Vesica Piscis, a Lens into Entanglement

The birth place of something new.

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Dear ones,

If you are a new subscriber, a special WELCOME! When I was young, I excelled at math. I loved numbers, forms, shapes and how they related to each other. In college I even took engineering calculus because I wanted a deeper dive. When I first came across sacred geometry, I was in awe! Amazed by this marriage between my love for math and my spiritual life. Today’s post is an exploration into the liminality of the Vesica Piscis. And thanks

Jenna Newell Hiott

for sparking the idea!

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Sacred Geometry

The Vesica Piscis is an ancient symbol found all over the world. We see it in nature, art, architecture and religious symbolism. What makes it significant is the almond shape (the Madorla) created by the overlap of the two circles. A liminal bridge, a creative power that births possibility.

The mathematics and geometry around this symbol are fascinating. Briefly I will say the following numeric measurements are found in the Vesica Piscis, √2, √3 and √5. When converted to decimals they continue infinitely without repetition behind the decimal point. Like Pi, π (3.1415926… etc.). Which is quite profound.

Composed of three circles, the two smaller circles represent the pair of opposites. Like earth and sky, dark and light, physical and spiritual, feminine and masculine. Two forces magnetically drawn to each other. Mutually interlocking while embraced within the totality as represented by the larger circle.

The Vesica Piscis is also found in other sacred symbols like the Seed of Life and the Flower of Life as seen in the above diagram.

The Star Tetrahedron (Merkaba)

The Merkaba, also known as the Star Tetrahedron, is the logo for my website and substack space. And is another shape connected to the Vesica Piscis. The Merkaba is made from two tetrahedra that interlock to form a three-dimensional eight-pointed star. When the Merkaba is seen in the two-dimensional plane, the points at which the two tetrahedra intersect create Vesica Piscis shapes.

Unity and Balance

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The first of every month I pull three tarot cards that together provide the overall theme for my month and become three points to then focus on. My November theme is “RELAXING INTO THE MOMENT”. The three facets are: “Look Beyond the Material”, “Find Balance”, and “Dig Deep Within”. The other morning it was time to dive into “Find Balance”. How synchronistic that I am exploring here the coherence of the Vesica Piscis.

From my tarot reading the wisdom of both the Moon and Sun cards invited me to attune to the cycles of nature and life. Death and rebirth, feminine and masculine, subconscious and conscious, night and day. The Vesica Piscis asking me to find the sweet spot between the polarities. A blending of the dualities. Attuning to the union by releasing the struggle of clinging and resisting, the fight of making one side right and the other wrong. Instead letting there be a dynamic resting. A relaxation into balance…

A wonderment of residing in what I know to be true while still stepping into the immensity of the undefined. 

An acknowledgement of my insignificance within this grand vastness alongside my distinctive purpose of being here in this place at this time. 

A precious bowing down in humbleness as a simultaneous rising up in strength.

Divine Feminine 

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The image of the Mandorla represents the Yoni, the power of the feminine. Yoni means “holy passage”. The womb as conception, as creativity, a portal for the soul coming into form, spirit woven into a body.

This includes other Yoni openings, the portals of our senses. Eyes for seeing, ears for hearing, nose and mouth for tasting and smelling, the pores in the skin as feeling. Somatically linking the outer and the inner. An invitation to receive life. Curiosity as nectar opening the pathway to a communion of wonder.

Being born means at some point there is death. Springtime is a guarantee that winter will eventually come. The Feminine is the doula of both, the reality of impermanence.

The other day I sat with a crow as it died. Earlier, my husband had told me an injured crow hobbled under one of the trees in our back yard. When I went to see the crow, it was lying front down, head tilted to the side. Its breath labored. I looked into its eye, feeling its spirit brought tears to my own. Sensing in I could feel the imminence of death.

I still called our local wildlife rescue. Bringing the bird in was an option but most likely there was not much they could do. Not wanting the crow’s last moments to be in fear, I let nature take its course. It wasn’t long; an hour later it took its last breath. Births and deaths are powerful doorways. Liminality as the point of the cycle where beginnings and endings entangle.

A pondering… Watching over the crow as it lay there dying on a bed of leaves, I felt a twinge of envy. I admit there are times I long for death. Not as depression, but as a natural progression of aging. As a culture we push so much for living that death has become a forgotten piece of life. Being in my crone years, I wonder how it would be to curl up in a bed of leaves and return to the Mother! Dying as a birth into Her.

Heart of Compassion

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As the mind bows to the heart in service, as the sacral fires and belly energies rise to meet the heart, love blossoms. Here the Vesica Piscis is where mind and body merge to birth love’s greatest gift, compassion. Two forces entangled together making love, alchemizing this grace of kindness.

Lately as part of my practices I have been engaging in Toglen. Instead of turning from suffering, mine or someone else’s, it’s a coming in closer. Breathing in the pains and grief as my inhalation. Exhaling what will support and benefit. The out breath as the medicine. This practice takes me from an “only me” focus to feeling the interdependence we all share. An organic transmutation that opens the heart to a fuller wholeness.

Questions for you…

• What balance is needed in your life right now?

• What is coming into your life and what is leaving?

• How can you bring more love into your daily movements?

Would love to know your thoughts and feelings. Let’s have a conversation…

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