What is the difference between the Triskel and the Triquetra?
The Triskel and Triquetra have a structure based on the number 3.
The Triquetra is similar to the Triskel, although if the Triskel symbolizes the infinite in limits, the Triquetra is a more contained symbol, with its elements that intersect. It is more defensive than expansive, more protective than outward-looking. It contains all things within it, protecting them rather than freeing them to make their way. In the Triquetra, the center represents the heart.
What you need to know is thatalong with the point and the circle, the spiral, from which the Triskel is derived, is one of the oldest symbols of humanity. But before being a symbol, it responds to a reality, to an impulse that led man to take refuge in the circle. The spiral quickly became the representation of the energy of the circle, compared to the fixed point, which became symbolically in many traditions, the representation of God. This is why the spiral quickly became a magical emblem, because of its energy.
Life is only vibrations, it is only realized in movement. This is why man soon discovered the polarity of spiral energy.
In the Triquetra and the Triskel, the notion of energies is triple. We have a force of involution, a force of evolution and a third force which is stabilizing the two others. A bit like in the Yin and Yang with the curve that separates white from black.
Moreover, Aristotle said
"Among the sizes, one is divisible only in one direction, it is the line; the other is in two, it is the surface; the other is in three, it is the body. There are no other sizes than these, for three is everything and contains all possible dimensions.
The energy of the 3, as channeled in the form of the Triskel and the Triquetra, allows the primordial energy to descend into matter, as it works on the three levels of manifested consciousness: physical, energetic and spiritual planes. In other words, it is an energy that is capable of activating anything because it is the very principle of vital energy.
Unlike what I mentioned earlier, that is, the circle of the Triquetra is going to bring a more protective aspect. It is like a shield.
To take it a step further, if you look closely, the Triquetra fits into an equilateral triangle.
The triangle is the symbol of the cosmic hierarchy. Wherever it is present, there is celestial order, harmony, balance, freedom and a clear mind. You can visualize it on your forehead, or imagine the Triquetra directly, and you attract these qualities into your aura and they begin to work on you in the deep to straighten your life.
The symbol of the triangle also represents the man who is perfectly balanced in his mind, soul and body as well as in his thinking, feeling and will.
When a man succeeds in developing these three centers of intelligence of thought, feeling and will in a harmonious way and, in addition, unifies them, the omnipotence of clear mind and discernment appears in him.
And finally, the Triquetra speaks to us of unity as the fundamental law of life. Behind all forms of the organic world - plant and animal - is the great One Life. It creates the forms and expresses itself through them.
You can meditate with this symbol and be inspired by it.
Visualizing a Triquetra on your forehead, you can say the following invocation inwardly:
"By the invincible law of the triangle, I ask that luminous, harmonious, beneficial forces pour into me, nourish the sublime that dwells in the hidden and develop in balance my 3 centers of thought, feeling and will in order to unify them in the presence of the clear spirit I-Am."