The Sidereals maintain the more ancient explanation of the points as the Five Maidens with Destiny itself resting in the space between. In this era, it is often said that each point represents an Immaculate Dragon, uniting their power in a single mystical diagram (though some in the Immaculate Order look unkindly upon such talk), or that each point is an Elemental Pole and Creation forms in the region betwixt them. The Pentagram is five points, each connected to two others. The Square and the Right Angle are oft associated with the element of Water The diamonds traditionally used to represent the stars on astrological charts are thought to originate with a depiction of the square, and many shrines and small temples use the shape as base for their floorplans, while the Mandarin Squares of the Thousand Scales serve as an identifiable symbol of the Realm’s bureaucracy. Where the triangle is often used to represent the thaumaturge, the square sometimes sees similar use for architects and geomancers. The Triangle is oft associated with the element of Fire.Īnother basic shape, the square’s four points are connected to two others and its lines are right angles, some claiming this represents the essence of structure, perfect stability. It is the shape most often used by mortal thaumaturges in their petty spells and summonings, and often appears as a symbol to represent them (often with an eye depicted within it to represent knowledge and its seeking). A few even claim it represents the stability and eternal nature of the Imperial Mountain.
Even after millennia, its significance remains disputed, with many holding that it is the basic building block from which the remaining geometric shapes are formed, while mathematicians laud it as the perfect assembly of angles. The Triangle is one of the most basic shapes in sorcerous geometry, three points each connected to all others, without intersection. The Circle is oft associated with the element of Air. Almost all mon of the Dragonblooded, for aspect, House, and family, are found within circles, as are most other shapes in sorcerous geometry. Some say it symbolizes eternity, for it has no beginning and no end. Some say it symbolises Creation, or further still the abstract concept of ‘definition’ that separates Creation from the chaos of the Wyld and Malfeas, while others use the same justification to claim it represents ‘existence’. One of the most basic shapes in sorcerous geometry, the shape which has no points and infinite point at once.
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