P is for Pentacle

PENTACLE aka PENTAGRAM

"Detailed Pentacle adorned with Celtic Knotwork and Animal Spirits showing the elements of Earth, Air, Water, Fire with the Goddess as the top point representing Spirit and the Horned God in the center representing the male aspect of nature.

The pentacle is a symbol of a pentagram encased in a circle. Always with 5 points (one pointing upward), each has its own meaning. The upward point of the star is representative of the spirit. The other four points all represent an element; earth, air, fire, and water. All these things contribute to life and are a part of each of us.

The pentacle has long been believed to be a potent protection against evil, a symbol of conflict that shields the wearer and the home. The pentacle has five spiked wards and a defensive, protective pentagon at the center." Celtic Jackalope

Many different groups use this symbol for different purposes. I advocate that the pentacle is the Sign For Mankind, our form being based on 5 with 5 digits on each, if the eyes, nose, ears, mouth and mind are considered as digits. It is a crude and basic but practical and versatile system. Awareness and use of the Higher Senses and Lower Chakras is what takes us up above Animal Man into Spiritual Man. For this, a six-pointed star is more appropriate. Pentacle then is for Earthing and Manifesting wheras Sexagram is for Aspiring and Ascending.

Pentacle has been used as a magickal talisman since the stone age. Evidence for this is the Egyptian use of 5 pointed stars to represent Stars, painted on the ceilings of tombs. This is a distinctly different meaning from the modern Pentagram.

What is the difference between a Pentagram and a Pentacle?
To answer this I ask and then answer the comparative question;
What is the difference between a Chronogram and a Chronicle?
One has weight, the other is a record of affiliations kept in journal form.

The Gram has to do with weight & mass.
The Ocular (acle) has to do with 'Seeing' in the 'comprehension' sense.

Then;
a Pentagram is for Earthing, dealing with the Material domain, it is for manifesting.
a Pentacle is for summoning because it deals with the mental; the perceptual, conceptual, held in a certain order.

Chrono means 'time' and it is by no mistake that the two; physical matter or mass, and Time, are interlinked. There cannot be one without the other, is a base law of material, time based reality experience. It is particle physics.

Therefore this symbol invokes both aspects at once, crossing over between the two; and can correctly be interpreted as a Gate. It is a gate that is created by holding together energetic forces or focus, in a temporal balance.

These five elements are usually but not definitively depicted as;
Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Spirit.