| Wicca symbols and other pagan designs have been | | | | depiction of the triple moon is of a full moon |
| with mankind for thousands of years. Today they | | | | between two crescent moons. Representing birth, life |
| are still used by witches to focus energy during rituals | | | | and death the lunar month of course also reflects the |
| or to concentrate upon a specific element or deity. | | | | duration of the human menstrual cycle. The horned |
| Rooted in the dynamics of our planet and solar | | | | god, sometimes referred to by his Celtic name of |
| system, wicca symbols and beliefs are a rich | | | | Cernunnos is represented by a circle surmounted by |
| inheritance from our ancestors. There are many | | | | a pair of horns in the shape of an upturned crescent. |
| wicca symbols, here are the basic ones. | | | | Used to represent nature or a male deity, when used |
| The most powerful of the wicca symbols is of | | | | in conjunction with the triple moon these wicca |
| course the pentacle. Made up of a combination of the | | | | symbols are a strong representation of the |
| wicca symbols for the five elements - earth, water, | | | | complimentary power of opposites. |
| fire, air and spirit - the pentacle thus created is | | | | One of the more familiar wicca symbols is the |
| enclosed inside a unifying circle. Of all the wicca | | | | interlocking ovals of infinity still used today in science |
| symbols the pentacle offers the most powerful | | | | and math. Often seen on Thor's hammer pendants |
| protection when worn on the person, the power of | | | | worn during Viking times and on ancient carvings this |
| which can be further enhanced by the choice of | | | | again represents past, present and future, the never |
| metal used for the pentacle. If the pentacle is made | | | | ending circle of life. |
| of silver you will invoke the added protection of the | | | | The septagram or seven pointed star is the final one |
| moon goddess and if of gold of the sun god. | | | | of the basic wicca symbols. Representing the seven |
| Other wicca symbols include the spirit circle which has | | | | days of the week and the then known astrological |
| two crossing four pointed arrows within a circle which | | | | bodies - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter |
| also represents the five elements. | | | | and Saturn. each point of the star can be used during |
| The wicca symbols of the triple moon and the | | | | ritual to focus the energies of that planet in a similar |
| horned god are often used to represent and | | | | way that the points of a pentacle can be used to |
| therefore connect with female and male deities | | | | focus the energies of the earth's elements. |
| respectively. Sometimes known as the goddess, the | | | | |