The triangle is the first mystical geometric figure. The triangle was used in ornaments by the ancient peoples. For example, in Ancient Egypt, he was the embodiment of spiritual will, higher intelligence and love - the triad. It is also a symbol of the triune nature of the Universe, which can be classified as follows:
- sky, earth, man;
- father, mother, child;
- man as body, soul, spirit;
- mystical number 3, three, the first of the flat figures.
This is how the surface symbol was born. The surface itself is made up of triangles. Even the termination symbol is an equilateral triangle. In the Ancient East, the triangle was considered a symbol of the nature of everything true. Two triangles connected by vertices were considered the emblem of the time cycle.
Triangle - masculine and feminine
The hermeneutical tradition knows a large number of triangles with different interpretations. For example, a downward-pointing triangle is considered lunar. This is a symbol of the feminine, body, uterus, cold, water. A triangle pointing upwards is considered a solar triangle. This is the masculine principle, and symbolizes life, fire, mountains, wisdom, truth and the spiritual world. If you superimpose one triangle on another, you get the Star of David, and in India it is a symbol of the love of the Gods for everything earthly. The Star of David is a powerful amulet, according to legend, it was she who was depicted on the ring of King Solomon. With the help of this symbol, the king controlled the evil spirits that were imprisoned in a copper vessel. The triangle inscribed in the circle symbolizes the world of forms, which is enclosed in the circle of eternity. Two interlocking triangles in the Buddhist tradition symbolize the three jewels of the Buddha and pure flame.
Triangle and Trinity
Since early Christianity, the triangle has been the sign of the Holy Trinity. For example, an equilateral triangle meant the equality of the single divine essence of God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit. He was often depicted in three fish intertwined. In Catholicism, the symbol of the Trinity is depicted as follows: three small triangles are inscribed in a large triangle, circles are drawn on the tops that do not intersect with each other. The circles represent the trinity, and the scheme itself means the individuality of each member of the Holy Trinity, but at the same time their unity.
During various rituals, the figure of a triangle is often inscribed in a magic circle. The triangle can be veiledly interpreted as a shamrock (three-leaf clover), which symbolizes the masculine gender.
In Hinduism, the triangle is a sign that gives life to the goddess Dugra. BUT Greek letter"Delta", which has the shape of a triangle in the Pythagorean system, is considered a symbol of the cosmos.
Among the Freemasons, this figure, framed by nine rays, was used as " all-seeing eye", and also symbolized the deity. In the religious and mystical interpretation of the Old Testament, the Jewish Kabbalah - "The Book of Sohar" ("shine") says: "In heaven, both eyes of the Lord and his forehead form a triangle, and their reflection forms a triangle in the waters."
The ancient Greek philosopher Xenocrates, who lived in pre-Christian era(339-314 BC), he considered an equilateral triangle to be “divine”, an isosceles triangle to be “demonic”, and an unequal triangle to be “human” (imperfect).
The standard triangle, the top of which is directed upwards, among all peoples was a symbol of movement, action and masculinity. At the same time, such a triangle is a symbol of the world mountain, the point where the world tree grows, rising to the very Eden. The mountain is depicted in the form of a triangle, and the tree is in the form of a stylized cross. The pictographic sign of the tree, familiar to everyone, appeared as a result of adding the axis of the world and the two sides of the triangle.
For many nations, the figure of a triangle symbolized fire, flame, torch and bonfire. The Egyptian pyramids represent the spatial embodiment of the triangle. Most Kabbalistic amulets are triangular in shape. For example, an amulet that brings power over spirits is a triangle, the top of which is directed upwards, and the name of the Almighty is inscribed in it. But the amulet, designed to weaken any influence, is a triangle, the top of which is directed downward.
In ancient Sanskrit texts, a triad is depicted in the form of a triangle - Tri Binda (three drops): life is born from two drops - white and red, and gives birth to a third - mixed. Trinity of the Universe various peoples was designated just in the form of a triangle: birth - life - death, life - death - rebirth ( new life), body - mind - soul, father - mother - child, three cosmic zones (heaven - earth - the lower world).
