Editing Pentacle (section)

==Definitions==
The first documents to depict pentacles were the 16th-century grimoires called the [[Pietro d'Abano#Writings|''Heptameron'' by pseudo-Pietro d'Abano]], and the ''[[Key of Solomon]]''. In the ''Heptaméron'', there is only one pentacle, whereas in the ''Key of Solomon'', there are dozens of different pentacles. The ''Heptameron''{{'s}} pentacle is a hexagram that is embellished by patee crosses and letters, whereas the ''Key of Solomon''{{'s}} pentacles have a very broad variety of designs, only two of which are pentagrammic. That contrasts with the later popular definitions of pentacles from the 1900s, which state that pentacles are inherently pentagrammic.

[[Gerald Gardner]], known by some as the 'Father of [[Wicca]]', got his concept of pentacles in large part from the 1909 [[Rider–Waite–Smith tarot deck]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}, in which the pentacles are disks that are covered with a pentagram. In Gardner's 1949 book ''[[High Magic's Aid]]'' and 1954 book ''[[Witchcraft Today]]'', Gardner defined a pentacle as a "five-pointed star", intending to mean a pentagram. In his 1959 book ''[[The Meaning of Witchcraft]]'', Gardner defined a pentacle as a synonym of 'pentagram'.

There is a particular definition of 'pentacle' among many latter-day Wiccans: Namely, a 'pentacle' refers to a 'pentagram' [[Circumscribed circle|circumscribed by a circle]].<ref name="Guiley1989" />