Tau

TAU - "The sign of life", the cross of the ancient Chaldeans and Egyptians. At times joined with a circle to indicate Tammuzs relationship to the sun. Sign was believed to have magical powers and worn as an amulet over the heart. Initiates into the mysteries may have been baptised with the sign of this cross. Bacchus, the Babylonian Messiah, wore a head-band covered with crosses. Symbol carried by Kings as a sign of authority. Hislop writes, "There is hardly a Pagan tribe where the cross has not been found, The cross was worshipped by the Pagan Celts long before the incarnation and death of Christ." and before this, "men as well as women wore earrings; and they frequently had a small cross suspended to a necklace, or to the collar of their dress." The cross was also known in ancient Mexico. It was also worn on a necklace by The Vestal virgins of Pagan Rome .

TAURUS - From The Chaldean word tur. See: Tur