The first zone in the Chinese art of face reading is considered the celestial region. It reflects a person’s intelligence, his ability for logical thinking as a divine gift. How an individual uses this gift will determine his future fate.
The second zone is the human region. Here life leaves its traces, that is, interpreters can see what a person has acquired as a result of upbringing and experience, what morals he has learned.
The third zone is the earth region. It reflects intuition acquired through experience. From these zones, information can be obtained for different periods of life: the celestial region represents 30 years, the human region the period between 30 and 60 years, and the terrestrial region the last phase of life.
After 30 years, as a rule, the first wrinkles appear. They are also important signs. For example, according to Chinese interpretation, two or three horizontal wrinkles on the forehead are indicators of happiness. A single wrinkle located quite high indicates a habit of mental work. The fold below is interpreted as a sign of limited mental activity.
But even more important is the overall balance of these zones. They can be smooth and even or well defined and convex. The ideal shape of the forehead is said to be smooth, evenly convex in all three zones, and also high and wide. Such a forehead indicates an excellent state of body and spirit, and this is already a considerable capital.
Along with individual forehead shapes, below are the most characteristic hairline shapes, as this line affects the shape of the forehead. Siang Ming points out the endless options for hairlines. Let's look at the most common options.
Broad forehead
A wide forehead indicates high intelligence. A person who has it can calmly open his forehead. His sharp mind is always ready to adequately respond to a challenge.
People with broad foreheads have ideals and, as a rule, have spiritual capital. These are fighters for their own and others' rights. They know how to quickly adapt to any new situation. If they need to get to the bottom of the truth, they develop wild energy and are not afraid of failure. However, even in the heat of excitement, they do not forget about the good manners that they were taught.
A wide forehead with a low hairline is worthy of special study. In this case, we have before us a theorist who is only in exceptional cases able to use his knowledge in practical purposes. In extreme situations, this person may become confused and appear lazy, unenergetic, and even stupid. Sometimes such people completely lack any idea of justice.
The family becomes a yoke for them, as it requires spiritual and financial support. Demands that seem unfair to them often make them embittered. Perhaps the reason for this lies in the imbalance of such a person, the negative impression of which is enhanced by the painful distrust inherent in this type of person.
It's even worse when a low hairline is combined with a wide but low forehead. Then insensitivity and greed are often added to the already mentioned negative signs.
However, do not think that everyone with a low hairline is destined for a sad fate. Among them there are many people who gravitate towards practical activities. Possessing innate dexterity in the craft, they can gain a strong position in life.
Narrow forehead
According to Siang Ming, this forehead shape indicates extremely unfavorable personality traits. A narrow forehead indicates limitations and pessimism. It seems that the tendency towards chaos in thoughts and emotions is inherent in this stupid person from the cradle.
He is not able to think logically, so he commits imprudent actions. Such people, of course, themselves suffer from their own character. The situation changes dramatically if the forehead tapers upward and there is a high hairline. In this case, the personality has a mind that is hidden under the ovoid shape of the skull. Such people are helped out in life by humor and charm.
In the most favorable case, such a forehead has a high hairline. It feels smooth and well sculpted. Looking at a person with such a forehead, one can, as a rule, draw a conclusion about his high intelligence, ability to carefully analyze everything and act decisively. Behind this thinker's forehead often hides an extraordinary mind. This forehead shape can be observed in scientists.
People with such a forehead tend to make decisions only after mature reflection. Their ability to ignore unimportant things allows them to almost always accept only correct solution. People with high foreheads sometimes seem eccentric at times, but they are distinguished by their responsiveness and great tolerance towards their loved ones.
A low forehead indicates the joyless years of childhood and adolescence. It is important for these people to realize as early as possible that they should not rely on others for help. They tend to be conservative and blindly adhere to traditions. Therefore, it is difficult for them to accept new things. People with this type of forehead avoid talking about their feelings, so very often they communicate them in writing. Positive qualities of this type of personality include unpretentiousness and the ability to choose the best from given conditions, taking into account one’s capabilities. A sense of reality saves them from deep disappointments.
Flat or concave forehead
People with flat foreheads have difficulty making decisions. But these slow-moving natures nevertheless tend to get involved in independent business, which carries a high degree of risk. They don't get along well with their superiors. Their constant struggle for their rights and tendency to interfere in everything often turns them into lone fighters.
In addition, people with flat or concave foreheads have very unstable ideas about morality. These negative qualities do not allow flat-headed people to be considered particularly worthy of love.
Gifted with creative imagination, they often put their ideas into practice. In this case, they are guaranteed success.
Smooth or rounded forehead
Chinese interpreters consider a smooth or rounded forehead to be the most favorable shape. People with such a forehead are distinguished by clear thinking, intelligence and the ability to take decisive action. They have a special talent of always being in the right place at the right time. This is a fairly flexible character, able to adapt without wasting itself on unacceptable compromises. However, these people can be blinded by their own splendor, which gives them a certain arrogance.
Both in their personal life and in their work, they should not silently endure failures. They can be confident in the support of friends and family.
Thanks to their flexible character, they are open to everything new, so success is guaranteed to them. One more point - these people do not tend to rest on their laurels.