A triangle is a universal geometric figure, whose symbolic interpretation is determined by the type, arrangement, or combination of triangles. Only one type of this planar figure has the most distinct symbolism - an equilateral triangle. Its values, associated with a number of associations, directly depend on where the top of the triangle is directed. An equilateral triangle with an upward pointing apex personifies divine perfection and harmony, serves as a sign of the sun and fire, life and heart, mountains and spiritual uplift. The upside down triangle is the sign of the Moon, water and rain. Two such triangles touching at the tops symbolize cyclicity, the waxing and waning moon, the beginning and the end, life and death. At the point of their contact, a radical transformation takes place, one phenomenon turns into the opposite. Finally, two intersecting equilateral triangles forming a hexagram (a six-pointed star, called in occultism the “shield of David” or the “seal of Solomon”), signify the unity of opposites. The symbolism of an equilateral triangle is closely connected with man. The triangle pointing upwards is an ancient phallic sign, a symbol of creative male power; an inverted triangle is an even more ancient sign of the feminine, a symbol of fertility and the emblem of the mother goddess (in primitive cultures, this triangle, with a line drawn from the top, was associated with the female genitalia). "Female" and "male" triangles, connected by vertices, naturally constitute the emblem of sexual harmony.
The threat to this harmony is expressed by the so-called "love triangle". Based on the principle: "the third is superfluous", it is a symbol of an acute conflict in the intimate sphere, generated by the appearance of a third partner.
In the philosophy of the Pythagoreans, a geometric figure with three angles was a symbol of the number "3" and an emblem of wisdom, rightfully belonging to the goddess Athena. An interesting interpretation different types triangles in the teachings of Xenocrates of Calchidon (c. 395 - 312 BC). The head of the Athenian Platonic Academy called the equilateral triangle "divine", the isosceles - "demonic", and the versatile - "human". In the first of them, according to Xenocrates, divine harmony and perfection were embodied; in the second - hidden inferiority with apparent correctness; as for the third, then irregular shape transparently alludes to the imperfection of man. In the religion of the Egyptians, Hindus, Celts, Scandinavians, Aztecs, Incas and many other peoples, the triangle could personify the triad of the main gods. The Egyptians, for example, associated the vertical side of the triangle with Osiris, the horizontal side with Isis, and the hypotenuse with their son Horus.
In Christian iconography, the three hypostases of God (God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit) that make up the Holy Trinity were depicted either in the form of an early-sided triangle or in the form of a triangle formed by three intersecting circles. The symbols of the triune christian god there was also a triangular halo and an eye in a triangle (the emblem of the "God's eye").
In alchemy, two equilateral triangles with their vertices pointing up and down represented, respectively, fire and water. Taken together, they symbolized the unity of opposites: essence and substance, stability and variability, spirit and matter, etc.
In Eastern occultism, the magical "seal of Solomon", formed as a result of the intersection of white and black triangles, was regarded by mystics as the most powerful talisman, transferring power over matter to its owner and allowing him to command genies. The evil genies were more afraid of the hexagram than the devil sign of the cross. This can be judged at least from medieval Arabic tales that describe a favorite way of punishing obstinate spirits: the ruler pushed the disgraced genie bent into three deaths into an empty jug, sealed the neck with the "seal of Solomon" and threw the vessel far into the sea. The unfortunate sufferer, imprisoned in a tight dungeon, rushed around for thousands of years. sea waves vainly crying out for help and mercy.
The triune nature of the universe: Heaven, Earth, Man; father, mother, child; man as body, soul and spirit; mystical number three; triple, the first of the flat figures. Hence the symbol of the surface in general. The surface consists of triangles (Plato).
The equilateral triangle symbolizes completion.
The triangle with its apex up is solar and has the symbolism of life, fire, flame, heat (hence the horizontal line symbolizing air), masculinity, lingam, shakta, the spiritual world; it is also the trinity of love, truth and wisdom. Means royal majesty and has a red color as a symbol.
