Maria Duval on the Pentacle

The record of this devout mark goes back thousands of existence. Christians retrieve the pentacle as a character of Christ's wounds and even the Star of Bethlehem.
Some say that the Ancient Greek Pythagoras interlaced five A's or Alphas and named it Pentalpha. (Pent import five and Alpha the first letter of the alphabet). Today, the pentacle is the most recognizable Wicca logo, sometimes termed the Witches Star.

To Wiccans, the badge of the pentagram within a revolve represents the rudiments of Air, Earth, Fire, Water and Spirit and the God/Goddess. In many antique Grimoires, (sometimes known as a Book of Shadows) the important protective logo of the pentacle is seen.

Many Wiccans corrosion jewelery as a pentacle as a precursor of their belief and as a protective charm. Wearing a pentacle enables other Wiccans to admit instantly adherents to the creed, and therefore know they are in 'sound' group.

In epoch departed by it was openly 'unsafe' to show adherence to Paganism or any form of witchcraft.

Sometimes unseen pentacles as difficult patterns adorn jewelery so that only fellow Wiccans accept the pictogram. Silver pentacles embody the Goddess of the moon, while pentacles in gold are allied with the god of the sun.

Wearing a pentacle in any form - even on a printed T-shirt - acts as a protective charm, as it represents all the rudiments.

* The aspect of Air has associations with thought processes, view, intelligence and culture.

* The Fire touch is coupled with creativity, transfer and action.

* The degree of Water is linked to emotion, feeling and the subconscious.

* The Earth factored is associated with fertility, stability and prosperity.

The fifth amounted is that of Spirit and can be seen as the detailed representation of the four definite elements working in harmony.

The five barbed Witches Star is used in moving imply work and in rituals by witches. Each thing of the star is associated with a particular component and the group represents the God/Goddess. For any charm Spell work the passion leading the elements and invoking a deity are crucially important, and a pentacle is a principle badge to focus the intentions of a Spell.

A pentacle placed on an altar can be made from any stuff but is commonly metal, forest or even deseed, and is circular in profile inscribed with a pentagram. The outline of a pentacle is regularly "drawn" in the air by a stick or athame to magnetize or repulse certain energies during Spell work.

The pentacle is also an ensemble in the tarot deck and represents the part of Earth and handy, ideas and pecuniary matters.

An inverted pentacle has become synonymous with satanism and an autograph of the Devil, of which Wiccans do not consider in.