Hvor mange "takker" på julestjerna?

Jeg snakker nå om sånne julestjerner som man henger opp i vinduet. Jeg har sett med sju, med åtte, med fem. Er seks forbeholdt Davidstjerna? Hva er vanligst? Er det en symbolikk i dette? Er det noen som er "riktig" og "galt"?

Vår har i hvertfall 8.

Vår har syv tagger. Jeg mener å ha hørt noe om at tallet syv er hellig i kristendommen? Det er jo syvarmet lysestake også?

Guttungen sin har syv.

Vår har sju.

Min har fem!

Min har seks. Den øverste og nederste er lengre enn de andre.

sju

jeg fant dette i aftenposten:

Hvor mange spisser har din julestjerne?
Antall spisser viser til ulik religiøssymbolikk. Hans Petter Foss og Eyvind Skeie i boken"Adventskrans og julekrybbe" forklarer spissenes betydning.

Fire spisser: Betlehemsstjernen med fire spisser har ofte en litt lengre spiss som peker nedover mot stallen og krybben. Denne stjerneformen danner et symbolsk kors. Den lengste spissen kan også peke oppover. Da symboliserer den Jesusbarnets utgang fra himmelen.

Fem spisser: Det er denne de fleste kaller Betlehemsstjernen. Den settes ofte i forbindelse med Jesu mor og hennes symboler, men den blir også tolket som en henvisning til Jesu livshistorie, særlig til hans fem sår på korset.

Seks spisser: Selve Davidsstjernen. Julestjerne med seks spisser blir en henvisning til Jesu rot i det jødiske folk og som den Messias jødefolket ventet på.

Syv spisser: Er vanligst på julestjerner og adventsstaker i vinduene, men også i toppen av juletreet. Syvtallet forener himmelens hellige tall med jordens og skaperverkets tall, nemlig tallet tre med tallet fire.

Men åtte, da? Begge stjernene hos svigermor har åtte, og det ser jeg naboen sin har også.

Kanskje? :

4 Pointed Star:
A four-pointed star is usually styled to resemble a cross and is used as the "star of Bethlehem" or "natal star." The cross shape reminds us both of Jesus' birth and the fact that he was born to live like us as human beings, to experience life and all its emotions, experiences and finally Death that we might have Life Everlasting. It is used especially for church decoration during the Advent and Christmas seasons.

5 Pointed Star:
The five-pointed star is the star of Bethlehem. Shaped roughly like a human being, it represents Jesus' incarnation.

The 5 pointed star is used as a Christian symbol for the five senses, and if the letters S, A, L, V, and S are inscribed in the points, it can be taken as a symbol of health (from Latin salus). Medieval Christians believed it to symbolise the five wounds of Christ. The five points of the star each have five meanings: they represent the five senses, the five fingers, the five wounds of Christ, the five joys that Mary had of Jesus; the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Assumption, and also the five virtues of knighthood: noble generosity, fellowship, purity, courtesy, and compassion. Num. 24:17 "I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. (NIV)

Matt. 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi(n) from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east(n) and have come to worship him." (NIV)

6 Pointed Star:
The six-pointed star is the Creator's star. Its six points stand for the six days of creation. The points are also said to represent the six attributes of God - power, wisdom, majesty, love, mercy and justice. This star is also known today as the Star of David, and is a symbol of modern-day Israel. The six-pointed star is of ancient origin and is used in many religions with a variety of meanings. It goes all the way back to Babalonian Times when king historically recorded his conquest of the King and the population of Judah. Both kings are shown standing facing each other. The King of Babylon stands on the right. A winged sun disk is above the King of Babylon. The encircled six-legged star pattern is above the King of Judah.

7 Pointed Star:
The seven-pointed star represents the seven gifts of the Spirit - wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, fear of the Lord, and delight in the Lord.

Isa. 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD - 3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. (NIV)

Eight is traditionally the number of regeneration. (It is for this reason that many baptismal fonts have an octagonal base.) Jesus was circumcised and given his name when he was eight days old. On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. "When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord", and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two young pigeons." Baptism is understood to be the New Testament equivalent of the covenant of circumcision. Luke Ch2 V21 to 24

9 Pointed Star:
The nine-pointed star symbolizes the nine fruits of the Spirit listed in the Epistle to the Galatians. This star is sometimes shown with the Latin initials for each of the fruits (charitas, gaudium, pax, longanimitas, benignitas, bonitus, fides, mansuetudo and continentia) placed within the points.

Gal. 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (NIV)

12 Pointed Star:
A twelve-pointed star may be used to represent the twelve tribes of Israel or sometimes known as the star of the apostles and represents the twelve apostles. It may also be used at Epiphany, the twelfth day of Christmas, on which the church celebrates the manifestation of Christ as the Son of God.

The twelve Apostles were: Peter: Renamed by Jesus, his original name was Simon. Andrew: The brother of Simon/Peter and a former disciple of John the Baptist. James the brother of John. John: The brother of James. Philip. Bartholomew. Matthew, the tax collector. Thomas. James. Thaddeus. Simon. Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, he was replaced by Matthias.

Vår stjerne har sju.

Fem, både på den i vinduet og den på treet.

Takk for masse svar!

Jeg har nemlig en svigermor som ikke gir opp. Som den observante leser vil ha fått med seg er jeg ikke spesielt religiøs av meg... For fjerde gang har jeg i år fått julestjerne i julegave av svigermor. Men, enten i et forsøk på et kompromiss eller bare fordi hun syntes den så ut som den var litt i min stil (glass, svart metall, ikke elektrisk) har jeg i år fått en rød femtakket julestjerne.

Mine assosiasjoner til rød femtakket stjerne går mer i denne retning:

The five-pointed red star, a pentagram without the inner pentagon, is a symbol of communism as well as broader socialism in general. It is sometimes understood to represent the five fingers of the worker's hand, as well as the five continents. A lesser known suggestion is that the five points on the star were intended to represent the five social groups that would lead Russia to communism: the youth, the military, the industrial labourers, the agricultural workers or peasantry, and the intelligentsia.

Jeg får legge den pent i en skuff og henge den opp 1. mai.

Acsa skrev:

Takk for masse svar!

Jeg har nemlig en svigermor som ikke gir opp. Som den observante leser vil ha fått med seg er jeg ikke spesielt religiøs av meg... For fjerde gang har jeg i år fått julestjerne i julegave av svigermor. Men, enten i et forsøk på et kompromiss eller bare fordi hun syntes den så ut som den var litt i min stil (glass, svart metall, ikke elektrisk) har jeg i år fått en rød femtakket julestjerne.

Mine assosiasjoner til rød femtakket stjerne går mer i denne retning:

The five-pointed red star, a pentagram without the inner pentagon, is a symbol of communism as well as broader socialism in general. It is sometimes understood to represent the five fingers of the worker's hand, as well as the five continents. A lesser known suggestion is that the five points on the star were intended to represent the five social groups that would lead Russia to communism: the youth, the military, the industrial labourers, the agricultural workers or peasantry, and the intelligentsia.

Jeg får legge den pent i en skuff og henge den opp 1. mai.

Men denne gangen traff hun i hvert fall på antall tagger.

Ja, det skal hun ha! Men jeg føler jo at hvis jeg henger den opp nå i jula, så symboliserer den Betlehemsstjerna. Jeg må enten 1) ha den hengende året rundt, eller 2) henge den opp på 1. mai og andre politiske merkedager.

Pentagrammet har jo mange betydninger, og har vært brukt i uminnelige tider omtrent.

Riktignok usikker kilde (wikipedia), men her står det litt:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram

En med kildehenvisninger:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_pent.htm