David’s Star – a Guarantee of Good Fortune or a Karmic Test

The rarest hexagram in a horoscope is associated with the ancient symbol of Anahata – the heart-center chakra. Two intersecting trines, one pointing upward and the other downward, are inscribed in the zodiacal circle; six points spaced at equal intervals form sextiles, and three pairs within the figure also form oppositions. The uniqueness of the configuration lies in the fact that the six points (most often planets) must be evenly spaced around the chart.

Most often, in addition to planets, the Grand Sextile (the hexagram’s second name) involves fictitious points – Lilith, Selena (White Moon), and the Lunar Nodes – which makes the pattern less clear-cut and can weaken its impact on the native. On July 29, 2013, there was an exact alignment of aspects into a David’s Star, which had previously been observed in 1945, 1954, and 1995.

David’s Star and Its Influence on Fate

According to legend, the six-pointed star was present in the horoscope of the biblical King David; however, studies of modern natal charts have shown that far from all natives with this pattern became successful or great.

Many studied brilliantly, graduated with top honors, and came through scrapes unscathed. Yet without inner motivation, conscious development of talents, and the use of favorable opportunities granted by sextiles, the configuration may bring only a mild harmonizing effect on life – rather than a stream of abundance and luck carrying the native to worldwide fame.

Positive aspects alone can provide exceptional opportunities for a breakthrough and an inborn ability to attract friends and useful partners, but there is also a huge risk of being unable to handle an abundance of interests and hobbies – scattering this unique energy on trifles and draining the aura. In such cases, tense aspects are indispensable: they provoke difficulties and competition, helping consolidate energy and focus on the path toward a goal. Key features of David’s Star:

• a double trine surrounded by sextiles gives multi-faceted talents across different areas, but Higher Powers also hold the native to a high standard;
• there is no way to sit on the sidelines, especially if the North and South Nodes are involved: stepping away from one’s purpose is punished harshly;
• strong inner contradictions: both saint and sinner; scattered interests, laziness, complacency, and disregard for danger – after all, the hexagon is also known as the Shield of David, said to protect from evil;
• the simultaneous activation of six planets is unrealistic to work through for someone not versed in astrological nuances, as is coping with a stream of karmic events – hence drifting passively through life or ignoring brilliant opportunities out of fear;
• if the hexagon engages all four elements, then along with many talents the native also gains the ability to recover quickly after stress and illness.

As with other theoretically favorable configurations, the speed at which desires are realized and the strength of resistance to adversity depend on the planets’ condition. If most of them carry “masculine” energy – Mars, Saturn, Jupiter – it is easier for the native to make a choice and move purposefully along the selected path. The “feminine” planets – Venus, Neptune, and the Moon – can blur awareness and knock the native off course through temptations.

Real-Life Examples of David’s Star

The six-pointed hexagon is not a guarantee of a cloudless, happy fate. Even when recalling King David, who gained wealth, love, and glory for centuries, the path appears thorny – full of betrayals and assassination attempts.

What made the difference was that relentless spiritual development and adherence to biblical commandments helped activate the configuration at full strength, harmonizing what followed.

An ideal six-pointed star made of equal segments is also called the Diamond. It can bring a swift, dazzling rise and fairy-tale coincidences – like a wealthy patron meeting a gifted singer performing on the streets for pennies. Yet without caution and self-improvement, the lives of such natives may end tragically – most often due to recklessness, a sense of impunity, and self-indulgence.

Interestingly, if the White Moon is present in the hexagon, the native can seem almost all-powerful and invulnerable; but the presence of other fictitious points can create a sense of fatality and an inability to resist karma. For example, in the chart of the executed Marie Antoinette, the ideal Diamond includes the Lunar Nodes, Selena, and Lilith. Success came late for Laima Vaikule – after age thirty-five – largely due to the “feminine” Neptune, the Moon, and Venus, which made early life full of problems with money and alcohol; yet as spiritual growth progressed, luck arrived as well.

Working Through David’s Star

The planets forming the sextiles show which talents and higher character qualities should be developed throughout life. The key to success is working through Saturn and the zodiac sign it occupies, because it is precisely a lack of perseverance and will that slows the realization of the native’s unique gifts.

The points of David’s Star are most often “awakened” one by one during progressions and transits, so it is important to determine their sequence by tracking likely events and the seeds of opportunity hidden within them. Hence the swings from a “white streak” of activated sextiles into the so-called “black” periods of oppositions, which require concentrated willpower and persistent effort to work through challenges – so that the native can once again enjoy the gifts of the next sextile.

A second condition for entering a long run of good fortune is neutralizing the sense of self-importance. Otherwise, the energy of the opposition can tear from within, throwing the native down from achieved results. If Uranus and Pluto are on the vertices of the Grand Sextile, the native should not be seduced by the idea of their own invulnerability. A lack of caution may not destroy everything, but it can provoke injuries.  ✓