The downward facing triangle is lunar and has the symbolism of the feminine, uterus, water, cold, nature, body, yoni, shakti. Symbolizes the Great Mother as a parent. The horizontal line is the earth; its color is white. In the symbolism of the mountain and the cave, the mountain is a masculine, upward-facing triangle, and the cave is a feminine triangle, apex-downward.
The triangle in a circle means the world of forms enclosed 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 that will be; they dwell there in a rest that cannot be disturbed, and Eternity surrounds them; and hence time, like a jet 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 an image of the other, hermaphrodite, a perfect balance of complementary forces, androgynous manifestation of a deity, a person peering into its own nature, the dual forces of creation, the synthesis of all the elements, with the triangle turned upwards as a heavenly symbol, and downwards - as a symbol of the earth, and together - a symbol of man, as uniting these two worlds. As the Seal of Solomon is the image of the Keeper; it gives spiritual power over matter and is the master of the jinn.
Two triangles lying horizontally and touching the tops are the 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 strength and bodily existence.
The triangles symbolizing the elements are as follows:
fire (upside down)
water (upside down)
air (facing the truncated top up),
ground (facing the truncated top down).
Two interlocking triangles are the union of opposites, which become liquid fire or fiery water.
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Among 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 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-angled triangle) with a man, the horizontal side with a woman, and the hypotenuse with their offspring: Osiris as the beginning, Isis as the middle or repository, 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.
Among the Greeks, the delta symbolizes the door of life, the feminine, fertility.
The Indians have triangles with their vertices up and down - these are shakta and shakti, lingam and yoni, Shiva and his Shakti.
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The triangle is the first geometric figure found in ancient ornaments.
In Egypt, he symbolized the triad of spiritual will, love-intuition and the higher mind of a person, that is, his personality or soul.
In hermetic ideography, the triangle with the vedagana directed upwards symbolizes Fire (a flame rising up) and corresponds to the idea of ascension, spirituality, Dryness and Warmth, Summer, Red color, 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 Warmth 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, passivity, Wisdom, generating Main Idea, Humidity and Cold, Winter, Green, Copper, Venus, the Angel and the Evangelist Matthew.
The triangle of Air with a horizontal line symbolizes the Earth, motionless stagnant water and corresponds to Cold and Dryness, Spring, Black, Lead, Saturn, the Bull and Luke the Evangelist.
The Aztecs used the image of a triangle with a top at the top, connected to an inverted triangle, as a symbol of the time cycle, about the Triangle in combination 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 - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
For Freemasons, the triangle symbolizes the Trinity of the cosmos, and its sides are Light, Darkness and Time (the base).
Luminous Delta is isosceles triangle(with an angle of 108 ° at the top and two angles of 36 ° at the base), in the middle of which are the Divine Eye (the visible Sun, giving Light and Life, Logos, Creativity) or the sacred Tetragram I E V E, the name of God, which the Jewish high priest pronounced only once a year.
Its three sides are an expression of the formula: Right to think, right to speak, right to do, or the slogan: Freedom, Equality, Fraternity. Three peaks mean: Past, Present, Future, and the whole triangle: Eternity. Three angles: 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 was three units of length and symbolized the masculine principle, the base - four units, the symbol of the feminine principle, and the hypotenuse - five units, symbolizing the fruit of their union; the result was an immaculate 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 dual 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. О 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 power, in other words, the creative power of the god. And vice versa, a triangle, the top of which is turned down, is a sign of the feminine, a fertile womb.
According to Agrippa of Nettesheim, Juno was often denoted by a triangle as the personification of a woman.
For European alchemists, the triangle with its apex up meant the tongue of flame, "male" fire, and the triangle with its apex down meant water, which runs down from the mountain peaks, from the clouds down to the Earth.
If, however, both signs are superimposed on each other, for the Hindus this will mean the union of the creative and generative principles, a sign of the love of the gods for everything earthly, and the earthly - 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 who took both from Jews and Gypsies) as protection from evil forces.
