Alchemical symbol

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Alchemic symbols, originally devised as part of the protoscience of alchemy, were used to denote some elements and some compounds until the 18th century. Note that while notation like this was mostly standardized, style and symbol varied between alchemists, so this page lists the most common.

Three Primes

According to Paracelsus, the Three Primes or Tria Prima are:

• Sulfur (omnipresent spirit of life)
• Mercury (fluid connection between the High and the Low)
• Salt (base matter)

Four basic Elements

• Fire
• Water
• Earth
• Air

Seven Planetary Metals

Main articles: Classical planets in Western alchemy and Planets in astrology

Image:Astrological Glyphs.svg

Planetary metals were "dominated" or "ruled" by one of the seven planets known by the ancients. Although they occasionally have a symbol of their own (denoted by also:), they were usually symbolized by the planet's symbol.

• Gold dominated by Sol ☉ ☼ ( Image:Sun symbol.svg )
• Silver dominated by Luna ☽ ( Image:Crescent.svg )
• Copper dominated by Venus ♀ (also: Image:Copper symbol.svg )
• Iron dominated by Mars ♂ ( Image:Mars symbol.svg )
• Tin dominated by Jupiter ♃ ( Image:Jupiter symbol.svg )
• Mercury (Quicksilver) dominated by Mercury ☿ (  )
• Lead dominated by Saturn ♄ ( Image:Saturn symbol.svg )

The planets Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planet Pluto were discovered after the time Alchemy had been largely replaced by Chemistry, and are not part of traditional Alchemical symbols. Some modern alchemists consider the symbols for these planets to represent the radioactive metals Uranium, Neptunium and Plutonium, respectively.

Mundane Elements

• Antimony ♁ Image:Antimony-symbol.svg
• Arsenic
• Bismuth Image:Bismuth symbol.png
• Boron
• Magnesium ⊛
• Phosphorus
• Platinum ☾ ☉
• Potassium
• Stone Image:Stone symbol.svg
• Sulfur Image:Sulfur symbol 1.svg Image:Sulfur symbol 2.svg
• Zinc

Alchemical Compounds

• Sal ammoniac *
• Aqua Fortis A.F.
• Aqua Regia A.R.
• Spirit of Wine S.V.
• Amalgama
  
• Cinnabar (Mercury sulfide) Image:Cinnabar Symbol.svg
• Vitriol
  

12 Core Alchemical processes

The 12 Alchemical processes are considered to be the basis of modern Chemical processes. Each of these processes is "dominated" or "ruled" by one of the 12 Zodiac signs.

• Decomposition through Calcination (Aries Image:Aries.svg)
• Decomposition through Digestion (Leo Image:Leo.svg)
• Decomposition through Fermentation/Putrefaction (CapricornImage:Capricorn.svg)
• Modification through Congelation/Coagulation (Taurus Image:Taurus.svg)
• Modification through Fixation (Gemini Image:Gemini.svg)
• Modification through Ceration (Sagittarius Image:Sagittarius.svg)
• Separation through Distillation (Virgo Image:Virgo.svg)
• Separation through Sublimation (Libra Image:Libra.svg)
• Separation through Filtration (Scorpio Image:Scorpio.svg)
• Union through Solution (Cancer Image:Cancer.svg)
• Union through Multiplication (Aquarius Image:Aquarius.svg)
• Union through Projection (Pisces Image:Pisces.svg)

External links

Also see Iridius' Info - Alchemy Symbols

• Gallery of Alchemybs:Alhemijski simboli