of human society.
Eight-petal flowers, like stars, have an even more beneficial effect on the general condition of a person. They increase in him not only strength, dexterity, but also spirituality, and confidence in every business, and even in a life-threatening struggle.
There are symbols that depress the human psyche and even lead to illness and death. So, the skull and crossbones is a symbol of death. This symbol was once used by pirates.
According to some reports, the trident symbol first appeared in Egypt as a sign of the power of the sun god Ra, who was protected by three elements: Heaven, Earth and Sea. He left his son as his viceroy on Earth (the son of God Ra, or Ra, the founder of the fifth dynasty, the priest of Heliopolis, i.e. the viceroy of the Sun God). The image of the son of God Ra is presented in Egypt in the form standing man who turned his palms to the sky, elbows at shoulder level, forearms parallel to the body. In other words, the son of God Ra is depicted as a trident, the trident and the pose of a man - the son of God Ra - are one and the same. When the power of Egypt spread to almost the whole world, the symbol of obedience to Egypt was the appropriation of a trident as a coat of arms. It was placed on all shrines, stones, banners. Subsequently, Egypt became close to Rome, but the symbol of the power of Egypt spread not only in Italy, it also appears in the Crimea. Of course, it means sunshine, and people under the coat of arms of the trident can be called solar residents, i.e. strong, strong-willed, militant. The symbol, no doubt, is positive, but in the form in which Ukrainian artists draw it, it cannot be used. He still has a host and energetically feeds the egregor of Egypt. Therefore, it would not hurt to modify it at least a little, preserving in it the meaning of sunshine and life-affirmation.

Every symbol is multi-layered. The first semantic layer of the Moscow coat of arms is very unpretentious: the alien George the Victorious strikes a snake, which is a symbol of earthly forces. The second meaning is even more transparent: we will still show you all "Kuzkin's mother"! And the third is the triumph of righteousness over untruth, faith over unbelief, Orthodoxy over heterodoxy. The fourth semantic layer is the eternal overcoming of Satan, the enemy of God, and the defeat of the Earthly and underground Forces by the Heavenly Forces, similar to the defeat of Python by Apollo, Indra - Vritra, Shiva - Apasmara. God overcomes the Devil. The spear here symbolizes a celestial ray that strikes lightning. In other words, the coat of arms symbolizes the victory of the Forces of light, knowledge over the Forces of darkness, ignorance.
The coat of arms was invented and executed by Christians, who, as a rule, think in terms of “friend or foe”, “white-black”, i.e. a system of binary oppositions, and it is desirable that there be only one's own, white, light, goodness, etc. The idea of creating a magnet with one pole or the eternal pursuit of it, to tell the truth, has been around for many centuries, but more than one generation has grown up sawing the magnet and marveling at the indestructibility of the other pole.
The rider's spear is a celestial ray, lightning, the vajra of the Indians, but also the axis of the world, which is generally depicted vertically, the Diamond axis, on the poles of which are the Upper world, the Sky, and the Lower world, the underworld. We live in the middle. But there are no people on the Moscow coat of arms of the world. The coat of arms of Moscow captures the image of the victorious war of Heaven against the Underground Forces.
In addition to all that has been said, the stylized George the Victorious is a symbol of one of the Masonic societies and, serving as one of the elements state symbols, energetically de-energizes the pineal gland, and this, in turn, is reflected in the culture of the language and, by and large, in the national culture.
By the way, a good example negative impact Masonic symbolism is the symbolism of the one-dollar American bill. The energy emitted by this little piece of green paper is truly capable of making a person lose the ability to think soberly, when the very possibility of owning these banknotes sometimes makes people overstep such values as health and even life itself. Perhaps the secret lies in the symbolism and inscriptions located on the one-dollar bill.
For example, on the left side of the banknote there is an inscription: “The New Order for Ages”, and it is visually represented in the form of a Masonic truncated pyramid, over which a separate peak dominates, indicated by the symbol of the Masonic deity - “The Great Architect of the Universe”. Thus, it is given to understand which god the motto inscribed in the center of the banknote refers to: "We believe in God." The truncated pyramid itself, consisting of thirteen brick tiers, where each brick stands for a separate nation or state with its coin, symbolizes the incompleteness, inferiority of humanity without the all-powerful "top". The symbol of the dominating "top" - the triangular eye of the "Great Architect of the Universe" - is crowned with a Latin inscription of thirteen letters: "Annuit Coeptis", which unambiguously emphasizes that the chosen class is predestined to rule the world. This is also evidenced by the inscription below in English: “The Great Seal”, symbolizing, in accordance with a number of traditions, the ownership of the wealth and energy of the people’s labor by the owners of the Seal (see illustration).
Thirteen arrows in the left paw of the eagle on the right side of the banknote symbolize the knowledge and powers designed to pacify and, if necessary, kill enemies (rebellious subjects), therefore each of the thirteen arrows ideally threatens one of the thirteen tiers that form the pyramid of enslaved humanity.
Masonic symbols are also present on the Ukrainian five hundred hryvnia banknote, and - no wonder. After all, back in 2003, a scandal broke out in Ukrainian government circles, as a result of which several high-ranking officials were fired. The reason for this scandal was that the facts of belonging of many state officials of Ukraine to the Masonic Lodge of St. Stanislav were revealed to the public.
Here are just some examples of the use and influence of certain state symbols. The coat of arms and the flag are the very necessary symbols for the state, which should harmonize, biologize society and put it on the path of recovery, and the creation and use of such symbols should be treated responsibly.

