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Take a look at the flag of the Isle of Man to see the three legs, if I am not mistaken. Anyway, the symbol is a modified SWASTIKA, which comes out of Tibet in various forms, and represents the three basic forces of the universe, sometimes called, gunas in Hinduism. The fact that left-had followers as opposed to right hand followers has much esoteric/occult meaning to those who take up one path over the other. Turning left has many meanings and is a 'winding down or unwinding' while going right is the opposite. In certain sufi movments,circles they move to the left, perhaps to represent the movements of the planets? 
Have you seen those black and white drawings that test perception, like the faces,etc. well the commas,so called, actually are the white part and the black part represents the three parts or the 'wheel'. If you concentrate on the white portion then you see one thing, but if you concentrate on the black portion, by juggling your eyes a bit, you will see the design I am talking about. 
- Government, Isle of ManThe three legs symbol seems to have been adopted in the Thirteenth Century as the armorial bearings of the native kings of the Isle of Man, whose dominion also included the Hebrides - the Western Isles of Scotland.
After 1266, when the native dynasty ended and control of the Island passed briefly to the Crown of Scotland and then permanently to the English Crown, the emblem was retained, and among the earliest surviving representations are those of the Manx Sword of State, thought to have been made in the year 1300 AD. The Three Legs also appeared on the Manx coinage of the seventeenth-nineteenth centuries, and are still in everyday use in the Manx Flag.
Why the Three Legs were adopted as the royal arms of the Manx kingdom is unknown. It was originally a symbol of the Sun, the seat of Power and Life. In ancient times the emblem was particularly connected with the island of Sicily (probably because of its triangular outline) but the Sicilian "Legs" were always naked and generally displayed Medusa's head at the central point.
A rather similar device was popular amongst the Celts and Norsemen in NW Europe, and in view of this it has been suggested that the Manx Three Legs were a heraldic modification of a native badge or emblem. Support for this theory may be seen in the appearance of the 'triskele', or simplified "Three Legs" emblem, on coins of the tenth century Norse King, Anlaf Cuaran, whose dominion included Dublin and the Isle of Man; and it is probable that the later Manx Kings were a branch of the same dynasty.
All the early examples of the Manx "Legs" show them as if running sunwise (i.e. clockwise) and to that extent the heraldic symbol of the Island still retained an essential feature of the ancient pagan sun-symbol. Although sometimes drawn anti-clockwise, that is singularly inappropriate.
nO, i AM NOT GETTING THE SYMBOLS MIXED UP but pointing out that they have similarities in that whether they represent a 'solar' principle or some other esoteric principle or occult law,etc.,etc. the point is that these symbols can speak across ages and cultures,etc. Teh swastika seems to have four arms because it is merely another way of representing the circular motion of things,whether clockwise or counterclockwise. Again, the notions of evil and good are applied sometimes to these symbols which may actually be objective, just as Hindu gods can be seen in the same light: Kali and Shiva as destruction,etc. Brahma as Creation and Vishnu as preservation or continuance. These are also called the ABC's or Three Forces,etc. I don't have time nor inclination to do more than merely give you some rough indications which may or may not satisfy your emotional,mental, or physical centers very well but that is a problem each and everyone has to solve for themselves if they can and few do. But rather than carry on with this, which is clear to me, but probably muddy to others, I will desist for the time being and let the subject 'cool down'. I appreciate the links shown earlier and will check them out when I have more time.
The Biblical definition of faith,which I can't recall at the moment, that is, in its exact wordings, as shown in the New Testament, probably sums up what faith is all about. However, taking things on faith alone, without knowledge, is often difficult, dangerous, and demanding. 
