Pentagram: two points up?

Question

A pentagram looks like a star with only one point facing up. It's associated with the Planet Venus and Venus the Goddess.

What is the meaning if two points are up? Does it have satanic connotations?

Answer 1

Satanists wear the pentagram upside down, meaning that the two points are facing upwards.. They also wear the Christian cross upside down as well.. They do it to ridicule the true meaning of the symbol.. The pentagram to me represents the elements, Earth, Air, Water and Fire, with the top point facing upwards which represents the Ether.. And the Swastika is used as a symbol of Budda's Law and a sign of good fortune.. The Hopi Indians of Nth America also use this symbol in the same way the Nazis had theirs represents the Earth, in the opposite direction it represented the Sun.. Also note that the Nazis turned the Swastika 45%, so changing it completely as to it's original written form.... The Swastika has been a worldwide symbol of longevity, good luck and happiness, and the followers of magic use it to attract those qualities.. The ancient symbol also represents the four winds, the four seasons, and the four directions of the compass...So as you can see any symbol can be bastardised to ridicule and disrespect it's original meaning.. I hope that clears that up for all the would be experts here that seem to know all about it.. But know nothing....Blessed Be..)O(

Answer 2

Everyone has pieces of the puzzle, here. And there's a reason for that. The pentagram is such a longstanding symbol, that you're likely to get as many answers as you get people. It actually predates Wicca by quite a bit. A green pentacle was the heraldic symbol in Sir Gawain's shield, for example. Medieval christians used it for a good number of things. It was often a protective symbol, and to my mind, still is, whichever way you put it. It has origins in the mediterranean before that, but not among the Celts, as many people think. For a more complete explanation of the pentacle, and modern paganism in general, a really good source is Ronald Hutton's _Triumph of the Moon_.

Basically, as with any symbol, it's good to ask the person using it for context. A teenager in America is likely to be using it in a very different way than an adult in Britain.

Answer 3

It means different things to different people. One Satanic explanation is that when the two points of a pentagram point up, those two points represent Satan's horns and the single point down represent the point of his beard. Add eyes n other facial features and you have a pretty fearsome appearing symbol.

Take it as you will. I'll stick with the Cross of Christ myself.

Best.

H

Answer 4

There are European Traditions of Wicca that use the inverted pentagram to signify a Witch of the 2nd degree. It is difficult to tell by pentagram position alone who is who.

In reference to the poster who claims the rest of us are idiots, I suggest you do a bit of homework!!!
In the 1940's Gerald Gardner adopted the pentagram with two points upward as the sigil of second degree initiation in the newly emergent, neo-pagan rituals of witchcraft, later to become known as Wicca.

Answer 5

Garfield you have been given thumbs down because you are sharing faulty and wrong information.
The pentagram hails back to ancient Greece and the Pythagoreans and probably is much older than them.
Modern Wicca is just a folksy remnant that has borrowed from many traditions.
The pentagram is more powerful as a symbol of the Golden Proportion much more than any Wiccan or 'Satanic' reference.
Knowledge is power...know thyself.

Answer 6

The origin of the pentagram is wicken. It comes from cutting an apple in half, around the "equator". The seed area forms a 5 pointed star.

Answer 7

The one point up represents the element of "spirit" , while the other four points represent the physical elements of earth, air, fire and water. Having spirit up symbolizes "mind over matter" or focus on spiritual matters over worldly things, whereas having spirit on the bottom symbolizes "matter over mind" or a focus on worldly things over spiritual things.

Answer 8

The Swastika is not originally a good luck symbol. It represents the Solar ideal in all the cultures that used it.

Answer 9

the grounding polarity is reversed. it could also refer to the goat-headed Baphomet (means to an end)

Answer 10

Aussie has it all correct!!!.....Aussie gets the 10 points