unicursal hexagram
{{Short description|Six-pointed star polygon drawn with one line}}
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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. The hexagram can also be depicted inside a circle with the points touching it. It is often depicted in an interlaced form with the lines of the hexagram passing over and under one another to form a knot. It is a specific instance of the far more general shape discussed in Blaise Pascal's 1639 Hexagrammum Mysticum.
Giordano Bruno
In his work titled Essays upon the Mathematics of Mordente: One Hundred and Sixty Articles against the Mathematicians and Philosophers of this Age (Prague: 1588),{{cite web |title=Notes to Poem: Pondering about Poetry after a Billy Collins reading at Stanford |first=Peter Y. |last=Chou |url=https://www.wisdomportal.com/Poems/Notes-PonderingAboutPoetry.html |access-date=2023-05-14}} Italian philosopher, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist Giordano Bruno used the unicursal hexagram symbol to represent Figura Amoris ("figure of love") part of the Hermetic trinity in his mathesis.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-05|title=Unicursal Hexagram Meaning, Symbolism And Origins Explained|url=https://symbolsandmeanings.net/unicursal-hexagram-meaning-symbolism-origins/|access-date=2021-05-21|language=en-US}}{{better source needed|date=May 2023}}
Thelema
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In Aleister Crowley's Thelema, the hexagram is usually depicted with a five-petalled flower in the centre which symbolises the pentagram. The hexagram represents the heavenly macrocosmic or planetary forces and is a symbol equivalent to the Rosicrucian Rose Cross or ancient Egyptian ankh. The five petals of the flower represent the microcosmic forces of 5 elements of the magical formula YHShVH and is a symbol equivalent to the pentagram or pentacle. The two symbols together represent the interweaving of the planetary and elemental forces.{{cite book |first=Lon Milo |last=Duquette |author-link=Lon Milo Duquette |title=Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot |url=https://archive.org/details/understandingale00duqu |url-access=limited |publisher=Weiser |year=2003 |isbn=1578632765 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/understandingale00duqu/page/n43 43]–53}}