Milk Hill, nr Alton Barnes: Safe Haven! By Michelle Jennings  The simple, yet powerful symbol of movement, at Milk Hill, nr Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, July 6, is a message of hope and comfort to any and all of us experiencing the great shifts that are taking place on Earth. Again we have an initial state and basic information on the first day of formation, July 6, and additional and continuing information on the second day, July 7.  This symbol is composed of: the circle, the circle enclosing a dot, concentric circles and the triquetra which brings number three to our attention as well.  The circle as we have seen, represents the cosmos, the divine origins, Chaos if you like. The ouroboros, the world serpent with its tail in its mouth, is a Gnostic symbol that reflects this idea of the cosmos as an unbroken circle. It also stands for eternal return, and cycles that renew themselves as soon as they end.   In Hindu tradition, the circle enclosing the dot represents the primal womb that contains the bindu, the spark of creation. In Western tradition this is called the Sun Sign, the sun being seen as a central dot in the noon sky.  Still, it is much like “the male bindu as embryonic spark of life beginning to take form within the cosmic womb, which surrounded and supported it.” (Walker)   Concentric Circles make up the archetypal form of the mandala: the centre being the stillness and the surrounding circles being the movement towards and away from the centre. “The mandala is both a universal symbol and a symbol of the universe.  But its use in the rituals and liturgies of various religions and, indeed, in modern psychoanalysis is only a part of its whole significance; it is also the essential plan of the whole universe, balancing centrifugal and centripetal forces, combining beginning and end.  It is the ultimate symbol of wholeness; its centre is unity, equidistant from every point of the outer curve of the circle.” (Sacred Symbols)    Both the ouroboros and the mandala are symbols for the continuing cycles of Life, Death and Rebirth.  “The triquetra is an ancient symbol of the female trinity, being composed of three yonic vesicas interlaced so as to form the continuous ‘gateless’ type of design, always regarded as protective.  Sometimes the three vesicas were further interlaced with a surrounding circle.” (Walker)   The triquetra is a Christian symbol for the Trinity; in Celtic tradition it represents the Triple Goddess; it was used in 11th century Sweden on runestones.  Three in this crop circle reflects the multiplicity, (three is the first number that is referred to as ‘all’ when speaking of the group). It also stands for creative power, growth, forward movement overcoming duality, and synthesis. It is the Godhead in that it contains the Father, Mother and Child aspects of Divinity.  The triquetra in the Milk Hill formation is present in the circle, but semi-hidden on the first day. We become aware of the activity of the Trinity in the second day of the formation. The activity is revealed as the creative power manifesting Itself from the centre of the formation as the triquetra.  On that second day we witness the resolution of opposites in the emergence of the beginning of a New Creative action.   What’s more, both the triquetra and the circle are protective symbols. Because both have no break in the line forming them, they are thought to protect or consecrate a space. The circle is also a space where all participants are equal, as in the Hindu teaching that says the Deity is “an unbroken circle with no circumference, for it is nowhere and everywhere.” (Walker)   As long as we remain in the acceptance mode regarding the new creative scenario, the powerful movement of life and the universe, we are part of it. We are protected; we are at one with the Divine process; we are All in One and One in All! Michelle Jennings   Sources: Cooper, J.C. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols.  Thames & Hudson. London. 1978. Sacred Symbols. Robert Adkinson, ed. Thames & Hudson, Ltd. London. 2009. Walker, B. The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects. Castle  Books. Edison, NJ. 1988.  http://uniquecelticjewelry.com/meaning-of-triquetra.html http://mousely.com/wiki_image/f/fa/Ouroboros.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funbo_Runestones