Saturn Symbol (Star of David) - The usage of the six-pointed star, called “the Star of David” as a sign of Jewish identity began only in the Middle Ages. Before that, the sign of the Jewish identity was always a menorah.The religious usage of the Star of David among the Jews began much earlier, however. There is a stone with a hexagram from the arch of the 3rd–4th century Khirbet Shura synagogue in the Galilee: