Chicken Pysanka with traditional design elements and symbols.

Triangle:  The triangle is a very basic ideogram and, like the tripod, always signifies a trinity.  In pagan times, the trinity represented was the elemental air, fire and water or the heavens, earth and air.  In Christian symbolism, the Holy Trinity is most often represented

Rose or star: signify purity, life, the giver of light, the center of all knowledge as well as beauty, elegance and perfection. In the Christian context, the star or rose becomes the herald of Christ's birth, a symbol of God's love toward man.

Cross: symbol of life. Always symbolic of the Christian faith.