I've wonderd about this, but I'm not convinced as of yet.
What I mean is, drawing it one way in the East, and another in the West,
like representing Yin and Yang? Maculine and feminine.
Personally I don't think that's what they represent. I think they show either the Creative aspect of things or Destructive. Clockwise and counter-clockwise.
Anthony Silva
2006-12-08 22:41:07 · 6 answers · asked by THE NEXT LEVEL 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Yes, being an artist, I know you draw
lines to the right ,to show movement
to the left.
The Nazi symbol, (and not all Germans were Nazis). Showed movement to the left, counter-
clockwise, against nature. And was
also tipped off balance. Can anyone
deny the destruction to Life the
Nazi movement caused?
2006-12-09 01:24:31 · update #1
I understand why you specified the swastika. You didn't want people
getting confused with other Wheel of Life symbols.
I doubt one refers to the East and the other the West, as they are both used
in both hemispheres. They most likely mean what you said. One
symbolizing positive, the other negative.
2006-12-09 10:57:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Native Americans ( The People ) in the United States used the Swastika in the correct manner to make the proper use of the symbol to represent good luck / fortune
2006-12-09 12:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ack.....please please please....the symbol of life IS NOT the same as the swastika. The swastika is a perverted form of the wheel in such the same way as the upside down cross is.
drawing the wheel in one direction means you entering and directing your life in the direstion of creativity, freedom of movement, artistry.....and in the reverse, you are directing your life through dominance, nobility, power. That is why Hitler used the crock-eyed wheel as his swastika, because that meaning represented how that military regime was like the Persian Aryan Race.
I supposse one can think of it as the Indian Yin and Yang for balance, it might be easiest to view it that way for layman's terminology. But please don't refer to the reverse wheel as a swastika, that reprents a dark age for the world's enlightenment.
2006-12-09 13:01:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah you are right. Reminds me of those chariot wheels with blades that cuts up everything in it path...like Hitler did when he invaded Europe.
2006-12-09 07:28:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
listen to illyanna on this one....the wheel of life, and swastika are TWO different things...
2006-12-09 13:20:14 · answer #5 · answered by bella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FYI: it's a reversed swastika
But I cant answer your question
2006-12-09 06:50:32 · answer #6 · answered by denxxchua 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