Wikipedia links it to Fortune-telling for some reason? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%9F%94%AF 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
7 Comments
Nemoder@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 22h
It's an ancient symbol used in a number of religions with varied meanings. In uni-code it follows the crystal ball emoji 🔮 so I think it was likely just included as a common spiritual symbol many people might want to use.
Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 21h
A combination of man, woman and sperm:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatkona
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_(symbol)
PointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 21h
So... a porno?
skunk@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 15h
ah that makes sense
But what's the connection to fortune telling?
RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 10h
I thought the but there is a dot in the middle of the star.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 22h
skunk@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 22h
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"?
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18h
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.