Symbol Brief — The Triangle
On Sunday night, I was watching a new show called Fringe. Just before a few of the commercial breaks, a leaf with a triangle in the middle of it flashed on the screen. I’m curious what the show’s creators are trying to communicate with that illustration and seeing it has me thinking about the symbolism of the triangle.
Pointing up, the triangle represents male energy, fire, solar power and ascent. Pointed down, the triangle can become a representation of the female and her pubic triangle, lunar energy, rain. The hexagram, two triangles laying one on the other pointing in opposite directions, illustrates duality. It’s a shape that is seen today as the emblem for the state of Israel and is commonly called the Star of David for the Hebrew king who brought Judah and Israel together.
The triangle is a symbol for the Holy Trinity and is illustrated in Freemasonry’s all seeing eye of providence on the back of the U.S. dollar. 
In the Greek alphabet, the letter Delta (a triangle) was the symbol for cosmic birth. Maybe the Greek interpretation provides a clue to what the creators of Fringe are trying to say with the triangle on the leaf. They also intermittently show a frog with the Greek letter Phi on its back, which is a letter used to indicate a mathematical formula I think. If anyone has any ideas about it, let us know.
– Writeye
Posted on September 16th, 2008 under Symbol Brief, TV Shows • Tags: Fringe TV show, Triangle symbolism. • 
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September 17th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
I think tht you are right about the cosmic birth since the show involved life creation by scientific means in the last episode. What about the main symbols of the leaf, frog or apple. Could it be that the combination of the base symbol with the decorative symbol is the real “symbol”?
September 29th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
im also wondering about the circular shape on the back of the frog and the two embryos in the center of the split apple.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
also notice that next to the little “symbols” there is a pulsing yellow ball, sun type thing. the sun also changes places, i dont really kn ow what that means but i have noticed it… also one of the “symbols” is a six fingered hand, and a face in smoke…
January 18th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
If you notice, the top of the triangle has an eye, which refers to the illuminati (pyramid with eye at top). This could mean conspiracy theory.
The circular shape on the back of the frog is a greek letter that represents death. This, combined with the frog probably means poison.
The apple is a clear symbol of sex. The Bible talks of the apple of the first sin, which some beleive to be sex. Also, the seeds look like they have babies in them, showing not only sex, but life. The 2 halves of the apple look like ovaries.
Since the hand has 6 fingers, it refers to genetic mutation.