HI Tink...
I see this symbol as an expression of
"As above, so below..."
purple_scorp - love your image - as always, the rainbow - as Tink has explored, as well as the 'horizon' the above - sky/space and below - the mountian and ground - with the full potential of nature, the promise of more - the rainbow...
Back to Tink I recently read a conversation with God I think its called,
it helped me let go of things that annoyed me about what 'God' is supposed to have said or not said or what people interpret the Divine says.. It gave me faith to find out my own truth... anyway I dont personally agree 'man' is meant to sin, I also think we are not meant to be perfect on this planet either - we are here to grow.. grow indicates change (above and below) perfection does not require change.. indeed I believe the Divine - or God changes in time and space also..
the rainbow is the token of the covenant the Lord made with Noah and every living creature with him, as a promise that no more would a flood come upon the earth to destroy all flesh:
http://www.geocities.com/cobblestoneministries/evidenceofGodsLove.html
Gen 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Gen 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Gen 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Gen 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gen 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
All of the above to me shows duality divine - human, flesh - spirit, darkness - light, destruction - safety, change and growth..
MARINA