Tatyana Timofeeva, practicing psychologist. You will find interesting articles about things and phenomena that we encounter every day and which we do not always attach importance to.

Symbols are signs that carry a certain meaning and influence us whether we believe in it or not. There are universal signs that came to us from ancient times and their use has been noticed in many cultures of the world. They carry a similar meaning, that is, symbolism, therefore they can be used by all peoples, and are called archetypal. For example, circle, cross, trident, swastika, pentagram...

There are also relatively young signs, which are based on archetypal symbols. These are religious: Catholic and orthodox crosses, Islamic crescent, Jewish star of David, Buddhist wheel of law, etc. Religious signs benefit only those who understand them and practice certain spiritual exercises (mantras, meditations, prayers).

Archetypal signs are used by all the big companies of world and national importance. For example, Microsoft, Mercedes, Toyota, Columbia, MTS. The symbols underlying their logos strengthen their leadership positions and ensure stability in the market of services and goods.

The world of symbols is unusually large. However, they are all expressed in basic geometric shapes. We draw your attention to their symbolic meaning.

If you want to balance your life, surround yourself round shapes, and also apply the technique of K. Jung: draw, paint or create circles. It calms, helps to concentrate and find a solution, as well as to feel secure. Signs placed in a circle are gently enhanced.

A triangle is good for business - a symbol of leadership, dynamics, strategy. Stimulates to action, discipline, declares superiority and success.

The square is stability and stability, order, balance. Figures placed in a square acquire security from chaos and unrest.

Rhombus - purposefulness, growth, "Napoleonic plans." This sign must be in an upright, standing position.

At the heart of the cross is life, protection. It has many variations of forms and meanings, among which is the swastika.

The ancient sign of the crescent is favorable for balancing emotionality, as it symbolizes inner world and growth like the waxing moon.

Vital forces are symbolized by a spiral. It is often used in hypnosis and psychedelic clips, awakening power, stimulating activity. It also affects the will, so you need to be careful with those who use the sign.

Often people intuitively know which symbol is favorable for them. Therefore, when choosing, listen to the inner voice, which will definitely tell you what is relevant for you in this period of life. Usually the call of the soul is manifested in the sensations of an incomprehensible attraction or rejection of a sign.

Dossier: Tatyana Timofeeva, practicing psychologist, head of the Alta Psychology Center, founder of the NGO Prostir Osviti. Her work is based on the school of the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, who became the founder of analytical psychology at the beginning of the 20th century.

Symbols are the most international and timeless language. We see them every day and roughly know what they mean. However, symbols in the course of their thousand-year history could change their meaning to the opposite.

Yin Yang

Appearance time: According to the famous Russian orientalist, Dr. historical sciences Aleksey Maslov, the symbolism of yin-yang may have been borrowed by the Taoists from Buddhists in the 1st-3rd centuries: “they were attracted by Buddhist drawn symbols - and Taoism had its own“ mandala ”: the famous black and white“ fish ”yin and yang.”

