Humans have a long list of symbols used for spirituality. The beauty of spirituality is that it differs from religion and transcends many different cultures. Many spiritual symbols we see come from ...

The symbols and images we see in our everyday lives can sometimes have very powerful meanings behind them. Take, for example, symbols of resilience and strength. For thousands of years, symbols of ...

The hand gesture has evolved from its traditional use into a symbol used by white supremacists Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019 ...

What is the symbol’s origin? Inverted triangles were used for a prisoner classification system in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The triangles acted as quickly identifiable badges, and ...

For a younger generation, the once-powerful protest symbol packs about as much of a punch as a smiley face. Once the powerful logo of nuclear disarmament, the peace sign became so overused it lost its ...

In the Western world the swastika is synonymous with fascism, but it goes back thousands of years and has been used as a symbol of good fortune in almost every culture in the world. As more evidence ...

People who identify as non-binary reject the concept of gender as, well, binary. For non-binary people, the world isn’t divided into just male or female. Instead, they view gender as a spectrum in ...

You may be familiar with the transgender flag, a five-striped flag consisting of the colors pink, blue, and white that is used by the trans community as a symbol of pride. But there is another ...