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Skunk [any] lemmy.zip skunk@lemmy.zip
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Wikipedia links it to Fortune-telling for some reason? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/๐Ÿ”ฏ but doesn't elaborate?

emojis wiki says it's something to do with buddhism? https://emojis.wiki/dotted-six-pointed-star/

It's a really weird symbol

Also found this reddit thread with explanations all over the place https://www.reddit.com/r/Emoji/comments/16buwk0/meaning_of_dotted_sixpointed_star/

The unicode explanation simply says "SIX POINTED STAR WITH MIDDLE DOT" (very helpful) (not)

and the official chart has an arrow to the star of david and that's it https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F300.pdf

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PapaStevesy lemmy.world PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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Skunk [any] lemmy.zip skunk@lemmy.zip
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Yes... babies... known for drawing intelligible and not at all weird stuff lol

also the weird part is how the meaning of the symbol seems to be really obscure but also common enough to make it into unicode not the symbol itself. Hence my question about the meaning and not how to draw it...

out of curiosity what is the point of your comment? Like did you expect me to just say "oh yeah I guess it is very easy to draw and not weird at all, question answered thanks"?

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Nemoder lemmy.ml Nemoder@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-09
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It's an ancient symbol used in a number of religions with varied meanings. In uni-code it follows the crystal ball emoji ๐Ÿ”ฎ so I think it was likely just included as a common spiritual symbol many people might want to use.

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Fleppensteyn sh.itjust.works Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-12-20
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A combination of man, woman and sperm:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatkona

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_(symbol)

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PointlessLifePersonified slrpnk.net PointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-07-11
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A combination of man, woman and sperm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatkona and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_(symbol)

A combination of man, woman and sperm

So... a porno?

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PapaStevesy lemmy.world PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-18
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Yes... babies... known for drawing intelligible and not at all weird stuff lol also the weird part is how the meaning of the symbol seems to be really obscure but also common enough to make it into unicode not the symbol itself. Hence my question about the meaning and not how to draw it... out of curiosity what is the point of your comment? Like did you expect me to just say "oh yeah I guess it...

Nah I was just legitimately confused by the phrasing. It having two meanings doesn't really qualify it as weird either imo. Lots of old symbols have had multiple meanings, I'd wager all of them even.

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Skunk [any] lemmy.zip skunk@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-25
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A combination of man, woman and sperm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatkona and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_(symbol)

ah that makes sense

But what's the connection to fortune telling?

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Fleppensteyn sh.itjust.works Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-12-20
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ah that makes sense But what's the connection to fortune telling?

Common symbols like a star mean good luck? Otherwise I don't see a connection.

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RavenofDespair lemmy.ml RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-10-29
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A combination of man, woman and sperm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatkona and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_(symbol)

I thought the but there is a dot in the middle of the star.

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Hyacin (He/Him) lemmy.ml hyacin@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-12-29
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Frickin Torx security bit. Hate those things.

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Skunk [any] lemmy.zip skunk@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-25
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Frickin Torx security bit. Hate those things.

๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿคจ you love stripped out screws or???

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Hyacin (He/Him) lemmy.ml hyacin@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-12-29
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๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿคจ you love stripped out screws or???

I hate companies going out of their way to try to keep me for modifying/repairing hardware I BOUGHT. ๐Ÿ˜›

The problem is right there in the name - "Oh shit, everyone has a set of Torx bits now... let's fuck with them so they don't work anymore! evil laughter" ... even using Torx to try to "keep people out" though (which is by far the most common purpose I've seen and now of course we have companies like Nintendo and BMW trying to go even further and more proprietary to do it) can get fucked. I bought the hardware, it is mine.

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