Symbols and Their Meanings in Wiccan: 6 Esoteric Symbols Explained – Eclectic Witchcraft

Symbols as tools for magic are an important theme in most religions. Symbols are used to take big, abstract ideas and reduce them to make them easier to understand and identify.

For example, think of the typical drawing of a heart. It symbolically represents so many things: life, health, vitality, love, romance and more.

Wicca is no different in this regard. It has powerful symbols that represent religiously and spiritually significant concepts.

They are often incorporated into spells and rituals to connect deities, energy, and magic to the physical world.

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Symbols connect our will and spiritual energy together, making symbols simple yet powerful spells that almost anyone can use.

This article examines six of the most important Wiccan symbols. Many of these symbols are also known outside of Wicca.

This is not an exhaustive list of the main Wiccan symbols, but they are some of the most common ones you will encounter as a witch.

Is the triquetra a protective symbol?

The triquetra

This magical symbol consists of 3 intertwining arcs. Modern neopagans have claimed that the triquetra is a symbol of triple goddesses.

Unfortunately, there is no scientific evidence for this connection.

Nonetheless, this has become a symbol of triple goddesses in various witch paths and traditions. In modern witchcraft, this symbol represents the three phases of femininity: maiden, mother, and crone.

This symbol is also present in Celtic art. Celtic Reconstructivist pagans use the triquetra to represent the presence of the number 3 in their theology. For example, they divide the world into three realms: land, sea, and sky.

Celtic reconstructors also use the triquetra to represent goddesses such as The Morrigan, who are sometimes thought of as triple goddesses.

What does a 6 point star with a circle around it mean?

The pentagram and pentagram

The pentagram and pentagram are probably the two most well-known Wiccan symbols.

Even the US military now allows pentagrams to be used on their headstones and graves.

What is? the difference between a pentagram and a pentagram? Well, the pentagram is the five-pointed star. The pentagram places the pentagram in a circle.

The pentagram star represents the four elements of earth, air, fire and water and the fifth element of spirit. Some Wiccans change the fifth element, but Spirit is the most common choice.

The circle around the pentagram represents many things. It can symbolize the cycle of life, death and rebirth. It can represent the interconnectedness of all elements and all living beings. It reminds us to see the world as a whole.

The symbol itself is a protective symbol. Much like throwing a circle protects us from negative energy and unwanted spiritual attention, the pentagram protects us spiritually.

It protects us and protects our own energy and deflects the negativity.

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Wearing a pentagram or tattooing a pentagram can give you daily protection.

Wearing a pentagram also reminds us of our spiritual path and that we are part of many interconnected webs of life. We don’t exist in a vacuum, away from other people and their realities.

In some pagan beliefs, the pentagram also represents the 3 aspects of the triple goddesses (virgin, mother and crone) and the 2 aspects of the horned god (life and death).

The sun cross is a circle with a cross through it.

The Sun Cross

The solar cross is associated with the sun, the sun gods and the element of fire. This is one of the oldest known symbols, dating back at least to the Neolithic period. This symbol can be seen in Neolithic cave paintings from the Stone Age.

Ray Buckland once mentioned that this is also known as Wotan’s cross.

This sun wheel can be used to mark the solstices and equinoxes of the wheel of the year.

The sun cross is another symbol of protection. It invokes the powerful energy of the sun gods to guide and protect you from negative energy. It also represents light and the movement of the sun.

This symbol of balance and infinity is directly connected to the earth and is best used to honor nature. It helps many pagans center and calm down.

This is another reason to learn occult symbols and their meanings: they are great tools for meditation.

What does the Celtic knot stand for? The Celtic knot