This painting by Hilma af Klint (No. 6, Group 8, Series US, 1913) appears in the article: The dynamics of the elements - FIRE AND ICE

Hilma af Klint, No. 6, Group 8, Series US, 1913 for Fire and Ice

The painting by Hilma af Klint (no. 6, group 8, series US, 1913) is an expressive visualisation of the dynamic forces of fire and ice.
It shows two large figures in the form of truncated triangles that diverge in mirror image. The upper one stands in cool ice colours on a black ground, the lower one in darker orange-red-black tones on a red ground.

The light blue-yellow triangle for ice dynamics and white magic

Ice colours on a black background

The light form is in yellow for the soul of the man and light blue for the soul of the woman (water, gaseous). It stands on a black background, which does not want to fit at all with the airy lightness. The black colour indicates that it is a deadly movement or dynamic.

On top a little white bird for the anima

The bird is used again and again as a symbol for the spirit. In the ice dynamic, the negative anima, the feminine side of power, reigns: seduction and delusion. Through exaggerated ideals and synthetic glossy beauty, she draws all life out of matter "upwards" into the lifeless coldness of a spiritualised or virtual world, where it finally freezes into motionlessness (cf. White Magic and The Snow Queen).

The golden triangle downwards: As it should rightly be

Above, directly below the bird, a small triangle in gold appears pointing downwards (as a female triangle). It stands in a six-pointed star, which indicates the hexagram. This symbol can be read as "The feminine finds wholeness (gold) by bringing love into matter and thus becoming 'grounded'." (see The Feminine Way).
(The hexagram symbolically represents the unity of male and female. On this see. Male and female - the two primordial forces of creation..)

The large circle (blue mauve) and the cross upwards: Anchoring in the spirit

However, the energy strives in the other direction: wholeness, symbolised by the violet-blue, flowery large circle, is anchored in the spirit (circle with cross pointing upwards).

The red-blue triangle for fire dynamics and black magic

FIRE - WATER on red background

The capped triangle towards the bottom is in red for the body of the man (FIRE) and dark blue for the soul/body of the woman (water, liquid). It is on a red background. Red as the colour of fire can be seen as an indication that it is a deadly movement or dynamic in which life is suffocated, consumed or "burned up".

At the bottom a small white bird for the animus

In the fire dynamic, the negative animus, the masculine side of power, reigns: oppression and violence. Life is dragged down by fiery pain and suffering in and on matter until it ultimately burns itself up in a destructive dynamic, "runs to death". (s. Black Magic and Aladdin and the magic lamp).

The golden triangle upwards: How it should rightly be

Below, directly under the bird, a small triangle in gold appears pointing upwards (as a male triangle). It stands in a six-pointed star, which indicates the hexagram. This symbol can be read as: "The masculine finds wholeness (gold) by taking in the freedom and infinite vastness of the spirit" (see The Masculine Way).

The large circle (orange-red-blue-black) and the cross downwards

However, the energy strives in the other direction: wholeness, symbolised by the violet-blue, flowery large circle, is driven by traumatisation in matter and into unconsciousness, thus anchoring us in the "underworld" and in death (symbolised by the cross downwards).