This website's logo holds meanings, teachings, and ideas to ponder. Whether you are drawn to one particular symbol or another, ultimately all are connected in this circle. Further, if you think about it, there is an umbilicus that connects each of us through the crystal, spiral and yin-yang of our individual journeys to the sun, earth, and moon of our solar system as we bring our gifts to the planet and then ultimately to the infinity of the cosmos. We are all of the cosmos. It is this connection, this circle, and this common ground that must be remembered.
Sun - father sun
Everything on earth relies upon the light and warmth of the sun. When this star dies, so will the earth. The myths of many cultures honor a sun god, a bringer of light, a source of creative energy and the keeper of masculine energy.
To ponder: Whether male or female, how do you manifest the masculine within you?
To ponder: Whether male or female, how do you manifest the masculine within you?
EARTH - Pachamama - Mother Earth
This is our space ship. This view from outer space reminds us that we all live on this planet together and that together we are something much greater – the cosmos. In mythology, earth is the mother goddess – the womb of all life here on the earth. She offers us sustenance, protection and regeneration.
To ponder: How to you honor the many gifts of Mother Earth in your life?
To ponder: How to you honor the many gifts of Mother Earth in your life?
MOON - Sister Moon
Circling the earth, the moon stabilizes our rotation and shepherds the tides. Its phases remind us about the circle of life from birth to death to rebirth. Myths honor the moon and its thirteen lunar months as a keeper of feminine energy and the phases of a woman’s life – maiden, mother and crone.
To ponder: Whether male or female, how do you manifest the feminine within you?
To ponder: Whether male or female, how do you manifest the feminine within you?
SPIRAL
Adding a wheeling momentum to a series of connected circles, the spiral represents the cycles of nature, experience and life. When we allow ourselves to be caught by the spirit of adventure and curiosity, we spiral our lives into ever greater meaning and wholeness. Then we can more fully bring our gifts into the world.
To ponder: What gifts are you growing and bringing into this world?
To ponder: What gifts are you growing and bringing into this world?
YIN-YANG
This Chinese symbol represents the sacred marriage of the feminine and the masculine, the sun and the moon, the light and the dark in life’s journey. Life is not about one or the other but about the ability to hold the opposites within the self and knowing that in each lies the seed of the other.
To ponder: In what ways do you welcome both the light and the dark, both the masculine and the feminine into your life? Where do you get stuck? What might you do about that?
To ponder: In what ways do you welcome both the light and the dark, both the masculine and the feminine into your life? Where do you get stuck? What might you do about that?
CRYSTAL
Solidity and balance; boundaries and transparency – knowing and intuiting when to rely on each so that all may be manifested. The dance of learning when to hold each is the challenge of life. The tips of the vertical axis hold the head and the heart while the tips of the horizontal axis hold the male and female energy. It is when the head and the heart are in alignment and the masculine and the feminine in balance that wholeness can be held.
To ponder: In a world so heavily reliant upon science and rationality, how do you bring heart energy into your life? And in a world often ruled by opposites, what do you do to create balance?
To ponder: In a world so heavily reliant upon science and rationality, how do you bring heart energy into your life? And in a world often ruled by opposites, what do you do to create balance?
INFINITY
We were born from the Cosmos and we will return to the Cosmos.
To ponder: Why do you think you and I are here now in this time and place? What is our destiny?
To ponder: Why do you think you and I are here now in this time and place? What is our destiny?
COLORS
The seven colors connecting the seven circles represent the seven chakras that are the centering places of energy within the body – base, spleen, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown. These places of energy are associated with the physical, emotional and mental body as well as aspects of one’s higher self – intelligence, compassion, inspiration, and spirit. Ultimately they offer a connection to the energy of the universe.
The green encircling the center circle is the green of the heart chakra. It is the color of spring - the season of transformation and new beginnings. On the artist's palette it is formed by mixing yellow and blue. In the universe, the yellow represents the sun, the masculine energy, while the blue represents the earth, the feminine energy. Thus green weds the masculine and the feminine. In the end, by holding both in the heart chakra, we are reminded that love is all there is – love of self, love of other, love of all that is here, love without judgment, love without attachment.
To ponder: What gets in the way of love in your life? Where might these be located in the chakra system? How might you work to achieve balance? Are you willing to ask yourself hard questions?
The green encircling the center circle is the green of the heart chakra. It is the color of spring - the season of transformation and new beginnings. On the artist's palette it is formed by mixing yellow and blue. In the universe, the yellow represents the sun, the masculine energy, while the blue represents the earth, the feminine energy. Thus green weds the masculine and the feminine. In the end, by holding both in the heart chakra, we are reminded that love is all there is – love of self, love of other, love of all that is here, love without judgment, love without attachment.
To ponder: What gets in the way of love in your life? Where might these be located in the chakra system? How might you work to achieve balance? Are you willing to ask yourself hard questions?