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2004-12-21 - 12:56 p.m.
Every planet has a symbol. This is the symbol for Jupiter:

Alchemical symbols for the planets have been around a long time.
In days of old, people would go see alchemists (or physikes) to get tinctures or herbal preparations for whatever ailed them.
Sometimes, rather than giving them the preparation itself, the 'doctor' would give them a list of things they needed and how to prepare it so they could make it themself, or take it to someone who specialized in such preparations.
And because Jupiter is the planet of healing (astrologically speaking), the doctor would put the symbol for Jupiter at the top of the page.
As Universities of Medicine became more prevalent, this symbol was again added to these 'prescriptions'.
When the printing press came about, some printer's mate somewhere decided that rather than make a symbol for Jupiter they would use create an approximation of it using letters of the alphabet. So they used:

Rx

So now you know...

Did my Practicus 3=8 initiation last night. So now I am Lord of the 30th and 31st paths.

Yippee :)

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