A Symbol (e.g.) | Communicates | Points to (+) | And (-) | |
1 | House of Unity | Social controls | Infinite oneness, omnipresent center | Fuels social divisions, such as East-West |
2 | Yin-Yang | Compartmentalization | Straightforward relations | Categorical misidentification |
3 | Trimurti | Meaning through story | Enacting visionary narratives & sound progress | False narratives and celebrity worship |
4 | The Cross | Anthropocentrism | Harmony within groups; focus for competition | Out of touch with greater reality (existence as a whole) |
6 | Shield of David | Binding (due to counterfactuals) | Smart social and business contracts | Repeat negative patterns |
8 | Trigrams & hexagrams | Observer-dependence | Integration of desires with complex choices | Preoccupation with wish fulfillment |
8 | Wheel of Transformation | Progress towards something better | Good consequences for doing things right | Fear of bad consequences |
10 | Tree of Life | Analytic self (bicameral brain) | Highly responsive relational dynamics | Cultivates unconscious behaviors |
12 | Zodiac Wheel | Scaling (“As above, so below”) | Complex geometricized relationships | Blind faith |