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Hexagram - a hexagonal (six-pointed, six-pointed) star formed (most often) by two superimposed multidirectional equilateral (less often - for example, on the naval flag of the State of Israel, isosceles) triangles, known today mainly as the “Star of David” , in fact, has very ancient origins, not associated with any particular religious or ethnic community. The six-rayed star is found much more often than in the ancient Jewish culture in other ancient cultures - Sumerian-Akkadian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Indian, Slavic, Celtic and others. Therefore, there is no reason to believe that in Ancient Israel the six-pointed star had the meaning of a Jewish religious (and even more so a “Jewish national”) emblem.
The six-rayed star is one of the most ancient symbols of all humanity. Most often, this symbol contains the idea of interaction, the interpenetration of two principles, each of which symbolizes one of the two triangles that make up the star. It can be heavenly and earthly, male and female, physical or spiritual. The six-pointed star arose at the beginning of the Neolithic, when images of jagged rosettes with six signs of clouds irrigating the earth appeared. The six-part compositions, which remained virtually unchanged for 8 thousand years and passed from one people to another, are also dedicated to the connection between the sky and earthly vegetation. The symbolic use of the triangle is more ancient: as early as the 5th millennium BC. in the northwestern Black Sea region, in the Tripoli civilization, the ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans marked the pubic part of female clay figurines with a triangle, personifying the mother goddess, the ancestor of all living things, the goddess of fertility. Gradually, the triangle, as well as the image of the angle, denoting the feminine principle, regardless of their position tops, became widely used for ornamenting pottery. Greatest development this symbol reached the Kopetdag civilization of the Proto-Indo-Europeans in the 5th - 3rd millennia BC, in the south of Turkmenistan on a narrow strip of irrigated lands between the northern spurs of the Kopetdag ridge and the southern border of the Karakum desert. The interior walls of numerous buildings, as well as ceramics of excellent artistic execution, are ornamented various types and combinations of triangles. From here, the triangle, with its apex facing downwards, found its way into ancient Sumerian writing - pictography, where it began to denote the concept of “woman”.
Hexagrams were very widespread as elements of ornament during the Kopetdag civilization era in Central Asia. And 4000 years later, the ancient Greek sage and mathematician Pythagoras called this figure tetraxis and gave it a universal magical meaning. If you connect the vertices of small triangles through one, you get a six-pointed star. In Indo-Aryan culture and Sumerian cuneiform, a triangle with its apex facing down also began to denote the concept of “woman,” and with its apex facing upward, a man. IN ancient Egypt two crossed triangles became a symbol secret knowledge. Soon after its appearance in India, the hexagram became a talisman there and was called the “seal of Vishnu.” According to legend, this seal could “seal” evil or misfortune and protect against evil spirits.
In India, the hexagram was used long before it appeared in the Middle East, over five thousand years ago. Of course, she had nothing to do with Judaism. In India, it was revered as a symbol of the sexual union between Kali (triangle pointing down) and Shiva (triangle pointing up), which was considered life-preserving.
A dot is always placed in the center of the Indian hexagram - this is Atman, the highest spiritual principle present in every person and identical to the suprauniversal Absolute-Brahman, who created the world. “You are That,” says the “creed” of Hinduism, illustrated by a hexagram with a dot in the middle.
Another (of a good dozen) interpretation of the hexagram in Hinduism is an energy engine that gives strength and the will to exist to both the individual and the entire Universe.
The combined use of the hexagonal star and the swastika is very common in Hinduism, since both these symbols belong to the ancient Aryans and have been in common use since the Aryan conquest of ancient India.
In Egypt and Phenicia, the hexagram was considered a symbol of the balance of the material and spiritual principles, human (triangle pointing down) and divine (triangle pointing up). Subsequently, this interpretation passed on to Kabbalists and medieval European occultists.
In the mythology of the ancient Egyptians, there was a belief in the first god-man Horus, who resurrected after death and became known as “Amsu”. The six-pointed star was the first sign of the hieroglyph "Amsu", and was also the hieroglyph of the "Land of Souls". Among the ancient Slavs, this symbol belonged to the god of fertility Veles and was called the “star of Veles.” The star arose from two intertwining equilateral triangles, symbolizing the masculine (triangle with its apex up) and feminine (triangle with its apex down) principles in Nature, from the unity of which all living things arise.
Ancient Slavic pagans interpreted the hexagram as the “Star of Veles (god of wealth, patron of livestock)”
The Slavic symbol, called the “Star of Veles”, was often depicted on ceramics of the Timber-Grave culture (2nd millennium BC, steppe - forest-steppe of Russia). It is found on the clothes of the ancient Slavs, belt buckles, weight buttons, dishes and other items household items.
The hexagonal star also found a place on the main insignia (symbol of crowning) of the Grand Dukes of Moscow and Russian Tsars - the cap of Monomakh, symbolizing power over Heaven, over Earth and Birth, over Waters and Death.
