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Glyphs are symbols on Stargates which chevrons lock onto when a Stargate is being dialled. The basis for glyphs on the Pegasus and Milky Way gates are constellations. Constellations are the names given to a group of stars linked close together. Oftentimes, constellations represent some sort of pictograph. There are several differences between Milky Way, Pegasus, and Destiny-style glyphs. The symbols on the Dial Home Device represent constellations, destinations used to link Stargates together are represented by constellations to form Addresses. (Stargate) (SG1: "Children of the Gods")
Contents
Milky Way
Milky Way glyphs
Pegasus
Pegasus glyphs[2]
Destiny
Destiny glyphs
Notes
Behind the Scenes
See also
Milky Way
Diagram of the second-generation Stargate
A Milky Way Stargate has 39 inscribed symbols on the inner ring. When dialling, this inner ring rotates until the dialled symbol is aligned with the seventh chevron, at which point the ring pauses, the seventh chevron moves down and up, and the appropriate chevron in the sequence engages and glows red.
With 38 symbols, the Stargate network in the Milky Way has
38×37×36×35×34×33 = 1,987,690,320 possible addresses.
8-symbol addresses will yield
38×37×36×35×34×33×32 = 63,606,090,240 possible addresses.
For a seven chevron address, each symbol must be unique as it is referencing a point in space; however, for an eight chevron address it is possible that the Stargate (by recognising the entry of eight chevrons) allows the reuse of a glyph within an address - perhaps each having a different meaning, such as galaxy 'area codes' - which increases the possible number of addresses:
38×37×36×35×34×33×38 = 75,532,232,160 possible addresses.
However, not all points in space represented by these addresses have Stargates; in deed, there are sufficiently few valid coordinate sets that randomly dialling the Stargate is largely futile. (SG1: "Children of the Gods")
Because the gate on Earth was found without a DHD, the Stargate team on Earth developed a dialing computer to interface with the gate in order to power it and dial it by the use of computers (essentially an automated version of manual dialling). When using a DHD, however, each chevron is activated immediately upon entry of the symbols, without the inner ring spinning. This allows for a much swifter dialling process. (SG1: "Stargate", "Children of the Gods")
Milky Way glyphs
Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation
1 0Ega.svg Point of origin (Giza)[1] 14 014.svg Microscopium 27 027.svg Taurus
2 002.svg Crater 15 015.svg Capricornus 28 028.svg Auriga
3 003.svg Virgo 16 016.svg Piscis Austrinus 29 029.svg Eridanus
4 004.svg Boötes 17 017.svg Equuleus 30 030.svg Orion
5 005.svg Centaurus 18 018.svg Aquarius 31 031.svg Canis Minor
6 006.svg Libra 19 019.svg Pegasus 32 032.svg Monoceros
7 007.svg Serpens Caput 20 020.svg Sculptor 33 033.svg Gemini
8 008.svg Norma 21 021.svg Pisces 34 034.svg Hydra
9 009.svg Scorpius 22 022.svg Andromeda 35 035.svg Lynx
10 010.svg Corona Australis 23 023.svg Triangulum 36 036.svg Cancer
11 011.svg Scutum 24 024.svg Aries 37 037.svg Sextans
12 012.svg Sagittarius 25 025.svg Perseus 38 038.svg Leo Minor
13 013.svg Aquila 26 026.svg Cetus 39 039.svg Leo
Pegasus
Diagram of the third-generation Stargate
As found out by the Atlantis expedition, the Ancients seeded planets throughout the Pegasus galaxy with Stargates too, but used gates of a slightly different, more advanced design, although the differences appear mostly cosmetic. Pegasus Stargates are designed with blue chevron lamps instead of orange, and the address symbols are groups of small blue lamps (rather than embossed figures) that light up sequentially instead of rotating. This also makes a manual dial impossible as manually dialling a Stargate requires the dialing ring to be rotated. When Atlantis moved from Lantea, the gate appeared to have changed glyphs dynamically, based on its current location, instead of having fixed symbols like the Milky Way galaxy has. This makes it possible for the gate to be used with ease in other galaxies as well.
Unlike the Milky Way gates, Pegasus gates are depicted with 36 symbols. 7 symbols are still required to dial an interplanetary address, cliving to the same constraints as a Milky Way gate. With 36 symbols, the Stargate Network in the Pegasus galaxy has
35×34×33×32×31×30 = 1,168,675,200 possible addresses.
