Up: [[Symbols]] Created: 2025-04-15 The triangle is tied to the number three. See also [[Three Is Essence]] Threes represented by the triangle include: - heaven, earth, people (man) - mother, father, child - body, soul, spirit - virgin, mother, crone The equilateral triangle represents completion, and also [[Athena]] as the goddess of wisdom. In Christianity, it is the Trinity in unity The upward pointing triangle is solar and is usually red in colour. It symbolizes: - life, fire, flame, heat (horizontal line is air) - the [[masculine principle]] - trinity of love, truth, and wisdom - royal splendor - mountain The downward pointing triangle is lunar and is usually white in colour. It symbolizes: - water - the [[Feminine Principle]] - the Great Mother - the natural world - the body - [[Cave]] Two interlocking triangles are: - union of the opposites — fluid fire, or fiery water. Two triangles lying horizontally and touching apex to apex are: - lunar, the waxing and waning moon - death and life - dying and resurrecting The point of touching is the dark of the moon and death.