The hexagram often adorns one of the oldest symbols of the Celtic peoples (Britons, Irish, Scots) - the Celtic cross, which appeared among them around the 8th century AD. The Celtic cross symbolizes the union of heaven and earth, masculine and feminine. Particularly noteworthy is the combination of a swastika and a hexagram in the patterns of stone Celtic crosses.
IN ancient Greece the hexagram, like the Celts, also denoted the union of two principles - male and female. The hexagram was widespread in Persia, but among the Jews of that time, the use of a hexagonal star as a decorative and ornamental element on dishes or other household items was limited to isolated cases.
Iranian (Persian) silver jugs from the Sassanid dynasty with six-pointed stars have survived to this day. In such silver jugs, “sealed” with a six-pointed star, the ancient Persians buried demon genies. By the beginning of the 1st century AD. the hexagram, along with the pentagram (five-pointed star), was widespread among both Jews and non-Jews. Thus, the ornament on the frieze of the Jewish synagogue in Kfar Nahum (Capernaum) II - III centuries. AD consists of hexagrams and swastikas (gammatic crosses).
The six-pointed star is often called the "Star of David". There is a legend that this symbol was depicted on the shields of his warriors. However, this appears to be fiction. Gershom Scholem, an expert in Jewish mysticism and one of the founders of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, published an article soon after the decision was made to depict a six-pointed star on the national flag of Israel in which he wrote: “The hexagram is not a Jewish symbol, much less Moreover, it is not a symbol of Judaism."
The researcher of Judaism Gershom Scholem also argued that for the first time this sign began to be used by Jews as their own symbol no earlier than the 12th-14th centuries, and then its name appeared - Magen David. At the same time, the connection of this symbol with the name of King David, as well as the five-pointed star with the name of King Solomon, is, in all likelihood, an invention of the late Middle Ages. Since the 15th century, it began to be depicted as a headband on Jewish publications, and before this period, the Star of David was used on synagogue buildings only as a decorative element. Only in the XIV-XVI centuries. The largest Jewish community in Prague in Europe used it for the first time as its emblem. The first evidence that this grapheme was used as a specifically Jewish symbol dates back to 1354 (according to other sources, when Charles IV of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, granted the Jews of Prague the privilege of having their own flag. This flag is a red banner with the image of a six-pointed star - received the name “flag of David.” Magen David also decorated the official seal of the community.
In the 13th-14th centuries, amulets and mezuzahs began to be decorated with the symbol of a hexagonal star (scrolls of parchment-spiritsus made from the skin of a ritually pure animal, attached to the outer door frame of Jewish houses, containing part of the text of the prayer “Hear, O Israel”), and in the late Middle Ages, Jewish Kabbalistic texts. However, apparently, this symbol had only a decorative meaning. Only at the end of the 18th century. Magen David began to be depicted on Jewish tombstones. In the 19th century, the Magen David began to be promoted by Jewish societies seeking national definition as a national symbol. Gradually, the Star of David is accepted by almost all Jewish communities and is depicted on synagogues, books, seals, documents, and various religious and household items. At the same time, the idea (reflected even in heraldic literature) that supposedly in 1817 the Star of David became an element of the Rothschild coat of arms, in fact turns out to be without any basis. In fact, the “Shield of David” depicted on the heart shield of the family coat of arms of the Rothschild family is not a hexagram at all, but an image of a very real silver round shield with a umbo on a red field (see the illustration we placed in the title of this miniature). And here German poet Heinrich Heine, who was of Jewish origin, actually used the “shield of David” in the form of a hexagram instead of a signature. Only from this time on, Christians and Muslims, who had previously widely used this grapheme, began to increasingly distance themselves from the six-pointed star, perceiving it as a “Jewish (Jewish) sign.” Thus, the association of the hexagram with the Jews (Jews) is of relatively (by historical standards) recent and artificial origin. The hexagonal star is also called the biblical or Bethlehem star, because it was its images that were traditionally placed by artists of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in paintings dedicated to the birth of Christ in Bethlehem and the coming of the four wise men to this baby.
Medieval European alchemists interpreted the hexagram as a symbol of all possible combinations of two elements (Earth, Fire, Water, Air), of which there are six. The upper end denoted the combination of Fire and Air, then clockwise went: Fire and Water, Water and Air, Earth and Water, Earth and Air, Earth and Fire. Perhaps one of the very first planetary images of the hexagram is found on the title page of the book of the alchemist Johann Daniel Milius "Opus Medico-Chymicum", published in 1618 in Frankfurt. Around the hexagram there are two Latin phrases: “The secret will become clear and vice versa” and “Water and Fire will redeem everything.”
In the 18th century, the planetary hexagram was already a generally accepted esoteric symbol. For example, her images are found in the famous treatise “Secret Figures of the Rosicrucians.”
It is curious that in the same 18th century the hexagram was actively used in Freemasonry. For example, it is depicted as the crossing of “two Great Lights” - a compass and a square, which thus form a “flaming star”. (The “flaming star” in Freemasonry, along with the hexagram, was also called the pentagram).