The triune nature of the universe: Heaven, Earth, Man; father, mother, child; man as body, soul and spirit; mystical number three; triple, the first of the flat figures. Hence the symbol of the surface in general. "The surface consists of triangles" (Plato). The equilateral triangle symbolizes completion. The triangle with its apex up is solar and has the symbolism of life, fire, flame, heat (hence the horizontal line symbolizing air), masculinity, lingam, shakta, the spiritual world; it is also the trinity of love, truth and wisdom. Means royal majesty and has a red color as a symbol. The downward facing triangle is lunar and has the symbolism of the feminine, uterus, water, cold, nature, body, yoni, shakti. Symbolizes the Great Mother as a parent.
The horizontal line is the earth; its color is white. In the symbolism of the mountain and the cave, the mountain is a masculine, upward-facing triangle, and the cave is a feminine triangle, apex-downward.
The triangle in a circle means the world of forms enclosed 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", on which are the cause, forms and images of everything that was and that will be; they are there in peace that cannot be disturbed, and Eternity surrounds them; and hence time, like a jet 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 an image of the other, hermaphrodite, a perfect balance of complementary forces, androgynous manifestation of a deity, a person peering into its own nature, the dual forces of creation, the synthesis of all the elements, with the triangle turned upwards as a heavenly symbol, and downwards - as a symbol of the earth, and together - a symbol of man, as uniting these two worlds. As the Seal of Solomon is the image of the Keeper; it gives spiritual power over matter and is the master of the jinn. Two triangles lying horizontally and touching the tops are the 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 (pointed upwards), water (pointed downwards), air (truncated point upwards), earth (truncated point downwards). Two closing triangles - the union of opposites, which become "liquid fire" or "fiery water".
Buddhists have a pure flame and the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
Among 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 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-angled triangle) with a man, the horizontal side with a woman, and the hypotenuse with their descendant: Oziri as the beginning, Isis as the middle or repository, 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.
Among the Greeks, the delta symbolizes the door of life, the feminine, fertility. The Indians have triangles with their vertices up and down - these are shakta and shakti, lingam and yoni, Shiva and his Shakti.
Among the Pythagoreans, the equilateral triangle symbolizes Athena as the goddess of wisdom.
One of the simplest geometric symbolic signs; it is based on the first possibility of coverage by straight lines certain surface and figure building. Therefore, not every triangle must necessarily be full of symbolic meaning.
Masonry of slabs laid in a triangular shape is already found during excavations of the ancient settlement of the Stone Age in Lepenski Vir on the Danube (7th millennium BC); triangular cuts on the bone are even older. Their interpretations can be very diverse. First of all, the "female pubic triangle" is mentioned, with its apex down, from which a straight line emerges. In younger cultures, triangles are often found in the form decorative elements on ceramics, and the traditional interpretation of the figures with the apex facing down defines them as "symbols of water" (the direction of the falling drop), and the figures with the apex facing upwards - as the "symbol of fire" (the direction of the flame).
Nested in each other, they form a closed dualistic system, a hexagonal star (Solomon's seal, hexagram). With ritual magic spells, a triangle is sometimes also inscribed in the magic circle. The sign of the triangle can sometimes be implicitly interpreted as a shamrock (three-leaf clover), which is considered a symbol of the masculine principle.
In the philosophical system of Pythagoras, 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 Manicheans 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 a variety of ways, primarily in baroque times, and in Masonic symbolism, it is an "all-seeing eye" with nine rays - also a symbol of deity. In 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) considered the equilateral triangle as "divine", the isosceles as "demonic", and the "versatile" as "human" (imperfect). The fascination with the harmony of numbers in the form of proportions of right-angled 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-angled triangle; however, if we build a square on each side, then the area of both smaller squares will exactly correspond to the area of \u200b\u200bthe larger square. due to immersion in the formation of numbers, is it not a reasonable hope that all the secrets of the universe will soon be revealed through numerical ratios?
