Symbol 32:1

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32:1 ·
An ideogram common
in Scandinavia in the Viking era. Both this and its mirror image (the
same sign, but with a counterclockwise rotation as seen from the
centre of the sign) were used on Celtic vessels before the birth of
Christ, and in many other areas. There is a structurally similar Mayan hieroglyph,
, but it has six "spokes". What it meant is
unknown but it is similar to an Aztec sign meaning day.
By the seven spokes in this ideogram it can be associated with
,
the weekday heptagram.
can also be seen
as a pictorial sign for a millstone. It is a pictorial sign on cameras indicating
minimal aperture.
Compare it in this use with
for maximal
aperture.



