What is your favorite pagan symbol?

Question

Obviously this question is for Witches/Pagans, no flaming please.

Answer 1

The Moon. Cresent, Full, Half - any of them. I have moons everywhere in my house. My altar, my bedroom, my bathroom. Its calming and reassuring, and of course my Patron Goddess is also known as the Goddess of the Celestial Skies :)

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Answer 2

I have several. Despite being a Celtic recon, I'm awfully fond of the ankh. All it means is life. That's it. Very simple, but something I know I believe in at all times. I find it comforting, somehow.

I also like the triquetra, and other froms of triskel. These represent the triplicity in many things, and three was the most sacred of Celtic numbers. They even had three realms rather than four elements- Land, Sea, and Sky. For those who need a clue by four- it doesn't represent "the triple goddess." The Celts had many goddesses who ran in threes, but the triple goddess the way most people mean it now is a modern concept.

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the pentacle. I like it, and find it comforting, and see it the way a lot of the writers of the middle ages did- as a protective thing. However, the moment you wear one, everybody thinks they know what you believe. I've even been lectured by other pagans on how small mine is. It was hand forged in bronze and was given to me by my father. How many people can say that? Like a pent needs to be some banner of paganhood.

Answer 3

I like most of what people have said - The Pentacle, Moon symbols, especially )0(, The Ankh, Eye of Horus, I also like the Triquetra, which is not simply a symbol used on Charmed. It is representative of the Triple Goddess.

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Answer 4

This might sound strange to other Pagans, but to me, the Star of David, also known as the Jewish Star, is a special symbol. The reason is that I see the four symbols for earth, air, water, and fire in it. The Star of David is made of a point-side up triangle on top of a point-side down triangle and those two are also the symbols for fire and water, respectively. And when they are on top of each other you then get a point-side up triangle with a horizontal line through the middle of it on top of a point-side down triangle with a horizontal line through the middle of it, and those are the symbols for air and earth, respectively.

Answer 5

I'm probably going to get a lot of hate mail for this, but my favorite Pagan symbol is the ORIGINAL swastika. The symbol for the sun and prosperity.

Answer 6

The pentagram the five pointed star with a circle.a friend wrote down some words on one once. and by just writeing those words. on that paper on the side of the pentagram she left the next day, the witch, girlfriend, of the friend,.that had moved in to the friends home.so obviuosly I would like that particular sign.

Answer 7

Pentacle

Answer 8

I am drawn to the symbol of a four-spoked wheel which is found often in Celtic statuary, coins, and occasionally graves (the number of spokes vary). It is found with the God Taranis whom I honor and it is on the Gundestrup cauldron. It is also found in other cultures and with different numbers of spokes. It has many meanings to me: sun, thunder, passing time, wealth, sky, travel, and communication---as well as being a symbol for one of my deities.

Answer 9

Two interlocking pyramids, one with the point up, one with the point down, and a dot centered in the middle. This is also the origin of the pentacle.

Answer 10

The triple moon, the one with the left-facing crescent, full in the middle, and right-facing crescent, sort of like: )0( . I prefer it to the pentacle - it's more female-oriented.