Seed

Seed: meaning

The seed brings together beginnings, care and growth. Explore what you want to nurture and the conditions that would give it room to develop.

Symbols and details in the image

Notice a small circle below a stem with two branches. Which detail catches your attention first? Explore the image and connect that detail with your question: gestures, shapes and contrasts open up new associations.

Seed: interpretation

Which modest trial could you attend to before expanding an idea?

A reading step by step

Explore the three positions of Symbolic crystal ball with this example. Place the images in the stated order and follow each row’s ideas. Then connect the three themes: how does the perspective change from one position to the next?

• First element · Seed: A seed suggests a small beginning and its conditions.
• Second element · Horizon: A horizon marks what can be seen from one position.
• Third element · Shelter: A shelter represents rest and recognisable boundaries.

History and inspiration

Twelve everyday motifs form a visual vocabulary of paths, support and perspectives. The mountain brings effort into focus; the window offers another way of seeing. Each image finds its place through your question, the other figures and its position in the reading.