The six-pointed star (hexagram) is an attribute of many cultures and religions, one of the most common forms in architecture, military uniforms and ornaments around the world. The hexagram can be found all over the world in a variety of graphic versions; it flaunts on the coats of arms of states and organizations.
The six-pointed star is associated primarily with Jewish culture and Judaism. This ancient symbol flaunts on the flag of the State of Israel, in all synagogues and Jewish cultural centers. The Nazis forced Jews to wear a yellow six-pointed star on their clothes as a sign of Jewishness. In the Jewish tradition, the hexagram is called Magen David (David's shield). Some researchers note that the six-pointed star is a monogram of the name David and consists of two letters Dalet (there are two D in the name David). Indeed, under King David, Dalet was designated by a triangle.
Even before its appearance in Jewish culture, the hexagram was widespread in India and denoted the "heart" chakra Anahata. In this case, the six-pointed star is a simplified image of a lotus flower, which has a sacred meaning in Hinduism. There is a possibility that the Jewish king David, borrowed a beautiful symbol that matches his name from merchants from India. However, in mass culture, the Six-Pointed Star is primarily not Anahata, but the Star of David. In addition to the Jews, the Buddhists borrowed the hexagram from Hinduism. In some Mahayana schools, the hexagram (sometimes in the form of the initial symbol - the lotus flower) began to denote the mantra of the boddhisattva of compassion Avalokiteshvara Om-mani Padme Hum, each ray of the star denoted one syllable of the mantra.
Magen David migrated from Judaism to Christianity. For example, in the Orthodox tradition, the hexagram (without the lines drawn in the center) denotes the dual divine-human nature of Jesus Christ. In general, Christianity associates the six-pointed star with the six days of Creation or the Bethlehem star (comet). The believers who are most prone to paranoia and conspiracy theories suspect of introducing a six-pointed star into the series of Christian symbols of Masons and Jews, although by that time the hexagram appeared in Christian ornaments, neither Masons nor Jews had used it as their symbol.
Magen David turned into a scarlet attribute of Judaism only in the Golden Age of Prague Jewry (16-17 centuries), when the city Jews chose the six-pointed Star of David as their symbol. It is not known to what extent this influenced Czech culture, but in the 16th century in Prague, by order of the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand the First, the castle Hvezda (Star) was built in the shape of a six-pointed star.
In modern interpretations, the hexagram can have many interpretations. This is the combination of the masculine with the feminine, and heaven with earth, and the relationship between God, man and the universe.