8-symbol addresses will yield
35×34×33×32×31×30×29 = 33,891,580,800 possible addresses.
Pegasus glyphs[2]
Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation
1 A32.svg Acjesis 14 UniverseGlyphqu.svg Unknown[3] 27 UniverseGlyphqu.svg Baselai[3]
2 A13.svg Lenchan 15 A36.svg Robandus 28 A11.svg Sandovi
3 A21.svg Alura 16 A24.svg Recktic 29 A07.svg Illume
4 A06.svg Ca Po 17 A08.svg Zamilloz 30 A14.svg Amiwill
5 A17.svg Laylox 18 A19.svg Subido (point of origin for Atlantis)[1] 31 A04.svg Sibbron
6 A18.svg Ecrumig 19 A12.svg Dawnre 32 A31.svg Gilltin
7 A25.svg Avoniv 20 A15.svg Salma 33 UniverseGlyphqu.svg Unknown[3]
8 A26.svg Bydo 21 A34.svg Hamlinto 34 A30.svg Ramnon
9 A23.svg Aaxel 22 A03.svg Elenami 35 A02.svg Olavii
10 A22.svg Aldeni 23 A29.svg Tahnan 36 A05.svg Hacemill
11 A35.svg Setas 24 A27.svg Zeo 37[3] A28.svg Poco Re
12 A01.svg Arami 25 A20.svg Roehi 38[3] A33.svg Abrin
13 A10.svg Danami 26 A16.svg Once El 39?[3] A09.svg Earth[3]
Destiny
Diagram of the first-generation Stargate
Destiny's Stargate bears 36 symbols like Pegasus Stargates and the whole Gate spins to dial an address. When dialling, the symbols light up to indicate they have been encoded. Destiny also contains a Gate bearing which lights up as each glyph locks; however planetary Gates do not share this trait.
The glyphs are not of constellations as with Milky Way and Pegasus Gates since the gate must be able to dial addresses from a moving point of origin in many different galaxies, but rather are some mathematical or conceptual representation yet to be discovered by the people aboard. The Stargates seeded throughout the galaxies Destiny has visited also use this type of address. It may also be possible that each 2nd and 3rd generation Stargate built by the Ancients were programmed to have 9-glyph addresses, in order to be compatible with 1st generation gates. It may also be possible that every gate has its own unique 9-glyph address. It is unknown whether using a 9-glyph address requires the last glyph to be a point of origin, as Destiny is constantly moving as has no point of origin, meanwhile Icarus dialed destiny using the point of origin as the last glyph.
Destiny glyphs
Position Glyph Position Glyph Position Glyph Position Glyph
1 UniverseGlyph01.svg 10 24px 19 UniverseGlyph19.svg 28 UniverseGlyph28.svg
2 UniverseGlyph02.svg 11 UniverseGlyph11.svg 20 UniverseGlyph20.svg 29 UniverseGlyph29.svg
3 UniverseGlyph03.svg 12 UniverseGlyph12.svg 21 UniverseGlyph21.svg 30 UniverseGlyph30.svg
4 UniverseGlyph04.svg 13 UniverseGlyph13.svg 22 UniverseGlyph22.svg 31 UniverseGlyph31.svg
5 UniverseGlyph05.svg 14 UniverseGlyph14.svg 23 UniverseGlyph23.svg 32 UniverseGlyph32.svg
6 UniverseGlyph06.svg 15 UniverseGlyph15.svg 24 UniverseGlyph24.svg 33 UniverseGlyph33.svg
7 UniverseGlyph07.svg 16 UniverseGlyph16.svg 25 UniverseGlyph25.svg 34 UniverseGlyph34.svg
8 UniverseGlyph08.svg 17 UniverseGlyph17.svg 26 UniverseGlyph26.svg 35 UniverseGlyph35.svg
9 UniverseGlyph09.svg 18 UniverseGlyph18.svg 27 UniverseGlyph27.svg 36 UniverseGlyph36.svg
Notes
These glyphs are unique to the Alpha Gate and the Stargate installed in Atlantis, respectively. Other Stargates throughout Milky Way and Pegasus have different point of origin symbols, matching their respective DHDs.
