a. The Ceiling Fan in the Palmer Home.
b. The Record Player in the Palmer Home.
c. The Fan in the Hayward Attic.
d. The Spinning Roulette Wheel in One-Eyed Jacks.
e. The 5 rings - green ring with symbol of owl cave, coopers golden circle ring, the twisted snake ring, audrey's
ring, diamond ring for Donna.
f. Close-ups of eyes (Jacoby, Crow, Cooper)
g. Circle Brand Boots
h. The Circle of White Candles (episode 3)
i. The Circle of Trees in Glastonberry Grove.
j. The Phases of the Moon
k. Doughnuts
l. Coffee Cups
m. The Circle of Astrological Symbols on the Black Box
n. The Traffic light itself.

2. THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SYMBOL

a. Changes from green to red when James changes moods.
b. Stop/Wait/Go = Red/Yellow/Green

3. The "Invitation to Love" soap opera within Twin Peaks mirrors Twin Peaks in several ways, but it really isn't important to
the story.

4. WATER/LIQUID

a. The Waterfall
b. Droplets from the Plate
c. Sprinkler droplets - The "Shaking Hands" sound effect.
d. Swan Lake

5. SHAKING HANDS SOUND EFFECT:

a. Happens to cooper, Old lady in diner and Bob.
b. Occurs with sprinkling water.
c. Occurs when Bob is released from Leland and the sprinklers suddenly go off at the Sherriffs.

6. BIRDS

a. Robin (opening sequence)
b. Crow (watches Cooper as he enters Renaults cabin)
c. Woodpecker (Sherrif Truman sees one)
d. Chickadee (Cooper sees one)
e. Waldo the minah bird (Gets shot by Leo)
f. Owls (all over the place in the show) - Both small and giant.
g. Agent cooper says in one episode: 'I don't like birds'

7. PSYCHIC VISIONS/THE OCCULT

a. Conjunction
b. Magic Circles
c. Souls
d. Telepathic Dreams
e. Black/White lodge (which is an old Indian legend used in the occult books 'Moonchild' and the old science
fiction novel 'The Devil's Hand' which some people suspect that the idea for parts of Twin Peaks come from.)
f. Sourcerers
g. Shamen
h. Black Magic
i. Dopplegangers
j. Shadow Souls
k. Astrological Symbols
l. Moon Phases

8. TREES/WOOD:

a. The forest is always shown on and off.
b. Log lady log.
c. Knob on drawer in great northern in which Josies soul is entrapped.
d. Lumber trucks constantly carrying logs.

9. PEOPLE WHO WEAR SUNGLASSES:

a. Doctor Jacoby (The Blue/Red 3-D glasses and note that Blue/Red is a very important color code in the series)
b. Jerry Horne
c. Madeline Ferguson (wears Laura's sunglasses)
d. Evelyn Marsh
e. Thomas Eckhardt (fire reflects off of his sun glasses in one scene)

10. CIGARETTE SMOKERS

a. Benjamin Horne
b. Shelly/Leo Johnson
c. Bobby Briggs
d. Audrey Hornet
e. Josie Packard
f. Donna Hayward
g. Evelyn Marsh

11. FIRE (THE MAIN THEME)

a. The Log Lady had a husband who died in a forest fire - the reason she carries the log.
b. "Fire Walk, with me" (as over hot coals - is the meaning of this phrase in one sense).
c. "Fire is the devil, hiding like a coward in the smoke" - The Log Lady. (which can give another meaning to
FWWM).
d. Packard Sawmill fire
e. Fire reflecting off of Thomas Eckhardt's sunglasses.
f. Fireplaces (all over) - Ever notice that there isn't a single home in Twin Peaks that DOESN'T have a fire going
in any scene?
g. 'The Indians used to 'Fire Walk' over hot coals' - John Justice Wheeler.
h. "Close your eyes and you will burst into flames" - The Log Lady
i. The highway where Laura leaves James - "Sparkwood and 21"
j. "Fire would be the operative word here" - I can't remember.

12. WHITE HORSES

a. Laura Palmer's pony (troy) that was seen by Sarah before Bob appeared.
b. "General" Benjamin Hornes Civil war piece
c. "Traveller" Benjamin Hornes life size stuffed white horse

13. LIGHT/DARK - BLACK/WHITE

a. White/Black lodge (heaven/hell in certain Indian legends)
b. Chess pieces.
c. Audrey's shoes (pilot episode)

14. ELECTRICITY

a. Sputtering Lights
b. Sheriffs Office Lights
c. Leo/Shelly Johnson's ceiling light which flickered when Leo came around.
d. Television set.
e. Telephone pole.
f. The outlet
g. 7 different neon signs get their own close-ups.
h. Static on a television.
i. Lightning.
j. Telephone Wires.
k. Sparks in Laura's room when bob enters.
l. Strobe light in the dream sequence.
m. Strobe light in the black lodge.
n. The electrician in FWWM (he is in the credits at the end).
o. Strobe light when Laura is beneath the fan and Bob is talking to her.