Arched hairline on forehead
An arched hairline allows us to conclude that there is a combination of excellent qualities. Feature such a person is focused exclusively on the economy. Thanks to his analytical skills and strong morals, he often occupies leadership positions in the field of economics. People with an arched hairline are often famous (sometimes notorious). Mostly they succeed. However, they are usually indifferent to it, or at least pretend to be, because they strive to pick up new ideas. Their calm nature allows them to show respect and goodwill towards loved ones and subordinates.
This applies to both men and women. Women with this forehead shape can also be found in leadership positions. They also show a clear tendency towards professional independence.
V-shaped hairline on forehead
Loyalty to traditions, dexterity, instinct, determined by heredity, dominate the V-shaped hairline in a person’s character. Thanks to the tradition of their upbringing, they easily fit into the hierarchical structure of society, which allows them to achieve authority in some areas of life and profession.
A person with such a character can easily squander money because he is fickle and does several things at once.
Women with this forehead shape find it most difficult to harmonize their goals and feelings. Maybe that's why they almost always conflict at work. Without a doubt, men and women have great eroticism and sensuality. The fluids of passion emanating from them make us assume certain qualities in them in this regard.
Men with a V-shaped hairline are often somewhat flirtatious, which in no way diminishes their inner masculinity.
According to Siang Ming, the first two years of marriage for this type of woman can be like a horror movie. They are brought up in a traditional way, but the role of a wife does not satisfy them when it comes down to it. If this period is overcome without serious mental loss, then the connection becomes especially strong.
M-shaped hairline on forehead
In leadership positions, people with this forehead shape are found in extremely rare cases. They realize their abilities, as a rule, in creativity. If these people make a career in art, becoming actors, sculptors or writers, then they owe their success to their sharp mind and penchant for philosophy.
Moreover, their sensual, gentle and soft nature makes them excellent lovers.
Three-arched forehead hairline shape
This hairline shape is not very common. Maybe this is for the best, since Chinese interpreters attribute unfavorable prognoses to the owners of such a forehead. People with a three-arched hairline require great effort and iron discipline towards themselves to achieve at least satisfactory success. There is also a possibility of health deterioration after 30 years of age due to the need to earn a living through hard physical labor.
Rectangular hairline shape on forehead
This type of hairline occurs predominantly in men, but is extremely rare in women.
This character is characterized by reliability and thoroughness, as well as great affection for his family.
At work, he instinctively prefers to follow instructions punctually. By nature a performer, he rarely makes a career. If this happens against expectation, then in his soul he is always waiting for encouragement. For such people it is very important to see recognition of their merits, otherwise their energy easily turns into depression. People with a rectangular hairline should heed the ancient Chinese advice: change your hairstyle and then your fate will change for the better.
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The forehead is one of the secondary features of the face, since it frames its upper part and is the background for the perception of the main features. Determining character by the forehead is not particularly difficult, because it is the forehead that personifies its main features. Those people who claim that “everything is written on the forehead” are not so wrong! The forehead can tell about a person’s intellectual abilities, his career successes, intuition, etc.
Occupying the entire first stage of the face, the forehead characterizes a significant period of a person’s life: from thirteen to thirty years. It is during this period of life that a person’s character develops.
In order to learn how to determine character from the forehead, it is necessary to carefully study its shape and size, including the contour of the hairline.
Ideal forehead dimensions
According to ancient Chinese physiognomy, the ideal forehead should have the following dimensions:
- the hairline along which they are guided when determining the height of the forehead should pass above the top point of the eyebrow by 5–9 cm;
- the height of the forehead should be equal to the length of the nose;
- the height of the forehead should be equal to the distance from the tip of the nose to the chin;
- the forehead should have a width of 12.5 to 20 cm
Forehead and character
In profile, the forehead can be flat or convex, in front - in the shape of a quadrangle, circle, long or with a sharp top, and in size - the forehead can be low, medium or high, as well as narrow and wide.
1. High, rectangular forehead
Owners of this type of forehead are distinguished by their extraordinary intelligence, practical acumen, determination, calmness, common sense and prudence, and excellent organizing abilities.
2. High round forehead
Such a forehead indicates a quick temper, developed imagination, originality of judgment, ability for exact sciences, but the spiritual callousness and coldness of its owner.
3. Medium-height, oval-shaped forehead
People with this forehead shape are romantics and dreamers, gifted with creative imagination, extraordinary abilities and intuition.
4. Low, flat forehead
A forehead of this type speaks of perseverance, stubbornness of character, a person’s hard work and difficulties in life, since in youth there will be no material support from parents and loved ones.
5. Low rounded forehead
Owners of this type of forehead, as a rule, have a difficult childhood and difficulties in the initial period of their career.
6. Forehead, slightly sloping back
This type of forehead reveals an impressionable nature with a strong imagination, sharp mind and artistic abilities.
7. Backward Forehead
Such a forehead is evidence of the originality of the mind, creativity of thinking, ardor of imagination, eccentricity of behavior and independence of judgment.
8. Convex forehead
Owners of this type of forehead are distinguished by tenacity, stubbornness, silence, and limited thinking.
Hairline and character
Characteristics of a person can be identified by the hairline that borders the forehead from above.
Hair growing in a triangle on the forehead is called “widow’s peak” in the West because of the widespread belief that its owners are destined for early widowhood.
There is a completely different attitude towards this feature of appearance in China: this triangle on the forehead is called Peak of Beauty or Peach Bud. Owners of this element of appearance are characterized by such character traits as romanticism, self-centeredness, and the ability to stand up for themselves.
