Everyday Pentagrams

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About Everyday Pentagrams

Blessed Be and Welcome!

This group is for posting photos of the shape of the pentagram, specifically the five-pointed star, as seen in ordinary, everyday objects, sidewalks, signs, police cars, buildings or other areas.
To participate, tag your photos with "everyday pentagrams" in quotes or with everydaypentagrams (all together).

Here is some good information about Pentacles and Pentagrams from the ReligiousTolerance.org website.
You can also see the Everyday Pentacles for photos of the star in a circle, the pentacle.

The terms pentagram and pentacle are sometimes used interchangeably. However, we believe that the most common precise meanings are:
The word pentagram comes from the Greek: "pente means 5 (as in Pentagon). "Gram" comes from the Greek verb graphein, "to write". The same ending is found in such words as telegram. Thus, pentagram refers to a five pointed star, or "any figure of five lines." 8 It is most often used to refer to a symmetrical, five pointed star, with equal sides, drawn either with a single line or with two closely spaced parallel lines. Their overall shape is like the decoration on the top of many Christmas trees, and the stars on the American flag.
An upright pentagram is a 5 pointed star with one point aligned upwards.
An inverted pentagram is a 5 pointed star with two points aligned upwards.
An upright pentacle is generally defined as an upright pentagram surrounded by a circle, as is shown in the following icon. It often takes the form of a pentagram printed on (or cut into) a flat disk.

Upright pentacles and pentagrams are among the most widely used religious symbols. They have been used in many eras and by many cultures and religions of the world: by ancient Pagans, ancient Israelites, Christians, magicians, Wiccans and others.