star of the druids Seren Derwydd

[reilz81]

i hope this is the right place to ask this just found this on picbadges for facebook and it intrugued me more then just a little i had previously only known of it as a 7 pointed star being called star of the druids has got me really wondering though as it is something i had a vision of after my first ritual with a druid friend and some others and now i want to know more about it

[Aengus]

That is a symbol that another Druid order has taken as their own. It is from the Reformed Druids of Gaia http://www.reformed-druids.org/ and The Order of the Mithril Star http://www.mithrilstar.org/.

Also, here is a link about the symbol http://www.mithrilstar.org/7pointedstar.htm

Hope this helps

Cheers!

[Dendrias]

That's a discordian joke, isn't it? Dr. Ebrill Ynfytyn is said to have found a plate in Brittany, river Ars (not a curse, in here; but the two Arses I could find are in southern France, not in Brittany), with a Welsh ogham inscription? The link from Ynfytyn leads to the faq-page under "eris" (= discordia).
That page is a joke, isn't it?

[wolf560]

I have seen something on the Seven Pointed Star referring to the Faerie Tradition (Feri Trad to some).... although I do not agree with its use nor would I wear it personally... I do not begrudge others wearing it if they feel a "connection" to it.

[reilz81]

thanks for the info im wondering if theres more to it an alexandrian friend of mine wears it in ritual perhaps just to do with the fae tho but i dont know

[DaRC]

AFAIK the Druid Star would be the Pentagram or 5 pointed star.

The Heptagram, or 7 pointed star, seem more related to the Fairy faith. A thought did strike me that it could be due to the relation of the Pleiades, the Greek seven sisters and Norse Hens of Freyja, to the festival of Samhuin. Samhuin is a time when the fae folk ride out - as mentioned in the Ballad Tam Lin.

[Art]

That's a discordian joke, isn't it? Dr. Ebrill Ynfytyn is said to have found a plate in Brittany, river Ars (not a curse, in here; but the two Arses I could find are in southern France, not in Brittany), with a Welsh ogham inscription? The link from Ynfytyn leads to the faq-page under "eris" (= discordia).
That page is a joke, isn't it?

I'd go for the joke since there is no river Ars in Brittany and the name, Dr. Ebrill Ynfytyn, translates to "Doctor April Fool." Methinks the whole thing is an elaborate hoax which some folks will swallow hook, line and sinker.

[reilz81]

that page might be a joke but the heptagram isnt the number 7 is a magikal number and is in alot of stuff the original number of planets was 7 and theres a few egyptian rituals that use the heptagram http://www.sacred-texts.com/cat/tk_h.htm

i found this site on creating a perfect heptagram which mentions the great pyramids i thought it was interesting seeing its done in a simular way as the triquetra except with more circles
http://home.hiwaay.net/~jalison/hepta.html

ive found lots of metions of the fae tradition which may be why it called to me not sure still researching it its very intrguing

[reilz81]

for those interested i found out today that the points are for all our elements that being earth air water fire and spirit and that of the fae realm (the underworld and the unseen) that is how it was explained to me by my druid friend

[Dendrias]

I found out that the seven points are for all the known planets (pre-Uranus-Pluto). And for the seven days of creation.
So, nobody found anything about the Star of the Druids, then?

i had previously only known of it as a 7 pointed star being called star of the druids

I hope I quoted the right part of the sentence. Where from have You known of that? Can You remember?

[Heddwen]

Hi Dendrias, I feel it was only adopted by one order and not a generic druidic star. Just my thoughts

[reilz81]

its on facebook pic badges as the star of the druids but its called that by a druid order aswell just the one as heddwen says

and about the 7 planets i had found that also its interesting how many places 7 comes about

[Ffenics Y Feudwy]

This star has it's origins in Kabbalah, and most magical stars have their roots in the Abrahamic religions. Christianity used it as the symbol of God, or perfection. There is no evidence what so ever that this star was used by the druids. It has been adopted by some pagan paths like wicca and the faerie tradition, but this isn't because it was used by the druids. It's because it has had associations with the magical symbols from Judaism, Christianity and even Islam.

It is NOT hidden by druids in knotwork as one website states. Knotwork originated in Scandanavia, for a start. It came over with the Vikings.

It being a picbadge does not mean it is true!