Initially, a characteristic feature of zgard pendants was the inscription of an equal-pointed cross with four small circles with a six-petal rosette between the shoulders. These cross-shaped motifs, having pre-Christian origin, were solar signs.

But gradually, step by step, the disc-shaped solar signs in the zgardas became cross-shaped. Sun-like disks were replaced by crosses with equal branches, the gaps between which were filled with rays. Crosses usually had the same shape and size. Over time, the crosses lost their one-dimensionality: one of the branches became longer and the cross acquired features specific to the Christian cult form. It was on crosses of this type that relief crucifixes appeared, with features of primitive plastic. But even such purely Christian crosses still have many remnants of pagan symbols. Thus, at the end of the branches of these crosses we sometimes find solar rosettes or circles.