Where used: The concept of yin-yang is the key to Taoism and Confucianism, the doctrine of yin-yang is one of the foundations of traditional Chinese medicine.

Values: In the Book of Changes, yang and yin were used to express light and dark, hard and soft. In the process of development of Chinese philosophy, yang and yin increasingly symbolized the interaction of extreme opposites: light and dark, day and night, sun and moon, sky and earth, heat and cold, positive and negative, even and odd, and so on.

Initially, "yin" meant "northern, shady", and "yang" - "southern, sunny slope of the mountain." Later, "yin" was perceived as negative, cold, dark and feminine, and "yang" as positive, bright, warm and masculine.

Being the main (fundamental) model of everything that exists, the concept of yin-yang reveals two provisions that explain the nature of Tao. First, everything is constantly changing. Secondly, opposites complement each other (there can be no black without white, and vice versa). The purpose of human existence, therefore, is the balance and harmony of opposites. There can be no " final victory"For there is nothing final, there is no end as such

Magen David

Appearance time: It is authentically known that the hexagram was widely used in Bronze Age(late IV-early III millennium BC) on a vast territory: from India to the Middle East.

Where used: AT ancient india the hexagram was called Anahata or Anahata-chakra. The six-pointed star was known in the ancient Near and Middle East. In the Islamic tradition, in Mecca, the main Muslim shrine - the Kaaba - is traditionally covered with a silk coverlet, which depicts hexagonal stars.
They began to associate the six-pointed star with Jewry only in the Middle Ages, and in medieval Arabic books the hexagram is found much more often than in Jewish mystical works, and for the first time images of the hexagram appear in Jewish sacred books in Muslim countries, only in the XIII century reaching Germany. The six-pointed star is found on the flags of the Muslim states of Karaman and Kandara.

There is an assumption that the hexagram was a family symbol of the family of David al-Roi, who lived in Iran, one of the contenders for the role of Mashiach. This is sometimes used to explain the origin of the accepted name of the hexagram: Magen David, or "David's shield".

The Rothschild family, having received the title of nobility, included Magen David in their family coat of arms. Heinrich Heine put a hexagram instead of a signature under his newspaper articles. Subsequently, it was adopted as a symbol of the Zionist movement.

Values: In India, the Anahata hexagram symbolized the attic chakra, the intersection of the male (Shiva) and female (Shakti) principles. In the Middle and Near East, the hexagram was a symbol of the goddess Astarte. The six-pointed star is included in the symbolism of Kabbalah: two triangles superimposed on each other are considered as a visual symbol of the Sefirot.

In the twenties of the twentieth century, Franz Rosenzweig interpreted Magen David as a symbolic expression of his philosophical ideas about the meaning of Judaism and the relationship between Gd, man and the universe.

The connection of the six-pointed star with the Jews was finally established as a result of Nazi policy in Germany. Yellow Magen David has become a symbol of the Holocaust.

Caduceus

Appearance time: The exact time of appearance of the caduceus is unknown. Obviously this is very ancient symbol. It is also found on the monuments of Ancient India and Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia and Sumer, Ancient Greece, Iran, Rome and even Mesoamerica.

Where used: Caduceus - and today one of the most common symbols in heraldry. In the form of a caduceus, there was a rod of heralds among the Greeks and Romans (the rod of Hermes). When they were sent to the enemy camp, the caduceus was a guarantee of their immunity.

In the occult, the caduceus is considered a symbol of the key that opens the limit between darkness and light, good and evil, life and death.

Since the 19th century, the image of the caduceus has often been used in a number of countries (for example, in the USA) as a symbol of medicine, which is the result of a common mistake due to its resemblance to the staff of Asclepius.

The image of the caduceus as an attribute of the god of commerce is traditionally used in the symbols of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in a number of countries around the world, including Russia.
Before the revolution and in several periods after it, crossed caduceuses were used as a customs emblem.

Today, the caduceus, crossed with a torch, is included in the emblem of the Federal Customs Service and is one of the heraldic symbols of arbitration courts, the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation and the State Tax Service of Ukraine. Since September 2007, the caduceus has been used in the emblem of the Russian Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund.
In heraldry, the caduceus was used in the historical emblems of the following cities of the Russian Empire: Balta, Verkhneudinsk, Yeniseisk, Irbit, Nezhin, Taganrog, Telshev, Tiflis, Ulan-Ude, Feodosia, Kharkov, Berdichev, Talny.