Bald patches on both sides of the forehead speak of the artistic nature, broad outlook, desire for creation and creativity of their owners.
A broken forehead line indicates a person’s ambition and organizational skills.
An uneven hairline indicates a person’s contradictory character. By removing stray hairs, you can make it smoother.
From a psychological point of view, an open forehead evokes trust and respect, so it is not recommended to cover it with bangs. If bangs are still necessary, it is better to keep them sparse.
Forehead color
A pinkish forehead is considered ideal, so women can apply a little blush to its central part. A forehead that is too high can be visually made lower by applying foundation darker shade along the hairline.
Usually the forehead is slightly shiny due to large quantity fat and sweat glands on the surface of the skin. Its brilliance is considered happy sign in Chinese physiognomy and indicates health and good character.
Moles on the forehead and character
Moles have always been given symbolic meaning.
The location of a mole on the forehead on the right side indicates a person’s desire to increase intelligence and comprehensive personal development.
A mole on the left side of the forehead indicates a person with a weak will, who can easily succumb to the influence of others and often commits extravagant acts.
A mole located in the area of the right eyebrow indicates a person capable of deep feelings and long-term life together with your chosen one.
A mole located near the left eyebrow speaks of the sensual nature of a person who does not listen to the voice of reason and often makes rash acts and mistakes in choosing a life partner.
The owner of a mole in the third eye area has excellent intuition, logical thinking and a predisposition to study the occult sciences.
Character based on the forehead can be easily determined thanks to physiognomy - the art of reading the face, known back in the 5th century BC.
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Rash! With or without fever, small and large, itchy and not very itchy, “bubbles”; or “plaques” - it always frightens parents equally, because finding the cause of the “rashes” is sometimes difficult. Suddenly covered with red spots, the child himself resembles a living monster, and turns the parents’ life into a horror film. There is no need to be afraid, we need to be treated!
Chickenpox, or chicken pox
Pathogen: Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV).
Transfer method: airborne. It is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person by talking, coughing, or sneezing.
Immunity to chickenpox: life. Produced either as a result of illness or after vaccination. In children whose mothers had chickenpox or were vaccinated against it, immunity to chickenpox is transmitted from the mother in utero and persists for the first 6-12 months of life.
Incubation period: from 10 to 23 days.
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Contagious period: the entire period of the rash + 5 days after the last rash.
Manifestations: red dots appear simultaneously with the rise in temperature. However, sometimes the temperature may remain normal or rise slightly. The spots very quickly turn into single vesicles filled with a clear yellowish liquid. Soon they dry out and become crusty. A distinctive feature of chickenpox is a rash on the head under the hair and on the mucous membranes (in the mouth, on the eyelid, etc.). Very often this rash itches.
Treatment: chicken pox goes away on its own, so treatment can only be symptomatic: lower the temperature, treat the itchy rash with brilliant green (so that by scratching the blisters the child does not introduce additional infection), give an antihistamine to make it itchy less. You can swim if you have chickenpox! But at the same time, you should not rub the affected areas; instead, you need to gently blot them with a towel.
Important: It is also necessary to use brilliant green or other dyes (fukortsin, etc.) in order not to miss the next rash - after all, only old spots will be smeared. It is also easier to track the appearance of the last outbreak of the rash.
Herpes simplex
Pathogen: herpes simplex virus. There are two types: herpes simplex virus type I causes rashes in the mouth, type II - in the genital area and anus.
Transfer method: airborne and contact (kissing, shared household items, etc.).
Immunity: is not produced, the disease occurs with periodic exacerbations due to stress or other infections (ARVI, etc.).
Incubation period: 4-6 days.
Contagious period: rashes all the time.
Manifestations: Several days before the rash appears, itching and soreness of the skin may occur. Then a group of closely spaced bubbles will appear in this place. The temperature rises extremely rarely.
Treatment: special antiviral ointments, for example with acyclovir, etc.
Important: Use the ointment immediately after itching and pain occur, even before blisters appear. In this case, rashes may not occur at all.
Hand-foot-mouth syndrome
(from the English name Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease, HFMD), or enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthema.
Pathogen: enteroviruses.
Transfer method: fecal-oral and airborne. The virus is transmitted from person to person through communication, conversation, and the use of common household items (dishes, toys, bed, etc.).
Immunity:
Incubation period: from 2 days to 3 weeks, on average about 7 days. Infectious period: from the onset of the disease.
Manifestations: first the temperature rises and stomatitis begins: rashes on the oral mucosa, pain when eating, excessive salivation. The temperature lasts 3-5 days, often accompanied by diarrhea, and in some cases a runny nose and cough. On the second or third day of illness, a rash appears in the form of single blisters or small spots. The name of the disease comes from the location of the rash: it is located on the hands, feet and around the mouth. The rash lasts 3-7 days, after which it disappears without a trace.
Treatment: There is no specific treatment; symptomatic drugs are used to reduce fever and relieve pain from stomatitis. The disease goes away on its own; complications are possible only if a bacterial or fungal infection occurs in the oral cavity.
It is not easy to make a diagnosis of enteroviral vesicular stomatitis, because... The rash does not appear immediately and is very often regarded as a manifestation of an allergy.
Important: Despite the active use of various painkillers in the treatment of stomatitis, the first few days it may be very painful for a child to eat. In such cases, it is good to use as liquid foods as possible (milk, dairy products, milkshakes, baby food, soups, etc.) and give it through a straw. Be sure to monitor the temperature of the food: it should not be cold or too hot - only warm.