Based on the symbolism, Masons are also willingly engaged in right triangle Pythagoras with side lengths 3, 4 and 5, which was depicted on training rugs with squares above the legs and hypotenuse and was called "Pythagoras" for short. As the "47th problem of Euclid" it is the symbol of the head of the Masonic lodge and the sign of the senior master.
AT 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 "penetration into the feminine of the male fire."
In ancient Mexican manuscripts with illustrations, a triangular symbol, similar to the capital A, is the sign of the concept of "year". In Western European art, compositional schemes with a triangle were often used both in architecture and in painting, but especially when it came to the themes of the trinity. The construction of the Pythagorean triangle by the Egyptians using the tension of the cords and its application to the teaching of geometry. 
The symbolic sign "Heart of Hrungnir" of three intertwined triangles.
Viking times. Island of Gotland.
One of the most powerful and versatile symbols. The equilateral triangle is a masculine and solar sign representing deity, fire, life, heart, mountain and ascent, prosperity, 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 internal line drawn from the top. In China, the triangle is almost always female symbol. Triangles connected by vertices symbolize sexual union. The intersecting triangles that form the hexagram symbolize synthesis, the union of opposites. Lying horizontally, with the base to each other, two triangles represent the waxing and waning moon. As the simplest flat figure based on the sacred number three, the triangle was the Pythagorean sign of wisdom associated with Athena.
Sabaoth from the city of Lysva. Beginning 19th 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. The alchemists used triangles with their vertices pointing up and down as signs of fire and water. In more general sense linear triangles or triangle-shaped compositions may represent triads of gods or other tripartite concepts. 
The figure of the Hanged Man, as it were, reflects 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 the three is considered a divine number, and the four is earthly, the pose of the Hanged Man symbolizes suffering, the state before Salvation: the divine is hidden under the earth. 
In contrast, the 21st Arcana 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 Court, where the liberation of the divine (three people) from the earthly (four-cornered grave) takes place.
In European alchemy, a green dragon or lion means a strong solvent, such as aqua regia, and its sign is an inverted downward (“female”) triangle in combination with R. Due to the absence unified system symbols in some sources the green dragon can mean, as in China, the element mercury (see Mercury).
Five-pointed star (Pentalpha, pentacle, triple triangle of Pythagoras)
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; shamrock 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: Bull, 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 the seven stars of the constellation can be seen engraved on the Quay. Ursa Major, symbolizing, probably, space and time (i.e. seven directions of space and seven days of the week).
First letter a large number alphabets. It is of Phoenician origin and is most often depicted as an inverted triangle. The numeric value is one.
The magic triangle of the Christian Theosophists is the famous "abracadabra" to which they attributed extraordinary properties. Used as a magic formula, this word was usually inscribed in or lined up as an inverted triangle (RATP) as follows:
For this universal principle of Hermetic philosophy, the alchemists used as a sign a cross (a symbol of the material world) and a triangle with an edge turned upwards - the hieroglyph of the element of fire.
The union symbols are all paired oppositions, perfect circle, intersecting circles, double triangle, androgyne, tangled trees, unicorn horn, yin-yang, lingam and yoni.
It is 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 at the top) with fire and with the desire for the heavenly, inherent in human nature. Therefore, the triangle also symbolizes the interaction between the earth (the material world) and the sky (the 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 arched vault itself is nothing more than a triangle c. 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).
An important role in architecture is played by the geometric symbolism of the cosmos: 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 the property of God the Father. As musical instrument the triangle is sometimes an attribute of Erato (one of the MUSES).
The Indian Sri Yantra Mandala can be considered, in this connection, a complicated and improved rearrangement of this basic structure (of nine mutually intersecting, mutually penetrating triangles within a multi-layer frame). As hexagrams, 64 combinations of I-ching trigrams, consisting of six lines each, formed by discontinuous and continuous lines and known in Ancient China, can also appear. 
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the eye (inscribed in a triangle) symbolizes Jehovah. As applied to a person, it is a symbol of moral consciousness.
