I'm assuming Sun is what was intended in this case, as Gold is assuredly the 10 O' Clock symbol.Īlso of note: Geddy Lee (Leo) - Leo's ruling 'planet' is the Sunħ O'Clock > Aqua or Aquarius: Water, of course.Ĩ O'Clock > Oil Essence: Spagyric is a name given to the production of herbal medicines using alchemical procedures. The belief carried over into other areas, as mercury was thought to transcend life/death and heaven/earth.Īlso of note: Mercury is the ruling planet of Virgo (both Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart are Virgos)Ĥ O'Clock > Winter: An old Germanic time sign for winter.ĥ O'Clock: > Zinc (AL) Philosophers' wool, or nix alba (white snow) was zinc oxide made by burning zinc in air.Ħ O'Clock > Sun (or Gold*): Often interchangeable - many reference guides show multiple Symbols for both and/or same Symbols with either name. Mercury was believed to transcend the liquid and solid states. The reaction produced a thick red vapor which hovered over the surface of the solution, while the mercuric oxide precipitated and fell to the bottom of the liquid in the form of bright red crystals. alchemists would heat elemental mercury with nitric acid to prepare mercuric oxide. In general sulfur is the symbol for the active principle in the Great Work.Ģ O'Clock > Annealing: Purification by fireĪlso of note: Geddy Lee (Leo) - Leo's element is fireģ O'Clock > Mercury. White sulfur is the substance of the Great Work at the phase of Whiteness, and red sulfur at the stage of redness. Sulfur is of a two-fold nature: white and red sulfur. Sometimes alchemists equal sulfur with the Sun. Inside the Sun is an active substance, sulfur. As such, this symbol embodies such characteristics as love, balance, feminine beauty, and artistic creativity.ġ O'Clock > Sulphur: Inside gold is the alchemical Sun. Here, then, are the Symbols defined by their placement on the gearwheel clock (pictured below).ġ2 O'Clock > Copper: The elemental alchemy symbol for copper is also the planetary symbol for Venus. In my research I found almost all of these in comprehensive alchemical symbol dictionaries. Keep in mind, the numbers shown below are not the track numbers, but the clock face position. I thought it might be worth re-posting here. This was posted over at Counterparts back when these symbols first came out.
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