Square/Compass
The Square and Compasses is one of the most prominent symbols of Freemasonry. The "G" in the middle represents God, otherwise known inside Lodges as "The Grand Geometrician of the Universe", since Freemasonry demands belief in no specific faith, simply a belief in a "Supreme Being". It has also been ascribed to the Worshipful Master's word.
Some also claim that it represents Gnosticism.
Penatagram
This symbol apparently originated as the symbol of a Goddess who was worshiped over an area which extends from present-day England to Egypt and beyond. It has been widely used by past Christians as a protective amulet.
During the burning times when the Christian church burned alive or hung hundreds of thousands of innocent people, the meaning of the pentagram changed. It began to symbolize a goat's head or the devil in the form of Baphomet.
The religion of Wicca is based in part on ancient Celtic deities, symbols, days of celebration, etc. The pentacle and pentagram are their main symbols.
Many religious and spiritual groups use the pentacle or pentagram today.
Inverted Pentagram
Some religious and spiritual groups have used the inverted pentacle.
During the 20th century, Satanists inverted the upright pentacle and adopted it as their own symbol. However, the symbol is most commonly shown with the head of a goat within the pentagram as shown.
Ichthus
Ichthus (ikh-thoos) or ichthys is the Greek word simply meaning "fish"...The fish symbol has been used for millennia worldwide as a religious symbol associated with the Pagan Great Mother Goddess. It is the outline of her vulva. The fish symbol was often drawn by overlapping two very thin crescent moons. One represented the crescent shortly before the new moon; the other shortly after, when the moon is just visible. The Moon is the heavenly body that has long been associated with the Goddess, just as the sun is a symbol of the God.
The fish symbol "was so revered throughout the Roman empire that Christian authorities insisted on taking it over, with extensive revision of myths to deny its earlier female-genital meanings...Sometimes the Christ child was portrayed inside the vesica, which was superimposed on Mary's belly and obviously represented her womb, just as in the ancient symbolism of the Goddess."Pisces is represented by the fish in the zodiac. The sun has been rising with Pisces at vernal equinox for the last 2,000 years. It's not coincidence that the fish symbol plays a major role in Christianity. The orthodox Christian church has done everything it can to stamp out its astrological roots. We are in the process of moving to Aquarius. A new astrological age dawns every 2,000 years (some put it squarely at 2,160). Nobody knows exactly when the transition will happen, or if it already has. It is thought the influence of the coming Aquarian age began making itself known in the 1930s, and grows stronger as we move out of Pisces. Inventive and humanitarian, yet unemotional and detatched are characteristics of Aquarius.....Jesus himself mentions the transition quite bluntly. And He said to them, "When you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters.Luke 22:10. The symbol of Aquarius is "the water bearer".
SwastikaHindu
Nazi Germany
The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit word svastik (in Devanagari, स्वस्तिक), meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. It occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day India and the surrounding area, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol. It was long widely used in major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma, because of its iconic usage in Nazi Germany the symbol has become controversial in the Western world.
The Caduceus & Staff of Asclepius
The caduceus on the left, with two serpents coiling around a pole is often mistakenly used by the medical profession. The staff of the healer-god Asclepius, on the right, is meant to be the official medical symbol. It is a single serpent entwined with a cypress branch.
The caduceus is associated with Hermes (Mercury), the messenger of the gods. He's also known as the god of trickery, wealth and death.
The Fleur-de-lis
From its earliest records (it was the flower of Hera, the Greek moon goddess) it has been the symbol of purity and was accordingly readily adopted by the Church to associate the Virgin Mary's sanctity with events of special significance.
