The Cross is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity. It is generally seen as a representation of the crucifixion but the Cross in this Tarot represents the Great Celestial Conjunction of the fixed Galactic Cross and Zodiac Cross (equinox solstice axis). It is encoded in Tarot cards X (Wheel of Fortune) and XX (Regeneration). When this cross is projected onto the zodiac where the Galactic Cross (four pointed cross) is placed on top of the Earth Cross (four pointed cross), an eight pointed cross is created. This esoteric knowledge can be traced back to the Rosicrucians, (creators of the Raider Waite Tarot deck) whose Rose Cross is an eight pointed cross (symbol of the Great Celestial Conjunction). However it is said that the real origins of this esoteric knowledge can be traced back to the Knights Templar who encoded it in their cathedrals and the Tarot.