Mathematically perfect and triangular, six is the number of equilibrium, harmony and balance. Its two visual equivalents, the six-sided regular hexagon and the six-pointed Star of David, are both representative of this completion. The hexagon is the first complex solid (triangles and squares are considered trivial cases) which can fit in an infinite field of itself and leave no gaps; the Star of David, being made up of two interlocking perfect triangles, is representative of the balanced union of all possibilities. It is the number of heaven and earth in unity and, as the sum of five and one, it represents mankind in the state of grace with God.
As the number of sides on a cube, six is associated with dice, and therefore luck, chance, victory and health. It is also linked to creation, as the number of days required in several traditions, and to mankind because man was created on the sixth day. The Great Beast of Revelations is said to have the number 666 as a trinity of earthly, human influences, simultaneously mocking and lacking the true heavenly trinity.


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