Pentagram points meaning

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The pentagram and pentacle are probably the most known symbols of witchcraft. But what is the difference between a pentagram and a pentacle?

The difference between the pentagram and the pentacle (although very often the term is used interchangeably today) is that the pentagram is only the five-pointed star, whereas the pentacle is a five-pointed star within a circle. The modern pentacle is widely used in many nature-based religions, including Neopaganism, Wicca, Hermeticism, and even as a Tarot suit. One interpretation is that the five points on the star represent the five Elements: Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Spirit.

Inverted pentagram

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Pentacles and pentagrams, though often used interchangeably, are not one! Both are used in similar contexts but there are differences.

The pentacle and the elements

Christian symbol pentacle

They're similar, but not quite the same. Discover the difference.

Pythagoreanism originated in the 6th century BCE and used the pentagram as a symbol of mutual recognition, of wellbeing, and to recognize good deeds and charity. From around 300–150 BCE the pentagram stood as the symbol of Jerusalem, marked by the 5 Hebrew letters ירשלם spelling its name. Today, the pentacle, commonly mistaken as a pentagram, is the most commonly used symbol of Wicca. Some post-Gardnerian wiccans, imitating Taoism, associate the five points of the pentagram with the four…