Symbol of power consisting of seven interwoven bars, meaning that the new Quetzalcaan has succeeded in defeating the seven lower levels and taking possesion of the seven virtues that will turn him into a superior man; above part of the plumed serpent running along the upper band of the temple and undulating among countless stylized fish, The Temple of Venus, 1100-1300 AD, Toltec Architecture, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Picture by Manuel Cohen