| A | B |
|---|
| Ashes | penitence; death of the body, shortness of life |
| Carbuncle | blood, suffering; Christ's Passion; martyrdom |
| Clouds | the unseen God |
| Coral | protection against evil |
| Darkness | spiritual darkness |
| Dawn | the blood of Christ; the Resurrection; Advent of Christ |
| Earth | symbol of the Church that feeds & protects the soul |
| East | the sunrise; Christ, the Sun of the universe |
| Fire & flames | martyrdom, religious fervor |
| Fountain | the Virgin Mary, the fountain of living waters |
| Garden | Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary |
| Gold | pure light, God; worldly wealth; idolatry |
| Harbor | eternal life |
| Honey | the work of God & the ministry of Christ |
| Ivory | purity, moral fortitude; incorruptibility of Christ's body in the tomb |
| Light | Christ |
| North | barbarians, the unsaved; cold & night |
| Oil | Grace of God |
| Pearl | salvation, kingdom of heaven, word of God |
| Pitch | evil; sinful state or condition |
| Rainbow | union, pardon, reconciliation; Lord's throne |
| (Four) Rivers | rivers of Paradise; the four Gospels |
| Rocks | the Lod, Christ, Peter |
| Salt | strength, superiority; protection against evil |
| Silver | purity, chastity; eloquence of the evangelist |
| Smoke | vanity, all that is fleeting, shortness of life, futility of earthly glory |
| South | light & warmth; New Testament, especially the Epistles |
| Star | divine guidance or favor; Virgin Mary |
| (Twelve) Stars | twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles; Virgin Mary Queen of Heaven |
| Stones | firmness |
| Sun and moon | Virgin Mary; scenes of the crucifixion |
| Sun | Christ |
| Water | cleansing, purifying; washing away of sin, newness of life; innocence |
| Water with wine | Christ's humanity (wine = His humanity) |
| Well | baptism, life, rebirth; (flowing) eternal life; (sealed) virginity of Mary |
| West | darkness, abode of demons |
| Wings | divine mission |
