Sacred Geometry

“Transcendental numbers - such as pi (the ratio of the circumerence to the diameter of a circle, or 3.1415...) and the square roots of two, three, and five form the basis not only of sacred geometry but of sacred space and architecture throughout the world, including the labyrinth. The Golden Mean, called by many mathematicians the most essential pattern of wholeness found in creation, is an exprression of relationship : a pattern whereby a smaller part of the pattern is in the same relationship to a larger part of the pattern as the larger part is to the whole.”
Exploring the Labyrinth by Melissa Gayle West, pg. 41

Virtuous, the Roman architect and author of De Architecture, said, "Nature has designed the human body so that its members are duly proportioned to the frame as a whole." Studies show the proportions of phi (fibonacci) are found in man.

The average height for the navel of a man is .618 of the total body height. The same proportion is found between the bones of the human hand . The human body, including the head, has a Fibonacci five appendages attached to the torso. The hands and feet each have five fingers or toes. Our senses also number five, sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. The Fibonacci sequence has been found in the solar system. Planets with more than one moon have a Fibonacci correlation in the distance from the moons to the planet. A similar Fibonacci relationship holds true for the distance of the planets to the sun.