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Flower Sign preview
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Flower Sign

A compact lobed form carved on the seventh-century Dunnichen Stone in Angus is conventionally known as the Flower Sign. The name captures its floral resemblance, but the carving is not securely identified as a botanical image and its Pictish significance is unknown.

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CommercialRenewalHopeIdentityHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Flowing Vase (hegallu) — Documented Sumerian/Akkadian Motif, Akkadian–Ur III preview
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Flowing Vase (hegallu) — Documented Sumerian/Akkadian Motif, Akkadian–Ur III

A globular vase from which two streams issue, often with fish: a transferable abundance device, not an Enki-only attribute.

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CommercialIdentityHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Foliate Head preview
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Foliate Head

Faces sprouting, biting or surrounded by leaves peer from medieval churches and buildings across Europe, creating one of the period's most strange and memorable forms of architectural ornament.

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CommercialRenewalTransformationBalanceHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Four Element Compass preview
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Four Element Compass

Four forces arranged around a shared centre turn the classical elements into a map for reflection: not a fixed compass of nature, but a way to consider balance and direction.

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CommercialBalanceGuidanceWisdomHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Full Moon Basin preview
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Full Moon Basin

A complete lunar disk poised above a receiving vessel turns the full moon into an image of culmination, reflection, attention, and the moment when something becomes fully visible.

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CommercialWisdomTransformationBalanceHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Funeral Bell Sign preview
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Funeral Bell Sign

The bell gives death a public voice: its imagined sound marks a farewell beyond the private circle of grief, turning remembrance into something heard, shared, and acknowledged by a community.

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CommercialDeathMemoryFaithHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Gorgon Mask Seal preview
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Gorgon Mask Seal

The ancient gorgoneion confronts the viewer head-on: staring eyes, bared teeth, tongue and snakes turn the face itself into a warning. This modern seal preserves that directness as an emblem of protection, danger and defiance.

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Ornamental · documented field

Griffin Wing Seal preview
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Griffin Wing Seal

Lion strength and eagle flight meet in the griffin, a hybrid whose imposing form became well suited to guarding valuable or sacred spaces. The wing seal distils that character into protection, courage and watchful strength.

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CommercialStrengthTransformationProtectionHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Grimoire Star Seal preview
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Grimoire Star Seal

Historical grimoires preserve specific seals whose details matter; this is deliberately not one of them. The original star-and-seal composition instead uses the atmosphere of the manuscript page to represent study, orientation and the search for knowledge that must be worked for rather than simply revealed.

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CommercialGuidanceWisdomFaithHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Hammer and Anvil Pair preview
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Hammer and Anvil Pair

Two small forms flanking a Tuning-fork Sign on the seventh-century Abernethy symbol stone have been tentatively described as a hammer and anvil. The identifications are uncertain, making the pair an especially useful example of cautious archaeological naming.

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CommercialStrengthTransformationResilienceHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Hand of Benediction preview
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Hand of Benediction

Raised in blessing by Christ, saints and bishops, the benediction hand became a familiar medieval image of sacred authority, prayer and the giving of divine favour.

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CommercialFaithCompassionProtectionHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Harpy Wing Device preview
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Harpy Wing Device

Harpies arrive suddenly and take things away. Ancient Greek scenes of the creatures carrying off Phineus's food give this isolated wing a sharper meaning: swift disruption, unavoidable consequence and the unsettling power of forces that cannot be held.

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CommercialStrengthDeathTransformationHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Heart and Blade preview
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Heart and Blade

Hearts and blades share a long history in sailor and military flash, where names and mottos often made the image personal. Without that inscription, this modern pairing leaves room for love, hurt, memory and the resolve to carry all three.

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CommercialFaithLoveMemoryHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Heart Tablet preview
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Heart Tablet

Framed like an inscription meant to be kept, the heart becomes a place for what matters personally: love, loyalty, faith, memory, devotion, or the name and story that someone chooses to carry forward.

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CommercialFaithLoveMemoryHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Hearth Cauldron Seal preview
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Hearth Cauldron Seal

Before it became an icon of witch imagery, the cauldron was simply a working vessel beside the fire. This modern seal returns to that domestic foundation, using hearth and vessel together to represent home, nourishment, renewal and change shaped through time and care.

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CommercialFamilyProtectionTransformationHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Helm of Awe preview
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Helm of Awe

The Helm of Awe has two histories: a fear-inducing object in medieval Norse literature and, much later, a radial Icelandic magical stave used in protective contexts. The familiar graphic form belongs to the later tradition.

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Ornamental · documented field

Hermetic Compass preview
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Hermetic Compass

A contemporary compass-like emblem inspired by Hermetic correspondence and alchemical diagramming, using direction as a modern metaphor for guidance, balance and disciplined inquiry.

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CommercialGuidanceWisdomBalanceHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Hex Bowl Sign preview
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Hex Bowl Sign

A bowl is defined by what it can receive, hold and contain. This contemporary sign uses that simple vessel form to explore boundaries, protection and transformation while treating the word hex as modern occult vocabulary rather than evidence of one historic tradition.

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CommercialProtectionTransformationBalanceHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Hooked Cross Motif — Historic Slavic Textile and Ceramic Ornament preview
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Hooked Cross Motif — Historic Slavic Textile and Ceramic Ornament

A hooked-cross design recorded on an early Slavic ceramic vessel from Ożańsk in present-day Poland.

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CommercialOriginal Meaning UnknownHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Horse preview
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Horse

An unmounted horse is incised on the stone known as Inverurie 4 in Aberdeenshire, preserved without rider, harness or elaborate accompanying equipment. The animal is identifiable, but its role within Pictish symbolism remains unknown.

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CommercialStrengthGuidanceResilienceHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Horus Falcon Crest preview
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Horus Falcon Crest

A contemporary crest explicitly inspired by Horus as a falcon, drawing on ancient Egyptian associations with the sky, kingship and divine protection of the ruler.

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CommercialProtectionIdentityStrengthHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Hydra Knot Device preview
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Hydra Knot Device

Cut one Hydra head away and the problem returns multiplied. Interlacing its many necks into a knot turns that Greek monster into a modern emblem of recurrence, resilience and the difficult patterns that cannot be solved by repeating the same response.

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CommercialResilienceStrengthTransformationHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Jackal Standard Seal preview
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Jackal Standard Seal

A contemporary seal based on the ancient Egyptian Wepwawet standard, the standing canid image of the ‘Opener of the Ways’ associated with procession, guidance and passage.

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CommercialGuidanceProtectionDeathHistorically supported

Ornamental · documented field

Keys of Saint Peter preview
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Keys of Saint Peter

The keys given to Saint Peter became one of medieval Christianity's clearest images of apostolic authority, linking the Gospel promise of the 'keys of the kingdom' with Peter and the Church of Rome.

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CommercialFaithIdentityGuidanceHistorically supported