Zoso - Jimmy Page's symbol from the Led Zeppelin IV album

On the Led Zeppelin IV album, Jimmy Page inspired the 4 band members to choose symbols to

represent their names on the album cover. The album itself was called these four symbols

creating all sorts of difficulty for record companies publishing the name on the record

chart. Page stated that the symbols were taken from common reference texts and Led Zeppelin fans

started looking. Three of the symbols were easily identified, but Jimmy Page's own "Zoso" symbol

below proved hard to identify.

I have been researching this for some time, and thanks to assistance from several other individuals I

believe we have a simple and rational explanation for Page's symbol. It is nothing to do with Satan or

three-headed dogs guarding the entrance to Hades. I will show below that the symbol is a sigil for the

planet Saturn, the ruler of Jimmy Page's astrological sun sign, Capricorn. I will also reference texts

where you can find the symbol yourself (it will help if you can speak French).

Definitions

Grimoire - a textbook on magic (or magick)

Sigil - a symbol used in magic (or magick). The Zoso symbol is a sigil, which may be found in a book

of Grimoires (magick).

Symbol - an object, character, or other concrete representation of an idea, concept, or other abstraction.

Rune - letters of early Germanic and Scandinavian alphabets.

Clavicle - key. The Clavicles of Solomon = the Key of Solomon.

Magick - an act designed to cause intentional change. The "k" was added by Aleister Crowley to

distinguish the practice from showmen at fairgrounds.

Alchemy - early form of scientific investigation into nature, combined with philosophy and mysticism.

Acknowledgements

I didn't uncover all the information on this page myself. A special thanks to the following people for

their assistance in obtaining information about these symbols:

Mr Joseph Peterson of Esoteric Archives

Robert Ansell of Fulgur Limited

Robert Godwin, author of The Illustrated Collectors Guide to Led Zeppelin, and The Making of

Led Zeppelin

Alain Marchiset of L'intersigne Livres anciens, Paris

Deborah from the interloan department of Wellington City Library

mackedelic for his information on the Grazioso guitar

Frédéric Mazué from France for assistance with French-to-English translations, and for spotting

Le Dragon Rouge text on eBay

Jorge Vives Díaz for details of Cardan's texts

Symbols for Other Band Members

First I'll cover the easy stuff, the meanings of the symbols for the other band members.

Robert Plant - the circle with the feather in it. This is the feather of

Ma'at, the Egyptian goddess of justice and fairness, and is the emblem

of a writer (ie song lyrics). It can be found in "The Sacred Symbols of

Mu" by Colonel James Churchward. It is in Chapter V, on pages 142

and 143. I've also included a link to the text on www.sacred-

texts.com. This is not a common symbol, but does turn up in

Egyptian and Red Indian texts.

The symbols of John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Sandy Denny (who also had a symbol on the Led

Zeppelin IV album cover) can be found in The Book of Signs by Rudolf Koch (published by The

Limited Editions Club, London, 1930) - pages 32 and 33 have the symbols for John Paul Jones and John

Bonham. Sandy Denny's symbol can be found on page 5. This book is fairly easy to get - check out

your local library or Amazon. It is worth picking up, it isn't expensive and is a good reference guide.

Note that John Paul Jones' and John Bonham's symbols are easily made and do turn up in different

contexts in different places. You will find these same symbols have several meanings.

Sandy Denny - three triangles. According to Koch it is an old

symbol for the Godhead "beyond that nothing is known about it".

John Paul Jones - single circle with 3 intersecting vesica

pisces. Symbolises a person with confidence and competence. It

also appears in various mystery school texts, such as the

Rosicrucians.

John Bonham - three intersecting circles. Symbolises the man-wife-

child trilogy.

This symbol also appears on The Heirophant Tarot card where the

trilogy also symbolises Osiris-Isis-Horus (click on image on the right

to see it full size).

Four Symbols from the album

cover, with Sandy Denny's

symbol shown next to The Battle

of Evermore (on which she sang

backing vocals)

Pages 32 and 33 from Rudolf

Koch's book showing John Paul

Jones' and John Bonham's

symbols.

Sandy Denny's symbol on page 5

from Rudolf Koch's book.

Jimmy Page's Symbol

That was the easy stuff, now let's deal with this mysterious symbol of Jimmy Page. So far I have shown

that the symbols for Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham (plus Sandy Denny) are easily

found in standard symbology reference books, and the meanings are clearly enunciated. Jimmy also

said that his symbol could be found in a standard dictionary of occult symbols. This proved not to be

the case and thus lead to all sorts of interesting speculation and theories.