The hexagram is located in the center of the emblem of the Theosophical Society, in which Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the author of The Secret Doctrine, was a member, and also, along with other ancient symbols, on the personal seal of H.P. herself. Blavatsky. Along with the hexagram, the emblem of the Theosophical Society includes several other ancient symbols of humanity and the motto “There is no religion higher than truth.” In Russia and Europe in the 18th-19th centuries. The six-pointed star was considered a symbol of the Christmas and New Year holidays and was widely used in Christmas tree decorations - probably because its shape was associated with a snowflake.
The idea, widespread in the Russian national-patriotic environment (and especially in its “neopagan” part), according to which the hexagonal (six-pointed star) has the same meaning and the same meaning in both the Jewish and Christian (in particular, Orthodox) traditions, seems to us completely incorrect and completely unhistorical.
Here is the end and glory to our Lord!
NOTE
As an illustration to this miniature, we have attached an image of the family coat of arms of the Rothschild family with the “shield (but not the star!) of David” in the heart shield.
The hexagram, today known as the Star of David, has a very ancient origin, not tied to a specific ethnic community. The six-rayed star is much more common in other ancient cultures - Sumerian-Akkadian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Indian, Slavic, Celtic and others. Therefore, there is no reason to believe that in Ancient Israel the six-pointed star had the meaning of a Jewish national or religious emblem.
In fact, we can say that the six-pointed star is one of the oldest symbols used by humanity. Most often, this symbol is embedded in the idea of interaction/interpenetration of two principles, each of which symbolizes one of the two triangles that make up the star. It can be heavenly and earthly, male and female, physical or spiritual. The six-pointed star arose at the beginning of the Neolithic, when images of jagged rosettes with six signs of clouds irrigating the earth appeared. The six-part compositions, which remained virtually unchanged for 8 thousand years and passed from one people to another, are also dedicated to the connection between the sky and earthly vegetation. The symbolic use of the triangle is more ancient: as early as the 5th millennium BC. in the northwestern Black Sea region, in the Tripoli civilization, the ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans marked the pubic part of female clay figurines with a triangle, personifying the mother goddess, the ancestor of all living things, the goddess of fertility. Gradually, the triangle, as well as the image of the angle, denoting the feminine principle, regardless of their position tops, became widely used for ornamenting pottery. This symbol reached its greatest development in the Kopet Dag civilization of the Proto-Indo-Europeans in the 5th - 3rd millennia BC, in the south of Turkmenistan on a narrow strip of irrigated lands between the northern spurs of the Kopetdag ridge and the southern border of the Karakum desert. The internal walls of numerous buildings, as well as ceramics of excellent artistic execution, are decorated with various types and combinations of triangles. From here, the triangle, with its apex facing downwards, found its way into ancient Sumerian writing - pictography, where it began to denote the concept of “woman”.
6a. Triangular elements of ornament in the Kopetdag civilization, middle Asia. After 4 thousand years, Pythagoras will call this figure tetraxis and give it a universal magical meaning. If you connect the vertices of small triangles through one, you get a six-pointed star. 6b. Six-pointed star of the northern Slavs, 11th century. 6th century Damaged six-pointed star with amber in gold from the Sacred Forest Shrine. Found in 1987, stored in Russian Academy Sci. In Indo-Aryan culture and Sumerian cuneiform, a triangle with its apex facing down also began to denote the concept of “woman,” and with its apex facing upward, a man. In ancient Egypt, two crossed triangles became a symbol of secret knowledge. Soon after its appearance in India, the hexagram became a talisman there and was called the “seal of Vishnu.” According to legend, this seal could “seal” evil or misfortune and protect against evil spirits.
It was used in India long before it appeared in the Middle East, over five thousand years ago. Of course, she had nothing to do with Judaism. In India, it was revered as a symbol of the sexual union between Kali (triangle pointing down) and Shiva (triangle pointing up), which was considered life-preserving.
A dot is always placed in the center of the Indian hexagram - this is Atman, the highest spiritual principle present in every person and identical to the suprauniversal Absolute-Brahman, who created the world. “You are That,” says the “creed” of Hinduism, illustrated by a hexagram with a dot in the middle.
Another (of a good dozen) interpretation of the hexagram in Hinduism is an energy engine that gives strength and the will to exist to both the individual and the entire Universe.
on a Tibetan carpet, 1200. The combined use of the six-pointed star and the swastika is very common in Hinduism, since both of these symbols belong to the ancient Aryans and were used everywhere.
In Egypt and Phenicia, the hexagram was considered a symbol of the balance of the material and spiritual principles, human (triangle pointing down) and divine (triangle pointing up). Subsequently, this interpretation passed on to Kabbalists and medieval European occultists.
