what are the meanings behind a five point star? Can it be good?

Answer 1

The five-pointed star, or pentagram is one of the most potent, powerful, and persistent symbols in human history. It has been important to almost every ancient culture, from the Mayans of Latin America, to India, China, Greece, and Egypt. It has been found scratched on the walls of Neolithic caves, and in Babylonian drawings, where it marks the pattern the planet Venus makes on its travels- a secret symbol of the Goddess Ishtar. Scriptures, especially Hebrew, are abundant with references to pentagrams.

The earliest pentagrams were rough diagrams found scratched into stone age caves. While they are believed to have some spiritual significance, the meaning of the star-shape to early humans is a mystery. In the civilizations that followed, it held various meanings, usually astronomical and religious. Pentagrams served to mark directions in Sumerian texts, and represented the five visible planets. Later, it was the sign of the planet Venus and the goddess .

According to the Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, five was the number of man, because of the fivefold division of the body, and the ancient Greek division of the soul. According to Pythagoras, the five points of the pentagram each represent one of the five elements that make up man: fire, water, air, earth, and psyche. (energy, fluid, breath, matter, and mind; liquid, gas, solid, plasma and aethyr) The Pythagoreans held the pentacle sacred to Hygeia, the Goddess of healing, whose name (HGIEiA) was an anagram in Greek for the elements water, earth, spirit, fire, and air.

This particular symbolism has persisted for centuries, and has greatly influenced theologies of diverse traditions. Early Christians wore it as an emblem, possibly to represent the wounds of Christ, or possibly due to connections between early Christians and the Pythagorean mysteries.* Later, the pentacle was important to many doctrines of esoteric Medieval and Renaissance belief systems- alchemy, kabbalah, and Ceremonial magick.

In the Jewish kabbalistic tradition, which borrows many Pythagorean ideas, the pentagram represents the five upper sephiroth on the Tree of Life- five numbers, being indivisible by any but themselves, which represent pure archetypal forces: justice, mercy, wisdom, understanding, and transcendent splendor.

Christian Kabbalists of the renaissance were especially enamored of the pentagram, which they viewed as a mystical proof of the divinity of Christ - to them, it symbolized Christ as the Holy Spirit manifest in the flesh. (There is a secret biblical connection, as well, in the name of the Christian holiday of Pentecost- the day the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles of Jesus is one of many geometrical 'proofs' in the New Testament disguised as stories). There are many connections between the pentagram and Christianity. Before the cross, it was a preferred emblem to adorn the jewelry and amulets of early Christians (followed by an 'x' or a phoenix). The pentagram was associated with the five wounds of Christ, and because it could be drawn in one continuous movement of the pen, the Alpha and the Omega as one. It was also an expression of a secret Gnostic heresy, found hidden here and there throughout Christian history- a symbol of Isis/Venus as the secret goddess, the female principle. The most notable instance of this symbolism is in the Arthurian Grail romances, which are Gnostic and kabbalistic teachings disguised as tales of knightly quests.

Currently, the most common religious uses of the pentagram are by Wiccan and Neopagan groups. In most Wiccan and Neopagan traditions, its symbolic meaning is derived from Ceremonial magick and nineteenth century occultism- the four elements ruled by the spirit- although as these theologies mature, they have added to its meaning. In many of these traditions, it can also symbolize the unity of mankind with the earth or with the realm of the spirit, the human body, and more.

A "point down" pentacle is nothing new- nor is it necessarily Satanic when it appears as such. Historical depictions of the pentagram were as likely to be points down as point up- a distinction between one or the other was rarely made by the ancients. Even today, one must not assume a point down pentagram is Satanic, as it is just likely to be Masonic, or Wiccan. In Wicca, pointed down is simply a symbol of the Wiccan horned God, and is still today an emblem of the Second Degree initiation in Gardnerian Wicca.

Answer 2

Five Point Star

Answer 3

The Christian and Wiccan answers here are good.

One thing, in the middleages it was called the pent-aleph. Five "A"s in a circle. It was used as a protective symbol.

Another use is from China, and Chinese medicine. It represents the 5 elements, the 5 organs, the 5 stages of change. I think there are more too.
Look in the I Ching, and specifically the Tua Chan (?) for the stages of change. The rotation from pioint to point goes both ways. Wood>fire>earth>metal>air> etc. (I think that's right.)

In general the pentagram is always a positive symbol. Only people who fear what they do not know consider it satanic. But then of course the Satanists do use it.

Answer 4

5 Point Star

Answer 5

The pentagram has been used by many religions to represent the human form, the five senses, etc. In the middle ages it was used by Christians to represent the five wounds of Christ. In Wicca it represents the five elements. Like any symbol, it means what you want it to mean. Good, bad, or indifferent.

Answer 6

Gnosticism-called The Blazing Star, usage unknown, but The Gnostic connection makes me suspect Persian (and probably Zoroastrian) antecedents, but I have as yet not found any historical material supporting this guess.

Christianity-protective glyph, denoting the Five Wounds of Christ. Similar in use to the Judaic "Seal of Solomon" a star of David in a circle, some overlap

Christian Hermeticm (same usage)

Freemasonry--unclear, evidence of both above interpretation and an elemental interpretation.

Eliphas Levi-occult writer, pen name for Alphonse Constant, a Roman Catholic deacon. Published the elemental attribution, originated the "goat's head"
glyph and the interpretation of a point-down orientation as evil.

Golden Dawn / Crowley-Elemental attribution. Will surmounting the four elements.

Gardner-Elemental attribution. Will surmounting the four elements.

Wicca-Elemental attribution-will surmounting the four elements, as well as increasing use as generic denotational symbol for "pagan".
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Answer 7

Pentacle or Pentagram (five-pointed star pointing up): A standard symbol for witches, freemasons, and many other pagan or occult groups. To witches, it represent the four basic elements (wind, water, earth and fire) plus a pantheistic spiritual being such as Gaia or Mother Earth.

Pentagram (five-pointed star pointing down): Used in occult rituals to direct forces or energies. Often represents satanism, the horned god or various expressions of contemporary occultism, especially when a goat-head is superimposed on the inverted pentagram within a "sacred" circle.

From a Christian viewpoint, both symbols represent forces that oppose Biblical truth.

Answer 8

LOTS of meaning depending upon who you ask.

At one time is was a Christian symbol standing for the five wounds of Christ.

Today it is a common neo-pagan symbol representing the four elements and spirit (the 5th element).

There are other meanings, these are but two.

Answer 9

The five point star is the star of Bethlahem. The six point star is the sign of Zionism and the fake Jews that think they are chosen but are of the anti Christ. Revelations 2:9. The blasphemy of those who say they are Jews but are no. They are the synagogue of Satan.

Answer 10

Once had information about 5point star maybe something to do with protection and blessings