Star Polygons · 2D
Unicursal Hexagram
Six points in one unbroken line
A six-pointed star that can be drawn without lifting the pen. The hexagram needs two separate triangles; this one threads all six points in a single loop, crossing its own centre twice.
- Points
- 6
- Strokes
- 1
- Through the centre
- 2
Watch it drawn with compass and straightedge, hear the chord of its lines, and turn the Dimension dial to tilt it into space.
Facts
- The ordinary hexagram {6/2} is two triangles: no single line can draw it.
- Here the top and bottom points keep their triangles, and the side points are joined straight through the centre.
- Every point is met exactly twice, so the path closes on itself: it is an Euler circuit of its six points.
- Toggle the classic hexagram to see how the two differ.
History and meaning
An early version appears in a work of Giordano Bruno’s from 1588. Aleister Crowley took it up in the early 20th century, and it became the emblem of Thelema, usually drawn with a five-petalled rose at its heart.
