Flags and heraldry

• Former Georgian coat of arms, 1918–1921, 1991–2004
• Flag of Eastern Band Cherokee
• The seven-pointed star of the Felibritge on the Occitan flag.
• The Jordanian flag, bearing the star that symbolizes Al-Fatiha
• Symbol of Hokkaido
• Coat of arms of Samarkand
• Commonwealth Star as the crest of Coat of Arms of Australia
• The flag of Cook County, Illinois, adopted in June 2022 and taking design cues from the Flag of Chicago, its county seat
• The coat of arms and flag of Thun Switzerland

• The seven-pointed star is incorporated into the flags of various bands of Cherokee Indians and the badges of Navajo Nation Police (as well as other police).
• The Bennington flag, a historical American Flag, has thirteen seven-pointed stars along with the numerals "76" in the canton.
• The Flag of Jordan contains a seven-pointed star.
• The Flag of Australia employs five heptagrams and one pentagram to depict the Southern Cross constellation and the Commonwealth Star.
• Some old versions of the coat of arms of Georgia (country) including the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic used the {7/2} heptagram as an element.
• A seven-pointed star is used as the badge in many sheriff's departments and some smaller-community police departments.
• A seven-pointed star is used in the otherkin pride flag.

Law enforcement

• Seal of the California Highway Patrol

Religious and occult symbolism

• The heptagram became a traditional symbol for warding off evil in Catholicism.
• The symbol is also used in Kabbalist Judaism.
• In Islam, the heptagram is used to represent the first seven verses in the Quran.
• The heptagram is used in the symbol for Babalon in Aleister Crowley's occult system Thelema.
• The heptagram is known among neopagans as the Elven Star or Fairy Star. It is treated as a sacred symbol in various modern pagan and witchcraft traditions. Blue Star Wicca also uses the symbol, where it is referred to as a septegram. The second heptagram is a symbol of magical power in some pagan spiritualities.
• In alchemy, a seven-sided star can refer to the seven planets which were known to early alchemists, and also, the seven alchemical substances: fire, water, air, earth, sulphur, salt and mercury.
• In Polynesia, the seven-pointed star is used often in imagery, basket making, tattoos, and is considered to be a symbol of Kanaloa, the first Polynesian navigator.^[2][3]
• The seven-sided star is an important symbol of the Cherokee people of southern Appalachia, representing the seven clans of the Cherokee and the sacred number seven.

In popular culture

• The logo of American shoe brand DC Shoes features a 7/3 heptagram in the letter C.
• The seven-pointed star is used as the logo for the international Danish shipping company A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, sometimes known simply as Maersk.
• In George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV version Game of Thrones, a seven-pointed star serves as the symbol of the Faith of the Seven.
• In the manga series MeruPuri, a magical mirror/ portal is in the shape of a heptagram. The symbol is also seen during spellcasting.
• Finnish rock band HIM used a heptagram on the cover of their eighth studio album Tears on Tape.
• American heavy metal band Darkest Hour used a heptagram on the cover of their eighth studio album Darkest Hour.
• English Singer Damon Albarn uses a heptagram as a symbol in his solo performances and with his band Blur.
• The {7/3} heptagram is used by some members of the otherkin subculture as an identifier.
• The American Progressive Rock Metal Band “Tool” uses an ‘open’ seven pointed symbol for their fan group. It is ‘open’ to signify an invitation into the collective unconscious.
• An alternate logo of Chicago-based Children's Press from 1945 to 1970, having the slogan "Children's Books Are Important".

Variants

• Interlaced; equivalent to the 7₁ knot