THE SQUARE Symbol Usual form
Country
CHINESE AND JAPANESE
Signification
The
earth.
When placed with- Heaven and earth. in a circle
Usual fonn CHALDEAN AND JUDEAN
ROMAN
When
The
perfect plan.
referring
the
toEmblern
Roman
Quadrata or ancient symbol
city
form or
of ancient
which was
builded square.
stone
MOHAMMEDAN
Whenreferringto
Emblem of the faith.
the Caaba or sacred square stone and temp 1 e of the
Prophet
at
Mecca.
LINE
CHINESE AND When vertical JAPANESE
Signifies the
masculine
in nature.
When
horizontal Signifies the feminine in nature. or curved
EGYPTIAN
Zigzag
Water. The Nile river.
NORMAN
Zig zag
Life's course.
HERALDIC
When
invected or Land.
ingrailed (scalloped)
EGYPTIAN,
Meandering
GRECIAN AND
ROMAN
lines Continuity of
life.
suchastheDoric fret, etc.
CHINESE AND When used chain JAPANESE
as a Continuity of
Ogee or double Balance and
life.
support.
cturved line
IN
GENERAL
When
in the form of a labyrinth
Emblem
of
mystical
ancient grove or
woodland. cial
EGYPTIAN SCANDINAVIAN
Sacrifi-
temple.
THE TRIANGLE When used as em- Signifies
intelligence,
matter and cosmos. blem of Osiris, Isis and Horus Emblem of the triad Usual form god. 57