Alchemical symbol

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Salt (base matter) Sulfur (omnipresent spirit of life) Mercury (fluid connection between the High and the Low)

Earth Water Air Fire

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Monas Hieroglyphica John Dee

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Gold dominated by Sol ☉ ☼ (  ) Silver dominated by Luna ☽ (  ) Copper dominated by Venus ♀ (also:  ) Iron dominated by Mars ♂ (  ) Tin dominated by Jupiter ♃ (  ) Mercury (quicksilver) dominated by Mercury ☿ (  ) Lead dominated by Saturn ♄ (  )

Antimony ♁ Arsenic Bismuth Boron Magnesium ⊛ Phosphorus Platinum ☽ ☉ Potassium Stone Sulfur Brimstone Zinc

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Calcination (Aries ) Congelation (Taurus ) Fixation (Gemini ) Dissolution (Cancer ) Digestion (Leo ) Distillation (Virgo ) Sublimation (Libra ) Separation (Scorpio ) Incineration (Sagittarius ) Fermentation (Capricorn) Multiplication (Aquarius ) Projection (Pisces )

Blue vitriol is copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate Green vitriol is iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate Oil of vitriol is sulfuric acid Red vitriol is cobalt(II) sulfate heptahydrate Roman vitriol is copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate Spirit of vitriol is sulfuric acid Sweet oil of vitriol is diethyl ether (not a sulfate) Vitriol with no further qualification often means sulfuric acid Vitriol of Mars is iron(III) sulfate White vitriol is zinc sulfate heptahydrate

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