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Lesson 7 of 20 · 6 moves

Seed of Life

Surround the circle with six circles of the same size.

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The finished construction: the figure in gold over the lines that found it.

Seven circles, each passing through the centre of its neighbours. It is often read as the seven days of creation, a new circle for each day.

Every new circle is centred on a crossing the last ones made. Nothing needs to be measured.

Try it in Construct

The app snaps to every crossing, checks your construction exactly, and offers hints one move at a time.

Step by step

  1. OP

    Circle centred on P through O.

  2. OP

    Centre the next circle on the new crossing, through O (5 times).

What it shows

Seven days of creation. The petals are vesicas, and the hexagon lives at their tips.

The figure