In Christian iconography, the eye is in the center sun rays or in a triangle with an upward pointing vertex - 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 aforementioned 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, penetrating into all secrets, "the Great Builder of all Worlds"; the eye is sometimes also called the "eye of providence."
In more late period Renaissance painting The Eye of God in a triangle was used as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. The radiant eye in the triangle inside the circle indicates the Trinity of God.
Other mountain symbols are the triangle, cross, crown, star, and steps or stairs.
The instructions given by the priests on the construction of the temple came to the god Thoth. The prototype of the temple is a reed hut 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 sign-picture to designate a god). Later added 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 misfortune.
Tools (square, compasses, 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 as a "cubic stone" must be "immured" ("fitted") into the union builders. The lodge meeting room is also referred to as the "temple".
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A triangle is a universal geometric figure, whose symbolic interpretation is determined by the type, arrangement, or combination of triangles. Only one type of this planar figure has the most distinct symbolism - an equilateral triangle. Its meanings associated with a number of associations directly depend on where the top of the triangle is directed. An equilateral triangle with an upward pointing apex personifies divine perfection and harmony, serves as a sign of the sun and fire, life and heart, mountains and spiritual uplift. The upside down triangle is the sign of the moon, water and rain. Two such triangles, touching at the tops, symbolize cyclicity, the waxing and waning moon, the beginning and the end, life and death. At the point of their contact, a radical transformation takes place, one phenomenon turns into the opposite. Finally, two intersecting equilateral triangles forming a hexagram (a six-pointed star, called in occultism the "Shield of David" or "Seal of Solomon"), signify the unity of opposites.
The symbolism of an equilateral triangle is closely connected with man. The triangle with its apex pointing upwards is an ancient phallic sign, a symbol of creative male power; an inverted triangle is an even more ancient sign of the feminine, a symbol of fertility and the emblem of the mother goddess (in primitive cultures, this triangle, with a line drawn from the top, was associated with the female genitalia). "Female" and "male" triangles, connected by vertices, naturally constitute the emblem of sexual harmony. The threat to this harmony is expressed by the so-called love triangle. Based on the principle: “the third is superfluous”, “the love triangle is a symbol of an acute conflict in the intimate sphere, generated by the appearance of a third partner.
In the philosophy of the Pythagoreans, a geometric figure with three angles was a symbol of the number "3" and the emblem of wisdom, rightfully belonging to the goddess Athena.
A curious interpretation was received by different types of triangles in the teachings of Xenocrates from Calchedon (c. 395-312 BC). The head of the Athenian Platonic Academy called the equilateral triangle "divine", the isosceles - "demonic", and the versatile - "human". In the first of them, according to Xenocrates, divine harmony and perfection were embodied, in the second - hidden inferiority with apparent correctness; as for the third, its irregular shape transparently hints at the imperfection of man.
In the religion of the Egyptians, Hindus, Celts, Scandinavians, Aztecs, Incas and many other peoples, the triangle could personify the triad of the main gods. The Egyptians, for example, associated the vertical side of the triangle with Osiris, the horizontal side with Isis, and the hypotenuse with their son Horus.
In Christian iconography, the three hypostases of God (God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit) that make up the Holy Trinity were depicted either in the form of an equilateral triangle or in the form of a triangle formed by three intersecting circles. The symbols of the triune Christian God were also a triangular halo and an eye in a triangle (the emblem of the "God's eye").
In blue Freemasonry, the golden emblem of the "all-seeing eye of God" has replenished additional element perfection - nine rays emanating from its center.
In alchemy, two equilateral triangles with their vertices pointing up and down represented, respectively, fire and water. Taken together, they symbolized the unity of opposites: essence and substance, stability and variability, spirit and matter, etc.
In allegorical art, the triangle, as a musical instrument, belonged to Erato's muse, who performed lyrical songs to its accompaniment.
