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

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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