Blueberry Stars
15Feb2008 08:14 AM Filed in: Geometry-Math
This was such a great question, I thought it would
make a perfect blog post du jour!
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Hi Bruce ...What does the star mean in sacred geometry?
This might depend somewhat on the specific geometry involved... In particular, are we talking about 5 or 6 (or some other number) of points on the star? Hexagonal (6-fold) stars (a.k.a. hexagrams) relate to the Flower of Life, Seed of Life, Fruit of Life, 2D matrix which occurs in a myriad of forms in the various kingdoms of the natural world (basalt column cross-sections in the mineral kingdom, cloverleaf and cellular structures in the plant kingdom, honeycomb in the animal kingdom, etc. just to name a few.
I am wondering if you have any idea what the star on the bottom of each blueberry would mean?
A little gem I learned from Michael Schneider is that the blossom of every edible fruit has 5-sided (pentagonal) geometry. The five-pointed star (pentagram) was the symbol allegedly drawn on the hands of the Pythagorean initiates (perhaps because the notion of interconnectedness leading to the awareness of all-encompassing oneness is just as "threatening" now as it was to the predominant culture then
There is also a wealth of other
examples in my book:
as well as quite a few on the tutorial on my website (I imagine you've already read that?)
and the links on the resources page:
I am doing food research and it seems like the star would mean something. Doesn’t it look like a star at the bottom of a blueberry?
You got it! It is indeed the guiding archetype for this form, as well as so many others in nature!
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Hi Bruce ...What does the star mean in sacred geometry?
This might depend somewhat on the specific geometry involved... In particular, are we talking about 5 or 6 (or some other number) of points on the star? Hexagonal (6-fold) stars (a.k.a. hexagrams) relate to the Flower of Life, Seed of Life, Fruit of Life, 2D matrix which occurs in a myriad of forms in the various kingdoms of the natural world (basalt column cross-sections in the mineral kingdom, cloverleaf and cellular structures in the plant kingdom, honeycomb in the animal kingdom, etc. just to name a few.
I am wondering if you have any idea what the star on the bottom of each blueberry would mean?
A little gem I learned from Michael Schneider is that the blossom of every edible fruit has 5-sided (pentagonal) geometry. The five-pointed star (pentagram) was the symbol allegedly drawn on the hands of the Pythagorean initiates (perhaps because the notion of interconnectedness leading to the awareness of all-encompassing oneness is just as "threatening" now as it was to the predominant culture then
There is also a wealth of other
examples in my book:
as well as quite a few on the tutorial on my website (I imagine you've already read that?)
and the links on the resources page:
I am doing food research and it seems like the star would mean something. Doesn’t it look like a star at the bottom of a blueberry?
You got it! It is indeed the guiding archetype for this form, as well as so many others in nature!
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