Black Sun

The Black Sun is a symbol of esoteric and occult significance. The Black Sun is a sign consisting of three swastikas, the borders of which are located in a circle that forms the image of the sun.

The sign of the black sun in antiquity

This sign bears a distant resemblance to the varieties of the swastika worn on women's Franks and Germanic belts. Some Alemannic or Bavarian examples have a swastika symbol in the center. The number of beams in brooches varies from five to twelve.

Third Reich and the Nazis

This ancient pattern can also be found on the sun wheel mosaic embedded in the floor. Wewelsburg castle in the Nazi era. During the Third Reich, the castle became the representative and ideological center of the SS. Heinrich Himmler wanted to establish a New World Center here. SS activities at the castle consisted of archaeological excavations and research into early Germanic history.

Currently,

Today it can also be used in occult trends Germanic neo-paganism - but not necessarily in a racial or neo-Nazi context.