Pentacle / Pentangle / Pentagram Symbolizes the figure of man with outstretched arms and legs; the i

Pentacle / Pentangle / Pentagram

Symbolizes the figure of man with outstretched arms and legs; the integral personality; the human microcosm.

Being endless, the pentacle takes on the significance, power and perfection of the circle.

Its five points are spirit, air, fire, water, earth.

With SALVS at the points it represents health and the five senses.

Like the circle, it has the power of binding evil powers and elementals, hence it denotes good luck.

In Christianity, it stands for the five wounds of Christ and was the emblem of Sir Gawain, painted on his shield.

In witchcraft the inverted pentacle depicts the Devil’s Goat and the witch’s foot.

Inverted, it is also a sign of the reversal of man’s true nature.

[Source: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper]