The
Pentacle - Symbolism: The Pentacle or the Pentagram is a 5 pointed star is
often, but not always, encircled with the circle of Unity. It represents
the domination of Spirit or Divine Will over base matter, and the
elements of Spirit, Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. The pentacle has
been a symbol of protection and spiritual growth for millennia. At
its points are the stages of Life: birth, initiation, consummation,
repose, and death, with the circle bringing us back to birth in the
cycle of reincarnation.
Owl
Symbolism:
Silent wisdom and nocturnal vision, healing powers, magic, shadow
work, deception.
Athena, Lilith, and Blodeuwedd are all associated with owls, Blodeuwed
being transformed into an owl, Lilith having the claws of an owl,
and Athena having an owl as her companion. Apprearing in the many
versions of Priestess of Swords card in the tarot, the owl links the
Priestess of Swords to Athena. The owl is said by some to be associated
with occultists and students of the unknown, and with those who are
living enigmas - paradoxes loving both logic and the illogical.
In Germany and other parts of Europe, the call of an owl is a portent
of coming death. An owl is pictured on card XIII of the Old Path Tarot
flying before the shape of death, associating it with death and transformation.
This death-call legend may link it to the myth of the banshee, and
Lilith is associated with the death children is some legends. The
owl as a spirit helper encouraging exploration of the unkown, and
the spending of time in illuminating meditation.