You may have noticed this
symbol on my site.
This is called a pentacle. The pentacle is usually a flat piece of brass, gold, silver, wood, wax, or clay
, inscribed with certain symbols. The most common, and indeed the most necessary one, is the
pentagram, the five pointed star which has been used in magic for millenia.
The pentacle was "borrowed" from ceremonial magic. In this ancient art it was often an instrument of protection, or a tool used to evoke spirits. In Wicca, the pentacle represents the element of Earth and is a convenient tool upon which to place amulets, charms, or other objects to be ritually consecrated. It is sometimes used to summon the Gods and Goddesses.
Pentacles are also hung over doors and windows to act as protective devices, or are ritually manipulated to draw money, owing from the pentacle's Earth associations.