In the mythology of the Egyptians, there was a belief in the first god-man Horus, who resurrected after death and became known as “Amsu”. The six-pointed star was the first sign of the hieroglyph "Amsu", and was also the hieroglyph of the "Land of Souls". Among the ancient Slavs, this symbol belonged to the god of fertility Veles and was called the “star of Veles.” The star arose from two intertwining equilateral triangles, symbolizing the masculine (triangle with its apex up) and feminine (triangle with its apex down) principles in Nature, from the unity of which all living things arise.
The Slavic symbol “Star of Veles” is depicted on ceramics of the Srubnaya culture (2nd millennium BC, steppe - forest-steppe of Russia). It is found on the clothes of the ancient Slavs, buttons, weights, dishes and other household items.
bronze belt buckle found in Serensk, 10th century.
Russian button - “weight”. Ancient Rus'(9th - 14th centuries). Tin bronze. Dmitrovsky district, Moscow region. Decorative pattern buttons on the hemisphere - “Star of Veles”
The star found its place in the 13th century and on the symbol of the crowning of Russian tsars - the Monomakh cap, symbolizing power over Heaven, over Earth and Birth, over Waters and Death.
This ancient symbol of the Celts appeared around the 8th century and is a collective symbol.
Celtic cross - union of heaven and earth, male and female
This Celtic cross is the union of heaven and earth, male and female. Also notable here is the combined use of the swastika and the hexagram. In ancient Greece, the hexagram also denoted the connection of two principles - male and female. The hexagram was widespread in Persia, but among the Jews such use was limited to isolated cases.
Sasanian jug with a six-pointed star. In such silver jugs, “sealed” with a six-pointed star, the ancient Persians buried genie demons. Early 1st century AD The hexagram, along with the pentagram (five-pointed star), was widespread among Jews and non-Jews. Thus, the ornament on the frieze of the synagogue in Kfar Nahum (Capernaum) 2nd - 3rd centuries. AD consists of hexagrams and swastikas.
The six-pointed star is often called the Star of David. There is a legend that this symbol was depicted on the shields of his warriors. However, this appears to be fiction. Gershom Scholem, an expert in Jewish mysticism and one of the founders of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, published an article soon after the decision was made to depict a six-pointed star on the national flag of Israel in which he wrote: “The hexagram is not a Jewish symbol, much less Moreover, it is not a symbol of Judaism."
The researcher of Judaism Gershom Scholem also argued that for the first time this sign began to be used by Jews as their own symbol no earlier than the 12th-14th centuries, and then its name appeared - Magen David. At the same time, the connection of this symbol with the name of King David, as well as the five-pointed star with the name of King Solomon, is, in all likelihood, an invention of the late Middle Ages. Since the 15th century, it began to be depicted as a headband on Jewish publications, and before this period, the Star of David was used only as decoration on synagogue buildings. Only in the 14th-16th centuries. The largest Jewish community in Prague in Europe used it for the first time as its emblem. The first evidence that this grapheme was used as a specifically Jewish symbol dates back to 1354 (according to other sources, when Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, granted the Jews of Prague the privilege of having their own flag. This flag is a red banner with the image of a six-pointed star - received the name “flag of David.” Magen David also decorated the official seal of the community.
In the 13th-14th centuries, this symbol began to decorate amulets and mezuzahs, and in the late Middle Ages, Jewish texts on Kabbalah. However, apparently, this symbol had only a decorative meaning. Only at the end of the 18th century. Magen David began to be depicted on Jewish tombstones. In the 19th century, the Magen David began to be promoted by Jewish societies seeking national definition as a national symbol. Gradually, the Star of David is accepted by almost all Jewish communities and is depicted on synagogues, books, seals, documents, and various religious and household items. In 1817, the Star of David became an element of the Rothschild coat of arms.
Rothschild coat of arms The hexagram is signed by the poet Heinrich Heine, who was of Jewish origin. Only from this time on did Christians and Muslims, who had previously widely used this grapheme, begin to perceive it as a Jewish sign. Thus, the association of the hexagram with Jews is of later and artificial origin. The six-pointed star is also called the biblical or Bethlehem star, because it was its images that were traditionally placed by artists of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in paintings dedicated to the birth of Christ in Bethlehem and the coming of the four wise men to this baby.
In the national-patriotic environment, there is a clear misconception that, they say, the six-pointed star in Orthodox tradition and in Judaism they are the same symbol.
In the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow
Floor slabs of the Church of Michael the Archangel. Nizhny Novgorod, XIV century.
Kyiv Psalter
in the Church of Boris and Gl:), Kideksha village near Suzdal
floor in the Orthodox Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg
cross of the Holy Trinity Church in St. Petersburg
Inside St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square
M. Vasnetsov "God of SABAOF", 1885. Painting of the vault of the Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev Essentially all ancient symbols modern people are perceived incorrectly and often the other way around, inside out, like, say, the same swastika, privatized by the Nazis. There are many examples of this.
Christian Church in Ethiopia
bell tower decor Armenian Church XIII century Surb Sarkis in the city of Feodosia In sectarian teachings dating back to Gnosticism, the hexagram is interpreted as a symbol of the struggle between God and the Devil. The hexagram adorns many Catholic cathedrals and other architectural monuments in Europe.