Pegasus glyph constellation names on Joseph Mallozzi blog post 3/26/13
While the glyph "Earth" is clearly depicted on screen and in Joseph Mallozzi's blog post, the blog post fails to designate its numerical position, and thus its numerical position is unknown. As it is not a point of origin symbol, it is native to all Stargates in the Pegasus galaxy. However, as Pegasus Stargates contain only 36 glyphs, Atlantis' Pegasus DHD contains 36 glyphs, and regular Pegasus DHDs ostensibly contain 38 glyphs (though this may just be an issue of reusing the Milky-Way DHD prop) it is unknown how this glyph is capable of appearing on Pegasus Stargates as the gates themselves would have insufficient space to accommodate a 39th (let alone 37 and 38th) glyph. It is possible, though unlikely, that "Earth" is position 14 or 33, since they're labeled "Unknown Constellation" and not "Earth". It is also possible that "Earth" is in fact "Baselai" - Joseph Mallozzi's blog post lists Baselai and yet shown no glyph for it on Atlantis' DHD, which is similar to how the blog post shows Atlantis' DHD containing "Earth" and yet fails to include it in the list. It is also possible that this may all be the result of a series of production errors.
Speculating that "Baselai" is in fact "Earth", this reduces the number of glyphs on a Pegasus Stargate to 38. This number includes the two "Unknown glyphs". Furthermore, lets assume that the reason regular Pegasus DHDs have 38 is simply an issue of re-using the Milky-Way prop and that they're canonically suppose to have 36. Considering that the source Stargate Wiki uses for the Pegasus glyphs was created by the producers for use in making the show (and not a deliberately created reference-guide for the fans) it is possible then that the two "unknown glyphs" only exist as a way to for the producers to account for the 2 extra spaces on the DHD and that no analogous spaces actually exist on the Stargates themselves.
It is also possible that the Ancients purposely left two spaces open on Pegasus DHDs (totaling 38 spaces) but only included 36 spaces on the Stargates themselves, for whatever reason.
Behind the Scenes
The appearance of constellations change even within the period of a few thousand years due to stellar drift. Thus, the constellations visible from Earth 50 million years ago (when the Ancients first established the Stargate network in the Milky Way) must have looked different than they do now.
See also
Stargate
Chevron
Point of origin
Stargate address
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Glyphs are symbols on Stargates which chevrons lock onto when a Stargate is being dialled. The basis for glyphs on the Pegasus and Milky Way gates are constellations. Constellations are the names given to a group of stars linked close together. Oftentimes, constellations represent some sort of pictograph. There are several differences between Milky Way, Pegasus, and Destiny-style glyphs. The symbols on the Dial Home Device represent constellations, destinations used to link Stargates together are represented by constellations to form Addresses. (Stargate) (SG1: "Children of the Gods")
Contents
Milky Way
Milky Way glyphs
Pegasus
Pegasus glyphs[2]
Destiny
Destiny glyphs
Notes
Behind the Scenes
See also
Milky Way
Diagram of the second-generation Stargate
A Milky Way Stargate has 39 inscribed symbols on the inner ring. When dialling, this inner ring rotates until the dialled symbol is aligned with the seventh chevron, at which point the ring pauses, the seventh chevron moves down and up, and the appropriate chevron in the sequence engages and glows red.
With 38 symbols, the Stargate network in the Milky Way has
38×37×36×35×34×33 = 1,987,690,320 possible addresses.
8-symbol addresses will yield
38×37×36×35×34×33×32 = 63,606,090,240 possible addresses.
For a seven chevron address, each symbol must be unique as it is referencing a point in space; however, for an eight chevron address it is possible that the Stargate (by recognising the entry of eight chevrons) allows the reuse of a glyph within an address - perhaps each having a different meaning, such as galaxy 'area codes' - which increases the possible number of addresses:
38×37×36×35×34×33×38 = 75,532,232,160 possible addresses.
