Turtles All the Way Down and How to Celebrate World Turtle Day? 🌏🐢🐢🐢🐢🌎⏬

Every May 23rd

I never used to like the term "turtles all the way down" until I watched the movie of John Green's book today, a book I am now reading, but won't finish until at least tomorrow, if I get the time to.

I'm about halfway through the book now, but my eyes are way too tied to finish it on May 23.

The books 'SIGNS' and
'Turtles All the Way Down'

When I was in America last year, I saw a baby turtle on a big turtle's back, which reminded me of the saying "turtles all the way down" and the book of John Green's that I still hadn't read at the time.

Putting my hand into a lion
at the Oregon Zoo:-)

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Scenes from 'Turtles All the Way Down'

The turtles I saw at the Oregon Zoo in Portland

The turtles I bought at a jewelry store last year

I have a number of turtle figurines scattered around my home now for various reasons, and I guess now it's "turtles all the way down" when I look at them.
I'm glad that I finally watched the movie and made a start on reading the book, as I wrote about them in this 2025 post about one year ago -

Every June 16th

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World Sea Turtle Day

The main reason I liked turtles before watching the movie and reading the book was because the I Ching was started from reading cracked turtle shells -

Tortoise-eating chimpanzees show signs
of future planning cognitive abilities

Precursor to the I Ching: Cracks in a Turtle Shell?

Turtles have been turning up everywhere lately, so maybe the universe is trying to convince me that it is metaphorically "turtles all the way down"?

I think it may be time to de-clutter my home of a few turtles, especially these three below;-)

TURTLE SYMBOLISM & MEANING

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