For me, researching Page's symbol has been a voyage of discovery and I encourage other people to do

the same. Looking for these symbols brings the researcher into contact with all sorts of books and

topics that are on subjects that are not seen daily on TV, or in newspapers, or in general

conversation. The occult is, be definition, hidden. It is worth trying to understand the concepts behind

the symbolism.

Jimmy's trousers - 1973 tour Symbols

It is useful at this point to explain the symbols that appeared on Jimmy's clothing. Most famous was his

dragon suit, and hence many references to Page's symbol being from the Red Dragon text - I will deal

more with this below. There is a Dragon Rouge (Rouge is French for Red) society, and I have extracted

the following description from their web page describing the mystical meaning of the dragon:

"The Red Dragon is a mythological entity which exists in all times and cultures. The Dragon can be

viewed as a winged serpent. From the perspective of the history of religions the serpent is a symbol of

the earth and the underworld. The eagle (and birds in general) are symbols of the heavens. The dragon

is a unity of these two fundamental principles. The Dragon is a picture of the Hermetic principle "That

which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below". In China

the dragon is a symbol of Tao, that which is beyond all terms and all polarities (Yin and Yang) but also

is the force behind all. The Dragon represents the unknown and the hidden energy in man and in nature.

The word dragon comes from the Greek verb derkein which means "to see". The Dragon is the principle

of clear seeing: the ability to see things in a new light as they really are, beyond all illusions. For this

reason the dragon has great wisdom and power in the myths. The wisdom of the dragon is symbolized

by the treasure it guards or the pearl that the dragon carries in his mouth. To find this wisdom and

knowledge man must search in his/her inner aspects and in the unknown. In Yoga the dragon is called

the Kundalini, the force that is hidden inside man. The Draconian path strives to make this unconscious

force and knowledge conscious. "A picture says more than a thousand words" and the symbol of the

dragon and the myths about it carries information about how the unconscious can become conscious

and how man can evolve."

During the 1973 tour three symbols appeared on Jimmy's jeans, as shown below. You may see these on

Page as you browse through Led Zeppelin photo books. These symbols are easily identified as

astrological symbols. The Sun sign, ascendant and moon sign are the most important for Astrological

analysis of a person's personality. Refer to standard texts on Astrology if you want to know more about

this, and to confirm these astrological symbols. If you want to check Jimmy's natal chart, the data I

have is:

Time of birth: 03:00 GMT

Date of birth: 9 January 1944

Place of birth: Heston, Middlesex, longitude 0° 22' West, latitude 51° 28' North

You can use an astrological text book or software from the internet to get a complete star chart for Page,

such as the one I have produced below. This shows that Jimmy's sun sign is Capricorn, Ascendant is

Scorpio, and Moon is in Cancer.

This establishes a linkage between Page and standard astrological symbols which he used freely.

(This is from a photo on the cover of the bootleg CD "56700 Fans Gathered

Together and Boogie", Tampa, 5 May 1973, which has a photo of Jimmy's

trousers).

Top - Capricorn, Jimmy's sun sign (Jimmy was born on 9 January) similar to left

part of Zoso symbol above. Note that there are some variations in the styling of

this symbol amongst astrological texts. Capricorn is ruled by the planet

Saturn.

Middle - Scorpio, Jimmy's ascendant sign.

Bottom - Cancer, Jimmy's moon sign.

At this stage, simply take note that Page has made use of astrological signs on clothing worn on stage.

Tarantura CD Cover

Tarantura is a bootleg manufacturer in Japan, known for releasing high quality Led Zeppelin bootleg

CDs. Robert Godwin had brought this picture to my attention in his book on the Four Symbols. The

following image appeared on their 19 CD box set called Yuzuki.

The Zoso symbol can be clearly seen upside down above the word DAYS. The symbol to the right of

Zoso is the Tarantura label symbol. There was also a reference to these symbols being from Le Dragon

Rouge or The Red Dragon (also called the Grand Grimoire). I obtained several translations of this work

from esoteric archives but was unable to find anything that remotely resembled these symbols, hence

discounted any linkage to The Red Dragon for many years. I was wrong.