However, not all points in space represented by these addresses have Stargates; in deed, there are sufficiently few valid coordinate sets that randomly dialling the Stargate is largely futile. (SG1: "Children of the Gods")
Because the gate on Earth was found without a DHD, the Stargate team on Earth developed a dialing computer to interface with the gate in order to power it and dial it by the use of computers (essentially an automated version of manual dialling). When using a DHD, however, each chevron is activated immediately upon entry of the symbols, without the inner ring spinning. This allows for a much swifter dialling process. (SG1: "Stargate", "Children of the Gods")
Milky Way glyphs
Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation
1 0Ega.svg Point of origin (Giza)[1] 14 014.svg Microscopium 27 027.svg Taurus
2 002.svg Crater 15 015.svg Capricornus 28 028.svg Auriga
3 003.svg Virgo 16 016.svg Piscis Austrinus 29 029.svg Eridanus
4 004.svg Boötes 17 017.svg Equuleus 30 030.svg Orion
5 005.svg Centaurus 18 018.svg Aquarius 31 031.svg Canis Minor
6 006.svg Libra 19 019.svg Pegasus 32 032.svg Monoceros
7 007.svg Serpens Caput 20 020.svg Sculptor 33 033.svg Gemini
8 008.svg Norma 21 021.svg Pisces 34 034.svg Hydra
9 009.svg Scorpius 22 022.svg Andromeda 35 035.svg Lynx
10 010.svg Corona Australis 23 023.svg Triangulum 36 036.svg Cancer
11 011.svg Scutum 24 024.svg Aries 37 037.svg Sextans
12 012.svg Sagittarius 25 025.svg Perseus 38 038.svg Leo Minor
13 013.svg Aquila 26 026.svg Cetus 39 039.svg Leo
Pegasus
Diagram of the third-generation Stargate
As found out by the Atlantis expedition, the Ancients seeded planets throughout the Pegasus galaxy with Stargates too, but used gates of a slightly different, more advanced design, although the differences appear mostly cosmetic. Pegasus Stargates are designed with blue chevron lamps instead of orange, and the address symbols are groups of small blue lamps (rather than embossed figures) that light up sequentially instead of rotating. This also makes a manual dial impossible as manually dialling a Stargate requires the dialing ring to be rotated. When Atlantis moved from Lantea, the gate appeared to have changed glyphs dynamically, based on its current location, instead of having fixed symbols like the Milky Way galaxy has. This makes it possible for the gate to be used with ease in other galaxies as well.
Unlike the Milky Way gates, Pegasus gates are depicted with 36 symbols. 7 symbols are still required to dial an interplanetary address, cliving to the same constraints as a Milky Way gate. With 36 symbols, the Stargate Network in the Pegasus galaxy has
35×34×33×32×31×30 = 1,168,675,200 possible addresses.
8-symbol addresses will yield
35×34×33×32×31×30×29 = 33,891,580,800 possible addresses.
Pegasus glyphs[2]
Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation Position Glyph Constellation
1 A32.svg Acjesis 14 UniverseGlyphqu.svg Unknown[3] 27 UniverseGlyphqu.svg Baselai[3]
2 A13.svg Lenchan 15 A36.svg Robandus 28 A11.svg Sandovi
3 A21.svg Alura 16 A24.svg Recktic 29 A07.svg Illume
4 A06.svg Ca Po 17 A08.svg Zamilloz 30 A14.svg Amiwill
5 A17.svg Laylox 18 A19.svg Subido (point of origin for Atlantis)[1] 31 A04.svg Sibbron
6 A18.svg Ecrumig 19 A12.svg Dawnre 32 A31.svg Gilltin
7 A25.svg Avoniv 20 A15.svg Salma 33 UniverseGlyphqu.svg Unknown[3]
8 A26.svg Bydo 21 A34.svg Hamlinto 34 A30.svg Ramnon
9 A23.svg Aaxel 22 A03.svg Elenami 35 A02.svg Olavii
10 A22.svg Aldeni 23 A29.svg Tahnan 36 A05.svg Hacemill
11 A35.svg Setas 24 A27.svg Zeo 37[3] A28.svg Poco Re
12 A01.svg Arami 25 A20.svg Roehi 38[3] A33.svg Abrin
13 A10.svg Danami 26 A16.svg Once El 39?[3] A09.svg Earth[3]
Destiny
Diagram of the first-generation Stargate
Destiny's Stargate bears 36 symbols like Pegasus Stargates and the whole Gate spins to dial an address. When dialling, the symbols light up to indicate they have been encoded. Destiny also contains a Gate bearing which lights up as each glyph locks; however planetary Gates do not share this trait.