Gothic cathedral in Valencia, Spain
Cathedral of Notre Dame of Boulogne, Boulogne-Biancourt, Paris.
Pommeret Cathedral, Normandy
crypts in Catholic cemeteries
Cathedral of Saint-Etienne in Metz, Lorraine
St Peter's Cathedral, Merville, Nord
Chapel in the citadel of Montroy-sur-mer, Pas-de-Calais
Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called, Inverness, Scotland
Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy, XIV century.
coat of arms of Pope Pius 10 Six-pointed stars in the early Middle Ages were a well-known attribute of Islamic architecture and were often used in the design of mosques...
Khan's mosque in Bakhchisarai
on the walls of the Ahmed bin Tulun Mosque
on the wall of the Al-Refai mosque
in one of the mosques in Egypt
amulet "hand of Fatima"
on the facade of the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts of Uzbekistan, Tashkent The Islamic world quite widely used 6-pointed stars in its symbolism.
coin of the Islamic Kingdom of Morocco in North Africa
Medal "For Peace", Morocco Medieval European alchemists interpreted the hexagram as a symbol of all possible combinations of two elements (Earth, Fire, Water, Air), of which there are six. The upper end denoted the combination of Fire and Air, then clockwise went: Fire and Water, Water and Air, Earth and Water, Earth and Air, Earth and Fire. Perhaps one of the very first planetary images of the hexagram is found on the title page of the book of the alchemist Johann Daniel Milius "Opus Medico-Chymicum", published in 1618 in Frankfurt. Around the hexagram there are two Latin phrases: “The secret will become clear and vice versa” and “Water and Fire will redeem everything.”
In the 18th century, the planetary hexagram was already a generally accepted esoteric symbol. For example, her images are found in the famous treatise “Secret Figures of the Rosicrucians.”
hexagram
It is curious that in the same 18th century the hexagram was actively used in Freemasonry. For example, it is depicted as the crossing of “two Great Lights” - a compass and a square, which thus form a “flaming star”. (The pentagram was also used as a “flaming star” in Freemasonry).
The hexagram is located in the center of the emblem of the Theosophical Society
The hexagram is located in the center of the emblem of the Theosophical Society, of which Helena Blavatsky, author of The Secret Doctrine, was a member.
Also, this emblem includes several of the most ancient symbols of humanity and the motto “There is no religion higher than truth.” In Russia and Europe in the 18th-19th centuries. The six-pointed star was considered a symbol of the Christmas and New Year holidays and was widely used in Christmas tree decorations - probably because its shape was associated with a snowflake.
Heraldry of Europe
coat of arms of the city of Roy, Oise, France
Spital, Austria
Hamburg, Germany
Herbstedt, Germany
Slovenia
Zagreb, Croatia
flag Northern Ireland Six peoples consider themselves descendants of the ancient Celts and the custodians of Celtic culture and languages: the inhabitants of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. Although modern Celtic peoples do not have a generally accepted flag, one of the most common looks like this:
The Star of David is considered almost the most ancient and mysterious symbol. Scientists find ancient objects with hexagonal symbols in various parts of the world. This sign is called differently by the Star of David, the hexagram, the seal of Solomon (pentagonal pentagram), and the magendovid. The mysterious sign, in addition to numerous names, also has many interpretations of meaning. Each religion puts its own meaning into this symbol.
The history of the Star of David
It is not known for certain when exactly such a symbol appeared and what was associated with its appearance. Images with a hexagram were found on ancient artifacts. This magical sign is mentioned in almost all religions. Objects with the Star of David were found everywhere. The oldest six-pointed emblems found date back to the 7th century. BC. The mysterious hexagram began to appear in the books of magicians, sorcerers, alchemists, the seals of rulers, and the interiors of luxurious houses.
Some scientists associate its appearance with the Middle East. In their opinion, this is an image of a white lily, whose petals form a regular star of six parts. In India, this is a symbol of the Anahata chakra, which unites two principles - male and female. Moreover, it appeared in India much earlier than in Europe or the Middle East.
The main version connects the appearance of mysterious symbols with the name of King David. There is an opinion that he always carried with him a talisman with the image of a star. Many centuries ago, the letter D looked like a triangle, but in the name David there are two of them. Even his shield looked like a hexagram. In the Middle Ages, amulets and amulets with a hexagonal figure were common throughout European countries. The symbol became a purely Jewish sign in the 18th century. It was applied to all tombstones, as if protecting the souls of the dead. And today it flaunts on the Israeli flag.
What does the Star of David look like?
Initially, the symbol was executed in the form of a circle, inside of which two regular triangles were placed, connected in a certain way. Numerous rays emanated from the star and formed a kind of frame around it. Small holes were visible between the rays. According to historians, precious stones were inserted there.
Today, instead of rays, dots can be made, symbolism indicating what the action of the amulet will be directed at. There were images of stars with seven, eight and five ends. Each product with a hexagram carried its own meaning related to what it would be used for.
