Symbol |
Description |
Alchemical Description |
☿ |
Mercury (Quicksilver) |
The Spirit or Soul |
♄ |
Saturn |
Lead, Time, Limitations, Discipline |
♃ |
Jupiter |
Tin, Growth, Expansion, Prosperity |
♀ |
Venus |
Copper, Love, Beauty, Attraction |
♂ |
Mars |
Iron, war, aggression, masculinity |
☉ |
Sun |
Gold, enlightenment, vitality, life |
☿ |
Mercury (Alchemy) |
Quicksilver, fluidity |
♀ |
Feminine Principle |
|
♂ |
Masculine Principle |
|
♁ |
Earth |
Salt, material substance, fertility |
♆ |
Neptune |
Flourine, dissolution, illusion |
♅ |
Uranus |
Magnesium, innovation, rebellion |
♄ |
Saturn (Alchemy) |
Lead, heaviness, grounding |
♃ |
Jupiter (Alchemy) |
Tin, benevolence, growth |
♀ |
Venus (Alchemy) |
Copper, beauty, refinement |
♂ |
Mars (Alchemy) |
Iron, action, transformation |
☉ |
Sun (Alchemy) |
Gold, enlightenment, purity |
☿ |
Mercury (Alchemy) |
Quicksilver, transition |
🜔 |
Antimony |
Transformation, purification |
🜍 |
Arsenic |
Transformation, toxicity |
🜂 |
Sulfur |
Volatility, purification |
🜃 |
Sal ammoniac |
Volatility, purification |
🜛 |
Alembic |
Distillation apparatus |
🜚 |
Retort |
Apparatus for distillation |
|
Philosophers' Stone |
Ultimate goal of alchemy |
🝲 |
Quintessence |
Fifth element, spiritual essence |
🜆 |
Sublimation |
Purification process |
🜄 |
Dissolution |
Breaking down into components |
🜁 |
Coagulation |
Solidification, transformation |
🜘 |
Filtration |
Separation of substances |
🝚 |
Calcination |
Heating to a high temperature |
🝛 |
Fermentation |
Chemical breakdown and change |
🝙 |
Fixation |
Making a substance permanent |
🝗 |
Multiplication |
Increasing potency |
🝖 |
Projection |
Transmitting spiritual essence |
🝘 |
Transmutation |
Changing one substance to another |
🜉 |
Separation |
Dividing substances |
🜊 |
Distillation |
Purifying through evaporation |
|
VITRIOL |
"Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem" (Visit the interior of the Earth and by rectification find the hidden stone) |
🝧 |
Mercury (Alchemy) |
Fluidity, transition |
🜚 |
Retort |
Distillation apparatus |
🜛 |
Alembic |
Distillation apparatus |
🜒 |
Cinnabar |
Mercury sulfide, red pigment |
🜑 |
Caduceus |
Symbol of Hermes, transformation |
🜓 |
Ouroboros |
Symbol of infinity, cycles |
🜕 |
Philosopher's Egg |
Symbol of transformation |
🝣 |
Black Sulfur |
Fixed, permanent |
🜈 |
Dissociation |
Breaking bonds, separation |
🜔 |
Antimony (Alchemy) |
Transformation, renewal |
🝜 |
Basilisk |
Symbol of power, danger |
🝞 |
Dragon |
Symbol of transformation, power |