Triangle Symbol Meanings

• Gender
• Creativity
• Harmony
• Proportion
• Ascension
• Manifestation
• Illumination
• Integration
• Subjectivity
• Culmination

This sort of versatility is what captures themes of magic, wonder and creativity in the triangle meaning. 

None of the other basic shapes offer this kind of inherent duplicity. When we turn a square on its side, the symbol meaning remains the same. Same with the circle - rolling it around, it's still a circle.

But the triangle proposes mammoth (polar even) variables in meanings when tipped top from bottom. To wit:

Symbolic Meaning of Upright vs Upside Down Triangles

Female	Male
Lunar	Solar
Yoni	Lingam
Shakti	Shakta
Passive	Active
Cave	Mountain
Down	Up
Mother	Father

These are just a few examples of how a simple shiftof this symbol can offer huge variations in meaning. I invite you to contemplate these and other similarities, as I believe pondering these solidifies the symbolic experience the triangle symbol has to share.

Any discussion about triangle meaning cannot continue without connecting it with the number three. Indeed, the triangle meaning is inseparable from the number three. 

All the mystic teachings incorporate the power of three within their folds. Three represents the union of the numbers prior to it (One and Two). Numerologicallyspeaking, if One represents force, and Two represents an opening, then Three is the birthing of true wisdom. 

Consider just a few time-honored triads proposed by esoteric triangles...

Historical and Cultural Trinities Represented by the Triangle

• Waxing, Waning, Full
• Spirit, Mind, Body
• Father, Son, Holy Ghost
• Mother, Father, Child
• Past, Present, Future
• Power, Intellect, Love
• Thought, Feeling, Emotion
• Mother, Maiden, Crone
• Love, Truth, Wisdom
• Creator, Destroyer, Sustainer
• Creation, Preservation, Destruction

The symbolic idea here, is that the vertical side represents one aspect, the horizontal side another aspect and the hypotenuse is offspring of the combining sides. The combination of one and another produces a new form of being altogether (a child, as it were). 

This, among other complexities is where the triangle symbol meaning of creation/creativity is stemmed. Each side and corner sings out a melody, and their combination in form creates a marvelous harmonic orchestration.