Alchemy Signs & Symbols | A Caurosian Study

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Alchemy Signs & Symbols

A Caurosian Study

Isilmelire Aduiladyr Acal’Turrii

 

This study is to record for educational purposes the various symbols found throughout herbs and the signs that they are commonly linked with.

 

In the chart listed below are the five signs and the symbols you may find within them. The symbols nearest the top are believed to be specific to that Sign, such as Strength, Courage, Heat, and Burning with Fire. Each of these possesses specificities that are innate to the Sign. Each panel is organized by color; Green appears once. Blue appears twice. Red appears three or more times. Yellow is believed to be so specific to that Sign that it appears as a secondary sign when shown in herbs like King's Ivy and Night Sap. Gelunite is the exception to that standard, as none of its symbols are hyperspecific to Earth. 

 

For example, King's Ivy, which is double-signed by Fire & Air, possesses Agility, Strength, and Sound. Agility appears commonly within any Air herb, whereas in Fire, it appears once, in the herb above. This same theory applies to Nightsap, a double-signed Earth & Aether herb, with Blindness, a common Aether symbol. 

 

Fire	Water	Earth	Aether	Air
Strength Courage  Heat Burning   Agility   Sound Rigidity Connection Vigour Rage   Light Life Balance	Freezing  Coldness  Separation    Weakness Order Growth Grace Endurance Death Peace Silence Purity Reduction Fear Impediment   Swiftness Light Slowness Balance Lethargy	Dark   Blindness    Reduction Purity Impediment Poison Fear Instability Rigidity Growth Connection Order   Life Swiftness Curtailment Lethargy Slowness	Blindness   Clarity Chaos Rage Sound Vigour Poison Death Endurance   Life Curtailment Lethargy	Agility    Grace Clarity Peace Silence Chaos Instability   Balance Light Swiftness Curtailment Slowness

 

 

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There are a plethora of herbs that can be described in detail, but we will choose only a handful to explain. Two from each Sign, these, of course, exclude the aforementioned double-signed herbs. These, too, will be split by color to emphasize the difference between symbols. 

Fire	Water	Earth	Aether	Air
Sun Shard Heat Burning Courage Light   Drake’s Tail Heat Burning Rage Balance	Frost Vine Freezing Weakness Order   Blissfoil Coldness Peace Silence Balance	Beardweed Growth Life Swiftness   Hiding Moss Dark Fear  Reduction	Blight Cluster Blindness Vigour Poison Death   Faerie Truffles Clarity  Endurance Life	Jailor’s Moss Agility Chaos Instability  Slowness   Paddfoot Agility Silence Grace Curtailment

 

Blindness itself, when linked to Aether, may be due to the state in which two of the herbs grow; both Helvirryn Mushrooms and Blight Cluster are found hidden away in a dark cave, whereas Night Sap, an herb signed by Aether, is often found in the shade of a tree. Similarly, many things used in Alchemy with the sign Fire are found as rocks or crystals, such as with Sun Shard and Sweet Rock, or as sprawling ivy, in the case of Kings Ivy, or Drake’s Tail. 

 

Death, a symbol found in both Aether and water, may also be found in the spit of descendants. Rage, which may be found in both Fire and Aether, is also found in something easily scavenged from the depths of a mine, much like redstone. This study was not done to answer any questions, but rather, to organize what is already known and pose some curious queries as to why certain things are the way they are. Alchemy and Herbology remain more than just useful tools. They are a reminder of a surface barely scratched. 

 

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Signed;

Lady Isilmelire Aduiladyr Acal’Turrii

Head of the Iussus Discipulus

A Library of Scholars

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