Le Dragon Rouge

It turns out that there are quite a few Dragon Rouge texts. The picture below is probably the book that

Jimmy Page obtained his symbol from (see link on eBay, France). This is an 1850 reprint of a 1521 text

of The Red Dragon and The Black Hen, including the secrets of Artephius, the secrets of Cleopatra and

how to make yourself invisible. The book sold on eBay for €350. The collections of symbols are

reproduced almost identically in more readily accessible texts, see "Grimoires et rituels magiques"

below. The Zoso symbol is on page 51 in a collection of symbols applicable to the planet Saturn (ruler

of Capricorn, Jimmy Page's astrological sun sign). I have no idea how you would obtain a copy of this

book, other than through specialist occult second-hand bookshops.

Grimoires et rituels magiques

The set of symbols from the Tarantura CD cover, which includes Page's Zoso symbol, can be found in a

French collection of grimoires. This book is readily available (1972 and 1998 editions, check out the

French Amazon site) and Mr Joseph Peterson told me that the symbols can be found on page 127. As

the book is in French (I am not aware of English translations) it is not in my local library.

Details of the book: title is Grimoires et Rituels Magiques, author is

Francois Ribadeau Dumas, publisher P. Belfond in Paris in 1972 (and

1998). ISBN: 978-2714436047 or 2714436048.

The symbols are in Dragon Rouge Chapter 10 - the Secrets of the Scientist

Artephius. I don't know much about Artephius. It seems he was a 13th

century alchemist, and one of the influential authors on which later works

were based. Apparently he had the formula for the elixir of life, and may

have lived for a thousand years (from the 2nd century to the 13th century)!

The collections of symbols below are identical to those in Le Dragon

Rouge text above, including the heading above the symbols stating that

they relate to the planet Saturn.

The relevant pages from Chapter 10 are shown below (click on the image for a larger view):

Using the marvels of Babelfish we can translate these pages into English, and this reveals a collection of

astrological symbols relating to the planets: Sun (soleil), Moon (lune), Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus

and Saturn (note: 7 sets of symbols). The Zoso symbol appears in the collection for Saturn, translating

French English

Pour Saturne, appliqué au samedi For Saturn, applicable to Saturday

Saturne préside à la vie des hommes, il

la prolonge ou la termine, il la rend

heureuse ou pénible.

Saturn rules over the lives of the men; it lengthens or

shortens life; it makes their lives happy or painful.

Les signes que nous venons de donner

et la puissance qui appartient aux

planètes doivent diriger les Mages

dans leurs opérations d'alchimie ou

d'astrologie, comme ils servaient à

Artéphius dont le talent principal a été

de se procurer des richesses et une

longue existence pour en jouir.

The signs which we have just given and the power which

belongs to planets must direct the Magi in their operations

of alchemy or astrology, as they were used for Artéphius

whose principal talent was to get wealth and a long

existence to enjoy it.

from French:

Using this document as the key, you will see that the three lines on the Tarantura album cover are the

symbols for Venus and Saturn (I haven't been able to identify the source for the first line, but it isn't

important to me). Note that Capricorn, Jimmy's astrological sun sign, is ruled by Saturn. This book

would seem a likely reference source for Jimmy Page to view Saturn sigils and select his symbol -

except that the book wasn't published until 1972 and the Led Zeppelin IV album cover was put together

in mid-1971. We can speculate on whether Page had access to an early manuscript or whether he

referenced another source of these sigils.

Le Triple Vocabularire Infernal

Mr Peterson from from esoteric archives (there is lots of good stuff on this website, I recommend the

CD to those interested in studying the occult) also brought the following to my attention. This is page

31 from a rare 19th century dictionary of symbols called Le Triple Vocabulaire Infernal Manuel du

Demonomane, by Frinellan (a pseudonym for Simon Blocquel), published by Lille, Blocquel-Castiaux,

1844.

The Zoso symbol can clearly be seen in the bottom left. This book is very hard to get. It sells in Europe

for 450 Euros in specialist collectors book shops. This book is again in French but there is very little in

the book explaining the symbols. The translation from Mr Joseph Peterson relating to these "talismans"

on page 30 is:

Characters. - The majority of talismans owe their virtues to the sacred characters that the ancients

regarded as a sure defense. The famous ring of Solomon, who subjected the geniuses to the will of this

king magician, owed all its force to the kabbalistic characters. (For these characters see the following

page). The works which treat on this matter are: the Clavicles, the Red Dragon, Enchiridion, the

Treasure of the old man of the Pyramids, etc.

I subsequently obtained a full copy of the book from the British Library imaging service. A copy of the

book can be viewed at their reading room in St Pancras (London), but you still have to pre-order the

book in advance. However, the imaging service is very helpful. The shelfmark number is 08632.de.3

and the other details you have above. It cost me £27 to obtain the book on CD (it is in French).

Using the Dumas book, we can see that the 6 lines in the Frinellan book are symbols for Sun, Moon,

Mars, Mercury, Venus and Saturn (Jupiter is skipped for some reason). Frinellan's work appeared over

100 years before Dumas. These are collections of Grimoires, and clearly are based on earlier works.

Occult Reference Sources

Le Triple Vocabulaire is a dictionary of symbols, and states openly that information was taken from

other sources. I, and others, have checked out many of the sourced referenced above, and I will mention

some of these below along with those referenced in Frinellan. Many of these texts can be found on the

internet, or obtained on CD. However, the sources that have symbols closest to Page's symbol (ie Le

Triple Vocabulaire, and Cardan's 1557 work) are not easily obtainable. I believe that Page probably

took his symbol from Le Dragon Rouge (1850 publication). The Dumas book is a more accessible text

and seems to have similar informatin to the older text.

A general note - many of these texts reference back to religious texts pre-Christian era. These are the

ancient Kabbalah, the religion of the Jews and King Solomon. The roots of the Rosicrucians and

Freemasony can be traced back to these texts. There is a mixture of profound truths, and utter

rubbish. Good sources on the web for these texts are:

Esoteric Archives

Hermetics Resource Site

Sacred texts

Sombras Malditas (Spanish site)

Alchemy web site including Alchemical symbols and imagery

Magicka.com (aah! I hate websites with silly music!)

Do what Jimmy Page wanted you to do, and read some of these books! Most can be downloaded as

PDF, or obtained relatively cheaply on CD from these sites. Remember, this is a mixture of truly

fascinating occult information, and utter gibberish.

I haven't found these symbols in any of the following texts, but there may well be other earlier works in

which the Zoso symbol appears. It may well be in another French book. I have reviewed:

The Red Dragon = Le Dragon Rouge = The Grand Grimoire, sometimes with The Great Clavicle

of Solomon. You can find The Grand Grimoire here and also here, in several versions. Esoteric

archives CD also has several versions. There are quite a number of Le Dragon Rouge texts,

many of which I checked out and didn't contain the symbol. Le Dragon Rouge of Artephius is

the one required.

The Black Pullett (La Poule Noire) = The Black Screeching Owl = The Treasure of the Old Man

of the Pyramid. This text is referenced by Frinellan, and characters in the book do have a lot of

similarities to the symbols in Frinellan. Also see text on Wikipedia for the Black Pullett .

Enchiridion Leonis Papae (1740) - no symbols found in here.

Agrippa - a classical writer on alchemical subjects, and referenced by Frinellan. The symbol

style looks very similar to that in Frinallen, but I cannot find any matching symbols. This can be

found on Esoteric Archives, also here.

Grimoires on Hermetic Resource site: Greater and Lesser Key of Solomon; Ars Paulina; Ars

Almadel; Ars Nova; Ars Notoria; Grimoire of Armadel; Grimorium Verum; Sacred Book of

Abramelin the Mage; Arbatel of Magic; Heptameron; The Grand Grimoire; The Black Raven;

Grimoire of Honorius; Sword of Moses; 6th 7th and 8th books of Moses; The Black Pullett;

Secret Grimoire of Turiel; Libellus Magicus.

Elipas Levi on Hermetic Resource site.

The Book of Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite (1913), online here, an excellent

summary of the main grimoires above including The Grand Grimoire, Black Pullett and

Clavicles of Solomon.

I haven't been able to source the following texts, but I don't think they contain any relevant material :

The Green Butterfly, and The Queen of Hairy Flies (if indeed these texts are different from The

Black Pullett - may simply be different editions) as referenced by Frinellan. I haven't found

these books yet online (if they are identical to The Black Pullett, that would explain why I

haven't found them).

Jimmy Page published a book called The Goetia, which is part of The Lesser Key of Solomon

(also called The Lemegeton). I haven't checked this book, but it may also have some references

to the Zoso symbol. (Thanks to G. Strohecker for this information).

