Meaning of heptagram | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Either of two regular seven-pointed stars, drawn with the construction lines retained; a heptangle.
2. A heptagon.
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Examples

“page 15: The exercise may be varied by tracing the Heptagram, i. e., passing from one point⟳ to another of a regular Heptagon in this order⟳ — 1, 4, 7, 3, 6, 2, 5, 1. page 81: If the hand is stiff, it may be loosened and trained into tune⟳ with Nature's formative processes by the practice of drawing the Pentagram and Heptagram.”

“It was with the adoption and widespread use⟳ of the seven-day week throughout the Hellenistic world of mixed cultures that this heptagram [the weekday heptagram] was created.”

“Note⟳ that there are two different heptagrams, one goes around twice and the other thrice; moreover, the configuration at the core of the 3-heptagram is in fact a 2-heptagram and the figure⟳ at the core of that is an ordinary heptagon.”

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