Germ of Life

The Germ of Life frames the seven-circle seed arrangement inside a boundary circle of radius 2r.

Germ of Life8 circles · 0 segments · 0 solidsdepth 70% · Crystal · persp

Construction

Seed-of-Life centres plus an outer circle of twice the radius, tangent to all six outer circles.

Considered a precursor stage of the Flower of Life in some writings.

Seven circles: one centre, six around, each through the centre.

Two equal circles, each passing through the other's centre.

A hexagonal lattice of equal circles, each centre on another's circumference.