The pattern represents the sea in its double capacity: a natural environment for a creature like octopus and a metaphorical context where humans exist and evolve. In Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mysticism, the element of the water symbolizes the emotion. No coincidence 75% of our planet is covered with water. We come to this world of the extreme emotional changes, of the turbulence caused by alternating feelings in order to get our lessons , to become better, and to evolve as cosmic beings into parts of the Divine.