Cardan, Ars Magica Arteficii, 1557

The linkage between Jimmy's symbol and the planet Saturn was first brought to my attention by Robert

Ansell and this is the earliest reference I have found to the symbol and the planet Saturn. Jerome

Cardan was 16th century mathematician who had some passing interest in hermeticism and the

occult. He wrote a book in 1557 called De rerum varietate, in which Chapter 91 was entitled 'Ars

magica Artefii et Mihinii' (The magical art of Artefius or Artephius and Mihinius). The set of symbols

for the planets appear on page 789 of a 1580 reissue of De rerum varietate (the 1580 version is available

on the web, it is hard to find the 1557 publication). The symbols can also be found in a 1663

publication Complete Works (Opera Omnia) on page 313. The relevant symbols are shown below:

Cardan, De rerum varietate, 1580, page 789 Cardan, Opera Omnia, 1663, page 313

The Cardan 1557 symbol for Saturn is also referenced in "Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and

Alchemical Sigils" by Fred Gettings, published in 1982 by Routledge & Kegan Paul, ISBN 0-7100-

0095-2. You should be able to get Fred Gettings book through your local library. I have reproduced the

relevant symbols from page 201 (section on Planetary Symbols, under Sigils) below. Note that the

symbols in Gettings dictionary are his own line drawings - they are not Cardan's originals. (Click on the

image for a larger view). Thanks to Jorge Vives Díaz for his detailed research into Cardan's

publications.

As a side note, Cardan's Father was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci and Cardan was also accused of

Heresy for having cast the horoscope of Jesus Christ. Cardan was an intelligent man skilled in

mathematics, and his opinion was that Artephius' magickal symbols were nonsense!

Jimmy's astrological sun sign is Capricorn, which is ruled by the planet Saturn. Cardan's symbol above

is a magickal symbol for Saturn.

Cardan, 1557, symbol for Saturn

Symbol from Le Triple

Vocabulaire Infernal, and

Dumas' Grimoires et rituels

magiques.

Page's symbol as it appeared on

the Led Zeppelin IV album

cover, 1971.

Artephius

I am currently trying to find out more about the Artephius manuscript which seems to be the original

source of the Saturn symbol. It is extremely hard to find, and it may not provide any more clues as to

whether there is a deeper meaning behind the symbol. Perhaps they are indeed nonsense as Cardan

says.

Further analysis of Page's symbol

I have included these notes from past analysis. These pre-date me finding the Cardan, Dumas and

Triple Vocabulaire references. A number of other authors (eg Godwin) have attempted to show that the

symbol is made up of astrological symbols for Saturn, Jupiter and perhaps Mars or Mercury. This may

be the case - symbols were often made up of other symbols, just as words are composed of individual

letters. The focus on my research is on identifying the source of Jimmy's symbol and not speculating on

what the deeper meaning of the symbol could be. However, Cardan or Artephius had a reason for

drawing the sigil in a particular way. A thorough understanding of the deeper meaning behind the

symbol for Saturn will require becoming a student of the occult (you could start with BOTA).

I welcome further elucidation on the meaning of the elements making up this sigil.

Page: Cardan/Gettings:

Let's look at the two symbols in more detail. Not an exact match, but pretty good

except for the bottom piece. I do not profess in any way to be an expert on

alchemical signs!

This is undoubtedly the symbol for Capricorn, Jimmy's sun sign. This is similar to

the modern day symbol used by astrologers for Capricorn. Remember, Saturn is the

planet associated with Capricorn.

It has been pointed out (thanks to Marc Skaf) that this part of the symbol is very

similar an alchemical symbol described as "reverberation" - which ties in very

nicely with Mr Page's guitar playing! I am unsure of the source of these alchemical

symbols so I do not know if they pre-date or post-date the Cardan or Le Dragon

Rouge publications.

I have received a number of interpretations on this part of the symbol, one of the

most convincing is that it is 666, as per extract from Crowley's Equinox below. The

two 0's with dots represent 6, and the middle S also stands for 6.

It also appears to be similar to the alchemical sign for Mercury (page 346 of Fred

Gettings Dictionary of the Occult):

Given that it was part of the original Cardan symbol it must have been related to

Saturn in some way, and could also have related to the rings which gave Saturn the

appearance of changing shape to early astronomers in the same way that the metal

Mercury is a liquid at room temperature and changes its shape as it rolls round a

flask.

A single circle with a dot in the centre is a well known symbol for the Sun. The S

could represent Saturn revolving around the sun.

