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Originally posted by cherrylula
Pentagram stars point down, pentaCLE stars point up (wiccan).
\m/ Its all about the goat head. ;)
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Pentagrams are 5 pointed stars (pointing up or down). Pentacles are pentagrams surrounded by a circle. Dictionary.com is wrong. ;)
From religioustolerence.org:
"The word pentagram comes from the Greek: "Pente means 5 (as in Pentagon). Gamma means a letter. Thus, pentagram refers to a five pointed star, or "any figure of five lines." It is most often used to refer to a symmetrical, five pointed star, with equal sides, drawn either with a single line or with two closely spaced parallel lines. Their overall shape is like the decoration on the top of many Christmas trees, and the stars on the American flag.
An upright pentagram is a 5 pointed star with one point aligned upwards.
An inverted pentagram is a 5 pointed star with two points aligned upwards.
An upright pentacle is generally defined as an upright pentagram surrounded by a circle. It often takes the form of a pentagram printed on (or cut into) a flat disk. "
When you say 'it's all about the goat head' you are half right....lol. For Satanists the inverted pentagram is conveniently sybolic of 'the devil' with two horns pointing upward. To Wiccans, a pentagram is a pentagram...each point symbolizing the five elements. (earth, air, fire, water, spirit) ...usually upright.
Symbolically, the pentagram has been around for over 8000 years.
HAHAHA, okay, now that I've contributed to turning this Larry thread into a 'pentacle/pentagram' thread I think we should move on...haha.
