Talk:Hexagram

message: Why doesnt this section make it clear what the first recorded use of the hexagram is? Seems like that would be important.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.166.116.13 (talk) 05:02, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  origins and shape 

message: The lead opens with an unsourced definition:
A hexagram is a six-pointed geometric star figure, {6/2} or 2{3}, the compound of two equilateral triangles. The intersection is a regular hexagon.
Does anyone know where this comes from and what {6/2} or 2{3} means? As a lead this falls well short of Wiki's standards, being neither sourced, nor entirely clear and accessible to the nonspecialist reader. Unless a good reason is offered for retaining this wording I'd suggest changing it to, for example, the OED or OCD definition
We also need to be clear in the lead whether "hexagram" includes forms other than the Star of David - dictionary definitions vary on this point, some including I Ching forms and non-regular forms: at the moment we have within the article a section on other hexagrams which don't conform with the opening definition.  The hatnotes actually acknowledge the use of "hexagram" for other forms, so there's an intrinsic contradiction between them and the lead that follows.  Should the lead not at least acknowledge the other uses and specify which use(s) are discussed in this article?  Alternatively, the article title could be altered from the generic "Hexagram" to something that more accurately reflects the articl's specific content (Hexagram in culture and architecture...?) -- Timberframe (talk) 08:58, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Codes like {6/2} and 2{3} are called Schläfli symbols. I'll clarify that. SiBr4 18:39, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: An editor felt compelled to add in the 'Usage by Jews' section:
"Which means the part in the introduction where it says it was used by Muslims then later by Judaism is false, the Jews used it before Islam existed.[7]"
Can we come to a consensus and sync these two up?
Also, it might be helpful to add some origin dates to the 'Usage in Dharmic religions' section or a section on the Kagome Crest if we're so concerned about who came first  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.74.118.218 (talk) 22:39, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro vs Usage by Jews 

message: There is considerable evidence that prior to the advent of modern Zionism the six pointed star was not a Jewish symbol, although it was forced upon them in some parts of Central Europe. The symbol appears a hand ful of times in Jewish texts whilst it appears many thousands of times elsewhere. See for example this paper by Miguel Lou: https://www.academia.edu/11490054/THE_CURIOUS_HISTORY_OF_THE_SIX_POINTED_STAR_How_the_Magen_David_Became_the_Jewish_Symbol?auto=download&email_work_card=download-paper&fbclid=IwAR0pIJlkLZ8nh1QmILV1-8yg-RRb4PIroJal7YwKG2pUirdOVyPai6bvsRc
--Wool Bridge (talk) 19:39, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Six Pointed Star not always a Jewish Symbol 

message: :
Oh?  Usually it's like this:
   	HOT  	HOT  	
DRY	fire 	air  	WET
DRY	earth	water	WET
   	COLD 	COLD 	
Fire is opposite to water, air is opposite to earth. —Tamfang (talk) 22:41, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  opposite elements