they all saw it...
Yes the symbol represents many things, but the actual pattern was born on the side of Mount Kailas, which was regarded for thousands of years by many cultures in the east, the levant and in some parts of Europe as the Center of the Universe.
Even the Mayans knew of it.
Mount Kailasha, Center of the Universe:
https://realbharat.org/mount-kailasha-the-centre-of-the-universe/
they all saw it...