Is there a difference between the look of the Jew's Star of David and the Wiccan Pentacle?

Question

They both look the same to me. Pretend you saw someone who had a tattoo or necklace that had one of those stars on it, how would you know which religion they are by looking at the star? Is it even possible?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, I would be able to tell the difference. The reason for that is because the pentacle has a five-pointed star, and the Star of David has a six pointed star.

Answer 2

Star of David. 2 triangles 1 inverted so that the center makes an octagon. 6 points.

Penticle/Pentagram. 5 pointed star within a circle. center of star is a Pentagon.

the symbols are very different.

However i do get asked if I am Jewish quite a lot.

Answer 3

I disagree with MSB, which is the pat answer a lot of people give. Wicca was dreamed up by a guy named Gerald Gardner, who received some training from a nice lady and then added a bunch of stuff to what he'd been taught, and he packaged it up and called it Wicca (which by the way is a made-up word - check the etymology yourself). Witchcraft is undefined, period. It can be whatever a person wants it to be - good/evil, include healing, divination, spiritual stuff, include New Agey stuff, shamanic stuff, whatever. Someone like me who calls themself a Witch is free to do whatever the hell they want and not be bound by last year's definitions. I can practice skills or be lazy if I want. I can use different colors in the quarters if I want, or mix pantheons, or create justice in a situation that desperately needs it. I follow my heart and my Guides, not bound by any stupid list of rules that someone else wrote. I call it Aquarian Witchcraft. And I teach others to be just as free and open and experimental as they possibly can be. Sure I sometimes get my fingers burned, but so what? Living in fear is the worst kind of hell imaginable. And excuse me, but I'm EXTREMELY religious and I will NEVER call myself Wiccan. Folks, please reconsider your words. My definition of Witch: another force of nature, channelling the Upperworlds and the Lowerworlds equally and being the medium inbetween.

Answer 4

the star of david is a six pointed star
a pentigram is a 5 pointed star
a pentacle is a 5 pointed star(pentagram) in a circle

Answer 5

Well...the Star of David has six points when the Pentacle has five. That's one difference. You must be looking at a different star.

The Syko Ward

Answer 6

Yes, the pentagram has five points whilst the Star of David is six.

Answer 7

That's an interesting subject. . .

The design was invented when ancient people began to map the heavens.They tracked the path of the planet Venus through the sky and that was the path of the planet. Since then, there has been much in occultism and mysticism attached to it. But as I understand it, that was how it came up.

Answer 8

5 points - 6 points

a one point difference and the pentlce represents

spirit
fire
earth
water
air

I dont think the star of David does..

Answer 9

I can understand why you think that. Sorry if my answer's patronising, BTW - just trying to help

The Star of David looks - to me - like two overlapping triangles (One pointing upwards, one pointing downwards. It has a hexagon in the middle. http://www.isymbolz.com/spiritual/judaism/jd006-Star%20of%20David-02.jpg

The pentacle has a pentagon (5-sided shape) in the middle. http://jksalescompany.com/image/pentacle.jpg

Answer 10

what are you talking about the star of david has six points while the pagan pentagram has five thestar of david is a bit more colorful
an atheist