1. Kodi zizindikiro za alchemical ndi chiyani?

Poyamba adapangidwa ngati gawo la alchemy kapena proto-science (sayansi isanachitike), yomwe pambuyo pake idasinthika kukhala chemistry. Mpaka zaka za m'ma 18, zizindikiro zomwe tatchulazi zinkagwiritsidwa ntchito kutanthauza zinthu zina ndi zinthu zina. Zizindikirozo zimasiyana pang'ono polemba ma alchemists, kotero zomwe tikudziwa mpaka lero ndi zotsatira za kukhazikitsidwa kwa zizindikirozi.

2. Kodi zizindikiro za alchemical zimawoneka bwanji?

Malinga ndi Paracelsus, zizindikiro izi zimadziwika kuti Zitatu Zoyamba:

mchere - kutanthauza maziko a chinthucho - cholembedwa ngati bwalo lokhala ndi mainchesi owoneka bwino,

mercury, kutanthauza mgwirizano wamadzi pakati pa okwera ndi otsika, ndi bwalo lokhala ndi semicircle pamwamba ndi mtanda pansi,

sulfure - mzimu wa moyo - makona atatu olumikizidwa ndi mtanda.

Zotsatirazi ndi zizindikiro za zinthu zapadziko lapansi, zonse mu mawonekedwe a makona atatu:

• Dziko lapansi ndi makona atatu okhala ndi maziko pamwamba pake, ndi mzere wopingasa wodutsapo.
• Madzi ndi makona atatu okhala ndi maziko pamwamba,
• Mpweya ndi makona atatu achikhalidwe okhala ndi mzere wopingasa,
• Moto ndi makona atatu achikhalidwe.

Zitsulo zolembedwa ndi zizindikiro za mapulaneti ndi zakuthambo:

• golidi - amafanana ndi Dzuwa - chizindikiro chake ndi Dzuwa lojambulidwa ndi cheza,
• siliva - woimiridwa ndi Mwezi - chithunzithunzi cha mwezi watsopano - chotchedwa croissant
• mkuwa - limafanana ndi Venus - ichi ndi chizindikiro cha bwalo ndi mtanda wophatikizidwa - chizindikiro cha ukazi,
• chitsulo - chimaimira Mars - chizindikiro cha umuna - bwalo ndi muvi,
• malata - amaimira Jupiter - chizindikiro mu mawonekedwe a chokongoletsera,
• mercury - chizindikiro cha Mercury (chofotokozedwa pamwambapa),
• kutsogola - kumagwirizana ndi Saturn - chizindikirocho chikuwoneka ngati chilembo chaching'ono h, chomaliza ndi mtanda pamwamba.

Zizindikiro za alchemical zimaphatikizaponso:

Ouroboros ndi njoka yomwe imadya mchira wake; mu alchemy, imayimira kukonzanso kagayidwe kachakudya; ndi mapasa a mwala wa filosofi.

Heptagram - imatanthawuza mapulaneti asanu ndi awiri omwe amadziwika ndi alchemists m'nthawi zakale; zizindikiro zawo zikuwonetsedwa pamwambapa.