Pentagram «vs» Hexagram

The pentagram is known as the star of the microcosm, or little universe, because it bears some resemblance to a human figure standing with arms and legs outstretched. The old occult philosophers taught that man is himself a little universe, containing all that is in the great universe.

The hexagram, on the other hand, is the star of the macrocosm, consisting as it does of two interlaced triangles. These represent the two great forces of polarity which bring all things into manifestation.