Inspired by John Martineau’s book, ‘A Little Book of Coincidence‘, Howard Arrington, of the charting software company, Ensign Software, posted this article about the dances of the planets where you take the orbits of two planets and draw a line between their positions every few days…in this case Venus and Earth.
Because the inner planet [venus] orbits faster than the outer planet [earth], interesting patterns evolve. Each planetary pairing has its own unique dance rhythm. For example, the Earth-Venus dance returns to the original starting position after eight Earth years. Eight Earth years equals thirteen Venus years. Note that 8 and 13 are members of the Fibonacci number series….Watching the Earth-Venus dance for eight years creates this beautiful five-petal flower with the Sun at the center. (5 is another Fibonacci number.)
Reminds me of the drawings I created as a kid using a Spirograph.
I love when science-y stuff makes amazing mandala art.
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For me, creating mandalas is more than just coloring pretty patterns in a circle. I do it because my spiritual evolution and creativity require it of me. My mandala designs come about within an active meditative state, connected with my higher self, my spiritual guides and nature spirits.
Together, we bring into form, mandala art the allows me to re-connect with my own inner peace and joy, letting me explore and expand my own creative spirit to however far and in whatever direction I want to take it.
As part of my own spiritual journey, I encourage, and hopefully inspire, others to explore their own creativity, to help them re-connect with their own inner peace and joy. As a means to that end, I make all of my mandalas available for people to color. Why should I have all the fun?
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