The pentagram is five-pointed star made of lines that intersect with each other in a continuous motion. When encased within a circle, it is called a Pentacle. something universal like a five pointed star ⭐️ could meet many different things for many different people. In Egypt 🇪🇬the pentagram is associated with fortunate. In Hebrew tradition it’s associated with truth. Christians associated the pentagram with the five wounds of Christ. It was an integral part of the seal and amulet of Emperor Constantine I.

The seal was comprised of two adjacent circles, the one on the left featuring the chi-rho symbol (a symbolic form of the cross) and the one on the right with a pentagram. In the ensuing church that grew from Constantine’s takeover of the Roman Empire, it was the cross from this seal that became the chosen symbol of Christianity.

Rosicrucians Pentagram is a symbol of secret society. In tarot desk, the pentacles represented earth.

Pythagorean’s use the pentagram similar to what ceremonial magicians use it today. And that is to represent 5 elements – earth. water,air, fire and idea.

The pentagram is deeply rooted in history, going as far back as 3000 BCE. It has been found on artifacts from Mesopotamia.

In later Mesopotamian art, the pentagram is seen in royal inscriptions and was symbolic of the imperial power extending to the four corners of the known world.

It was the subject of fascination in Ancient Greece, and was used for religious practice by ancient Babylonians.

In Ancient Greece, it was called the pentalpha, being composed of five A’s. The pentagram was also considered by the Pythagoreans to be a symbol of perfection, as the pentagram was part of the theory of the Golden Proportion.

“Pythagoras had ideal numbers…five was the number of love, uniting the two (female) and the three (male)…five was also the symbol of health and harmony.”

Amongst the Hebrews, the symbol meant “truth” and represented the Pentateuch, or the Five Books of Moses.

The Golden Proportion states that if “a square is added to the long side of a golden rectangle, a larger golden rectangle is formed. Continuing this progression forms the basis for a nautilus spiral. The ratio of the distance between two points of a pentagram to its total width is in the golden proportion, as is the ratio of the height above the horizontal bar to that below.” This symbol was the secret symbol of the fraternity – the symbol which Hippocrates was thrown out for exposing.

The pentagram was also the glyph of Gawain in the of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Inscribed in gold on his shield, the pentagram symbolized the five knightly virtues of generosity, courtesy, chastity, chivalry and piety.

The pentagram was historically, a device to ward off evil, rather than a symbol of it. In the Medieval era, the “Endless Knot” (another term for pentagram) was used as an amulet of personal protection, and used on windows and doors as well.

In Goethe’s Faust, Mephistopheles was exorcised with a pentagram.

Jewish kabbalistic tradition, the pentagram represents justice, mercy, wisdom, understanding, and transcendent splendor. For the Sumerians, it represented the “vault of Heaven”, which was Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus.

It wasn’t until the Inquisition that the pentagram was turned into evil, where it was seen to symbolize a goat’s head or the devil in the form of Baphomet.

Eliphas Levi was the first to illustrate the pentagram as a differentiation between Good and Evil as symbolized by the Pentagram.

His drawing, seen here, places the microcosmic man (good) next to the image of the goat head of Baphomet (evil). This concept, taken to an extreme, became the symbol for the Church of Satan, a Satanic cult, founded by Anton LeVay in 1966. This group chose as its emblem the inverted pentagram, after Levi’s drawing.

Pentagram is associated with a morning star (Venus) and 5 ‘petals’ of Venus. Venus is The Witch Star. In classical and medieval folklore, Venus became associated with witchcraft via the ars veneris, or love magic. Sometimes referred to as the feminized Lucifera, her associations with Diana the goddess of witchcraft and Dame Venus of the Germanic witches, begins to show us an underlying theme of Luciferian symbolism. In modern traditional witchcraft circles many of these traditional associations are still observed when discussing the nature of the Queen of Witches, and her male counterpart the Witch Master. The symbol of the pentagram, with its connection to the planet Venus, serves as a reminder of this traditional association and is underlying Luciferian gnosis. In many traditional witchcraft practices, Venus is a powerful source of symbolism for the Witch. From the Pentagram of Venus traced in the sky and the spirit’s Luciferian associations, much can be learned from the historical interpretations given to this celestial body. Venus is also sometimes referred to as the “Crown Jewel of our solar system” her green color and correspondence with the Emerald connect the planet with Luciferian mythos even further. The green stone that fell from Lucifer’s brow during the Fall is often described as an Emerald.

Today, the pentagram is used mostly in witchcraft for ritual practice, and for protection. Pythagoras’ attribution to Nature’s elements and the Spirit is still accepted, and shows them working together in harmony.