pentagram
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|Pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle around the five points creates a similar symbol referred to as the pentacle, which is used widely by Wiccans and in paganism, or as a sign of life and connections, but there is also a inverted version.
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A pentagram is a five-pointed star shape created by drawing diagonal lines across a regular pentagon. It has been used as a symbol in various contexts, including in Wiccan and pagan practices where a circle around it (called a pentacle) represents life and connections, and it also exists in an inverted form.
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- History
- Early history
- Western symbolism
- Middle Ages
- Renaissance
- Romanticism
- Uses in modern occultism
- Use in new religious movements
- Baháʼí Faith
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Wicca
- Other religious use
- Satanism
- Serer religion
- Other modern use
- Construction
- Golden ratio
- Trigonometric values
- Spherical pentagram
- Three-dimensional figures
- Higher dimensions
- Pentagram of Venus
- In computer systems
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle around the five points creates a similar symbol referred to as the pentacle, which is used widely by Wiccans and in paganism, or as a sign of life and connections, but there is also a inverted version.
The word pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), from πέντε (pente), "five" + γραμμή (grammē), "line". The word pentagram refers to just the star and the word pentacle refers to the star within a circle, although there is some overlap in usage. The word pentalpha is a 17th-century revival of a post-classical Greek name of the shape.