In Eastern occultism, the magical "Seal of Solomon", formed as a result of the intersection of white and black triangles, was regarded by mystics as the most powerful talisman, transferring power over matter to its owner and allowing him to command genies. The evil genies were more afraid of the magical hexagram than the devils were of the sign of the cross. This can be judged at least from medieval Arabic tales that describe a favorite way of punishing obstinate spirits. Bent "in three deaths" disgraced genie, the ruler pushed into an empty jug, sealed the neck with the "Seal of Solomon" and threw the vessel far into the sea. The unfortunate sufferer, imprisoned in a cramped dungeon, rushed along the sea waves for thousands of years, vainly crying out for help and mercy. At that moment, when he was finally re-educated and swore an oath once and for all to break with his criminal past, the jug fell into the net of some poor fisherman. Having pulled out the catch and cracked the seal on the jug, the poor man freed the prisoner and found in him a faithful and powerful servant. The grateful genie first revealed to his savior the secret of ancient treasures, and then arranged his marriage with some beautiful, but very capricious princess, who in the end was also re-educated and turned into an exemplary housewife.
In the history of European costume of the 18th century, a very prominent place belongs to the cocked hat - a felt hat decorated with feathers and galloons, with brim squeezed at three corners. The fashion for this original headdress, which originated in France, quickly spread to all European countries. The cocked hat was recognized not only by the nobles, but also by representatives of the third estate; in many armies of the world, including the Russian one, the cocked hat was part of the uniform; and during the Rococo period, women also began to wear it. Thus, the cocked hat, which conquered all hearts and crowned the heads of all dandies and fashionistas of the 18th century, should be recognized as the most versatile headdress of the New Age.
In the middle of the 20th century, the so-called Bermuda Triangle, an anomalous region in the western Atlantic Ocean, with corners formed by Bermuda, the southern part of the Florida peninsula and the island of Puerto Rico, became a symbol of a gloomy, sinister secret. This mysterious zone of our planet, where ships and planes disappear without a trace without any visible reasons, the rumor has also dubbed the "Hell Circle", the "Cemetery of the Atlantic", the "Harbor of the Lost Ships" and the "Devil's Triangle".
The term "Bermuda Triangle" was first coined by the American journalist W. Geddis in 1964. It was then that the terrible legend of the devil's triangle was born. Hundreds of books and thousands of articles devoted to this topic have enveloped the triangle in a veil of impenetrable mystical secret. A lot of noise was made, in particular, by the books of the American writer C. Berlitz "The Bermuda Triangle" and "Without a Trace". In pursuit of a sensation, the authors put forward the most fantastic and absurd hypotheses: some talked about aliens, others about Atlanteans, others about the curvature of time and space, and so on. etc., but authentically scientific research Units dealt with problems. Among them was former pilot and University of Arizona librarian Lawrence David Couchet, who has detailed every mysterious disappearance that has taken place in the notorious triangle since the time of Christopher Columbus. The result of his titanic work was the book "Bermuda Triangle: Myths and Reality", which mercilessly debunked the most popular legend of our time. Here is the conclusion of L.D. Kusche as formulated in this book:
"Legend of bermuda triangle This is an artificially fabricated hoax. It arose as a result of carelessly conducted investigations, and then was finalized and perpetuated by authors who, with or without intent, used incorrect theories, erroneous documentation and all kinds of sensational revelations. This legend was repeated so innumerably times that in the end it began to be accepted as something reliable.
In military emblems, the triangle was the insignia of the junior command staff of the Red Army. Since 1919, a patch in the shape of a triangle made of red fabric with a black border was placed on the cuffs of uniforms under a red five-pointed star; since 1922, it was worn on a special sleeve flap, and in 1924-1935, red metal triangles were attached to buttonholes. One triangle denoted the flight commander; two triangles - the commander of the squad, calculation, light tank or armored car; three triangles - an assistant platoon commander, and four triangles - a foreman of a company, battalion, battery, division or deputy political instructor. For a short period from 1922 to 1924. a large gold-colored triangle occupied the highest step in the symbolic military hierarchy, becoming the hallmark of the commander in chief himself.
