The Maltese Cross
Flower of manifestation
The source symbolised in the centre pint
The unmoving mover, Divinity
The force by which not moves but is the source of all that moves
And the petals reach far into the material Plane from this infinite source
Connotations similar to the swastika
The first petal. the Hyperborean North or Zeus and the Eagle. Order from Chaos.
The East… rising of new life like the sun. Easter and the mystery of Golgotha. Apollo solar worship. The Known from the Unknown
The West representing death and the setting sun until its return in the hands of Thanatos. The Journey of the Soul through the Material Body
And The South Tthe Chthonic element or Earth represented by Hermes .. the Hermetic element and hades
All cyclic not linear