Editing Hexagram (section)

==Origins and shape==
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As a derivative of two overlapping triangles, the hexagram may have developed from different peoples with no direct correlation to one another.

The [[mandala]] symbol called [[yantra]], found on ancient South [[India]]n [[Hindu]] temples, is a geometric toolset that incorporates hexagrams into its framework. It symbolizes the [[nara-narayana]], or perfect [[meditative]] state of balance achieved between Man and God, and if maintained, results in "[[moksha]]," or "[[nirvana]]" (release from the bounds of the earthly world and its material trappings).{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

Some researchers have theorized that the hexagram represents the [[astrological]] chart at the time of [[David]]'s birth or [[anointment]] as king. The hexagram is also known as the "King's Star" in astrological circles.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

In antique [[papyri]], [[pentagram]]s, together with stars and other signs, are frequently found on [[amulet]]s bearing the Jewish names of [[God]], and used to guard against fever and other diseases. Curiously the hexagram is not found among these signs. In the [[Greek Magical Papyri]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} (Wessely, l.c. pp.&nbsp;31, 112) at Paris and London there are 22 signs side by side, and a circle with twelve signs, but neither a pentagram nor a hexagram.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}