Mystical Angels

led zep's mystical symbols?

do you know what each mystical sign that was printed on led zeppelin's fourth album cover, means? i'm not very confusing, am i? xD well, can you tell me? here's a pic http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/images/symbols.jpg

Public Comments

1. "The symbols came about because the band (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham) decided their 1971 album couldn't be called "Led Zeppelin IV." Jimmy Page explains on "Led Zeppelin: The Black Mountain Side" (plaza.v-wave.com/zeppelin/d-iv.html): "We decided that on the fourth album, we would deliberately play down the group name, and there wouldn't be any information whatsoever on the outer jacket. Names, titles and things like that do not mean a thing. . . . I had to talk like hell to get that one done." " more at link
2. Each member of the band chose a personal emblem for the cover. Left to right, their members and meanings: * Jimmy Page's symbol is generally referred to as "ZoSo", though its symbols have nonalphabetic connotations. It was designed by Page himself.[2] The four symbols on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV, representing Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and Robert Plant (from left to right) respectively. Although the symbols are sometimes referred to as "Runes", only the middle two are runes; the other two are sigils. The four symbols on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV, representing Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and Robert Plant (from left to right) respectively. Although the symbols are sometimes referred to as "Runes", only the middle two are runes; the other two are sigils. The source of the ZoSo symbol itself is no longer a mystery but the meaning of it still is; it originated in 'Ars Magica Arteficii' (1557) by Gerolamo Cardano (also known as J. Cardan), an old alchemical grimoire, where it has been identified as a sigil consisting of zodiac signs. The sigil is reproduced in "Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils" by Fred Gettings, published in 1982 by Routledge & Kegan Paul (see here). The symbol used to represent the planet Saturn for purposes of magic. Page is a Capricorn, a sign ruled by Saturn, and the Z-like symbol is distinctive as a common astrological mark for Saturn. The oSo portion is similar to the alchemic symbol for mercury, also associated with Saturn. In cabalistic or hermetic study, knowledge seekers look to the god Mercury (Hermes, see Hermes Trismegistus and the Hermetica) for guidance and light, more or less the scene that unfolds in the drawing on the inside cover of the album and later acted out by Page in the concert film The Song Remains the Same. This part of the symbol is also strikingly similar to the Lucifer script ciphered by Aleister Crowley in his book The Equinox; and the symbol as a whole strongly resembles characters of the "alphabet of the Magi", a seventeenth century text used for fashioning magical talismans. What it means personally to Page is unknown, as he has never publicly revealed its meaning. His interest in Aleister Crowley, however, is widely known. The guitarist owns many of Crowley's original manuscripts and other effects, including (until the mid-1980s) Crowley's former home on Loch Ness, Boleskine House. In the 1970s Page owned the occult bookshop The Equinox in London, also an enterprise for publishing rare manuscripts. * John Paul Jones' symbol is a single circle intersecting 3 vesica pisces (a triquetra). Taken from a book of runes, it symbolises a person with confidence and competence.[2] However, Jones claims it represents an exorcism (said to irritate the occultist Page).[citation needed] * John Bonham's symbol, the three interlocking rings, represents the trinity of mother, father and child. It could also depict an aerial view of a drum kit. It does in fact represent the pagan idea of trilogies and trios, and, more commonly, is a Christian symbol for the Trinity. In the 1990 Bonham tribute radio special, "It's Been A Long Time", son Jason Bonham stated that the symbol was chosen as a representation of man, woman, and child. Jones's and Bonham's symbols fitting together -- one to the other inside out, inverse images -- is no accident. In any good rock band, particularly in Led Zeppelin, the bassist and drummer form interlocking parts of a rhythmic whole.[citation needed] In reality the symbol originally appeared on an English beer company that happened to be Bonzo's favorite so when choosing symbols he decided to borrow this one. [3] * The symbol for Robert Plant is the Egyptian feather of Ma'at, representing truth, justice, fairness and writing, encapsulated by an unbroken circle representing life.[2] There is also a fifth, smaller symbol chosen by guest vocalist Sandy Denny representing her contribution to "The Battle of Evermore"; it appears in the credits list on the inner sleeve of the LP, serving as an asterisk.
3. I rarely quote Wiki, but in this case they are right on: Each member of the band chose a personal emblem for the cover. * Jimmy Page's symbol is generally referred to as "ZoSo", though its symbols have non-alphabetic connotations. It was designed by Page himself. (MUCH more on this symbol on the Wiki page) * John Paul Jones' symbol is a single circle intersecting 3 vesica pisces (a triquetra). Taken from a book of runes, it symbolises a person with confidence and competence. * John Bonham's symbol, the three interlocking rings, represents the trinity of mother, father and child. It could also depict an aerial view of a drum kit. His son, Jason Bonham stated that the symbol was chosen as a representation of man, woman, and child. * The symbol for Robert Plant is the Egyptian feather of Ma'at, representing truth, justice, fairness and writing, encapsulated by an unbroken circle representing life.
4. Two of them are symbols of the Holy Trinity (a Christan girl i know actually wars that three interlocked oval one as a neckalace alot)