Roseola
(sudden exanthema, sixth disease)
Pathogen: Another representative of the glorious family of herpes viruses is herpes virus type 6.
Transfer method: airborne. The infection spreads through talking, socializing, sneezing, etc.
Immunity: after an illness - lifelong. Children under 4 months have immunity received in utero from their mother. Incubation period: 3-7 days.
Contagious period: all the time of illness.
Manifestations: a sudden rise in temperature and after 3-5 days its spontaneous decrease. Simultaneously with the normalization of the temperature, a pink, small- and medium-spotted rash appears. It is located mainly on the torso and, as a rule, does not cause itching. Goes away on its own after 5 days.
Treatment: only symptomatic therapy - drinking plenty of fluids, lowering the temperature, etc.
The herpes virus worsens due to stress or infections, such as ARVI.
The disease goes away on its own, there are practically no complications.
Roseola is often called pseudorubella, because. the skin manifestations of these diseases are very similar. A distinctive feature of roseola is the appearance of rashes after a drop in temperature.
Important: as in the case of enteroviral stomatitis, a rash that does not appear on the first day of illness is often regarded as allergic. Sometimes it is really difficult to distinguish them, but an allergic rash, as a rule, itches quite a lot, but with roseola there should be no itching.
Rubella
Pathogen: Rubella virus
Transfer method: airborne. The virus is transmitted through communication, coughing, and talking.
Immunity: life. It is produced either after an illness or after vaccination. For children whose mothers had rubella or were vaccinated against it, immunity to rubella is transmitted in utero and persists for the first 6-12 months of life.
Incubation period: from 11 to 24 days.
Contagious period: from the 7th day from infection until the rash completely disappears + another 4 days.
Manifestations: the temperature rises. A small, pale pink, non-itchy rash appears on the face, limbs, and torso, and at the same time the posterior cervical lymph nodes enlarge. The temperature lasts no more than 2-3 days, and the rash goes away on the 2-7th day from its onset.
Treatment: only symptomatic therapy: drinking plenty of fluids, lowering the temperature if necessary, etc. Children tolerate the disease easily, but adults often experience complications. Rubella is especially dangerous in the first trimester of pregnancy: the virus crosses the placenta and causes congenital rubella in the baby, which can result in deafness, cataracts or heart defects in the newborn. Therefore, everyone, especially girls, is strongly recommended to undergo vaccination against this disease.
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Measles
Pathogen: measles virus (Polinosa morbillarum)
Transfer method: airborne. The unusually contagious and highly volatile measles virus can not only be transmitted through direct contact with a sick person, but also, for example, spread through ventilation pipes, infecting people in neighboring apartments.
Immunity: life. It is produced either after an illness or after vaccination. For children whose mothers had measles or were vaccinated against it, immunity to measles is transmitted in utero and persists for the first 6-12 months of life.
Incubation period: 9-21 days.
Contagious period: From two last days incubation period until the 5th day of rash/
Manifestations: fever, cough, hoarseness, conjunctivitis. On the 3-5th day of illness, bright, large, sometimes merging spots appear on the face, while the temperature remains. On the 2nd day, the rash appears on the torso, on the 3rd - on the limbs. Approximately on the fourth day from the moment of onset, the rashes begin to fade away in the same order as they appeared.
Treatment: symptomatic therapy: drinking plenty of fluids, darkened room (since conjunctivitis is accompanied by photophobia), antipyretics. Children under 6 years of age are prescribed antibiotics to prevent bacterial infection. Thanks to vaccination, measles has now become a fairly rare disease.
Erytherma infectiosum, or fifth disease
Pathogen: parvovirus B19
Transfer method: airborne. Most often, the infection occurs in children in organized children's groups - nurseries, kindergartens and schools.
Immunity: after an illness - lifelong.
Incubation period: 6-14 days.
Contagious period: incubation period + entire period of illness.
Manifestations: it all starts like a normal ARVI. Within 7-10 days, the child feels some discomfort (sore throat, slight runny nose, headache), but as soon as he “gets better,” a red, confluent rash appears on the cheeks, most reminiscent of mark from a slap. At the same time or after a few days, rashes appear on the torso and limbs, which form “garlands” on the skin, but do not itch. The red color of the rash quickly changes to bluish-red. Over the next two to three weeks, the temperature remains low, and the rash appears and disappears, depending on the physical activity, air temperature, contact with water, etc.
Treatment: There is no specific treatment, only symptomatic therapy. The disease goes away on its own, complications are extremely rare.
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Scarlet fever
Pathogen: Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus.
Transfer method: airborne. The pathogen is transmitted by talking, coughing, and using common household items (dishes, toys, etc.).
Immunity: after an illness - lifelong.
Incubation period: 1-7 days.
Contagious period: the first few days of the disease.
Manifestations: the disease begins in the same way as a regular sore throat (sore throat, fever). Rashes characteristic of scarlet fever appear on the 1st-3rd day from the onset of the disease. The rash is small, bright pink, located mainly on the cheeks, groin and sides of the body and disappears after 3-7 days. The nasolabial triangle remains pale and free of rash - this is the hallmark of scarlet fever. After the rash disappears, the skin on the palms and soles begins to actively peel off.