Meaning: The stem of the caduceus is symbolically connected with the tree of life, the axis of the world, and the snakes are with the cyclical rebirth of Nature, with the restoration of the universal Order when it is violated.

The snakes on the caduceus indicate a hidden dynamic in what is outwardly stable, they symbolize two multidirectional flows (up and down), the connection of heaven and earth, God and man (the wings on the caduceus also indicate the connection of heaven and earth, spiritual and material) - everything that is born on earth comes from heaven and, after will pass the way trials and suffering, will gain life experience, must rise to heaven.

It is said about Mercury that with his staff - which has since been considered a symbol of peace, harmony - he separated two fighting snakes. Fighting snakes are a mess, chaos, they need to be divided, that is, to distinguish, see opposites and unite, overcome them. Then, having united, they will balance the Axis of the world, and around it from Chaos the Cosmos, harmony will be created. Truth is one, and in order to arrive at it, one must follow the straight road, which is symbolized by the axis of the caduceus.

Caduceus in the Vedic tradition is also interpreted as a symbol of Serpent Fire, or Kundalini. Wrapping around the central axis, the snakes are connected at seven points, they are associated with the chakras. Kundalini, Serpent Fire, sleeps in the base chakra, and when it wakes up as a result of evolution, it ascends along the spine along three paths: the central one, Shushumna, and two side ones, which form two intersecting spirals - Pingala (this is the right, masculine and active, spiral) and Ide (left, female and passive).

chrism

Appearance time: It is not known for certain, but researchers suggest that even during the life of the apostles, that is, in the 1st century. This symbol has been found in Christian tombs since the 3rd century AD.

Where used: The most famous use of the symbol is on the labarum, the state banner of imperial Rome. The symbol was first introduced by Emperor Constantine the Great after he saw the sign of the cross in the sky on the eve of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312).

The labarum of Constantine had a chrysm at the end of the shaft, and on the very cloth there was an inscription: lat. Hoc vince The first mention of the labarum is found in Lactantius (d. c. 320).

Values: Chrism is a monogram of the name of Christ, which consists of two initial Greek letters of the name (Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΌΣ) - Χ (chi) and Ρ (ro), crossed with each other. The Greek letters α and ω are often placed along the edges of the monogram. They go back to the text of the Apocalypse: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord, who is and was and is to come, the Almighty."

A number of later researchers saw in the letters P and X, enclosed in a circle, the ancient pagan symbol of the Sun. For this reason, Protestants, as a rule, do not recognize the labarum as an original Christian symbol.

Appearance time: The symbol itself appeared during the formation of the syllabic alphabet of the Devanagari script (“divine city letter”), that is, in the VIII-XII centuries.

Where used: "Om" as a symbol denoting the sacred sound "Om" is used in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Shaivism, Vishnuism, yogic practices. Currently, "Om" has already become part of pop culture, it is applied as a print on clothes, tattoos are made. "Om" is featured on George Harrison's albums, the mantra "Om" is used in the chorus of The Beatles' "Across the Universe" and in the soundtrack to the film "The Matrix" in Juno Reactor's "Navras"

Values: In the Hindu and Vedic tradition, "Om" is a sacred sound, the original mantra, the "word of power." Often interpreted as a symbol of the divine triad of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
In Hinduism, "Om" symbolizes three sacred text Vedas: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, in itself is a sacred mantra from the very beginning, symbolizing Brahman. Its three components (A, U, M) traditionally symbolize Creation, Maintenance and Destruction - the categories of the cosmogony of the Vedas and Hinduism.

In Buddhism, the three sounds of the word "Om" can represent the Body, Speech and Mind of the Buddha, the Three Bodies of the Buddha (Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya) and the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha). However, the buddhologist Yevgeny Torchinov noted that the syllable "Om" and similar syllables ("hum", "ah", "hri", "e-ma-ho") "do not have any dictionary meaning" and pointed out that these syllables, unlike from other syllables of mantras represent "sacred untranslatability" in the Mahayana tradition.

