What are the signs of saarthal on Skyrim?

Answer 1

The first one with six pillars is solved easily by getting up close to each of the pillars. You may need to look closely and use some alteration spells or a torch to see them, but the correct symbol for the pillar is engraved behind each pillar.

For the second puzzle, with four pillars, the correct symbol is again etched above and behind the pillars, but it's a little more tricky since one of the pillar that is closest to the door on both the right and the left side moves the other pillar that it is next to (what I mean by that is, the pillar on the left that is closest to the gate you want to open moves the pillar on the left that is closest to the door you just came out of. I am saying left and right as if you are looking at the door you want to open). Basically, just get the correct symbols on the two pillars that are closest to the closed door first, then you can move the pillars that are closest to the door you came out of, since they shouldn't change any of the other pillars. It may take some moving of the pillars to get the pattern of the changing, but you will easily get the hang of it.