English - Symbols

Snake

evil, temptation, hidden danger, slyness

lamb

innocence, sacrifice

bear

death; financial losses (economics / finance)

bull

bravery; financial gain (economics / finance)

butterfly

change, life cycle; death; temporality (temporariness)

eagle

power, freedom, valor (bravery)

birds

freedom, hope, transcendence (being “above” the ordinary and struggle)

caged birds

imprisonment, confinement, entrapment, limitation, oppression (being overpowered,

enslaved)

elephant

memory; the Republican Party in politics

owl

wisdom, keen perception

donkey

stubbornness; the Democrat Party in politics

fox

slyness, cleverness, intelligence

lion

courage, authority

monkey

silliness, fun

dragons

evil; magic

raven vulture

death

hawk

war, aggression

mouse

shyness

stars

fate, the future; hope; magic

river

the passage of time

Ocean waves/ tides

the passage of time; constancy, regularity; endless coming and going

Mountains

a challenge

Seeds

growth, possibility, a beginning

Stone / rock

endurance, stability, permanence, strength, impermeability (being unbreakable)

moon

insanity, madness, wildness; magic (lunatic: luna = moon)

rose

beauty; love

four leaf clover

luck

water

purity, life, cleansing

wind

change

sunshine/ sun

hope, optimism

storm

trouble, danger

tree

knowledge; life; family, “roots”

forest

danger, the unknown; the “big picture”

light

knowledge, awareness; goodness; safety

darkness

ignorance, hidden danger, secrecy; evil

white

surrender, peace; innocence, purity

black

evil, danger, the unknown

red

passion, love, anger

blue

sadness, loneliness, depression, calmness

yellow

cowardliness, fear

green

envy, jealousy; fertility, growth; the environment, sustainability, eco-consciousness

purple

royalty

circle

unity; infinity

nature seasons

spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

life cycle

spring - (re-) birth

Summer - youth

Fall - adulthood

Winter - old age

Night

evil, danger, death, mystery, the unknown

sunrise

ossibility, hope, opportunity, a new beginning

sunset

the end, death, closure

lightbulb

an idea, intelligence

eyes

“windows to the soul”; true identity; knowledge

mirror

self-knowledge

clock

temporality, aging, fate, desperation

candle

hope, curiosity, memory, honor, peace

glasses

knowledge, understanding, vision, clarity (clearness)

skeleton

death, danger

road

a journey