When you throw two stones into the water you get the above pattern. It’s the circle mirroring itself, the birth of the ‘twoness’, the Dyad. In biology, it’s called “cell division”. In chemistry, it’s the hydrogen atom, the first element, and the only element consisting of two parts, a positive proton, and a negative electron.
Twoness means separation into a complementary duality, which means the two poles are mutually interdependent. Polarity is the building principle of all matter. It’s also the origin of consciousness and language, our mind interacting with the world. Our consciousness was created by the cycle of dark and light, night and day, the main duality on which all life on earth depends. In languages, duality is crucial for making meaning, like cell division is crucial for generating new life.
Where the two circles merge in the above image, a Vesica Pisces (fish bladder) or Mandorla is formed, a western version of the Yoni in Hinduism. From this Vesica Pisces, all other geometrical forms can be derived, it’s like the gate of geometrical forms. It’s often found on cathedrals, with Christ in the middle. Both the Gothic arch and the Islamic arch are often based on the Vesica Pisces.
Cell division
The life giving star
Viseca Pisces, Chartres cathedral
Gothic Arch
Vesica Pisces: the Matrix
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