Like the swastika, the Triskel has also been used as a symbol by Nazi organizations that claimed to be Nordic in inspiration.
What is the meaning of the triskel?
The symbolism of the Triskel or Triskelion
According to archaeologists and historians, the meaning of the Triskel is primarily solar, structured on the number 3.
It is a cyclic and active symbol.
The symbolism of the number 3
The Triskel represents the law of the trinity. This law allows the creative principle to manifest itself in its creation. The law of Trinity is found in the Celtic religion and in all religions and in many philosophies in general because it is inescapable.
● Number representing the Holy Trinity, it is also the number of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity.
● Number of the man because this one is composed of a body, a soul and a spirit.
● Symbol of the compass.
● Perfect number according to the Chinese.
● Favorable number associated with childbirth and birth.
● Sacred number of the woman among the Mayans.
● Expresses totality, probably because there are three dimensions to time: past, present and future.
● For the Egyptians, 3 is the number of the cosmos, which has three elements: heaven, earth and duat (the area surrounding the intermediate world between the earth and the heavenly spirits).
What are the 3 elements of the triskel?
The Triskel could thus represent several elements:
● The three points of the sun's horizon movement: sunrise, zenith and sunset.
● The stages of the life cycle: birth, life, death.
● The different states of a single being namely "wakefulness", "sleep" and "dream".
● Expression of the mother earth in its 3 vital phases: youth, middle age and old age.
● The three dynamic elements: water, air, fire. The earth is the center of it.
● The flowing time: past, present, and future
● The 3 phases of the lunar cycle: the waxing moon, the full moon, and the waning moon.
● 1+1=3: the male and female principle that unite to give life
● Etc.
The ancients codified their knowledge in circles; the circle of the Gods and Goddesses, the circle of the totemic animals, the circle of the colors, the circle of the winds, the circle of the trees, the circle of the minerals...Three circles are necessary for the awareness of the human with the different forms of the divine (the terrestrial divine and the air divine). The Triskel is one of these primary circles, one of these three circles without which one cannot begin an approach to understanding this world.
It is found in many religious buildings.
Mandalashop - 05/11/2020 17:40:21
Bonjour, Je ne connais pas l'auteur que vous citez. Toutefois, les spécialistes des symboles s'accordent sur la symbolique du Triskel sénéstrogyre et son aspect plutôt belliqueux. Vous noterez que j'ai indiqué qu'on peut l'utiliser de droite à gauche et qu'il a ainsi un effet de dispersion. C'est un aspect que je cherche à développer car personnellement je pense que si certains peuples ont utilisé des symboles comme le Triskel ou la Swastika avec un sens de rotation sénestrogyre, il y a bien une raison! Si vous avez des sources, référentiels, qui abordent le sujet, je suis preneuse.
de Seigneux Conso / Ousset - 05/11/2020 16:13:10
Bonjour, je pratique le Référentiel de Naissance (thème tarologique) et il se lit en tournant vers la gauche; G.Colleuil (son créateur) nous avait expliqué que c'est le sens de rotation de l'univers (ce que l'on retrouve dans la physique quantique, cf.G.Grabovoï). Du coup, j'apprends par vous-même qu'énergétiquement ce serait belliqueux … ???