The glyphs are not of constellations as with Milky Way and Pegasus Gates since the gate must be able to dial addresses from a moving point of origin in many different galaxies, but rather are some mathematical or conceptual representation yet to be discovered by the people aboard. The Stargates seeded throughout the galaxies Destiny has visited also use this type of address. It may also be possible that each 2nd and 3rd generation Stargate built by the Ancients were programmed to have 9-glyph addresses, in order to be compatible with 1st generation gates. It may also be possible that every gate has its own unique 9-glyph address. It is unknown whether using a 9-glyph address requires the last glyph to be a point of origin, as Destiny is constantly moving as has no point of origin, meanwhile Icarus dialed destiny using the point of origin as the last glyph.
Destiny glyphs
Position Glyph Position Glyph Position Glyph Position Glyph
1 UniverseGlyph01.svg 10 24px 19 UniverseGlyph19.svg 28 UniverseGlyph28.svg
2 UniverseGlyph02.svg 11 UniverseGlyph11.svg 20 UniverseGlyph20.svg 29 UniverseGlyph29.svg
3 UniverseGlyph03.svg 12 UniverseGlyph12.svg 21 UniverseGlyph21.svg 30 UniverseGlyph30.svg
4 UniverseGlyph04.svg 13 UniverseGlyph13.svg 22 UniverseGlyph22.svg 31 UniverseGlyph31.svg
5 UniverseGlyph05.svg 14 UniverseGlyph14.svg 23 UniverseGlyph23.svg 32 UniverseGlyph32.svg
6 UniverseGlyph06.svg 15 UniverseGlyph15.svg 24 UniverseGlyph24.svg 33 UniverseGlyph33.svg
7 UniverseGlyph07.svg 16 UniverseGlyph16.svg 25 UniverseGlyph25.svg 34 UniverseGlyph34.svg
8 UniverseGlyph08.svg 17 UniverseGlyph17.svg 26 UniverseGlyph26.svg 35 UniverseGlyph35.svg
9 UniverseGlyph09.svg 18 UniverseGlyph18.svg 27 UniverseGlyph27.svg 36 UniverseGlyph36.svg
Notes
These glyphs are unique to the Alpha Gate and the Stargate installed in Atlantis, respectively. Other Stargates throughout Milky Way and Pegasus have different point of origin symbols, matching their respective DHDs.
Pegasus glyph constellation names on Joseph Mallozzi blog post 3/26/13
While the glyph "Earth" is clearly depicted on screen and in Joseph Mallozzi's blog post, the blog post fails to designate its numerical position, and thus its numerical position is unknown. As it is not a point of origin symbol, it is native to all Stargates in the Pegasus galaxy. However, as Pegasus Stargates contain only 36 glyphs, Atlantis' Pegasus DHD contains 36 glyphs, and regular Pegasus DHDs ostensibly contain 38 glyphs (though this may just be an issue of reusing the Milky-Way DHD prop) it is unknown how this glyph is capable of appearing on Pegasus Stargates as the gates themselves would have insufficient space to accommodate a 39th (let alone 37 and 38th) glyph. It is possible, though unlikely, that "Earth" is position 14 or 33, since they're labeled "Unknown Constellation" and not "Earth". It is also possible that "Earth" is in fact "Baselai" - Joseph Mallozzi's blog post lists Baselai and yet shown no glyph for it on Atlantis' DHD, which is similar to how the blog post shows Atlantis' DHD containing "Earth" and yet fails to include it in the list. It is also possible that this may all be the result of a series of production errors.
Speculating that "Baselai" is in fact "Earth", this reduces the number of glyphs on a Pegasus Stargate to 38. This number includes the two "Unknown glyphs". Furthermore, lets assume that the reason regular Pegasus DHDs have 38 is simply an issue of re-using the Milky-Way prop and that they're canonically suppose to have 36. Considering that the source Stargate Wiki uses for the Pegasus glyphs was created by the producers for use in making the show (and not a deliberately created reference-guide for the fans) it is possible then that the two "unknown glyphs" only exist as a way to for the producers to account for the 2 extra spaces on the DHD and that no analogous spaces actually exist on the Stargates themselves.
It is also possible that the Ancients purposely left two spaces open on Pegasus DHDs (totaling 38 spaces) but only included 36 spaces on the Stargates themselves, for whatever reason.
Behind the Scenes
The appearance of constellations change even within the period of a few thousand years due to stellar drift. Thus, the constellations visible from Earth 50 million years ago (when the Ancients first established the Stargate network in the Milky Way) must have looked different than they do now.
See also
Stargate
Chevron
Point of origin
Stargate address
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