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Sachiel
5th February 2009, 01:53 AM
So, I was looking at this

http://www.horusmedia.de/2004-siebenste ... nstern.jpg (http://www.horusmedia.de/2004-siebenstern/siebenstern.jpg)

And contemplating its meaning. As I looked through its symbols, I tnoticed that the progression of the star's points seemed to start at Saturn on the down-pointing star-arm, and progress clockwise. Then I noticed that where Jupiter should go, there was instead the symbol for Lead. This seems out of place to me; it's the only non-planetary sign (besides mercury, sulfur and salt for spirit, soul, and body) on the star, and last I checked, lead is associated with Saturn.

Anybody able to shed some light on this for me?

Thanks.

Ghost LLP
5th February 2009, 04:45 AM
It looks to be displaying the 7 planetary metals.

Starting from the bottom at
1) Tin (Jupiter)
2) Lead (Saturn)
3) Iron (Mars)
4) Gold (Sun)
5) Copper (Venus)
6) Mercury (Mercury)
7) Silver (Moon)

See: http://www.hypatiamaze.org/chem/al_metals2.jpg

Hope that helps.