Ichthys

Time and place of origin: Images of the acronym ΙΧΘΥΣ (from the Greek. Jesus Christ God's Son The Savior) or the fish symbolizing him first appear in the Roman catacombs in the 2nd century. The widespread use of this symbol is evidenced by the mention of it by Tertullian at the beginning of the 3rd century: “We are small fish, led by our ikhthus, we are born in the water and can only be saved by being in the water.”

Where used: The acronym Ichthys began to be used by the first Christians, since the images of Christ were unacceptable due to persecution.

Values: The symbolism of the fish was associated in the New Testament with the preaching of the apostles, some of whom were fishermen. Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew called his disciples "fishers of men", and the Kingdom of Heaven likened "a net thrown into the sea and capturing fish of every kind." Ichthys was also associated with Alpha from the words of Jesus Christ: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."

At the end of the 20th century, ichthys became a popular symbol among Protestants in different countries oh, and the opponents of creationism began to parody this sign, sticking a sign of a fish with the word "Darwin" and small legs on their cars.

Chalice of Hygiea

Time and place of origin: Ancient Greece. III-I millennium BC

Where used: Hygiea in Greek mythology was the goddess of health, daughter or wife of the god of healing Asclepius. From her name came the word "hygiene". Often she was depicted as a young woman feeding a snake from a phial bowl. In Greek mythology, the snake was also a symbol of the goddess Athena, who was often depicted as Hygea and vice versa.

Values: In ancient Greece, Hygiea personified the principle of a just war for health as light and harmony on all planes. And if Asclepius began to act when the order was violated, then Hygieia maintained the order-law that reigns initially.

The snake in ancient traditions symbolized death and immortality, good and evil. They were personified by her forked tongue, and the poisonousness of her bites, along with the healing effect of the poison, and the ability to hypnotize small animals and birds.

The snake was depicted on the first-aid kit of a Roman military doctor. In the Middle Ages, the combination of images of a snake and a bowl on the emblem was used by pharmacists in the Italian city of Padua, and only later this private pharmaceutical symbol turned into a generally accepted medical sign.

A bowl with a snake in our time is considered a symbol of medicine and pharmacy. However, in the history of medicine in different countries, a snake wrapped around a staff was more often considered the emblem of healing. This image was adopted in the middle of the WHO at the UN at the First World Assembly in Geneva in 1948. Then the international health emblem was approved, in the center of which is placed a staff entwined with a snake.

Rose of Wind

Date of occurrence: The first mention is in 1300 AD, but scientists are sure that the symbol is older.
Where used: Initially, the wind rose was used by the sailors of the Northern Hemisphere.
Meaning: The wind rose is a vector symbol invented in the Middle Ages to help sailors. The wind rose or compass rose also symbolizes the four cardinal directions along with intermediate directions. Thus, she shares the symbolic meaning of the circle, the center, the cross and the rays of the sun wheel. In the XVIII - XX centuries, sailors stuffed tattoos depicting a wind rose as a talisman. They believed that such a talisman would help them return home. Nowadays, the wind rose is perceived as a symbol of a guiding star.

Wheel with 8 spokes

Date of occurrence: about 2000 BC
Where used: Egypt, Middle East, Asia.
Meaning: The wheel is a symbol of the sun, a symbol of cosmic energy. In almost all pagan cults, the wheel was an attribute of the solar gods, it symbolized life cycle, constant rebirth and renewal.
In modern Hinduism, the wheel means endless perfect completion. In Buddhism, the wheel symbolizes the eightfold path of salvation, the cosmos, the wheel of samsara, the symmetry and perfection of dharma, the dynamics of peaceful change, time and destiny.
There is also the concept of "wheel of fortune", which means a series of ups and downs, the unpredictability of fate. In Germany in the Middle Ages, an 8-spoke wheel was associated with Ahtwen, a magical rune spell. At the time of Dante, the Wheel of Fortune was depicted with 8 spokes of opposite sides of human life, periodically repeating: poverty-wealth, war-peace, obscurity-glory, patience-passion. The Wheel of Fortune is included in the Major Arcana of the Tarot, often with an ascending and falling figure, like the wheel described by Boethius. The Wheel of Fortune tarot card continues to depict these figures.

Ouroboros

Date of occurrence: the first images of the ouroboros date back to 4200 BC, but historians believe that the symbol itself arose much earlier.
Where used: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Mesoamerica, Scandinavia, India, China.
Meaning: Ouroboros is a serpent devouring its own tail, a symbol of eternity and infinity, as well as the cyclical nature of life, the alternation of life and death. This is how the ouroboros was perceived in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece.

