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What do the Hex Signs Mean?

Below is the possible symbolism or meaning of the shapes and colors used in the Hex Signs. This is a very old art form and the precise significance of the shapes and colors is not known for certain.

 Have fun! A project for the entire family! Fun for young and old alike!!

Shapes

• Crescent Moons - the four seasons
• Distelfink - good luck and happiness...two distelfinks - double good luck and happiness...two distelfinks crossed over each other - true friendship
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  Doves or Birds of Paradise - friendship, camaraderie, peace, purity and happiness
• Eagle - strength, courage, clarity of vision
• Heart - true love, lasting love, and love for others
• Oak Leaf - long life, strength and endurance
• Pineapple - welcome and hospitality
• Raindrops - water, crop abundance and fertility
• Rosettes - (thought to be the oldest symbol) good luck
• Scallops - ocean waves, smooth sailing in life
• Stars - protection against fires, good fortune, hope, love, fertility, energy and harmony
• Sun Wheel - warmth and fertility
• Tulips - Faith, hope, charity and trust in mankind
• Wheat - Abundance and goodwill

Colors

• Black - protection, also used to blend or bind elements together
• Blue - protection, peace, calmness and spirituality
• Brown - mother earth, also can mean friendship and strength
• Green - growth, fertility, success in things and ideas that grow
• Orange - abundance in career, projects and matters needing an added push
• Red - emotions, passion, charisma, lust and also creativity
• Violet - things that are sacred
• White - purity, power of the moon, allows energy to flow freely
• Yellow - health in body and mind, love of man and the sun, connection to the God form

Make Your Own Hex Sign!!

This Hex Sign was done by a close friend. She picked out one of her favorite Hex Sign designs and shapes, and gave it a try with amazing results. You can do it too! Just give it a try. It's Fun!

First things first - Supplies Needed:

1. Material Needed:
2. Wooden disk
3. White enamel paint
4. Paint brushes
5. Ruler
6. Compass or string w/nail^*
7. Pencil or colored chalk
8. Acrylic paint: red, black, yellow, blue, green, violet, orange and brown
9. Clear varnish

Now that you have all your supplies...well, what's keeping you--get busy and have fun!

How to make a Five-Pointed Star

Instructions:

1. Completely paint your wooden disk with white enamel paint. Depending on your wood, you may need two to three coats of paint.
2. You can look at the symbolism page and determine which designs and colors you would like to draw.
3. Divide your circle into equal sections with your ruler drawing a small marking line with your pencil.
4. Now determine the designs and draw the shapes in pencil on your sign. (Drawing in pencil allows you to erase if afterwards the design is not to your liking.)
5. Click here for instructions on how to make a Five-Pointed Star.
6. When you have decided that your hex sign is complete, paint your hex sign with the acrylic paint colors that you have decided on. 
7. After the paint has dried, erase all your pencil markings and coat the sign with clear varnish. The varnish protects the sign and also brings out the beauty of the colors. Two coats of clear varnish is sufficient.

Blessing Your Hex Sign:

Most geometric hex signs are thought to possess the magic of past ages within the design, but activating the sign with your own personal energy and thereby giving it additional strength seems justifiable. This technique is easy and can be done in a matter of minutes. Some people feel that it is best done in the light of a full moon. To me, the most important time to do it is when you are in the utmost positive frame of mind. First you bring your fingers together to form a triangle over the center of the hex sign. Now focus on the triangle and imagine all your positive energy being drawn into that triangle. You can concentrate and imagine your desire turning into reality as the result of the sign. Afterwards hang your sign immediately and enjoy! 

Care of Your Hex Sign:

If you buy one of our Hex Signs here's how to care for it: These Hex Signs are not weather treated so please hang them inside your house or where rain or the weather can not damage them. Each Hex sign is painted with the loving care of the artist and in turn should be cared for by the owner.

* Special Note: To those who would like to paint a sign on their barn...I don't know if anyone sells a compass that large...I would use the simple technique of a nail, pencil (marker) and string...place your nail where you want your center to be and tie your string to this nail (measuring the string to be the diameter of your circle) and tie your pencil to the other end...viola...it works...

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Design Your Own Hex Sign
Select from the symbols and colors below. You may even create your own symbols.

Symbolism and Sketches

Birds of Paradise: friendship, camaraderie, peace, purity and happiness		Oak Leaf: long life, strength and endurance
Eagle: Strength, courage, clarity or vision		Distelfink: Good luck and happiness. two distelfinks- double good luck and happiness. two distelfinks crossed over each other- true friendship, eternal love
Raindrop: water, crop abundance and fertility. Any combination of waterdrops may be used depending on the 'need' and the overall design.		Scallop: ocean waves, smooth sailing in life. Often found in multiples as the border or edging on a hexsign.
Heart: true love, lasting love, and love for others. Hearts can be drawn in any number of different ways... from simple to fancy depending on the nature of the design.		Crescent Moon: usually found in a pair representing the cycle of the moon. also found in sets of four representing the four seasons.
Sun Wheel: warmth and fertility		Wheat: abundance and goodwill
Rosette: (considered to be the oldest symbol) good luck		Tulip: faith, hope, charity and trust in mankind
Stars: protection against fires, good fortune, hope, love, fertility, energy and harmony. Can be drawn with any combination of different sided stars.		Pineapple: welcome and hospitality

Colors with Meaning
BLACK: Protection, also used to blend or bind elements together	BLUE: Protection, peace, calmness and spirituality	BROWN: Mother earth, also can mean friendship and strength
GREEN: Growth, fertility, success in things and ideas that grow	ORANGE: Abundance in career, project and matters needing an added push	RED: Emotions, passion, charisma, lust and creativity
PURPLE: Things that are sacred	WHITE: Purity, power of the moon, allows energy to flow freely	YELLOW: Health in body and mind, love of man and the sun, connection to the God form

All sketches are to give a person an idea of the general representation of the symbol found in most of my hex signs. With my hex signs, I use the symbols but usually embellish them, incorporating additional symbols within the symbols as is the case with most contemporary hex signs. For example, using my distelfink symbol, I usually add more details within the body...adding hearts, etc.