According to my guide Charlie, the energies of the icosahedron lend themselves beautifully to journeying in meditation. Here's how.
During a meditation circle yesterday, our group chose to ask for wisdom from the spirits of our solar system's planets. I journeyed to Uranus, the planet of opportunity, awakening, and surprises. So it seems fitting that today my guide Charlie and I discussed the icosahedron, another of the Platonic solids—a set of shapes that each look the same no matter which angle you view them from.
Can you tell me about the icosahedron?
Yes! The icosahedron is a shape uniquely suited to exploration.
Physical or spiritual?
Well, both. I mean, a part of this shape makes a pretty good pack-and-go tent. [laughter] But we’re here to talk about spiritual development. In meditation, it’s an excellent tool for journeying.
The icosahedron has 20 faces, 12 vertices, and 30 edges. What is the significance of the 2, 12, and 3 in this shape?
Contained within this shape are love, kindness, angelic energies, and the music of the spheres. So it’s a great tool for a cosmic journey. Let’s look at them one by one:
2 is the expression of the divine feminine. Peace-loving, intuitive, cooperative, it is the bringing together or balancing of concepts, people, or things.
3 is the expression of thoughts, ideas, and creativity.
And you already know that 12 expresses angelic energies of divine love and support.
But you didn’t realize that 6 is there, too.* 6 is the heart: love, support, and healing.
In this shape, 5 equilateral triangles meet at each vertex. And I just learned that its dihedral angles are 138 degrees, 11 minutes. Which just happens to break down to 5.
Surprise, surprise! 5 is exploration, curiosity, adaptation, and movement for the sake of experience. With the energies of the 2, 3, 12, and 5, you can see why the icosahedron is suited to exploration.
Can you give me an example?
Why yes. In journeying, you might meditate upon the icosahedron and go anyplace you like, ask any question you have. The energies of the icosahedron lend themselves to exploring new things, concepts, and realms. The planetary journey your group did yesterday could have been enhanced with the use of the icosahedron.
How would you suggest we meditate with the icosahedron?
Hold the shape in your hand, or see the shape in your mind, as you focus on your intention for the journey. Or you might picture yourself within the shape. You could even imagine it as a sort of spaceship. In fact, it makes a pretty good zero-gravity flying machine. [laughter]
How does the icosahedron enhance journeying in meditation?
At its most basic level, this shape’s energies are freedom and curiosity, ideas, divine support, spiritual progress, partnership, and love. That’s a pretty good combination for seeking wisdom, healing, or new ideas. And those are three excellent intentions for journeying in meditation.
What else should we know about the icosahedron?
It and all the Platonic solids are metaphors for the different faces of the Creator. The same energies, packaged differently, with a different focus, to support different needs or intentions.
Consider the dodecahedron and icosahedron. The dodecahedron has 12 faces, 20 vertices, and 30 edges. The icosahedron has 20 faces, 12 vertices, and 30 edges. One expresses divine protection; the other divine exploration. One filters energies coming in; the other pushes energies outward.
Any last thoughts?
Beware of the stellated shapes of the icosahedron. These might bring in more energies—and entities—than you are expecting. If you are just starting to explore journey work, stick with the regular icosahedron. Leave the energies of the stellated icosahedrons to the mystics.
* The icosahedron is made up of equilateral triangles. After some research, I learned that each angle of an equilateral triangle is 60 degrees.
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