What is The symbolism of the cross?
Found in a tea cup can be read as troubles, suffering, sacrifice, worry, loss, unhappiness or as sad news or illness coming specifically to the inquirer. I believe the most basic and fundamental symbolism of the cross is that it represents four “turning points” in the solar calendar,namely the two equinoxes upon which days sunlight and darkness are exactly equal and the two solstices when either length of daylight hours or darkness hours are at their extremes.This understanding would have been key to the survival of the first settled civilizations as it provided information which could be used to plan the farming year.It is likely that this understanding of the turning of the “heavens”,was exalted as a spiritual symbol as not only was it a matter of life and death in terms of reliable food production but it was also proof that man had understood something of the solar system itself.When the first “christians” arrived in the lands where the cross was used as a symbol it is not beyond be