Treatment: only broad-spectrum antibiotics. It is very important to start treatment as early as possible, because... Scarlet fever can trigger the development of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, glomerulonephritis, and autoimmune brain damage.
Sometimes the disease occurs in a mild form, without a pronounced increase in temperature, sore throat or rash. In such cases, parents only notice the sudden onset of peeling on the palms. If this happens, you should definitely consult a doctor.
Important: Since scarlet fever can provoke the development of serious autoimmune diseases, doctors recommend blood and urine tests for early diagnosis of possible complications. They are taken for the first time during illness, and then repeated two weeks after recovery. At the same time, it is recommended to do an electrocardiogram.
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The incubation period is the period when infection has already occurred, but the disease has not yet developed.
The infectious period is the time when a sick person can infect others.
It is customary to distinguish six “primary” diseases with a rash: the first disease is measles, the second disease is scarlet fever, the third disease is rubella, the fourth disease is infectious mononucleosis, the fifth disease is erythema infectiosum, the sixth disease is infantile roseola (sudden exanthema).
Shulamith Wolfson, pediatrician,
employee of the Nutrition Clinic of the Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Triune nature of the universe: Heaven, Earth, Man; father, mother, child; man as body, soul and spirit; mystical number three; three, the first of the flat figures. Hence the symbol of the surface in general. The surface consists of triangles (Plato).
An equilateral triangle symbolizes completion.
A triangle with its apex facing upward is solar and has the symbolism of life, fire, flame, heat (hence the horizontal line symbolizing air), masculinity, lingam, shakta, spiritual world; it is also the trinity of love, truth and wisdom. Denotes royal grandeur and has the color red as its symbol.
A triangle facing downward is lunar and has symbolism feminine, womb, water, cold, nature, body, yoni, shakti. Symbolizes the Great Mother as a parent. The horizontal line is the ground; its color is white. In the symbolism of the mountain and the cave, the mountain is a male triangle facing upward, and the cave is a female triangle facing downwards.
A triangle in a circle signifies the world of forms contained in the circle of eternity. The area within such a triangle is the common center of them all and is called the Plain of Truth, on which are the cause, forms and images of everything that was and what will be; they remain there in peace, which cannot be disturbed, and Eternity surrounds them; and from here time, like the stream of a fountain, flows down into the worlds (Plutarch).
The double triangle, the six-pointed star, the Seal of Solomon, Mogun David, says that every true analogy must be used in reverse, as above, so below. It is a union of opposites, male and female, positive and negative, with the upper triangle white and the lower black, fire and water, evolution and involution, interpenetration, everything is the image of the other, hermaphrodite, the perfect balance of complementary forces, the androgynous manifestation of the deity, man peering into its own nature, the dual forces of creation, the synthesis of all elements, with the triangle facing upward as a heavenly symbol, and facing downward as an earthly symbol, and together - a symbol of man, as uniting these two worlds. As the Seal of Solomon is the image of the Preserver; it gives spiritual power over matter and is the lord of the jinn.
Two triangles lying horizontally and touching their vertices are a lunar symbol, the waxing and waning Moon, eternal return, death and life, dying and resurrection. The point of contact is the new moon and death. Alchemists have two triangles - essence and substance, forma and materia, spirit and soul, sulfur and mercury, stable and changeable, spiritual force and bodily existence.
The triangles symbolizing the elements are:
fire (pointing up),
water (top facing downwards),
air (facing the truncated apex upward),
ground (facing the truncated top down).
Two interlocking triangles are a union of opposites that become liquid fire or fiery water.
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For the Chinese, a triangle with hanging swords symbolizes restoration.
For Christians, an equilateral triangle or a triangle formed by three intersecting circles symbolizes the Trinity in the unity and equality of its three constituent persons. Triangular radiance is an attribute of God the Father.
For the Egyptians, the triangle symbolizes the Triad. They compare the vertical side (of a right triangle) with the man, the horizontal with the woman, and the hypotenuse with their descendants: Osiris as the beginning, Isis as the middle or storehouse, and Horus as the completion (Plutarch). The hand of the Egyptians is the union of fire and water, man and woman. The figure of three double triangles surrounded by concentric circles symbolizes Khui, the Land of Spirits.
For the Greeks, the delta symbolizes the door of life, the feminine principle, and fertility.
For Indians, triangles with their vertices facing up and down are Shakta and Shakti, Lingam and Yoni, Shiva and his Shakti.
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Triangle - first geometric figure, found in ancient ornaments.
In Egypt, it symbolized the triad of spiritual will, love-intuition and the higher mind of man, that is, his personality or soul.
In Hermetic ideography, a triangle with a vedagana directed upward symbolizes Fire (a rising flame) and corresponds to the idea of ascension, spirituality, Dryness and Warmth, Summer, Red, Iron, the sign of Leo, the month of March and the Evangelist Mark.
A triangle with a horizontal line is considered passive and means Air, moderate Fire, corresponding to Heat and Humidity, Autumn, Blue color, Tin, Jupiter, Eagle, Scorpio and the Evangelist John.
The inverted triangle means a cup ready to receive Water, and corresponds to the feminine principle, passivity, Wisdom, generating the Main Idea, Humidity and Cold, Winter, Green, Copper, Venus, Angel and the Evangelist Matthew.
The Triangle of Air with a horizontal line symbolizes the Earth, motionless standing water and corresponds to Cold and Dryness, Spring, Black, Lead, Saturn, the Bull and the Evangelist Luke.