The products were made only by hand. The masters had to invest their strength, soul, and knowledge. The circle on which the hexagram will later be applied was made of noble types of metal corresponding to any planet. The planet was chosen by the magician who would use the talisman in his practice.
The modern world has made adjustments to the Star of David. One thing remains unchanged - the six-pointed figure. Some wear it as decoration, others believe in its sacred meaning, which opens doors to other worlds.
The meaning of the Star of David symbol
Many meanings are attributed to the hexagram. But, they all come down to balancing the Universe at the expense of various elements and principles. Their number varies from two to twelve. Each culture offers its own options.
- In India, these two principles designate the generative force of Shiva and the destructive force of the world - Kali. This is exactly how it was in ancient times. Today, the meaning of the Star of David symbol is seen as the unity of God with man, good with evil, feminine with masculine, heaven with earth, material and spiritual. It will be either harmony or an irreconcilable struggle between two opposites.
- Magendovide is seen as a union of four elements - earth, air, all-consuming fire and an endless stream of water, or the four cardinal directions - south, west, north, east.
- According to others, this is a model of the universe.
- According to Kabbalah, the six triangles are beauty, severity, mercy, power, infinity and glory, which are united by a central figure - the base.
- The 12 edges of the hexagram are the 12 tribes of the Israeli state, headed by David. They must rise up as soon as the Messiah comes.
- Masonic sign.
The meaning of the Star of David in various religions and cultures
According to the Jewish religion, Jews are a supernation. The rest of the people are creatures of the lowest grade, whom they call goyim. In the Jewish Star of David, a triangle with an apex looking up means the superiority of mind, strength, and will over the goyim. The second triangle means pseudo-people who have no spirit and will. During the war, the Nazis forced all Jews to wear a bandage yellow color with the image of a six-pointed star. But, after the war, the Jewish people chose this sign as a symbol of freedom, and in 1948 it was attached to the flag of Israel.
In Christianity, Magendovid personifies the Star of Bethlehem. An image of a hexagonal figure is inserted into ornaments Orthodox churches. The hexagram in Orthodoxy testifies to the unity of the divine and human, sometimes it is associated with struggle higher powers God and the Devil. The meaning of the symbol in Christianity is also linked to the six days of the universe.
In Freemasonry, the six-pointed Star of David was considered a symbol of life experience, in alchemy - immortality.
The hexagram was also used in Islam, where triangles indicated the duality of the human soul, striving for both the divine and the earthly. Muslims also believe that the star is a symbol of wealth, prosperity and protection from harm.
Who can wear it and how to use the amulet
Since magendovid is found in the religions of almost all countries, anyone can use it as a talisman or talisman. Some wear it simply, like an ordinary decoration, without going into the sacred meaning. It could be a pendant, pendant, signet ring, ring made of gold, silver or other material, or maybe a tattoo. Others are sure that an amulet with the Star of David brings good luck, preserves health, longevity, and protects from adversity. In the old days, sailors always got tattoos before a long journey so that they could return home and not perish in the depths of the seas and oceans.
To maximize the impact of the amulet, you need to hold it in your palms every day, look closely at it, and at this time think about your main aspiration, your dream. Desires come true gradually. There is no need to rush the talisman. Persons engaged in fortune-telling, possessing the gift of clairvoyance and predictions, should always keep this amazing sign with them. This will help protect against attacks dark forces. To enhance the effect, you can use the double Star of David. With such a guardian, no troubles, witchcraft, or magic are scary. It protects the owner from any attack from the outside.
The meaning of the Star of David tattoo
Tattoo lovers often apply the image of this sign on the arm, shoulder, neck, chest, and other areas of the body. Sailors, in order to protect their long and dangerous journey in the middle of the sea, got tattoos with a hexagram. Prisoners in Russia in the last century branded themselves as a sign of high status. Such criminal elements were highly respected, and unauthorized drawing of a star was severely punished in the criminal environment.
Today, tattoos with a magical element are also in demand. According to modern experts, the hexagon unites the material with the spiritual, the feminine with the masculine. The interpretation of a symbol is not always peaceful and creative. Some see in the sign ominous notes associated with Satanism, in particular with the number of the beast of three sixes - 666. Perhaps the opposite interpretation is associated with who exactly gets a tattoo or decoration with a hexagram.
How to make a talisman yourself
Esotericists allow themselves to make a talisman in the form of the Star of David. A sketch of a drawing can be applied to a piece of any metal, but subject to certain rules. All days except Saturday are suitable for creating an amulet. There must be an appropriate mood, thoughts are occupied with secret dreams, the moon is in the waxing phase. When applying a symbol, you should imagine how a wish is fulfilled with its help.
The days of the week chosen for production carry their own meaning:
- Monday - success awaits you in your favorite business. Requires a silver base.
- Tuesday - fulfillment of requests for health, suitable for doctors. The basis is iron.
