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Fiftystar: My 2018 Birthday Star
Every year, it is my tradition to make a star for my birthday. This is the one for today, with fifty points for my new age.
I like the view from age 50. I can see half-centuries before and after right now. To see 1968, I look into the past, which is behind me. If I look forward, I see ideas for what 2068 could be like.
Conjoined Twin Starfish
I made this using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator. You can try this program for yourself at this website.
My 2017 Birthday Stars
I turn 49 today. This is a 49-pointed star, to mark the occasion — an old tradition of mine.
My first birthday was in 1968 — on the day I was born. A year later, on my second birthday, I turned one year old. Carry this up to the present, and that makes today, when I turn 49, my 50th birthday. For those reasons, here’s a second star, with 50 points.
HexaStar
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Seven Fanciful Designs for Polyhedral Throwing Stars with 7-Fold Dihedral Symmetry
I made these using Stella 4d, a program available at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php. Any of these images may be enlarged with a click.
Older Birthday Stars, From When I Was Younger
I started this blog in July of 2012, so the birthday stars I made in January 2012 (when I turned 44) and January 2011 (when I turned 43) did not appear here in those years. I found them, though, and will post them now.
The first two are different colorings of a 44-pointed star, from January 12, 2012, the day I turned 44:
These three are different color-versions of 43-pointed stars, from a year earlier — January 12, 2011:
I turn 48 today, so please visit the post right before this one, if you’d like to see this year’s birthday stars. =)
My Birthday Stars for 2016
This year, I’m continuing my personal tradition of making stars on my birthday with numbers of points which increase each year. I’ve done this for years, and it’s based on a game I started when I turned three, and claimed the three stars of Orion’s belt as my personal property, on the grounds that they were obviously put in the sky for my benefit. Most recently, a year ago, when I turned 47, I posted a 47-pointed star on this blog.
I’m turning 48 today, so here are a couple of different colorings of 48-pointed stars containing segments through the center, {6/2} compound-triangle stars, and {8/3) star octagons, made possible by the fact that 48 = (6)(8).
Of course, I am turning 48 on my 49th birthday (and if that makes no sense to you, here’s the explanation), so this year I also made 49-pointed stars. They are based on 49 being the square of seven, and so contain seven each of the two types of star heptagram possible, in two different colors. For this star, also, I made two versions.
Two Versions of a Starry Mandala