The Aztecs used the image of a triangle with the apex at the top, connected to an inverted triangle, as a symbol of the time cycle, o The triangle combined with the cross forms the alchemical sign of Sulfur. Inverted, it means the completed Great Work.
An equilateral triangle, symbolizing, according to the Hebrew tradition, perfection, among Christians means the Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
For Masons, the triangle symbolizes the Triplicity of the cosmos, and its sides are Light, Darkness and Time (foundation).
Luminous Delta is an isosceles triangle (with an angle of 108° at the apex and two angles of 36° at the base), in the middle of which are located the Divine Eye (the visible Sun, giving Light and Life, Logos, Creativity) or the sacred Tetragram I E V E, name God, which the Jewish high priest pronounced only once a year.
Its three sides are an expression of the formula: Think right, speak right, do right, or the slogan: Freedom, Equality, Fraternity. The three vertices mean: Past, Present, Future, and the entire triangle: Eternity. Three corners: Wisdom, Strength, Beauty - divine virtues, symbolizing the three kingdoms of nature and the three phases of human life: Birth, Life and Death.
The sacred triangle of the Egyptians (the vertical side of which measured three units in length and symbolized the masculine principle, the base - four units, symbolized the feminine principle, and the hypotenuse - five units, symbolizing the fruit of their union; the result was a perfect right angle) was a symbol of the Nature of All That Is. In this triangle, as Plutarch writes, the number Three is perfect and higher than all the others, Four is a square built on the side of paired duality, and as for the number Five, it belongs, on the one hand, to the Father, and on the other to the Mother, and consists from Triad and Duality. O Using two triangles connected to each other, Arab architects built an ellipse and drew the domes of their buildings.
The triangle seen in a dream symbolizes the mother's womb of the cosmos.
Like the linga in Indian mythology, the triangle is primarily a symbol of the creative male force, in other words, the creative power of God. Conversely, a triangle, the apex of which faces down, is a sign of the feminine principle, the fertile womb.
According to Agrippa of Nettesheim, Juno was often designated with a triangle as the personification of a woman.
For European alchemists, a triangle with its apex up meant a tongue of flame, “male” fire, and a triangle with its apex facing down meant water that runs down from the mountain peaks, from the clouds down to the Earth.
If you superimpose both signs on each other, for Hindus this will mean the unification of the creative and generative principles, a sign of the love of the gods for everything earthly, and the love of the earth for the gods, a union from which everything and everyone is born forever and ever.
In Europe, this sign was considered to have come from the East, it was known, in particular, as the “Star of David”; the hexagon was used in folk beliefs (many of which were taken from both Jews and Gypsies) as protection from evil forces.
Triune nature of the universe: Heaven, Earth, Man; father, mother, child; man as body, soul and spirit; mystical number three; three, the first of the flat figures. Hence the symbol of the surface in general. “The surface is made of triangles” (Plato). An equilateral triangle symbolizes completion. A triangle with its apex facing upward is solar and has the symbolism of life, fire, flame, heat (hence the horizontal line symbolizing air), masculinity, lingam, shakta, spiritual world; it is also the trinity of love, truth and wisdom. Denotes royal grandeur and has the color red as its symbol. The triangle facing downward is lunar and has symbolism of the feminine, uterus, water, cold, nature, body, yoni, shakti. Symbolizes the Great Mother as a parent.
The horizontal line is the ground; its color is white. In the symbolism of the mountain and the cave, the mountain is a male triangle facing upward, and the cave is a female triangle facing downwards.
A triangle in a circle signifies the world of forms contained in the circle of eternity. “The region within such a triangle is the common center of them all and is called the “Plain of Truth,” in which are the cause, forms and images of all that was and what will be; they abide there in a peace that cannot be disturbed, and Eternity surrounds them; and from here time, like the stream of a fountain, flows down into the worlds" (Plutarch).
Three connected triangles denote the inviolable unity of the three persons of the Trinity.
The double triangle, the six-pointed star, the Seal of Solomon, Mogun David, says that “every true analogy must be used in reverse,” “as above, so below.”
It is a union of opposites, male and female, positive and negative, with the upper triangle white and the lower black, fire and water, evolution and involution, interpenetration, everything is the image of the other, hermaphrodite, the perfect balance of complementary forces, the androgynous manifestation of the deity, man peering into its own nature, the dual forces of creation, the synthesis of all elements, with the triangle facing upward as a heavenly symbol, and facing downward as an earthly symbol, and together - a symbol of man, as uniting these two worlds. As the Seal of Solomon is the image of the Preserver; it gives spiritual power over matter and is the lord of the jinn. Two triangles lying horizontally and touching their vertices are a lunar symbol, the waxing and waning Moon, eternal return, death and life, dying and resurrection. The point of contact is the new moon and death.
Alchemists have two triangles - essence and substance, spirit and soul, sulfur and mercury, stable and changeable, spiritual strength and bodily existence.
The triangles symbolizing the elements are: fire (pointing up), water (pointing down), air (pointing up), earth (pointing down). Two interlocking triangles are a union of opposites that become “liquid fire” or “fire water.”
Buddhists have a pure flame and the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
For the Chinese, a triangle with hanging swords symbolizes restoration. For Christians, an equilateral triangle or a triangle formed by three intersecting circles symbolizes the Trinity in the unity and equality of its three constituent persons. Triangular radiance is an attribute of God the Father.