In Christianity, the symbol has changed its meaning, since in Old Testament the serpent symbolized evil. Thus, the ancient Jews established an equal sign between the ouroboros and the serpent from the Bible. In Gnosticism, the ouroboros personifies both good and evil at the same time.

Hammer and sickle

Date of occurrence: in the state heraldry - 1918.
Where used: USSR and various communist parties of the world
Meaning: The hammer has been a craft emblem since the Middle Ages. In the second half of the 19th century, the hammer became a symbol of the European proletariat. In Russian heraldry, the sickle meant harvest and harvest, and was often used in the coats of arms of various cities. But since 1918, these two signs have been combined into one, acquiring a new meaning. The hammer and sickle became a symbol of the ruling working class, the union of workers and peasants.

The moment of the creation of the symbol was described by Sergey Gerasimov, the author of the famous painting “Mother of the Partisan”, as follows: “Yevgeny Kamzolkin, standing next to me, thoughtfully said: - What if we try such symbolism? - At the same time, he began to walk on the canvas. - This is how to depict a sickle - it will be the peasantry, and inside the hammer - it will be the working class.

On the same day, the sickle and hammer were sent from Zamoskvorechye to the Moscow City Council, and all other sketches were rejected there: a hammer with an anvil, a plow with a sword, a scythe with a wrench. Further, this symbol was transferred to the state emblem Soviet Union, and the name of the artist was forgotten for many years. They remembered him only in the post-war period. Yevgeny Kamzolkin lived a quiet life in Pushkino and did not claim royalties for such a quoted symbol.

Lily

Date of occurrence: in heraldry, the lily has been used since 496 AD.
Where used: European countries, especially France.
Meaning: According to legend, the king of the Franks Clovis was given a golden lily by an angel after he converted to Christianity. But lilies became an object of reverence much earlier. The Egyptians considered them a symbol of purity and innocence. In Germany, they believed that the lily symbolizes the afterlife and the atonement of sins. In Europe, before the Renaissance, the lily was a sign of mercy, justice and compassion. She was considered a royal flower. Today, the lily is a well-established sign in heraldry.
Recent research has shown that the fleur-de-lis, in its classic form, is actually a stylized image of the iris.

Crescent

Date of occurrence: approximately 3500 BC
Where used: crescent crescent was an attribute of almost all lunar deities. It was distributed in Egypt, Greece, Sumer, India, Byzantium. After the conquest of Constantinople by the Muslims, the crescent became strongly associated with Islam.
Meaning: In many religions, the crescent moon symbolizes constant rebirth and immortality. Christians revered the crescent as a sign of the Virgin Mary, and in Western Asia they believed that the crescent of the moon is a sign of cosmic forces. In Hinduism, the crescent was considered a symbol of mind control, and in Islam - divine patronage, growth and rebirth. The crescent with a star meant heaven.

double headed eagle

Date of occurrence: 4000-3000 BC
Where used: Sumer, Hittite kingdom, Eurasia.
Meaning: In Sumer, the double-headed eagle had religious significance. He was a solar symbol - one of the images of the sun. Approximately from the XIII century BC. e. a double-headed eagle was used various countries and principalities as a coat of arms. The double-headed eagle was minted on the coins of the Golden Horde; in Byzantium, it was a symbol of the Palaiologos dynasty, which ruled from 1261 to 1453. The double-headed eagle was depicted on the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire. To this day, this symbol is the central image of the emblems of many countries, including Russia.

Pentacle

Date of occurrence: the first images date back to 3500 BC.
Where used: Since the ancient Sumerians, this sign has been used by almost every civilization
Meaning: The five-pointed star is considered a sign of protection. The Babylonians used it as a talisman against thieves, the Jews associated the five-pointed star with the five wounds on the body of Christ, and the magicians of medieval Europe knew the pentacle as the "seal of King Solomon." The star is still actively used both in religion and in the symbolism of different countries.