15. ANIMALS AND THE 12 SYMBOLS OF THE ZODIAC AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE NUMBER 12
WITHIN TWIN PEAKS :

(Sounds like a good thesis title):

The 12 chinese years are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse,Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.
a. Rooster Head - On top of Big Ed's gas farm.
b. Mounted Deer Head (not a chinese year)
c. Deer Head (next to Eric Powell)
d. Cooked Pig Head - Chinese year #2.
e. Goat Head - Chinese year #3.
f. 'Year of the Ox' - Mentioned by Cooper in one episode - Chinese Year #4.
g. 'Ceramic Tiger' - Found in someones home - Chinese Year #5.
h. 'Rabbit shadow figures made by Ben Horne' (weak, I know).
i. 'Year of the Snake' - Mentioned by Cooper in one episode - Chinese Year #6.
j. White Horse - Chinese Year #7.
k. Monkey - Chinese Year #8.
l. Black Dog - Chinese Year #9.
m. The Fox and The Pine Weasel.

The Only true missing years are: Cat, Dragon, Rat,

16. THE NUMBER 12:

Other appearances of 12:
The 12 astrological symbols, The circle of12 white candles, The 12 Trees in Glastonberry Grove, The 12
Rainbow Trout

17. THE DOMINO:

The Domino which Hank Jennings carry has imprinted on it a 3/3 symbol. This symbol is a code which Josie only
understands.

18. NUMBERS/NUMEROLOGY:

a. 3 cops.
b. 5 drummers
c. 7 in Wallies hide out.
d. 2 4 8 1 0 from fire walk with me with a 6 above it. The 24810 can be added to 2+4+8+1+0 = 15 ---- 1+5 to
6. The number is also a partial series 2 * 2 = 4 * 2 = 8 * 2 = 16, but only 10 is imprinted or : 6 less.
e. 315 was coopers room # in the hotel. It means nothing.
f. 3/3 domino.

19. CHESS

a. The King
b. The Queen
c. Windom Earl gives the Knight to Dr. Hayward
d. Windom Earl puts Rusty Tomaski inside a Black Pawn.

20. TWINS & OPPOSITES

a. Agent Cooper/Windom Earle
b. Laura Palmer/Madeline Ferguson
c. Mike/Bob
d. Giant/Midget
e. Jade/Emerald
f. Laura Palmer has 2 diaries
g. Two Packard sawmill ledgers exist
h. 2 $10 K cash bundles exist
i. Mrs. Tremond/Grandson (one young. one old)
j. Two safe deposit box keys exist.

21. TATTOOS:

a. Phillip Michael Gerard - "Fire" in the dream. "mom" in reality.
b. Major Briggs - Triangles
c. Log Lady - Mountains

22. THE COLOR RED (Of major importance):

a. Red Curtains - at the Roadhouse and in the Blue Velvet bar of similar set design.
b. Red Curtains - in the dream of cooper and laura
c. Red Curtains - in Jacque Renault's log cabin
d. Red Curtains - inside One Eyed Jacks.
e. Laura's Red Chair in the classroom at school (they purposely show a close up of it)
f. Red stitches of thread
g. The 'Lady in Red'
h. The 'Red Corvette' of Leo which Laura muses over on tape
i. Red Neon signs.
j. Red Light of the stop light. - James anger symbol.
k. Red Lens of Jacoby's glasses.

23. ALMOST ALL SIGNS IN TWIN PEAKS ARE NEON:

a. 'Mar-T'/RR Diner
b. 'Big Ed's Gas Farm'
c. 'The Road house' (Bang-Bang - with the two shells in the puddle)
d. 'One-Eyed Jacks'
e. 'Wallie's Hide Out'
f. The Book House

24. POETRY

a. Mike
b. Bob
c. Windom Earl
d. Pete Martell

25. FOOD OBSESSIONS

a. Jerry Horne is obsessed with food
b. Cooper is obsesssed with Cherry Pie.

26. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SAW BOB IN REAL LIFE (NOT IN A DREAM):

a. Ronnete
b. Cooper
c. Sarah
d. Laura
e. Mr. Palmer (Who was bob)

27. EYES THEMSELVES

a. Nadine's eyepatch (over the left eye)
b. The old womans eyepatch (over the right eye)
c. One eyed jacks sign (showing the left eye)
d. The right eye of the crow
e. The right eye of Dr. Jacoby
f. Coopers eye
g. Ceramic figuring in Nadines home of the woman wearing an eyepatch.

28. TIBET

- again the 'Eastern religion/mystic symbolism' theme kind of runs along with the rest of the show.

29. THE BROKEN HEART NECKLACE 30. THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS

- Audrey selects this card from Blackie during her interview for a job at the whore house.
- Windom Earle in a later episodes pins this card to Audrey.
- Windom Earle picks this card far later for Audrey when planning on which one of the women to kill.

