The triquetra is one of the basis of all designs in Celtic culture. As a symbol for the trinity, often associated as a variation of the Tri-skell, it depicts the three forces of nature that the Celts believed existed: earth,...

Taken from the cross at Tynan abbey Co. Armagh This is a knot formed of four oval bands interlaced by a fifth band tying all together. The four seasons held throughout the year this is a mother earth symbol. One of grounding...

This emblem is known as the fret or key pattern. It developed simultaneously throughout the world. In the Native American culture it is used as a seasonal or changing symbol, in eastern thought as a positive directional...

This pattern named for the famous celtic harper is taken from the decorative illumination of the 6 th. to 8 th. century manuscript the " Book of Kells . It is formed from one line unsymmetrical but strangely balanced. It was...

Taken from the Bore stone of Gask, in Perthshire. This complex, pictish pattern, shows four hearts. Balanced North, South, East, and West forming a cross this would have been thought of as a symbol to protect love from evil...