A pentagram with a snake

The pentagram is one of the oldest symbols.
At different times in history, the symbol had a different interpretation.
Some believe that originally the pentagram had appeared about four thousand years ago in Mesopotamia, probably as a celestial scheme of the movement of the planet Venus. The Babylonians also used this symbol as a magical talisman.
The pentagram was the Sumerian and Egyptian familiar stars.
In later symbolism, the pentagram became a symbol of the victory of the spiritual over the material, a symbol of safety and security.
The pentagram is everywhere recognized protection from demons. Latin, and the Kabbalistic monogram is often performed in the form of a pentacle-a talisman, inscribed in a protective circle.
Celtic priests were called the pentagram foot witches.
In the middle ages the pentagram was considered a cross of a house. Pythagoras called the pentagram pental'fa.
The Pythagoreans in Ancient Greece, considering the pentagram the combination of numbers two (female, of earth origin) and three (men's, the beginning of heaven) used it as a symbol of health and mystic harmony, the Union of Heaven and Earth. The number five in this context symbolized the microcosm of the human body and mind.
The pentagram is also considered a symbol of the perfect man (esoteric), standing on two legs with divorced hands. In this context, five points of the pentagram represent the five human virtues: love, wisdom, kindness, justice, truth. These virtues are inextricably linked with a person, so love belongs to the soul, wisdom, intellect, kindness of heart, justice, water, truth, the spirit. When used in magic rituals is usually a five-pointed star called a pentacle. This is the most frequently used symbol. Her image can be found on the tombstones, and the emblem of the order of cross and Rose, and the magical signs and seals-mascots. Mages sometimes portrayed in headdresses in the shape of a pentagram, and as a result help to summon supernatural powers.
The pentacle with one end up and two down is a symbol of white magic, known in the West as the druid's foot. It is a symbol of the magical influence and domination of disciplined will over the phenomena of the world