Need to hide a symbolic link without hiding the directory it links to
Solution 1:
SetFile -P -a V filename
The '-P' flag will make it operate on the symlink and not what it points to. The '-a V' portion will turn on the invisible attribute to hide it in the Finder.
Solution 2:
You can also use chflags -h to not follow symlinks:
chflags -h hidden /path/to/symlink