Symbol meanings

The spiral expresses being in motion, “in flow” with one's own energies. It is a sign of development and growth. It can be found in many places in nature, right down to the tiniest biological building blocks, such as DNA, in the spiral shape of the double helix; in spiral nebulae in outer space; in the various spiral patterns in plants and in swirling flows of water. Over the millennia, spirals, double spirals and triple spirals (triskelions) have been used artistically in many cultures for important buildings.

The symbol of the double spiral symbolically combines unfurling and curling up to form a whole: designs 01 and 05. It expresses the alternation between / the life principle of “waxing and waning”. The model of the double spiral, which is also known from the work of Hugo Kükelhaus, strikingly shows how everything inside then becomes the outside and vice versa – and how the same is true of the top and the bottom.

The recumbent eight is a symbol of infinity, or connects two fours, which symbolise wholeness. This can mean the entirety of life on earth, combined with the entirety of spiritual life; or it can mean the connection between two people as one. This shape can be found in many places in nature and in the artistic design of important buildings.

Like the eight, the triple motif represents a connection between different circular shapes, i.e. is a symbol for unity or connection. It symbolises reciprocal connections between three or more people. This shape gives every section its own separate circle, while the lines from all the circles come together to a shared spot in the middle. The shape thus also stands for what I see as the underlying essence of life:

"Living and growing together individually"