the alchemists' symbols for male and female came from the elements iron and copper.
the alchemists' symbols for male and female came from the elements iron and copper.
where did the alchemists' symbols for male and female come from?
the elements iron and copper
the two standard sex symbols are the mars symbol ♂ (often considered to represent a shield and spear) for male and venus symbol ♀ (often considered to represent a bronze mirror with a handle) for female, derived from astrological symbols, denoting the classical planets mars and venus, respectively, and the elements iron and copper by alchemists. they were first used to denote the effective sex of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by carl linnaeus in 1751.
gender symbol
bullet::::- 2005: "freedom spring: ten years on." editors: suhayl saadi, catherine mcinerney. new lanark: waverley books. paperback:









































bullet::::- 2003: "a fictional guide to scotland." editors: meaghan delahunt, suhayl saadi, elizabeth reeder. glasgow: openink. paperback:









































bullet::::- 2003: "shorts: the macallan scotland on sunday short story collection." editor: suhayl saadi. edinburgh: polygon books. paperback:









































saadi was also a contributor to "pax edina: the one o' clock gun anthology" (edinburgh, 2010)









































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bullet::::- 2006: "the saelig tales." in "magic afoot," the first print edition of "textualities" magazine.









































bullet::::- 2005: "the aerodrome." dingwall: sandstone press. published online
suhayl saadi