- Environment - assistance in revealing inner talents and acquiring superpowers. Platinum, aluminum or silver are chosen for the base.
- Thursday - for those who work for the benefit of others, participate in charity events, and volunteers. The base is tin.
- Friday is for creative individuals and their plans in the field of art. With the help of the amulet, they will find new fans of their talent and ingenuity. The sign is made on a copper base.
- Sunday is chosen to achieve high goals, and the basis is selected accordingly - gold.
The amulet looks very original, but continues to carry its magical meaning.
There is also a simpler option for making a talisman. It is recommended for solving pressing problems, or when there are too many desires. For these purposes, a temporary talisman is made. The hexagram is drawn on an ordinary piece of cardboard, or even on a white sheet of paper. A circle is made around and a figure is cut out along it, then immersed in melted wax. After it dries, everything is ready. When drawing a sign, think only about what you want. In six months your wish will come true.
You can also weave a magendoweave from white metal wire. It could be steel or silver. They wear the amulet as a pendant, keychain, or pendant.
What is shown on the symbol
A six-pointed star is inscribed in a circle.
Country and time of origin
Since ancient times, images of a circle can be found in rock paintings, and the hexagram is also known as the star of the biblical King David.
Symbol meaning
A powerful symbol of balance (also material, when everything is stable in your life), it can mean the completion and integrity of your business. The hexagram, enclosed in a magic circle, serves as the embodiment of hopes, aspirations and plans for prosperity.
In what cases should you work with this symbol?
- If you want to strengthen your financial position.
- If your business is going well and you want to “lock in” your financial prosperity for the long term.
- If you want to “fit in” to a long-term project that will consistently generate income for you for a long time.
Financial prospects and growth opportunities
When starting work with this sign, try to look at the situation of your business, your business in a new way, from the outside. Pay attention to your life and the events in it. Are there any repetitions, are there already familiar events coming that happened to you in the past and are being formed at the present moment? Then, after analyzing the situation, with the help of an amulet that works for you, you will be able to cope with even the most difficult situation. Perhaps you should form an alliance with someone in order to move towards your goal.
Value as a talisman or amulet
Gives mental and physical strength, strengthens the will, spirit and body, protects against apathy and pessimism. As a magical amulet, it improves mood and stimulates creative activity.
Affirmations for working with symbols
- I live in absolute harmony with the world of abundance!
- I am the center of gravity for money, success and love.
- I become a conductor of good luck!
Exercise to activate the monetary-energy field of the symbol
Meditation with candles
Sit comfortably and without tension on a chair or in lotus position on the floor. Watch your breath, how the inhalation comes and goes. Place a lit candle in front of you, at eye height if possible.
Use your breath to bring your body and soul into a pleasant, relaxed state. Observe the light of the candle, trying to perceive the power, warmth and aroma that comes from it.
Feel the candle flame with your third eye.
Let the light and warmth spread throughout your entire body. Be sure to close your eyes while doing this.
When you want to end the meditation, take a deep breath, stretch, open your eyes and become aware of your body again as reality.
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Throughout the existence of human civilization, the meaning and meaning of magical symbols has not changed. Expressing the dynamic aspect of our spiritual energy, the same forms reflecting the divine nature have been used from ancient times to the present day. Magical symbols carry archetypal meanings and often have multiple layers of meaning. Everyone can discover through their own experience which symbols, according to their possible meanings, to use in spiritual practices and rituals.
Many of the figures described below were used by magicians as protective symbols to remain unharmed in the physical world and in the world of subtle energies, so that no unwanted energy could harm the one using magic. Remember one of the simplest figures - the circle that magicians draw when performing rituals. Magic circle creates space between worlds, safe place for the magician's work, so that everything is done and no one can interfere. There are other symbols that correspond to different purposes.
The meaning of magical symbols, the beauty and magic of sacred geometric forms in ancient times interested the sages of the Far East, India, Egypt, the Middle East, and Greece. They were used by alchemists, magicians, kabbalists, and now you are following their path. Here you can find some general values magical symbols, although it is worth remembering that their meaning can be found on their basis.
Five-pointed star. Meaning: symbol of life, protective symbol.
In ancient times, the pentagram (pentacle) was revered as a symbol of life, representing the four elements - Fire, Earth, Air and Water, united with Spirit to create life. Wearing a pentagram protects its owner and is also used as a talisman for prosperity and good health. The most natural way to “draw” a five-pointed star is to cut an apple. Have you ever noticed that a five-pointed star appears in the center of a cut apple? The apple has been considered a sacred symbol of knowledge and eternal life, and this explains why the pentagram is a universal symbol of life.
As a protective symbol, the pentagram was used long before the first Christians, who attached the meaning of protection to the cross. The protective properties of the pentagram are due to the fact that it represents the relationship between the beginning and the end - after all, a five-pointed star can be drawn without lifting your hand from the paper. The design of a five-pointed star is a kind of cycle. When one cycle is completed, the end becomes the beginning and everything repeats. The numeric properties of the pentagram also include 13 sides (13 lunar months) and 8 dots representing the eight seasonal rituals.
