PlantOneOnMe Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I would like to know what Zoso really means. Not someone's opinion, but Jimmy Page's explanation of it. Does anyone know if he has revealed that info? I've done a search but can't find it coming from the horse's mouth (so to speak) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Jimmy has never explained the meaning in detail. Even so, it has been solved by other scholars. Perhaps someone will repost it to this site sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 If you ask some guy on youtube it's the day the world will end, and something like his brother will be the only one living. No one reallly knows what it means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris. Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Any investigation into the symbol would be helped by taking into account that it's not actually the word "Zoso." Jimmy's said a couple times in the past that the formation of something that looks like a word is purely coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Any investigation into the symbol would be helped by taking into account that it's not actually the word "Zoso." Jimmy's said a couple times in the past that the formation of something that looks like a word is purely coincidence. Correct, and the meaning has been solved, I'm just not motivated enough to dig it out and post it here. Something to do with astrology and magick etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeyedrichard Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 This is the site most people have referenced in the past. Hope this helps: http://www.inthelight.co.nz/ledzep/zososymbol.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 http://www.inthelight.co.nz/ledzep/zososymbol.htm Whomp, there it is. That's the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 HE said it was just a doodle that he drew before Zeppelin while talking on the phone. I think he gave it a meaning at a later date. I don't give my doodles meaning, but I"m not Jimmy either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 HE said it was just a doodle that he drew before Zeppelin while talking on the phone. Hardly. I don't recall him ever saying that anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RjK Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Jimmy does like to make people think doesn't he ............. RjK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Yes, that he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddot Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 I was just watching a movie "Small Town Girl " 1936. I wasn't really paying attention and then one of the characters said, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "...............Stairway to Paradise" this really percked up my ears and watching the movie a little longer a character was introduced as "ZOSO" "Zoso" this and "Zoso" could this classic film have been a partial inspiration? I guess we'll never know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 isn't it some kind of magic rune or something? something to do with astrology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlantOneOnMe Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 This is the site most people have referenced in the past. Hope this helps: http://www.inthelight.co.nz/ledzep/zososymbol.htm Yes, I've read that explanation, and another explanation by some supposed expert. Problem is Jimmy Page is so private. I hope he one day reveals the meaning once and for all or agrees that the write-ups on it are either on the mark or false. Maybe he'll do a biography on himself one day , like Clapton has done, and tell us all what we want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeyedrichard Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Yes, I've read that explanation, and another explanation by some supposed expert. Problem is Jimmy Page is so private. I hope he one day reveals the meaning once and for all or agrees that the write-ups on it are either on the mark or false. Maybe he'll do a biography on himself one day , like Clapton has done, and tell us all what we want to know. I think that link pretty much answers it. Just simply looking at the scan from 'Le Triple Vocabulaire Infernal' shows that Page didn't make the symbol up himself, but that it was there in amongst the text way back in 1848. When you read through it it makes sense. The thing with symbolism is that you can take an existing symbol and add your own meaning to it. There seems to be sources, included in the link, that suspect the 'oso' part to mean 666. This is not necessarily true, or at least not necessarily the meaning that Jimmy has adopted. I always find that link to be pretty solid with the evidence that it gives. Obviously, Page didn't just make the symbol up...but it came from his interest in the occult etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedAndyZoSo Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 conclusions anyone? i just thort it was random Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
california girl Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Any investigation into the symbol would be helped by taking into account that it's not actually the word "Zoso." Jimmy's said a couple times in the past that the formation of something that looks like a word is purely coincidence. Good answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris. Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks! Although I have to admit, I'm surprised Jimmy didn't look at that symbol initially and think, "It looks like a word." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvana Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 "ZoSo" was never a "word"...although there IS a Word involved in its meaning. It really encompasses a philosophy through thought and a Single Action...One Action that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert's Plant Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I would like to know what Zoso really means. Not someone's opinion, but Jimmy Page's explanation of it. Does anyone know if he has revealed that info? I've done a search but can't find it coming from the horse's mouth (so to speak) Hi Zeppies, This book called Led Zeppelin Talking by Lewis/Kendall. It's all in there. Or almost. Bonzo's symbol, Robert's, JPJ's are explained. Except of JP's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana-loura Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I would like to know what Zoso really means. Not someone's opinion, but Jimmy Page's explanation of it. Does anyone know if he has revealed that info? I've done a search but can't find it coming from the horse's mouth (so to speak) i read about it in a book that day, it was about interpreting led zeppelin's symbols... and zoso means 666... well the ( oso ) alone with that small line connecting the two O's is a symbol of the devil... and the ( Z ) with that small symbol underneath it also has something to do with the devil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 That is pure and utter bs. Zoso has nothing to do with the devil or anything to do with Satan, Lucifer, Hell, or any thing of the likes. Maybe Zoso doesn't have a meaning and Jimmy thinks our speculation is funny so he doesn't tell. I think he'd do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana-loura Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 i personally DON'T believe that Jimmy has anything to do with satan,no way, i'm just telling you what i read so far in books and websites about that symbol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70sPercy'sPet Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 That book in that link pretty much seals it for me. Prior, I'd thought it just looked like a cartoon face with a lit cigarette in its mouth, and the Z is the smoke coming up from the cigarette... shrug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana-loura Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Personally I wonder why everyone assumes that Satan is male, lol and evil how about an Eval Female? well we'll just never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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