The pentagram, the meaning of which we have to find out in this article, is, first of all, the pentagon. On each of its five rays, triangles of equal height are located. In a broad sense, this is the most ordinary five-pointed star. She is easily depicted even by a six-year-old child. However, everything would be simple, if not one but ... Our asterisk can be of two types: regular and inverted! It seems like "smells like hell" here, doesn't it? Let's find out what such variations of her image mean.
Pentagram: the meaning of the symbol
This is one of the oldest symbols. Most often it can be found in archaeological sites. The first mention of it as a symbol dates back to the 7th millennium BC! What exactly does the five-pointed pentagram tell us? The meaning of this symbol in different eras and among different peoples is different. But why exactly the number 5? The fact is that this number was (and is) of particular importance in people's lives. For example, we have exactly five fingers and five senses ... However, this is not the main thing.
Ancient Sumerians, Indians and Pythagoras
The pentagram, the meaning of which as a symbol is known to every nation in the world, was in great demand among the ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, Celts, Persians, Egyptians and North Native Americans (Indians). It is interesting that the philosopher and scientist Pythagoras became interested in this symbol as a geometric figure. He said that it was a symbol of perfection, and made the pentagram a distinctive sign of his school of philosophical and mathematical sciences.
Different peoples drew these signs in their own way. For example, there are at least ten ways to image a five-pointed star in a circle. As mentioned above, the pentagram is the simplest star shape with five ends, which is quite easy to depict with one stroke of a pencil without tearing it off a sheet of paper. Adherents of occultism divide pentagrams into creative and destructive ones. The former are drawn in a clockwise direction, and the latter are opposed to its direction. Such pentagrams and their meanings are naturally diametrically opposite. What does it mean?
Symbol of man
The fact is that in such sciences as numerology and magic, the correct pentagram (one beam from above, two from below) is considered a symbol of man. In such a five-pointed star, a person is drawn with arms and legs spread out to the side.
Symbol of satan
The wrong pentagram (two rays above, one from below) is a symbol of the Devil and all the Satanists of the world. A goat head is drawn in an inverted star. Each of its rays is its own element: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Spirit. Next, we’ll talk specifically about the pentagram of the Devil.
Inverted Pentagram: The Meaning of the Goat of Mendes
In the traditional sense, the “Goat of Mendes” or the inverted pentagram is the most occult of all the images that have ever existed. In another way, it is called the sign of Baphomet. This is the most important symbol of Satanism. This sign has become official since 1966. The fact is that it was at this time that the Church of Satan was founded, the symbol of which is the sign of Baphomet. Such, so to speak, “church” is an official world organization.