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The tetrahedron has 4 triangular faces. It represents the element Fire. It is the most simple 3d configuration in the universe. It is very strong, that´s why the diamond´s internal structure is tetrahedral. |
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The hexahedron or cube has 6 square faces. It represents element Earth. . Architects love making houses based in this kind of solid. |
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The octahedron has 8 triangular faces. Represents the element Air.
It is very strong. My favourite solid.
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Air
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The icosahedron represents element Water
The last "strong" solid.
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Water
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The dodecahedron represents the Vital Energy or Chi. It is the most complex, sacred and unstabe solid of the group. |
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Duals and gender
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The Star Tetrahedron shows how the tetrahedron is dual to itself. The male points up and the female points down.
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The cube and the octahedron are duals. Octa is male and cube would be female.In other cases the cube is the male. |
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Shown left is the deltoidal icositertahedron. Gathering both |
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The icosahedron and the dodecahedron are a very classy couple.He (icosa) gives her(dodeca) his strengh, and she lends him her divinity. |
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Shown left is the deitoidal hexecontahedron gathering both at once. |
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A very uncommon couple. There is a friendship more than duality among the cuboctahedron and the star tetrahedron. I never seen before I built it. The official dual with the cubocta should be the rhombic dodecahedron(shown right).
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The official dual with the cubocta is the rhombic dodecahedron (shown left). This solid has the square root of 2 everywhere. |
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The cuboctahedron is an archimedean solid . It is somewhere in between a cube and an octahedron. Bucky Fuller said the 5 platonic solids are implicit in this body. This solid reproduces the exact geometrical pattern of the original 8 cells of every multi-cellular living creature. This is also shown by the star tetrahedron. |
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Shown left are the cuboctahedron and the rhombic dodecahedron toether. A complex couple filled with information. |
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