Most wide application found a triangle in modern emblems. A separate group of road signs inscribed in a yellow triangle with a red border is of a warning nature, informing the driver about a particular danger awaiting him on the road. A similar function is performed by some technical signs - a lightning zigzag, Exclamation point and other signs placed inside the yellow triangle requiring attention and warning of danger.
In our time, interest in the magic hexagram, somewhat faded in Europe, with new force revived on the African continent. In Ethiopia, for example, the golden six-pointed "Star of David" is the main element of two high state awards - the orders of the "Seal of Solomon" and the "Queen of Sheba".
In classical heraldry, the triangle did not find a worthy place, but in modern Russian heraldry this figure is sometimes used. For an example, you can refer to the coat of arms of the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, adopted on June 17, 1993. It is easy to guess about the symbolism of the black triangle depicted here, if we remember that on geographical maps with an indication of the places of extraction of minerals, it is with this sign that iron ore deposits are indicated.
One of the first figures of geometry that attracted the attention of mankind in antiquity is a triangle. It can be found in ornaments, jewelry, historical records and paintings. In the eastern lands, it was used as a symbol that combines the higher mind, spiritual will and human intuition.
Depending on its location on the plane and angles, each triangle had its own specific meaning. Often there are images of several figures, which are also endowed with their semantic meaning.
The well-known double triangle, when the figures are located on top of each other, but in the opposite ratio, is called the Seal of Solomon. This six-pointed star conveys the idea of the ancients that everything has its opposite and everything can be used back. Mogun David is a sign of the commonality of opposites: male and female, good and bad.
Both triangles are identical in structure, but the top one is white and the bottom one is black. Everything is an image of something else. Top part the hexagonal star is a symbol of the sky, the lower one is the earth. In his unity, he is a man, connecting these two different worlds.
Creation has dual forces, the elements merge into a whole, this is the sign of the Preserver - this is the interpretation of the triangle symbol in the triangle of the ancient sages. The one who owns it commands the jinn. In ancient times, the seals of Solomon were credited with the extraordinary power of a talisman against evil spirits.
Interestingly, the symbol is alive. It continues to be in demand among people of various views on life and religious beliefs. It often has conflicting interpretations.
Like many symbols, a triangle within a triangle different nations endowed with interesting and sometimes common meanings. Hindus believed that this was the emblem of the union of the principles of creating and generating.
A triangle with vedagana upwards, like tongues of fire stretching into the sky, a kind of ascension of the Spirit. Often symbolized Summer and Grace. Associated with the sign Leo. The lower inverted triangle because of the horizontal is passive, not strong fire, moderation in many ways. He is ready to accept, like a deep bowl, rushing water into himself, this is Wisdom and a symbol of the feminine.
For the ancient Aztecs, a triangle in a triangle is a symbol of recurring temporality, of a certain cycle. It was also used in alchemy, signifying the completion of a great work.
The sign of two triangles was actively used by Masons under the name of Solomon's seal. The first is the Main, the second is the Follower. Alpha and Omega - these were the meanings of the triangles that make up the star. It is a hexagram and a secret seal of Freemasonry around the world.
Modern followers of the teachings of Kabbalah also took the tetragram of two figures into service. With the help of her and the added signs, she symbolizes the devil. Here the opposite God-Devil is pointed out. She summons evil spirits during rituals.
The geometric triangle shape is very popular in tattoos. Often two triangles are stuffed at once, and the meaning this figure often each owner attaches his own. Some believe that this is the number of children or marriages, others give it a mystical meaning.
This tattoo is universal. It is liked by both men and women. The first ones like to stuff it on their hand. Ladies prefer more closed places: back, thigh, calves.
When stuffing a pair of triangles, especially those that have intersections, for many, this is an expression of the victory of the Spirit over everything that carries the bodily. In another case, two opposite elements are symbolized in interaction: Fire (a triangle with the top up) and Water (an inverted figure).
The Jews attach a slightly different meaning to such a tattoo, namely: the fidelity of thinking, the fullness of words, the fulfillment of the deed. Christians associate with the trinity of the Divine principles.
