Symbols, signs & visual codes : a practical guide to understanding and decoding the universal icons, signs, motifs and symbols that are used in literature, art, religion, astrology, communication, advertising, mythology and science / Mark O'Connell and Raje Airey.

Paperback edition published as Understanding symbols: finding the meaning of signs and visual codes: Southwater, c2009.

"Illustrated with over 350 stunning fine art paintings, artworks and graphic images of the signs themselves and how they are used"-- Cover.

Includes index.

Everyday living -- Patterns and graphics -- Myth and the cosmos -- Connecting with spirit -- The cycle of life -- Flora and fauna -- The living planet.