kronos/busted cross?

[Jean Lansford]

On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Ted O. Jackson wrote:

>Steve says:
>> Has it been determined for
>> certain that the BOC symbol is the Kronos symbol?  I remember the Kronos
>> symbol being significantly different (but I haven't looked for a while)
>>
>> SP
>>
>I think the BOC symbol is actually Kronos and another symbol
>combined.  The symbol for Saturn is simply a cross, isn't it?  Or am
>I confusing it with another astrological sign?

The astrological symbol for Saturn (which is also the alchemical
symbol for lead) is currently drawn as a cross atop an open hook,
supposedly representing a sickle.

The astrological symbol for the asteroid Ceres is supposed to be
Saturn reversed, a hook atop a cross, but the hook is circular.  Ceres
looks precisely like an upside-down BOC Kronos.

Not too much of a stretch to the BOC Kronos being a variation of
Saturn.


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