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The Flower of Life is a geometric figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles arranged in a hexagonal pattern with six-fold symmetry. It has been found carved into the granite of the Temple of Osiris at Abydos in Egypt, on the walls of Assyrian palaces, in Chinese temples, and etched into stone across the ancient world. It is considered by many traditions to contain the fundamental patterns of space and time.
Mark the centre point A and draw a circle of your chosen radius. This is the seed from which the Flower unfolds.
Mark point B on the circumference of the first circle (rightward on the horizontal). Place the compass on B and draw a second circle of equal radius, forming the first vesica piscis.
Mark the upper intersection point of circles 1 and 2 as point C. Place the compass on C and draw a third circle of equal radius.
Continue around the original circle: mark the next intersection point where circle 3 meets circle 1, call it D, and draw a fourth circle from D.
Proceed to the next intersection — point E on the left side of circle 1. Draw a fifth circle from E.
Mark point F at the lower-left intersection of circle 1 and draw a sixth circle. Then mark point G at the lower-right intersection and draw a seventh circle. You now have six circles arranged around the original centre — the Seed of Life within the Flower.
Now extend outward: at each petal tip where two outer circles intersect, place the compass and draw another circle of equal radius. You will add six more circles in this ring, completing the first full layer of the Flower of Life with nineteen circles total.
Using your straightedge, lightly inscribe a large circle centred on A that passes through the outermost petal tips to frame the Flower. The pattern may be extended infinitely, but traditionally it is bounded by this containing circle.