31. THE BLACK PORTAL/PUDDLE:

- There are two of them. One in Glastonberry grove and one in front of the 'Bang-Bang' bar.

32. MISSING ARMS:

- The One Armed man is missing an arm.
- The arm is the midget.
- Teresa's left arm went completely numb before her death.
- Laura's left arm went completely numb before her death.

33. ANGEL SYMBOLS

a. Bobby holds up his arms to simulate the wings of an angel prior to Laura Palmers funeral.
b. The Train Car.
c. The White Angel in the Black Lodge.
d. The "gathering of angels" at the roadhouse.
e. Ceramic figurine of the angel with 1 black wing with in Nadine's home shown in only 1 episode.
--- the 'man in black' could be some kind of 'dark angel' for the show.

34. THE MASKS

a. One mask on coopers bed of Catherine.
b. The pointed white mask that the Tremonds grandson wears.
c. The white mask that Audrey wore.
d. The white mask that the Shaman wears.

35. TIME

a. Clocks are found ticking away in billions of scenes in twin peaks.
b. Time runs differently in the black lodge than the outside world.

36. INDIAN SYMBOLS:

a. Indian Head Gasoline - available at Big Ed's
b. Indian Whooping noise - The midget does it and it is heard when the telephone pole is shown.
c. Indian Headdress (that Johnny Horne wears)
d. Indian Legend of a Black/White lodge is used.

37. BURNING ENGINE OIL:

a. Laura smells it in FWWM.
b. Maddy smells it.
c. Ronette smells it.
d. Jacoby smells it.
e. The log lady smelled it before her husband died - It is supposedly the 'key to a gateway' in the show.

38. FLOWERS:

a. Harold was a horticulturalist
b. Black rose is Blackies nickname
c. Blue Rose = ???? (some people have suggested that it is a symbol which stands for a 'Project Bluebook' case)
d. Pink Rose - on Laura's door.
e. The Flower room prior to the Black Lodge.
f. The Flower room within One Eyed Jacks.

39. CORN:

a. The Creamed Corn held by Tremond's grandson - Episode 13 or so.
b. 'I'm a turkey lost in the corn' - Laura - FWWM (weak..)
c. The corn sitting on the midgets table in the black lodge.
d. Corn is a symbol of pain and suffering supposedly - also called Garmonbozia for some bizarre reason that I
can't fathom.
e. The monkey eating corn at the end of FWWM.

40. THE UNIDENTIFIED 'MAN IN BLACK' CHARACTER

- appears 3 times or so within the show - very far apart.

a. Behind Leo at the drug deal in an early episode.
b. Kidnaps major briggs (he is seen standing at the top of the hill in the white light. You almost have to stop the
tape to see it.)
c. Appears randomly in front of a white background.

41. JUDY

a. Major Briggs mentions Judy Garland in one episode - this is a bizarre link to the Wizard of Oz which parts of
the movie 'Wild at Heart' show symbols of.
b. 'We are not going to talk about Judy' - David Bowie
c. Judy - Whispered by the Monkey at the end of FWWM - Turn it up! It is definitely there. Weird....

COLOR SYMBOLOGY OTHER THAN RED:

* WHITES: Angel, White Mask, White Horse, White Lodge, Leland's Hair Color.
* BLACKS: Lips of Laura and Theresa Banks, Log (runs at night), Black Lodge, Black Stitches, Chess Pieces,
Coffee, Blackie
* REDS: Drapes, Chair of Laura, Red Thread, Red Blood, Lady in Red, Red Corvette, Red Neon, Red Stop
Light, Red Lens of Jacoby's Glasses.
GREENS: Globe, Formica Table, Green Stop Light
* BLUES: Rose, Blue Neon, Project Bluebook (mentioned in the show several times), Electricity, Ronettes IV
(tainted with Haleperadol), (Light on Julie Cruisee - a similar scene is in Blue Velvet.), Blue Lens of Jacoby's
Glasses.
PINK: Rose, Harold's flower.
ORANGE: Fire, Triangle Symbols
YELLOW: Corn.

Unexplainable symbols:

3 triangle scars in space and on Major Briggs.
2 mountain scars on the log lady.
The prostitutes form an inverted v.
The owl cave petrocliff symbols & map.
The symbol on the ceiling of owl cave and on the ring both.
The legend of King Arthur and Glastonberry Grove - What in the world does this have to do with anything in the
show? It is mentioned a couple times.
The point of the old lady with the ice pack other than an eyepatch symbol.
The scenes shown that connect the Black Hooded Man to the White Background to Space to Owls to Fire.
The 3 or 4 frames that flash Windom Earle's face within the Black Lodge while 'soulless' Laura is screaming her
head off.

Scaramunga, Don't give up.

Parts of this list were compiled by David Southwood

There are about 10 other people that contributed to the list also though and I do not know all of their names.