Hexagram
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A hexagram (also known as a "magician's/sorcerer's star") is a six-pointed star, a type of complex star polygon. It is usually symmetrical, formed from two overlapping equilateral triangles, of which the intersection is a regular hexagon.
One version of the hexagram is the Star of David, a traditional Jewish symbol.
Some cultures say that the triangle pointing downwards represents female sexuality and the triangle pointing upwards represents male sexuality, the combination representing unity and harmony. This use of the symbol was used as an important plot point in Dan Brown's popular novel The Da Vinci Code. In alchemy, the two triangles represent the reconciliation of the opposites of "fire" and "water".
The hexagram, like the pentagram, was and is used in practices of the occult as well as Satanism. In these traditions the hexagram is inscribed inside a circle with the points touching it.
In mathematics, the G2 root system is in the form of a hexagram.