What is it?

Question

Ok I was reading a magazine and it said something about an equal armed cross.Wut is that?I know it is a cross but wut does it look like?

Answer 1

Equal-Armed Cross: Also called the Square Cross, Rose Cross, Balanced Cross, and the Peaceful Cross. The symbol of an equal-armed cross (sometimes within a circle), to an astrologer (whose practice predates organised Christianity by fifteen hundred years), represents the planet Earth. This symbol also links with the four directions, the four elements, the four seasons and so on, making it a powerful magickal talisman. For this reason the equal-armed cross was drawn on hot-cross buns in olden times, to protect the bread from faeries. Sometimes this form of cross was used to represent the natural union between the male and female. It was the equal-armed cross that was used as a holy symbol by the Knights Templar.

An old rhyme goes: “Hot Cross Buns! / Hot Cross Buns! / One a penny, / Two a penny, / Hot Cross Buns! / If you have no daughters, / Pray give them to your sons! / One a penny, / Two a penny, / Hot Cross Buns!”

Answer 2

Normally, Christian crosses look like a lower case t. In this one, each arm is exactly the same length, like drawing a line down the vertical and horizontal centers of a square.

Answer 3

Er its the Christian cross that needs an explanation, a normal cross just looks like the letter 'x'.

Answer 4

The cross pieces of the cross. The piece that is horizontal is equal on both sides of the piece that is vertical.

Answer 5

an "equal armed cross" would look like a plus sign wouldn't it?

Answer 6

It's the cross you see on an ambulance. The Da Vince Code talks all about it, but try researching wikipedia.