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| Dense and heavy, lead was known to the ancients as a "poor metal." Never considered precious by alchemists, they nonetheless sought to change it into gold.
Medieval pilgrims wore lead badges to symbolize their heavy hearts. Lead is dangerously toxic in its pure state, and many Renaissance painters are known to have been poisoned by lead-based oils. In magical terms, lead corresponds with the Earth element and the planet Saturn. While its density and heft make it a symbol of endurance and fortitude, its energy is receptive and useful for divination, protection, and defense. Small lead fishing weights are handy for spell work. Use lead to manifest a psychic shield against unsafe energies, or use its weight to show burden, misfortune, or bad luck. Its malleability can allude to receptivity, or the ability to change. Lead symbolizes the characteristics in Terra veritas: In the Earth, truth. |
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