| Planet. | Assyrian name. | Head of deity. | Symbol. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Saturn | Chiun | Serpent | Seven stars. |
| 2. Moon | Nannar | Bird | Crescent. |
| 3. Sun | Shamash | Boar (?) | Winged Disc. |
| 4. Mars | Marduk | Ram | Rayed disc. |
| 5. Mercury | Nebo | (?) | Two columns. |
| 6. Venus | Ishtar | Wolf (?) | Trisul. |
| 7. Jupiter | Ishn | Lion | Cidaris (?). |
The serpent is often the emblem of Saturn, who, as the eldest of the seven (“the great serpent father of the gods”), naturally comes first and therefore on the right, and has seven stars for his symbol.
The moon, according to Lenormant, was always an older divinity than the sun.
The boar is often an emblem of the sun in its strength.
The disc (litu) was the weapon employed by Marduk, the warrior god, as mentioned by Lenormant.
The two pillars of Hermes are the proper emblem of the ancient Set or Thoth, the planet Mercury.
The trisul belongs properly to the Asherah, god or goddess of fertility—the planet Venus.
The Cidaris occurs in the Bavian sculptures in connection with a similar emblem. In the Chaldean system, Jupiter and Venus occur together as the youngest of the planets.
It should also be noted that the position of the arms and the long robe covering the feet resemble the attitudes and dress of the Mâlawîyeh dervishes in their sacred dance, symbolic of the seven planets revolving (according to the Ptolemaic system) round the earth.