Bless this house, and all that reside in our Happy Home
A large stylized distlefink sitting on a nest symbolizes the home, the large heart in the center tells us where our 'heart' is. The heart above the nesting bird reminds us to put family first.

Books about Hex Signs

Petal Rosette Joy and Prosperity to One and All
This is the traditional "good luck" symbol of the PA Dutch. The twelve petals provide good luck for each month of the year. Leaf clusters symbolize family life. Placing these clusters in a continuous ring highlights the importance of family unity and support..

Haus-Segan, Bless this house, a House blessing
one of the most popular of the hex designs. It features a large, red picture-frame heart proclaiming the house blessing. Distelfink birds and "Dutch" floral shower the home blessing with happiness, good fortune, and new life. This design highlights the importance our home plays in  life.

Morning Birds, Health and Happiness
Design features two, facing morning birds joyfully singing their song of happiness for all. A large, four pointed star flower adds  happiness and good fortune throughout life. The lush flowers and greenery symbolize health and vitality.

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Love and Romance, Enchantment and Happiness
A 6 petal rosette is surrounded by bold hearts of strong colors to signify strength in love. The yellow border stands for the friendship that started the romance.  

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Double Eagle, Strength and Courage
A stylized bird with a heart body looking in opposite
directions to be ever vigilant. The central heart is the courage to maintain the strength. The tulips indicate faith and trust in mankind. The oversized eye indicates foresight and keen observation.

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Bless this Child, Child Blessing
A large, lace edge picture frame heart filled with love, forms the design center. Lambs symbolize the wonder &  innocence of all God's children. Distelfink birds and trinity tulips add happiness, good fortune, and faith, hope and charity throughout life. A endless heart border adds everlasting love.

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Double Distlefink, 
Double Good Luck and Double Happiness
Two large, stylized birds, called Distelfinks. This bird is the good luck and happiness bird of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Two, or double, Distelfinks double the good luck and happiness. Hearts for love and tulips are for faith. 

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Books about Hex Signs

Friendship, Love and Friendship
The large, entwined blue birds symbolize friendship, camaraderie, and happiness. The lace heart proclaims their mutual and everlasting love. The tulip adds a good measure of faith. An "endless" border ensures unending commitment. Overall, this design conveys love and friendship.

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Daddy Hex,  Good Luck All Year
One of the basic good luck symbols of the Penn. Dutch, the rosette. The large outer rosette is made up of 12 petals; one good luck petal for each month of the year. In the center a smaller 8 petal Rosette. This provides an added measure of good luck during particularly difficult times of the year.

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Old Double Distlefink, Good Luck and Happiness
Two stylized  Distelfinks. This bird is the good luck and happiness bird of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Two, or double, Distelfinks double the good luck and happiness. Hearts for
love and tulips for faith complete the design.

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Pineapple Welcome, A Warm and Cordial Welcome
The pineapple symbolizes warmth and hospitality for all. Above the pineapple, a welcome greeting is offered to all. The flowers and leaves symbolize unending life.

Dutch Irish Hex, Symbolizes good luck for the Irish
The central feature of this design is a large, green Shamrock - the traditional Irish good luck symbol. Irish Distelfink birds overlook the Shamrock providing a "double" measure of added good fortune. Trinity Tulips proclaim faith, hope and charity for all. Overall, this very popular design symbolizes good luck for the Irish.

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Doves of Peace, Peace, Faith and Trust
Two facing doves perched on a flowering tulip and heart tree. The doves, heads turned away from each other, symbolize peace and trust. The bold red heart is for love; its placement, as tree's base, suggests love is the foundation of lasting peace. The flowering tulips are "overflowing" with faith for all.

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Good Luck, Good Luck, Love, and Happiness
This features the mystical "Bird of Paradise" proclaiming good luck, love and happiness to one and all. The Bird of Paradise symbolizes the beauty, wonder and 
mystery of life here on earth. 
The heart provides an added measure of love for all.

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Willkommen, Happy Home and Many Friends
A large "welcome" greeting is cordially extended to one and all. The large red, centrally placed heart symbolizes a loving home and heart. Tulip "couples", surround the heart, show the importance friends and family play in a happy life. A distlefink bird, showers all with happiness and good fortune.

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Books about Hex Signs

Distelfink, Good Luck and Happiness for All
This design features a single, large stylized bird called the "Distelfink." This bird was the good luck and happiness bird of the early Pennsylvania German settlers. The bird, actually a goldfinch, was named for its love of thistle seed. The large heart and tulips were added for love and faith, respectively.

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Amish Carriage Horse  
Love and Protection to Farm Animals
Based upon early geometric design where a stylized horse head was formed using several points of a five pointed star. Design offers love and protection to farm animals and pets.

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Maple Leaf, Appreciation of Life's Beauty
This features five large maple leaves in an array of colorful earth tones radiating from the center. The colorful leaves symbolize appreciation for the diversity and beauty of life here on earth. Appreciation of life's beauty is the design's legend; sweetness and purity of life is another accepted meaning.

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Sun, Rain and Fertility,  Abundance in Field barn, and Home. A large, eight-pointed star with a stylized "sun" center. The sun warms Mother Earth and lights our lives. Rain, depicted as an endless circle of rain drops, provides the water critical to life on earth. Together they provide all God's people with a bountiful harvest and new life. 

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Wilkum Sign, Happy Home and Many Friends
A classic hex design often seen on porches, foyers, and entry ways. Facing Distelfink birds offer an abundance of happiness and good fortune to all. A warm and friendly PA Dutch "Wilkum" greeting extends for all to see. A "lucky" star and greenery, symbolizing life's bounty, complete the design. Overall, this design welcomes others to your home.

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Tree of Life, Happy Life and Joyful Memories
A productive tree with a strong foundation indicates the many different aspects of our family life that we are blessed for.

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Wilkum, Bird of Paradise-Welcomes One and All
This design features a large Distelfink bird extending happiness and good fortune to all. It overlooks a warm and cordial "Dutch" welcome to all. The use of the black background coloration was sometimes used to heighten the contrast of some colors. 

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White Unicorn, Peace, Contentment, Piety and Virtue
Unicorns are mystical animals having a horse body, lion's tail, and a single horn. They symbolize piety and virtue. These "wild" animals close together symbolizes peace and contentment, a realizable goal for all God's creatures on earth. A red heart and tulips complete the design.

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Mighty Oak, Strength, health in body and mind, and endurance. This design features four large oak leaves in 
bright bold colors. The oak symbolizes strength, health in body and mind, endurance or long life. The four oak leaf colors represent the four seasons of life-spring, summer, 
fall and winter. The scallops on the outer ring 
symbolize smooth sailing throughout life.

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Books about Hex Signs

Family Blessing, Family Love and Unity
This design features a large, endless floral "ring of life". The ring's center (or heart) proclaims the family blessing for all to see. Many tulips shower the family with faith and hope. Star flowers add a large measure of good fortune. This design highlights the importance family love & unity play in our lives.

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American Eagle, Strength & Independence
This design prominently depicts a stylized North American bald eagle with its wings spread to symbolize power and majesty. The eagle's exposed breast proudly sports a red, white and blue American flag shield. This early "Americana" hex design symbolizes strength and independence.

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8 Pointed Star, Abundance and Goodwill
This design depicts a large,  eight pointed blue star,  with four red tulips rising between  the alternating star points.  Sheaves of wheat rise between the other star points. A second, smaller eight-pointed star forms the design center.  The stars and wheat symbolize abundance and goodwill,  the tulips faith and trust in mankind.

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