Cosmic Patterns

Although not a new concept to me, cosmic patterns are something that have been jumping out in front of me recently with more frequency than I have ever seen before. I love the concept of an orderly chaotic universe. It makes more sense to me, and gives me somewhat of a comforting sensation to know that there is a rhyme, and a reason. The fun part is finding the rhymes and matching them to the reasons. There is a lag in knowledge there, though. Most of the times, I can find the rhyming part, but am hard put to reason it out. For instance, I noticed that the patterns around the knots in plywood look just like the images of the sun's corona. Now how cool is that? The problem is that I can't find the reason why it would be so.The cells that grew the wood around the knot never knew the sun's rays, never saw the light of day. So what are the mathematics, the string theory, the REASON why those cells grow in the same pattern that a hydrogen fueled fusion reactor throws off excess energy? See, knowledge gap. I'll find more examples later, now I have to tuck in the youngest into bed, and hear about the Warrior Cat Clans. Most excellent series by Erin Hunter. 'Night.