Explore the beauty and symmetry of this ancient and sacred symbol. This application allows you to zoom and pan the figure to get a deeper understanding of its structure. You can also the depth of iteration to make the figure more or less complex. Change the color to your favorite and then save the image to enjoy any time!
What is the Flower of Life?
The Flower of Life is a name for a geometrical figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles. This figure, used as a decorative motif since ancient times, forms a flower-like pattern with the symmetrical structure of a hexagon.
A "Flower of Life" figure consists of seven or more overlapping circles, in which the center of each circle is on the circumference of up to six surrounding circles of the same diameter. However, the surrounding circles need not be clearly or completely drawn; in fact, some ancient symbols that are claimed as examples of the Flower of Life contain only a single circle or hexagon.
Figures as prominent as Leonardo da Vinci are said to have ascribed significance to the Flower of Life and three similar symbols, called the "Egg of Life," the "Fruit of Life," the "Seed of Life". Drunvalo Melchizedek, an author from the New Age movement, has called these figures symbols of sacred geometry, asserting that they represent ancient spiritual beliefs, and that they depict fundamental aspects of space and time. Melchizedek claims that Metatron's Cube may be derived from the Flower of Life pattern, and that the Platonic solids within it were "thought to act as a template from which all life springs."
Features:
- Save an image of this flower to use for your desktop or screen-saver.
- Change the color palette used to render the Flower of Life.
- Pan and zoom to explore this beautiful figure.
- Control how the circles are rendered to better understand the geometry.