The Four Symbols from Led Zeppelin

No Quarter - (Double-time) Studio

"After all this crap that we'd had with the critics, I put it to everybody else that it'd be a good idea to put out something totally anonymous. At first I wanted just one symbol on it, but then it was decided that since it was our fourth album and there were four of us, we could each choose our own symbol. I designed mine and everyone else had their own reasons for using the symbols that they used." -Jimmy Page 1977
Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Page's Symbol- the symbol has existed since at least 1557 to represent Saturn, Page's Astrological sign.

Robert Plant's Symbol- was his own design, being based on the sign of the ancient Mu civilization

John Paul Jones' Symbol -from Rudolph Koch's Book of Signs is a single circle intersecting 3 vesica pisces It is intended to symbolize a person who possesses both confidence and competence

John Bonham's Symbol - was picked by the drummer from the same book. It represents the trinity of mother, father and child. The symbol also happens to be the logo for Ballantine beer

There is also a fifth, smaller symbol chosen by guest female vocalist Sandy Denny representing her contribution to the track "The Battle of Evermore"; it appears in the credits list on the inner sleeve of the LP, serving as an asterisk and is shaped like three triangles touching at their points.

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[luvthatzeppelin]

Thanks Amy !

[tardwhisperer]

Page designed the symbol himself. It's a perversion of the greek word "sozo", meaning salvation. I'll leave it to you to figure out what the alternate meaning is. Page did have all four symbols concecrated during a magickal ritual and trapped certain spirits of intrigue into them to work as a spiritual vaccuum, causing people to like them a lot more than one would normally get into any average rock band. Magick is very real and Pagey knows this. That's why he's NEVER had to work for someone else

[alexledzepguy]

Page's symbol was probably nothing to do with Cardan's. It was probably ripped straight from Le Dragon Rouge- an occult book from like the 17th century. Page owned The Equinox (book shop) back in the late 60s so its highly likely.

[mpjgbx]

Ironic that Bonhomie dies from alcohol poisoning.

[LedZepPhil]

@tardwhisperer Just to know the greek verb sozo (σόζω) means "save somebody or something".

[amccann7]

Great vid Randy, so cool to hear No Quarter in it's formative stages as a jazzy jam!

They all sound just amazing here!

Amy

[mjt1517]

@Rudy7flo Stylized ram's horns is the symbol for Aries.

[cheekymanson]

@18elana thank you so much!!

[18elana]

@becky1455 basically, john paul jones' symbol represents someone competent and confident.

bonham's symbol represents the man-woman-child trilogy, although bonham claimed to have just "liked it".

plant's is the symbol for an egyption goddess of justice/fairness and its the sign of a writer

aaaand page's is still being debated.

[joeknee4767]

@tardwhisperer onley Pagey knows what the sign represents. No capricorn -no meaning to anyone to anyone but James Patrick Page. In 1975 ,Jimmy pulled Plant aside,after Plants constant asking of it Pagey said "I will tell you this but one time only!". in an interview with Plant in the late 90's he said this is what happenned--"but i dont recall what it was".If Jimmy said anything to me-i WOULD REMEMBER! \>..</ "DO WHAT THOUGH WILT"!

[sOaPyiLLuSiON6]

my girl would love those earings at 0:36