Another interesting link for this part of the symbol is to an ancient Pict "Double

Disk and Z rod" symbol. The meaning of these Pict symbols is unknown, but are

thought to be used to represent a family or tribe. This is worth considering as

although Page's symbol almost certainly came from the 19th century French book,

the origin of the French symbol almost certainly dates to earlier times, and the Zoso

symbol is probably made up of several symbols (three are suggested). It is possible

that the early Pict double disk and z-rod symbol is the origin of this portion. It

dates back at least two thousand years. If it is, we remain none-the-wiser as to the

meaning as it has been well researched by many historians and the meaning has yet

to be determined. (Thanks to Mark Guthrie for this information).

This has been the most puzzling part of the symbol, and I have struggled to find any

matching symbols for it. There is a similarity to::

which is the Symbol for Cancer (Spiegelberg 1911, page 73 of Fred Gettings'

Dictionary). Cancer would make sense being Jimmy's moon sign, but this is just

speculation.

Alchemy

Another interesting theory on the meaning of the symbol comes from alchemy (thanks to Noel for

pointing this out to me). When we examine two common alchemical symbols (as shown below), we

find that the Zoso symbol could be composed of the symbols for Lead and Gold.

This is the alchemical symbol for Lead, which has similarities to the Z on the front of

the Zoso symbol.

This is the alchemical symbol for Gold (no doubt inspired after the symbol for the

sun). It is similar to the circles in the o-S-o part of the symbol.

The inference from this is that the symbol could be representing the achemical goal of turning Lead

(Led) into Gold. Interestingly, Saturn and Lead are equated with the physical body (gold with the

spiritual), and we have already determined that the Zoso symbol is for Saturn. Turning Lead into Gold

is something Jimmy Page certainly succeeded in doing ...

... there walks a Lady we all know, who shines white light and wants to show, how everything still turns

to gold.

Why did Page select this symbol?

In the absence of a statement from Mr Page himself, we can continue to speculate on why Jimmy

selected this particular symbol from a collection of symbols for the planet Saturn. The reasoning thus

far is that Page wanted a symbol for his astrological Sun sign, Capricorn. Going to a reference text on

sigils for Saturn (the ruler of Capricorn) makes perfect sense. But there are at least a dozen other

symbols that he could have selected. Why not pick the first? Why pick this particular one?

Reason 1: it is the first symbol in the set of Sigils for Saturn. This is the simplest and most obvious

reason Page chose it.

Reason 2: I received this

explanation from mackedelic

(LEDHED), which makes perfect

sense to me. Jimmy Page's first

guitar was a 1959 Futurama

Grazioso (Grazioso is also a

musical term meaning

"gracefully") which his parents

bought him when he was 12 years

old.

Perhaps as Page reviewed these

symbols for Saturn, he didn't see

zoso but "zioso" (the

does look a bit like an "i"). A

symbol that not only represented

Saturn, but also seemed to spell

out part of the name of his first

guitar.

Perhaps we have been wrong saying "zoso" all these years, and should be saying (gra-) "zioso". Only

Mr Page himself can confirm or deny this.

Appendix - Weird rumours and speculation

There are many weird and wonderful explanations on the web for what Jimmy Page's symbol

means. Frequently there are references to 666 and Satan. Do not believe everything you read on the

internet. Don't believe what you read on my page - find the reference books above and do some

research yourself (and if you find any errors on my page, please let me know).

One of the common rumours that you will find on the web is that the mirror image of the Zoso symbol is

for Cerberus (Cerberos, Kerberos), the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades. I have been

unable to trace the source of this information and currently regard it as fanciful speculation. I remain

open to anyone who can point me to an occult reference text that substantiates this claim.

Zoso sigil forwards Zoso sigil mirror image Depiction of Cerberus - does

this look like Zoso?

Another fandom rumour from the Straight Dope page is that it symbolises a near-death experience, or a

Tantric-sex experience to unify the worlds of the living and the dead and thus reveal the secrets of the

Universe!

Frying Tonight - in 1994 Page and Plant were interviewed on the Denton TV show in Australia and

when Denton asked the audience for questions one keen guy asked "Jimmy - what does your symbol

mean?" to which Robert Plant quickly retorted "frying tonight". This is the catch-phrase of Kenneth

Williams from the 1966 movie "Carry on Screaming". No doubt a favourite movie of Plant's, but not

helpful in the quest for the truth of Jimmy's symbol! (Thanks to Anthony for this piece of information).