Swastika

Date of occurrence: The first images date back to 8000 BC.
Where used: AT Eastern Europe, Western Siberia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, pre-Columbian America. Extremely rare among the Egyptians. Among the ancient monuments of Phoenicia, Arabia, Syria, Assyria, Babylon, Sumer, Australia, Oceania, the swastika was not found.
Meaning: The word "swastika" can be translated from Sanskrit as a greeting and a wish of good luck. The swastika, as a symbol, has a great many meanings, but the most ancient of them are movement, life, the Sun, light, well-being.
Due to the fact that the swastika was used in Nazi Germany, this symbol began to be firmly associated with Nazism, despite the original symbol of the sign.

All-seeing eye

Date of occurrence: 1510-1515 AD, but in pagan religions, a symbol similar to the all-seeing eye appeared much earlier.

Where used: Europe, Asia, Oceania, Ancient Egypt.
Meaning: The all-seeing eye is the sign of the all-seeing and all-knowing god who watches over mankind. In ancient Egypt, the analogue of the All-Seeing Eye was Wadjet (the eye of Horus or the eye of Ra), which symbolized various aspects of the divine structure of the world. The all-seeing eye, inscribed in a triangle, was a symbol of Freemasonry. Freemasons revered the number three as a symbol of the trinity, and the eye, located in the center of the triangle, symbolized the hidden truth.

Cross

Date of occurrence: approximately 4000 BC

Where used: Egypt, Babylon, India, Syria, Persia, Egypt, North and South America. After the birth of Christianity, the cross spread throughout the world.

Meaning: In ancient Egypt, the cross was considered a divine sign and symbolized life. In Assyria, a cross enclosed in a ring was a symbol of the sun god. The inhabitants of South America believed that the cross drives away evil spirits.

From the 4th century, the cross was adopted by Christians, and its meaning has changed somewhat. AT modern world the cross is associated with death and resurrection, as well as with salvation and eternal life.

Anarchy

The combination "A in a circle" was used as early as the 16th century by European alchemists under the influence of Kabbalistic magic as the first letters of the words: "Alpha and Omega", the beginning and the end.

In the modern tradition, it was first used in the Spanish section of the 1st International as a designation catchphrase famous anarchist J. Proudhon "Anarchy is the mother of order" in capital letters "l'anarchie" and "l'ordre".

Pacific

The famous symbol was developed in 1958 in Britain at the height of the movement against nuclear war as a combination of the symbols of the semaphore alphabet "N" and "D" (the first letters of the phrase "nuclear disarmament" - nuclear disarmament). Later it began to be used as a symbol of universal reconciliation and the unity of mankind.

Card suits

In the classic (and most modern) French deck, the symbols of the suits were four signs - hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs, in the form in which they received mass use.

The oldest European deck - Italian-Spanish, which passed directly from the Arabs, depicted coins instead of tambourines, instead of a spade - a sword, instead of a red heart - a cup, and instead of a clover - a club.

To modern look signs of suits came by gradual euphemization. Thus, tambourines denoted money as metal rattles (before, tambourines were rhombic in shape), clover was previously an acorn, the shape of a spade resembled leaves, which was reflected in the German deck, and the goblet underwent a complex evolution from the image of a rose to a heart. Each suit symbolized the feudal estates: the merchants, the peasantry, the knights and the clergy, respectively.

16. Anchor

Appearance time: the first centuries of our era.

Where used: Everyone knows the symbol of the anchor as a marine emblem. However, in the first centuries of the new era, the anchor was closely associated with Christianity. For the early Christians, who saw in it the hidden form of the cross, the anchor personified the hope of salvation with caution, security and strength.

In Christian iconography, the anchor, as an emblem of security, is the main attribute of St. Nicholas of Myra - the patron saint of sailors. Another meaning should be attributed to the anchor of the semi-legendary Pope Clement (88?-97?). According to church tradition, during the period of persecution of Christians, the pagans hung an anchor around the Pope's neck and drowned him in the sea. However, the sea waves soon parted, exposing the temple of God at the bottom. In this mythical underwater temple, the body of the holy champion of the faith was allegedly discovered.
Values: There are several anchor values. The anchor is a sacred object to which sacrifices were made, because it was often the only salvation for sailors. On the coins of Greece, Syria, Carthage, Phoenicia and Rome, the anchor was more often than others depicted as a symbol of hope.

In art ancient rome the anchor symbolized the joy of returning home after a long journey. On the graves of the 1st century, the image of an anchor was associated with the image of the church as a ship that carries souls across the stormy sea of life.

