Yellowjackets Symbol Meaning: Theories & Why They're Are Scared Of It
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Yellowjackets season 1.
The mysterious symbol in Yellowjackets recurs both in the wilderness and back home, and its unknown meaning and power still terrify the survivors 25 years later. Yellowjackets season 1 ended with many mysteries still unsolved, with one of the most significant unanswered questions being the true meaning of the symbol found in the wild. Theories about the symbol’s meaning and why the girls are so scared of its appearances have abounded since Yellowjackets began, and each possible answer makes the show’s supernatural story all the more intriguing.
Yellowjackets’ symbol has appeared numerous times in the series, with its first introductions in the 1996 timeline showing it carved into a tree and into the attic floor of the cabin that the girls find in the woods. The symbol is one of the most significant connectors between the survivors’ past and present, which begins in Yellowjackets' 2021 timeline when the adult Shauna, Natalie, and Taissa all receive postcards of a landscape with the symbol marked on the back. Soon after, Misty and Natalie go to investigate the supposed suicide scene of Travis, where the girls realize from a picture of his death that the candle wax spots below his body connect to form the symbol. In the final moments of Yellowjackets season 1, Natalie is preparing to take her own life when mysterious figures wearing pendants of the symbol kidnap her.
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The symbol has now become an icon for a mysterious cult in Yellowjackets’ present timeline that connects to the survivors’ time in the wilderness, with many assuming the cult to be run by the adult Lottie Matthews. Although the
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