All this has to do with the pentagram in upright position, i.e. point up. The inverted pentagram is considered a negative symbol and is used by witches.
A double pentagram or double five-pointed star is formed by the superposition and connection of two pentagrams. Intertwined, the lines of the star represent the union of Heaven and Earth. The figure symbolizes the goddess and is associated with the idea of true femininity. The duality of the symbol is personified by the number 2, which is considered a feminine number in Pythagorean numerology.
Another meaning of this figure is the five stages of human life: infancy, childhood, youth, maturity, old age.
The interlacing of rays of a five-pointed star and circles represents a pentagram with five rings. This figure is considered a symbol of the mystical union of masculine and feminine, where the lines are associated with the masculine, and the rings with the feminine. Infinitely merging together in perfect harmony, the masculine and feminine principles create life.
The pentagram symbol with rings can be used as a love talisman to help you find your true soulmate.
Hexagram
Six-pointed star, Seal of Solomon (Sigillum Salomonis), Star of Zion.
Meaning: union of opposites, abundance, protective symbol. The hexagram is formed by two intersecting triangles, one with its apex up and the other with its apex down. Long before the hexagram became an emblem of Judaism, it was revered as a symbol of the union of opposites, spirit and matter, Yin and Yang, Heaven and Earth, Shiva and Kali, sustaining life through the cycles of creation and destruction. The Seal of Solomon is a protective symbol; it was seen as the invisible seventh seal, formed by the four elements and the divine number 3.
The hexagram was used in alchemy and magic, it represented the union of Fire and Water in perfect harmony. Perhaps this symbolism originates in Hinduism - the union of a Man (Fire - Lightning) and a Woman (Water - Ocean). The union of the masculine and feminine principles is symbolized by the intersecting triangles of Heaven and Earth. The hexagram is associated with the Anahata chakra. She was also considered a symbol of Aphrodite - the goddess of love, because she has a connection with the numbers 2 and 3, the feminine and masculine numbers in classical Pythagorean numerology.
This version of the hexagram was developed by Aleister Crowley as a symbol of his Order of the Silver Star (Astrum Argentum). It was used by magicians for protection during rituals. It was believed that neither an evil spirit nor unwanted energy could penetrate where there was no “gate”, since the hexagram was drawn without breaking the line.
The center of the hexagram symbolizes the Sun - the fusion of spirit with matter and their balance, giving enormous positive energy, and six rays diverging from the center to the edges mean abundance and joy. Six is the "perfect number", the sum of 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. The hexagram also symbolizes the risen God.
Meaning: mysticism, magic, astral world.
The seven-pointed star or septagram is also known as the Star of Magicians, the Elven Star and the Star of Fairies. This symbol was known on Ancient East: in Sumer, Assyria, Chaldea. The figure is drawn without breaking the line, with one stroke. The seven rays of the star symbolize the three elements above and three below, plus one independent one, which represents the magician and the following of the magical path. The septagram is a talisman for magicians, helps the owner in practicing magic, and establishes a connection with the astral world.
The mystical meaning of 7 is the divine number 3 (mind, body and spirit) and the manifestation number 4 (Fire, Earth, Air and Water) adding up to seven. Seven is traditional " lucky number" There are seven chakras, seven planets (Sun, Moon and 5 visible planets), seven days of the week and seven stages of the ascension of the soul. So it is easy to see that the number 7 has magical aspects. There are also seven stages of initiation into the Rosicrucian brotherhood. In addition, the seven-pointed star is associated with the goddess of love, Venus, and emotions. The Greeks associated this star with Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
Meaning: intelligence, stability, protective symbol.
The eight-pointed star or octogram represents intelligence, rationality and wit and is associated with Mercury. It corresponds to eight seasonal rituals, the idea of stability and balance through change, rebirth. Can be used as a powerful talisman to attract money and abundance. Magicians apply an eight-pointed star as a protective symbol when performing rituals and traveling in the astral world.
Meaning: eternity, culmination, universe.
The nine-pointed star or nonagram is associated with the Moon and in magic represents the astral plane from which inspiration and guidance come. Nine is the last digit, the culmination of numbers, and therefore symbolizes completion and eternity. The number 9 is represented in mythology: nine muses, nine heroes, etc.
If we consider 9 as 3 x 3, then the magic of three corresponds to: mind, body, spirit, past, present, future, birth, life, death. Three represents masculine energy in the classical numerology of Pythagoras. In Hinduism, 9 x 9 = 81 is the square of the mandala, the Universe. In China it is a symbol of Heaven and the most favorable.
Meaning: perfection, harmony.
The twelve-pointed star is a strong and complex symbol. The number twelve is widely represented in magic and mythology, for example, the 12 signs of the Zodiac, the 12 Knights of the Round Table, the 12 Labors of Hercules. The modern calendar has twelve months. Magical correspondences of a twelve-pointed star: a symbol of strengthening, balance, harmony.
