Unicursal hexagram
A six-pointed star drawn in one continuous line.
The unicursal hexagram is a six-pointed star drawn in one continuous line, often enclosed within a circle. It can be depicted as an interlaced knot, and it is a specific instance of the broader geometric concept explored in Blaise Pascal's Hexagrammum Mysticum.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Hexagram
- Drawing method
- Unicursal (one continuous line)
- Related concept
- Blaise Pascal's Hexagrammum Mysticum (1639)
Facts from the source article.
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno used a symbol called Figura Amoris, or 'figure of love', as part of the Hermetic trinity in his mathesis. This figure has a square outline containing the six lines of a unicursal hexagram. Unlike a typical hexagram, this one connects the four corners and two mid-edges of a square rather than the six corners of a hexagon.
Thelema
In Aleister Crowley's Thelema, the unicursal hexagram is usually shown with a five-petalled flower at its centre, symbolising the pentagram. The hexagram itself represents heavenly macrocosmic or planetary forces and is equivalent to the Rosicrucian Rose Cross or the ancient Egyptian ankh. The five petals stand for the microcosmic forces of the five elements of the magical formula YHShVH, equivalent to the pentagram or pentacle, and together the symbols represent the interweaving of planetary and elemental forces.
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