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.
Do you want to design and paint your own Hex Sign?
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
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
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