[Fred Nerks]

[Candor7]

let me try and get this right, one more time, I may have bolloxed my last post The Nazi swastika symbol, 卐 (right-facing or clockwise) spins in a clockwise direction whichi is actually Widdershins.That is to say if your were circumnabulating an object ir would be with the object to your left as you gio round. The Nazi swastika spins widdershuns.

The Buddhist or hindu svastika 卍 (left-facing, counterclockwise,, represents a sunwise spin,( the opposite of Widdershins) where in circumnabulation of an object, that object is always on your right.

Both are often used to balance each other in religious garments imprinted or woven with the svastika pattern which are said to invoke a magical quality of protection. It is called sayagata pattern in Japanese:

because of the contotation of magical protection, the sayagata svastika pattern is also a popular tattoo pattern for protection:

A lot of weird shit can happen when you start dabbling in magic, as the Nazis discovered much to their own destruction.