The Pentacle.
I've just learned something amazing! The true meaning and origin or the pentacle symbol, the 5 point star.
The pentacle is a pre-Christian symbol that relates to nature worship. The ancients invisioned their world in two halves-masculine and feminime. Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of power. Yin and yang. When male and female were in balance, their was harmony in the world. When they were unbalanced their was chaos. The pentacle is the representation of the female half of all things-aconcept religious historians call the 'sacred feminime' or the 'divin goddess.' In it's most specific interpretation, the pentacle symbolizes Venus-the goddess of female sexual love and beauty. Early religion was based on the divine order of Nature. The goddess Venus and the planet Venus were one and the same. The goddess had a place in the nighttime sky and was known by many names-Venus, the Eastern Star, Ishtar, Astarte-all of them powerful female concepts with ties to Nature and Mother Earth. The pentacles most astonishing property is it's graphi origin of its ies to Venus. The planet Venus taces aperfect pentacle across the eliptic sky every eight years. Ancients were so astonished of the phenomenon, that Venus and her pentacle became symbols of perfection, beauty, and the cyclic qualities of sexual love. As a tribute to the magic of Venus, the Greeks used her eight year cycle to organize their Olympic Games. Nowadays, few people realize that the four year schedule of modern Olympics still follows the half cycles of Venus. Even fewer people know that the five-pointed star almost become the official Olympic seal but was modified at the last moment, its five points exchanged for five intersecting rings to better reflect the games' spirit of inclusion and harmony. Yet now Hollywood has turned the beautiful pentacle symbol as a virtual cliche' in Satanic serial killer movies. Then there was a battle between Pagan symbols and Christian symbols. Poseidn's trident became the devil's pitch fork, the wise crone pointed hat became the symbol of a witch, and Venus's pentacle became a sign of the devil. So much for the goddess of love and beauty.
Interesting.
The pentacle is a pre-Christian symbol that relates to nature worship. The ancients invisioned their world in two halves-masculine and feminime. Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of power. Yin and yang. When male and female were in balance, their was harmony in the world. When they were unbalanced their was chaos. The pentacle is the representation of the female half of all things-aconcept religious historians call the 'sacred feminime' or the 'divin goddess.' In it's most specific interpretation, the pentacle symbolizes Venus-the goddess of female sexual love and beauty. Early religion was based on the divine order of Nature. The goddess Venus and the planet Venus were one and the same. The goddess had a place in the nighttime sky and was known by many names-Venus, the Eastern Star, Ishtar, Astarte-all of them powerful female concepts with ties to Nature and Mother Earth. The pentacles most astonishing property is it's graphi origin of its ies to Venus. The planet Venus taces aperfect pentacle across the eliptic sky every eight years. Ancients were so astonished of the phenomenon, that Venus and her pentacle became symbols of perfection, beauty, and the cyclic qualities of sexual love. As a tribute to the magic of Venus, the Greeks used her eight year cycle to organize their Olympic Games. Nowadays, few people realize that the four year schedule of modern Olympics still follows the half cycles of Venus. Even fewer people know that the five-pointed star almost become the official Olympic seal but was modified at the last moment, its five points exchanged for five intersecting rings to better reflect the games' spirit of inclusion and harmony. Yet now Hollywood has turned the beautiful pentacle symbol as a virtual cliche' in Satanic serial killer movies. Then there was a battle between Pagan symbols and Christian symbols. Poseidn's trident became the devil's pitch fork, the wise crone pointed hat became the symbol of a witch, and Venus's pentacle became a sign of the devil. So much for the goddess of love and beauty.
Interesting.