| The most popular of occult symbols is the Endless | | | | its simplest form, it is the universal symbol of Unity, |
| knot. Although many versions of endless knot exist, | | | | infinity, the Moon or Goddess. To pagans, it |
| the most popular one is the pentagram. This five | | | | represents Mother Earth of the feminine spirit of the |
| pointed star was used by almost all the ancient | | | | Cosmos. The circle with a dot represents the male |
| cultures including China, Greece, Europe, Latin | | | | energy merging with female spirits. A quartered circle |
| America, India as well as Egypt. References to this | | | | symbolizes the four directional spirits of the East, |
| occult symbol has been found in the Neolithic cave | | | | South, West and North. In Native American traditions, |
| walls, Babylonian paintings and in even in Scriptures. | | | | it is used in the form of a medicine wheel during |
| According to the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, five | | | | ceremonies. Everyday uses of the circle include the |
| was the number of man and each of the five points | | | | wedding ring, the sacred circle cast in rituals and the |
| of the pentagram represents the five elements | | | | number zero. |
| water, earth, spirit, fire and air. The top corner | | | | Eye of Horus is another symbol that has been used |
| represents the crown of the human head and the | | | | for centuries. Horus was the Egyptian falcon God and |
| remaining four points represent the tips of the limbs. | | | | the Eye of Horus resembles the falcon%u2019s eye. |
| In the Kabbalistic tradition, the pentagram is also | | | | It is also said to represent the Sun god Ra. This |
| believed to represent justice, mercy, wisdom, | | | | occult symbol is believed to ward off evil energies |
| understanding and awe-inspiring beauty. | | | | and is also connected to mathematical proportions of |
| The pentagram is considered so powerful that it is | | | | medical preparations. This symbol may be seen in |
| used in magickal purposes to forge a connection to | | | | many buildings, in crowns used by royalty as well as |
| the creative universal energies. It is also used in | | | | in protective amulets and other jewelry. The Masonic |
| magickal tools, rituals and sacred jewelry. | | | | Eye found on American dollar bill, is descended from |
| The Circle is a symbol for the cycle of eternal life. In | | | | the Eye of Horus. |