WATER

• Mystery of creation, birth-death-resurrection, purification and redemption• Fertility and growth• Common symbol for the unconscious

RIVERS

• Death and rebirth (baptism)• The flowing of time into eternity• Transitional phases of the life cycle• Incarnation of deities

The SEA

• Mother of all life• Spiritual mystery and infinity• Death and rebirth• Timelessness and eternity• The unconsious

SUN

• Creative energy• Law in nature• Consciousness (thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision)• Father principle (the moon and earth tend to be associated with

female or mother principle) • Passage of time and life• Rising sun-birth, creation, enlightenment• Setting sun-death

COLORS

• RED, Blood, sacrifice, violent passion, disorder• GREEN growth, sensation, hope, fertility; in negative context may be

associated with death and decay• BLUE usually highly positive, associated with truth, religious feeling,

security, spiritual purity (the color of the Great Mother or Holy Mother)• BLACK (darkness) chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, primal

wisdom, the unconscious, evil, melancholy• WHITE light, purity, innocent, timelessness; in negative context death,

terror, the supernatural, the blinding truth of a cosmic mystery

CIRCLE wholeness, unity

• MANDALADesire for spiritual unity and psychic integration• EGGThe mystery of life and the forces of generations• YIN-YANGChinese symbol representing the union of the opposite forces, YANG is masculine, light, activity, the conscious mind; YIN is female, darkness, passivity, unconscious• OUROBOROSThe ancient symbol symbolizing the eternal cycle of life, primordial unconsciousness, the unity of opposing forces

SERPENT

Symbol of energy and pure forceLibidoEvilCorruptionSensualityDestructionMysteryWisdomThe unconscious

NUMBERS

3Light, spiritual awareness and unity, male principle4Associated with the circle, lifecycle, four seasons, female principle, earth, nature, four elements (earth, air, water, fire)5Signifying integration, the four limbs and the head that controls them7Among the most potent of symbolic numbers, signifying the union of 3 and 4, the completion of a cycle, perfect order

GARDEN

ParadiseInnocenceUnspoiled beautyfertility

TREE

Life of the cosmosConsistencyGrowthGenerative and regenerative processesInexhaustible lifeSymbol of immortality

DESERT

Spiritual aridityNihilismHopelessness

MOUNTAIN

Aspiration InspirationMeditationSpiritual elevationGoal of the pilgrimage and ascent