A hexagram (Greek) or sexagram (Latin) is a six-pointed geometric star figure with the Schläfli symbol {6/2}, 2{3}, or {{3}}. The term is used to refer...
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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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representing 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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Look up hexagram in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hexagram is a star made of two superimposed equilateral triangles. Hexagram may also refer to: Hexagram...
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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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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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"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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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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mysticism and Western occultism. It is often depicted in the shape of either a hexagram or a pentagram. In mystic Jewish and Islamic lore, the ring is variously...
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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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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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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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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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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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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[ 艮; Gen [☶ Mountain]) over 巽; Xun [☴...
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one of the Chinese units of measurement, equal to 5g Qian (hexagram), the first hexagram of the I Ching Qian (mass), a Chinese unit of weight (钱 / 錢)...
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8:11 October 28, 1948 Charles Askowith Jacob Askowith White with a blue hexagram known as the Star of David centered between two equal horizontal blue bands...
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Halma. The objective is to be first to race all of one's pieces across the hexagram-shaped board into "home"—the corner of the star opposite one's starting...
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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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triangles, or hexagram. Coxeter clarifies this regular compound with a notation {kp}[k{p}]{kp} for the compound {p/k}, so the hexagram is represented...
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to have nine crossings), as is the interlaced version of the unicursal hexagram of occultism. (However, the endless knot symbol has more complex forms...
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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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Hindu deity known as 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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the town its current name. The city's flag (and seal), is a unicursal hexagram. Toyota is located in north-central Aichi Prefecture, and is the largest...
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Ching; "介于石"; '[he who is] firm as a rock', is the beginning of line 2 of Hexagram 16, "豫". Others note that the first character of his courtesy name is also...
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Common ideogram in modern culture Heptagram – Star polygon with 7 sides Hexagram – Six-pointed star polygon Lute of Pythagoras – Self-similar geometric...
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