A function that moves a path -- has the nice side-effect of making SVG paths with different starting points behave the same way.

raphael_svg_fix.js

/**
 * Move path method // hack for getting all svg icons
 * working the same way
 */
var movePath = function (x, y) {
    var path = Raphael.pathToRelative(this.attrs.path),
        dim = Raphael.pathBBox(this.attrs.path),
        dx = (path[0][1] - dim.x) + (x * 100),
        dy = (path[0][2] - dim.y) + (y * 100);
    path[0][1] = dx;
    path[0][2] = dy;
    return this.attr({path: path});
};