For the Egyptians, the triangle symbolizes the Triad. “They compare the vertical side (of a right triangle) with a man, the horizontal with a woman, and the hypotenuse with their descendants: Oziri as the beginning, Isis as the middle or storehouse, and Horus as the completion” (Plutarch). The hand of the Egyptians is the union of fire and water, man and woman. The figure of three double triangles surrounded by concentric circles symbolizes Khui, the Land of Spirits.
For the Greeks, the delta symbolizes the door of life, the feminine principle, and fertility. For Indians, triangles with their vertices facing up and down are Shakta and Shakti, Lingam and Yoni, Shiva and his Shakti.
Among the Pythagoreans, an equilateral triangle symbolizes Athena as the goddess of wisdom.
One of the simplest geometric symbolic signs; it is based on the first possibility of covering a certain surface with straight lines and constructing a figure. Therefore, not every triangle must necessarily be filled with symbolic meaning.
Stonework made of slabs laid in a triangular shape is already found during excavations of an ancient Stone Age settlement at Lepenski Vir on the Danube (7th millennium BC); triangular cutouts on bone are even older. Their interpretations can be very diverse. First of all, the “female pubic triangle” is mentioned, with its apex facing down, from which a straight line emerges. In younger cultures, triangles are often found as decorative elements on pottery, with the traditional interpretation of downward-pointing figures identifying them as "symbols of water" (the direction of the falling drop) and upward-facing figures as "symbols of fire" " (direction of flame).
Nested within each other, they form a closed dualistic system, a hexagonal star (Solomon's seal, hexagram). When performing ritual magic spells, a triangle is sometimes also inscribed in the magic circle. The triangle sign can sometimes be hiddenly interpreted as a trefoil (three-leaf clover), which is considered a symbol of masculinity.
In the Pythagorean philosophical system, the Greek letter "delta", due to its triangular shape, is considered a symbol of the creation of the cosmos, and in Hinduism - a sign of the female life-giving power of the goddess Durga.
In the early Christian era, the Manichaeans used the triangle as a symbol of the Trinity, so Augustine the Blessed (354-430) denied it in this context. However, later the triangle managed to gain a foothold as a symbol of the trinity (the hand, head and name of God, to which the eye was then added as a sign for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; this “eye of God” in the triangle was used in many ways, especially in Baroque times, and in Masonic symbolism it is the "all-seeing eye" with nine rays - also a symbol of deity. In the Jewish Kabbalah in the book Zohar ("Book of Radiance") the maxim is given: "In heaven, both eyes of God and his forehead form a triangle, and their reflection forms a triangle in waters."
In pre-Christian times, the philosopher Xenocrates (393-314 BC) viewed an equilateral triangle as “divine,” an isosceles triangle as “demonic,” and a “scalene” as “human” (imperfect). The fascination with the harmony of numbers in the form of proportions of right triangles, discovered by Pythagoras (6th century BC), is described by A. Koestler (1963) as follows:
"There is no obvious relationship between the lengths of the sides of a right triangle; however, if we construct a square on each side, then the area of both smaller squares will exactly correspond to the area of the larger square. If so miraculously ordered, the laws hitherto hidden from the human eye could be discovered Through immersion in the formation of numbers, is there not a justified hope that all the secrets of the universe will soon be revealed through numerical relationships?
Based on symbolism, Masons also willingly study the right triangle of Pythagoras with side lengths 3, 4 and 5, which was depicted on study rugs with squares over the legs and hypotenuse and was called “Pythagoras” for short. As the "47th Problem of Euclid" it is the symbol of the head of a Masonic lodge and the sign of a senior master.
In Ancient China, the triangle is a “symbol of the feminine,” but does not play a significant role in speculative reasoning. In Tibetan Tantrism, the combination of two equilateral triangles in the form of a hexagram represents “the penetration of masculine fire into the feminine.”
In ancient Mexican illustrated manuscripts, a triangular symbol similar to the capital A is a sign for the concept of "year". In Western European art, compositional schemes with a triangle were often used both in architecture and in painting, but especially where themes of the trinity were discussed. The Egyptians' construction of the Pythagorean triangle using string tension and its use in teaching geometry.
The symbolic sign "Heart of Hrungnir" of three intertwined triangles.
Viking times. Gotland Island.
One of the most powerful and universal symbols. The equilateral triangle is a masculine and solar sign representing divinity, fire, life, heart, mountain and ascension, well-being, harmony and royalty. The inverted triangle, perhaps an older sign, is a feminine and lunar symbol, representing the Great Mother, water, fertility, rain, divine grace. The symbolism of the female pubic triangle is sometimes indicated more directly by adding a short inner line drawn from the apex. In China, the triangle is almost always a female symbol. Triangles connected by vertices symbolize sexual union. The intersecting triangles forming a hexagram symbolize synthesis, the union of opposites. Lying horizontally, with their bases facing each other, two triangles represent the waxing and waning moon. As the simplest plane figure based on the sacred number three, the triangle was the Pythagorean sign of wisdom associated with Athena.
Hosts from Lysva. Beginning XIX century
In Judaism and Christianity, the triangle is a sign of God. The God of the Christian Trinity is sometimes represented by an eye within a triangle or a figure with a triangular halo. Alchemists used triangles with points pointing up and down to represent fire and water. More generally, linear triangles or triangle-shaped compositions can represent triads of gods or other tripartite concepts.
