A hexagram (Greek) or sexagram (Latin) is a six-pointed geometric star figure with the Schläfli symbol {6/2}, 2{3}, or {{3}}. Since there are no true regular...
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of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, or Book of Changes, and their Unicode character codes. This list is in King Wen order. (Cf. other hexagram sequences...
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The unicursal hexagram is a hexagram or six-pointed star that can be traced or drawn unicursally, in one continuous line rather than by two overlaid triangles...
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The I Ching book consists of 64 hexagrams. A hexagram in this context is a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines (爻 yáo), where each line is...
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recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism. Its shape is that of a hexagram: the compound of two equilateral triangles. A derivation of the seal of...
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Bagua (redirect from Eight Hexagrams)
together to create a six-line figure known as a hexagram. There are 64 possible permutations. The 64 hexagrams and their descriptions make up the book. The...
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A hexagram is a star made of two superimposed equilateral triangles. Hexagram may also refer to: Hexagram (currency), a large silver coin of the Byzantine...
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"Hexagram" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones. It was the second single released from their eponymous fourth studio album. The cover...
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applied to the I Ching. The text of the I Ching consists of sixty-four hexagrams: six-line figures of yin (broken) or yang (solid) lines, and commentaries...
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Yijing Hexagram Symbols is a Unicode block containing the 64 hexagrams from the I Ching. The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and...
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The hexagram (Greek: ἑξάγραμμα, hexagramma) was a large silver coin of the Byzantine Empire issued primarily during the 7th century AD. With the exception...
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King Wen sequence (redirect from Classical hexagram sequence)
the I Ching (often translated as the Book of Changes). They are called hexagrams in English because each figure is composed of six 爻 yáo—broken or unbroken...
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occultism. It is often depicted in the shape of either a pentagram or a hexagram. In mystic Islamic and Jewish lore, the ring is variously described as...
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A magic hexagram of order 2 is an arrangement of numbers in a hexagram with triangular cells with 2 cells on each edge, in such a way that the numbers...
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Wenwanggua (redirect from Wen Wang's hexagram)
Wen Wang Gua means "King Wen's fortune telling hexagrams" (or trigrams, since gua can mean either hexagram or trigram). King Wen of Zhou and his son are...
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Pascal's theorem (redirect from Pascal's mystic hexagram)
theorem (also known as the hexagrammum mysticum theorem, Latin for mystical hexagram) states that if six arbitrary points are chosen on a conic (which may be...
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star symbol is the asterisk. Mullet (heraldry) Pentagram Seal of Solomon Hexagram Commonwealth Star Heptagram Enneagram Decagram Hendecagram Blue Sky with...
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material (the former title song "Lovers" did appear as a b-side on the UK "Hexagram" single). Terry Date was frustrated by the very slow pace of the band working...
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either, a six-pointed star (a hexagram) and as an eight-pointed star (an octagram): The six-pointed star version (a hexagram) is composed of two interlocking...
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Gu (poison) (section Hexagram 18)
confuse; mislead [蠱惑, 誘惑, 迷惑] (8) Affair; assignment [事] (9) One of the 64 hexagrams. It is formed from [the trigrams] Gen 艮 [☶ Mountain]) over Xun 巽 [☴ Wind)...
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one of the Chinese units of measurement, equal to 5g Qian (hexagram), the first hexagram of the I Ching Qian (surname), a Chinese surname (钱 / 錢) Qian...
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deity known as Sanat Kumara (and by many other names). The Shatkona is a hexagram and is associated with the son of Shiva and Shakti, Kartikeya.[citation...
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Theosophical Society adopted a swastika as part of its seal, along with an Om, a hexagram or star of David, an Ankh, and an Ouroboros. Unlike the much more recent...
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specific values of n, the n-pointed magic stars are also known as magic hexagrams (n = 6), magic heptagrams (n = 7), etc. The number of distinct normal...
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the Middle Ages, mystical powers were attributed to the pentagram and hexagram, which were used in talismans against evil spirits. Both were called the...
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through French Jesuit Joachim Bouvet and noted with fascination how its hexagrams correspond to the binary numbers from 0 to 111111, and concluded that...
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a regular tiling of hexagons in a plane Hexagram: six-sided star within a regular hexagon Unicursal hexagram: single path, six-sided star, within a hexagon...
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from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019. Hexagram: "Hexagram". Official Charts Company. October 4, 2003. Archived from the original...
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Unicursal curve, a curve which is birationally equivalent to a line Unicursal hexagram, a star polygon This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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