Sacred Geometry: A Primer

Since it's the 4th of July/Independence Day, this week: how to draw a five pointed star. Start with a line and a circle on that line.

Then make a vesica piscis.

Draw a straight line between the points of the vesica piscis.

Find the vertical half line of the original circle.

 Draw the vertical line.

Set your compass for the distance between the intersection of lines in the vesica piscis and the top point of the circle.

Arc down from the top of the circle to the horizontal line.

Set your compass from the top point of the circle to the new point and arc from one side of the circle to the other.

With your compass at the same setting, arc down from the point on the right side of the circle.

Continue from point to point until there are five points.

 Then connect all the points to form a pentagon. Come to think of it you could just make a star just then and there but that's not what I did.

When you have the pentagon you can connect the lines like this (ps, this is not a great example of a pentagon).

and continue on to form the star.

 The star has an inner pentagon and you can continue the stars as far as you can before they get to small.

Ta-da