A cosmogram is a flat geometric figure depicting a cosmology. Some of them were created for meditational purpose. Mandalas are the best known cosmograms, but similar diagrams, known as schema, were also used in western Europe during the Middle Ages. Many cosmograms feature a circle and a square, or a circle and a cross. The circle may represent the universe, or unity. The square or cross may represent the Earth, the four directions. The centre may represent the individual.
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- A cosmogram is a flat geometric figure depicting a cosmology. Some of them were created for meditational purpose. Mandalas are the best known cosmograms, but similar diagrams, known as schema, were also used in western Europe during the Middle Ages. Many cosmograms feature a circle and a square, or a circle and a cross. The circle may represent the universe, or unity. The square or cross may represent the Earth, the four directions. The centre may represent the individual. Many diagrams featuring circles and squares or crosses may be interpreted as cosmograms, although they may not be intentionally created as such. For example, traditional Chinese coins that are round with a square hole in the middle, have been given such an interpretation, and so has the board for the game ludo, see Cross and Circle game. "Cosmogram" is also the name used in Cosmobiology to describe the specialized horoscope.
- Un cosmogramma è una figura geometrica piana che raffigura una cosmologia (intesa come filosofia). Alcune di queste figure furono create a scopo meditativo. I cosmogrammi più famosi sono quelli Mandala della cultura buddista, ad ogni modo simili diagrammi erano anche usati in occidente durante il medioevo. La maggior parte dei cosmogrammi sono costituiti da un cerchio e un quadrato o un cerchio e una croce: il cerchio di solito rappresenta l'universo o l'unità, mentre il quadrato o la croce può rappresentare la Terra (le quattro direzioni). Il centro può rappresentare l'individuo.
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- A cosmogram is a flat geometric figure depicting a cosmology. Some of them were created for meditational purpose. Mandalas are the best known cosmograms, but similar diagrams, known as schema, were also used in western Europe during the Middle Ages. Many cosmograms feature a circle and a square, or a circle and a cross. The circle may represent the universe, or unity. The square or cross may represent the Earth, the four directions. The centre may represent the individual.
- Un cosmogramma è una figura geometrica piana che raffigura una cosmologia (intesa come filosofia). Alcune di queste figure furono create a scopo meditativo. I cosmogrammi più famosi sono quelli Mandala della cultura buddista, ad ogni modo simili diagrammi erano anche usati in occidente durante il medioevo.
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