The figure of the Hanged Man seems to reflect the dancing figure on the 21st card. In his crossed legs we recognize the four (cross). His arms, shoulders and head form a triangle. Since three is considered a divine number, and four is an earthly number, the pose of the Hanged Man symbolizes suffering, the state before Salvation: the divine is hidden under the earthly.
In contrast, the 21st Arcanum is a state of liberation, Salvation: the divine (triangle) is above the earthly (cross). This symbolism consistently follows from the previous, twentieth card of the Judgment, where the liberation of the divine (three people) from the earthly (quadrangular grave) occurs.
In European alchemy, a green dragon or lion means a strong solvent, such as aqua regia, and its symbol is an upside down (“female”) triangle in combination with R. Due to the lack of a unified system of symbols in some sources, a green dragon can mean, as in China, the element is mercury (see Mercury).
Five-pointed star (Pentalpha, pentacle, triple Pythagorean triangle)
Seal of Solomon, hexagram Double triangle, six-pointed star, Seal of Solomon, Mogun David Six-pointed star. The symbol of A.K. was perceived by the eclectic symbolism of Freemasonry, where it correlated with
Other symbols of the Trinity: throne, book and dove (strength, intelligence, love); three intertwined fish or three fish with one head; three eagles or lions; three suns; a triangle with an eye inside or three stars; three superimposed circles or arches within a circle; trefoil or cross of three leaves.
In accordance with the doctrine of the “four elements”, four trigons (triangles) of three signs were defined
- fire: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius;
- earth: Ox, Virgo, Capricorn;
- air: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius;
- water: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.
In China, the lingam is called Kuei; it is an oblong piece of jade bounded by a triangle. Often on Kuey one can see engraved the seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major, probably symbolizing space and time (i.e. the seven directions of space and the seven days of the week).
The first letter of a large number of alphabets. It is of Phoenician origin and is most often depicted as an inverted triangle. Numerical value is one.
The magic triangle of Christian theosophists is the famous "abracadabra", to which they attributed extraordinary properties. When used as a magical formula, the word was usually written into or arranged as an inverted triangle (RATP) as follows:
For this universal principle of Hermetic philosophy, alchemists used a cross (a symbol of the material world) and a triangle with an upward point - a hieroglyph of the element of fire - as a sign.
Symbols of union are all paired oppositions, a perfect circle, intersecting circles, a double triangle, androgyne, trees with intertwined branches, a unicorn horn, yin-yang, lingam and yoni.
It seems important that in the geometric symbolism of the cosmos, all round shapes are associated with the sky or celestial, all squares with the earth, and all triangles (with a stone on top) with fire and with the desire for the heavenly, inherent in human nature. Therefore, the triangle also symbolizes the interaction between the earth (material world) and the sky (spiritual world). The square corresponds to the cross formed by the four Cardinal Points (6). And, of course, the pyramid has a square in plan and a triangle in cross-section.
The pointed vault itself is nothing more than a triangle. rounded sides, and it has all the meanings of the triangle symbolism described above (14, 46). The Flaming Arch, as the name suggests, is a symbol of fire, and one could see in the evolution of Gothic forms in the 15th century a return to the apocalyptic meanings so important in Romanesque iconography (46).
The geometric symbolism of space plays an important role in architecture: all round shapes express the idea of the sky, the square is the earth, the triangle symbolizes the interaction between the earth and the sky.
The triangular halo is an attribute of God the Father. As a musical instrument, the triangle is sometimes an attribute of Erato (one of the MUSEs).
The Indian Sri Yantra Mandala can be considered in this regard as a complicated and improved rearrangement of this basic structure (of nine mutually intersecting, interpenetrating triangles within a multi-layered frame). The 64 combinations of I-Ching trigrams, formed by broken and continuous lines and known in Ancient China, can also appear as hexagrams, consisting of six lines each.
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the eye (inscribed in a triangle) symbolizes Jehovah. In relation to a person, this is a symbol of moral consciousness.
In Christian iconography, the eye - in the center of the sun's rays or in a triangle with an upward point - is a well-known symbol of the divine omnipresent power or the Trinity.
In Masonic symbolism, the “all-seeing eye” in a triangle and a wreath of rays, which corresponds to the above-mentioned symbol of the Trinity, is located in many lodges above the master’s chair and should remind of the wisdom and vigilance of the Creator, the “Great Builder of all Worlds”, penetrating all mysteries; The eye is sometimes also called the “eye of providence.”
In the later period of Renaissance painting, the Eye of God in a triangle was used as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. The eye emitting rays in a triangle located inside a circle indicates the Trinity of God.
Other mountain symbols are a triangle, cross, crown, star and steps or ladder.
The instructions given by the priests regarding the construction of the temple came to the god Thoth. The prototype of the temple is a hut made of reeds with a rounded roof and a courtyard placed in front of it, at the entrance to which there are two poles with a triangular scarf on each (later with a picture sign to designate the god). Later expanded to four (there were even eight on the pylons of the state temple in Karnak) pillars (masts) with flags, they had the meaning of averting trouble.
Tools (square, compass, triangle, hammer, etc.) are symbolically subordinated to the construction of such an ideal temple in honor of the “almighty builder of the entire universe,” and the individual, like a “cubic stone,” must be “embedded” (“fitted”) into the union builders. The meeting room of a lodge is also designated as a "temple".
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