The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Hebrews compared hope to a safe and strong anchor. The Greek word "ankura" (anchor) was associated with the Latin expression "en kurio", that is, "in the Lord.
AT fine arts The Renaissance anchor also means an attribute of hope. The allegorical emblem, which depicts a dolphin with an anchor, was especially popular in Renaissance painting. The dolphin symbolized speed, and the anchor - restraint. At the bottom of the emblem was the inscription: "Hurry up slowly"

Olympic rings

Appearance time: The Olympic emblem was first introduced in 1920 at the 8th Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp.
Where is used: One of the most recognizable symbols in the world consists of five rings, the uniqueness of the emblem lies in the simplicity of execution. The rings are arranged in a W-shaped order, the colors are arranged in a strict order: blue, black, red, yellow and green.
What were the meanings: There are several theories about the origin and interpretation of the emblem of the Olympic Games. The first and main version says that the Olympic rings symbolically depict the unity of the five continents, which was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1913.

Until 1951, there was a belief that each color corresponded to a separate continent. Europe was designated in blue, Africa in black, America in red, Asia in yellow, green in Australia, but in 1951 they decided to move away from this distribution of colors in order to move away from racial discrimination.

Another version says that the idea of five multi-colored rings is taken from Carl Jung. During the period of fascination with Chinese philosophy, he connected the circle (a symbol of greatness and vitality) with five colors, reflecting the types of energies (water, wood, fire, earth and metal).

In 1912, the psychologist introduced new image Olympic competitions, because, in his opinion, each participant in the Olympic Games had to master each of the five sports - swimming (water - blue), fencing (fire - red), cross-country running (ground - yellow), equestrianism (wood - green) and shooting (metal - black)
The emblem of the five rings hides a deep meaning that reveals the essence of the sport. It contains the idea of popularizing the Olympic movement, the equality of each participating country, fair treatment of the athlete, healthy competition.

Compasses and Square

Appearance time: Henry Wilson Coyle, in The Masonic Encyclopedia, states that the Compass and Square in weave appeared on the seal of the Aberdeen lodge in 1762.
Where is used: Using a compass and a square, you can draw a circle inscribed in a square, and this is a reference to the seventh problem of Euclid, squaring the circle. But do not assume that the Compasses and Square necessarily refer you to math problem Rather, they symbolize the desire of man to achieve harmony between spiritual and physical nature.
Values: In this emblem, the Compasses depicts the vault of heaven, and the Square - the Earth. The sky is symbolically connected with the place where the Great Builder of the Universe draws his plan, and the Earth is the place where man does his work. The compass, combined with the Square, is one of the most common symbols of Freemasonry.

Values: The name "dollar" has more than just meaning. Its name contains the word ... "Joachimsthaler", a coin of the 17th century, which was minted in Czech city Joachimsthal. For convenience, the name of the currency was shortened to "thaler". In Denmark, due to the peculiarities of the language, the name of the coin was pronounced as “daler”, and in the UK it was transformed from the more familiar “dollar” to us.

If everything is clear with the name, then the origin of the $ icon is still a mystery. The following version is considered the most similar to the truth: the Spanish abbreviation "P" s, which once denoted the currency of Spain, the peso. The letter P presumably left a vertical line, this allowed to increase the speed of writing, and the letter S remained unchanged. There is also a conspiracy version, along which two lines are the Pillars of Hercules.

Mars and Venus

Appearance time: The well-known sign of Mars ♂ and Venus ♀, borrowed from astrology, was introduced by the botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1751 to indicate the sex of plants. Since then, these two characters are called gender.
Where is used: The symbol for Venus ♀ stands for feminine and is used to refer to a woman, a female. Accordingly, the symbol of Mars ♂ personifies the masculine principle.
What values A: The first symbols of Mars and Venus appeared in antiquity. The female sign of Venus is depicted as a circle with a cross pointing down. It is called the "Mirror of Venus", this sign symbolizes femininity, beauty and love. The male sign of Mars is depicted as a circle with an arrow pointing up and to the right. Mars means the power of the god of war, this symbol is also called the “shield and spear of Mars.” The combined symbols of Venus and Mars mean heterosexuality, love between members of different sexes.