The Nine
"Nine is a very powerful Nordic number."
— Katherine Neville, author of The Eight,
in The Magic Circle
"To live is to defend a form."
("Leben, das heisst eine Form verteidigen")
— attributed to Hölderlin
In defense of the nine-square grid:
For details on the above picture, see
Translation Plane.
Forever_A_Star_Gazer
O_o
BlueCollarGoddess
Heh. You posted at 9.