My logo is comprised of multiple symbols representing the values and characteristics that are important to me.

Triangle
Circle
Yin & Yang
Heart
Cross
Awen

The Triangle

Triangles often represent strength and are considered one of the strongest shapes.

Any weight placed on them is evenly distributed between all three sides.

Greeks see the triangle as the delta glyph and it is consequently symbolic of a doorway. 

Triangles can represent creation and creativity, as well as polarity– (when inverted: feminine, down, cave, lunar, passive, Shakti and yoni, when erect: masculine, mountain, solar, assertive, Shakta and Lingam)

There are many symbolic meanings that reference the three sides of the triangle (and three is an auspicious number in numerology).  The following common trio/trinity themes resonated with me when I considered adding a triangle to my logo: 

  • Mind, body, spirit
  • Past, present, future
  • Father, Son, Holy Spirit
  • Thought, feeling & emotion
  • Waxing, Waning, Full
  • Power, Intellect, Love
  • Love, Truth, Wisdom
  • wonder, creativity and harmony
  • cyclical inference of Celtic life: Birth (renewal), Death (closure), Life (transcendence).
triangle

The Circle

The circle is a universal symbol with extensive meaning

It represents the notions of totality, wholeness, original perfection, the Self, the infinite, eternity, timelessness, all cyclic movement, God

(‘God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere’ (Hermes Trismegistus)).

It has no beginning and no end, and no divisions, making it the perfect symbol of completeness, eternity, and the soul. The circle is also the symbol of boundary and enclosure, of completion, and returning cycles.(SymbolDictionary.net)

Circles move without restriction, suggesting energy and power and represent life and the life cycle.

Circles represent focus, unity and  cycles,  as we ll as partnership and universal  and tend to send a positive emotional message of harmony and protection.

The circle has been associated with the heavens, life, order, completeness and wellness

They represent infinity, being complete, and being whole.

Yin & Yang

Representing harmony and balance

An ancient Chinese philosophy where opposite forces are seen as interconnected and counterbalanced.

Often used to describe any two opposites seen to balance each other out or to characterize life’s ups and downs

Yin, Chinese for “female” or “moon,” represents darkness, femininity, passivity, and the earth. 

Yang (“sun” or “male”) represents light, masculinity, activity, and the heavens. 

The concept of cosmic harmony

Two halves that complete wholeness or the belief that everything in the universe consists of two forces that are opposing but complementary.

The balance and duality of Life and death, Heaven and earth, Male and female, Sun and moon, Black and white, Night and day, Dark and light, Health and sickness, Poverty and wealth, Cold and hot, Positive and negative.

The concept that the universe and everything in it are both constant and cyclical. In this infinite cycle, one force dominates and is then replaced by the opposing force.

Yin & Yang are also the starting point for change.

The Heart

Recognized as a symbol of love, charity, joy and compassion

Long associated with emotion and pleasure, the heart is also symbol of truth and honesty and is believed by many to be the core of one’s humanity.

In Roman Catholicism, the “Sacred” Heart equates to God’s love and His saving grace. 

As the focus of physical and spiritual study, and representing the “central wisdom of feeling as opposed to the head-wisdom of reason” (Cooper, 82 as cited in Crenshaw 2008), the heart is inextricably tied in with our mental, physical and emotional states of being.

The heart is the resting place for the creative spirit and acts as the foundation source from which vibrant and creative energy flows. The heart represents our true intention in life. Should we follow the flow of energy from our hearts, we would access that intention. The heart also symbolizes the dreams we want to manifest.

The heart is a perfect representation of energy flowing, the recognition of our desires, and the choosing of our individual paths — hence the phrase “follow your heart”.

 

The Cross

The Cross is personal.

In most religions, people strive to reach their deity. Christianity is the only faith where God has reached down in an effort to know, love and connect with us personally. 

The cross is one of the earliest and most widely used Christian symbols.

Crosses symbolizes spirituality and healing and the four points of a cross represent self, nature, wisdom, and higher power or being.

To most Christians, the cross represents the greatest sacrifice ever made. The cross is thus a sign both of Christ himself and of the faith of Christians.

The Cross is love.

Christ died for us. He died for people who had lost their way. He death was by choice, a choice made in love.

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8).

The cross represents the ultimate in peace, reconciliation, and unity.

20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.(Col 1:20 NIV).

The cross represents my faith.

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The Awen

A Welsh, Cornish & Breton word for "(poetic) inspiration"

It came from two ancient words ‘aw’ and ‘en’, one meaning flow and the other spirit. 

It is a Celtic word meaning the flowing spirit, the divine inspiration, a spiritual awakening.

Awen is considered a symbol of inspiration and divine illumination for poets, writers, artists and creatives.

It symbolizes balance, equality and inspiration and represents flowing spirit, energy and the truth.

At its heart, this symbol expresses the constant theme of the trinity. Threes are a massive influence amongst the Celtic people because it is clear there cannot be balance, or a whole unit without the union of three core energies. For example: Male, Female, Offspring.  Creating, Destroying, Sustaining. Past, Present, Future. The ancient Celts used the Awen as a symbol for transformation experienced through the power of fire.