Legend: Star

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Star: I'm including star because of the choice made for Richard Starkey to take on the stage-name of Ringo Starr. It's notable that he is the only one who uses a stage name. Ringo Starr...Ringed Star. They also got a good bit of their start at The Star-Club in Hamburg. Songs with the lyric "star" include, Drive My Car, "I wanna be famous, a star on the screen," Act Naturally, "They're gonna make a big star out of me," and the alluded-to stars in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. As well there is  John Lennon's Instant Karma "Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun." 

"The star is universally accepted as a symbol, and as a part of our everyday language. To call someone a "star" is a great compliment. Our ancestors believed that each star had its own spirit, maybe that of a deity, an unborn soul, or the soul of a dead person that had a particularly notable life, an idea that is completely in accord with our use of the word to denote fame; however, there are always positive connotations surrounding the word. The light of a star is only visible in juxtaposition to the darkness surrounding it.[...] there are hundreds, if not thousands of different star symbols. The number of points in the star is an important part of the design. [...]" (ISS)
 

[Under Pentacle]: "Sometimes there is confusion between the pentacle and the pentagram. For the record, the pentagram is the five-pointed star symbol, whereas the pentacle is a more generic term for a mystical or magical symbol. [...]

The pentacle can be made of any material, although Trithemius (a fifteen-century abbot with a great knowledge of the occult) recommended 'virgin parchment' or a square plate of silver. Various symbols and signs that are appropriate for its intended use are then drawn or engraved on the pentacle[...]." (ISS)

[Under Pentagram]: It is possible that the pentagram was discovered by very early astronomical research, in the Tigris-Euphrates area, some 6000 years ago. [...] but it was Pythagoras who really brought the five-pointed star to the prominent position it holds today.

If an apple is cut across it's 'equator' then the pattern of the seeds is revealed, a perfect five-pointed star or pentagram. The repercussions of this hidden magical symbol are far-reaching. Five, comprised of the feminine number 2 and the masculine number 3, is the number of harmony, of the union of opposites, and of marriage. It is also the number of humankind because of the five points of extremity of the human body. When Eve gave Adam the Apple of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, therefore, it was not just a piece of fruit she was offering him, but a potent symbol of wisdom. {More about Apples in my post, here}

Eating the fruit that contains the pentagram resulted in a profound awakening for Adam and Eve. They became not only aware of their own sexual nature, but they realized that they could make their own choices. 

Not only is the pentagram a symbol of power, but it is imbued with actual power and is used in spell casting and the revelation of secrets. [...]

The ubiquity of this sign can't be stressed enough. It [sic] has associated not only with pagan practice but also with Christian mysticism, druidry, magic, sacred geometry, alchemy, the Kabbalah; it appears in the Tarot where it can represent the suit of coins, and its important in Freemasonry, where it is called the "Blazing Star".

One instance of its use was as a secret symbol whereby followers of Pythagoras could recognize one another, since, as Adam had discovered, it was the key to higher knowledge. [...]

In the Kabbalah, the pentagram represents the upper five Sephiroth of the Tree of Life, whose qualities are justice, mercy, wisdom, understanding, and transcendent splendor.

Freemasonry draws upon much of the Pythagorean symbolism of the Pentagram, although it is also seen as a reminder that Christ was spirit descended into matter, and as such represents the Star of Bethlehem.

The inverted pentagram has been accorded a more sinister interpretation that was ever intended; up until relatively recently, it didn't seem to matter which way up the star landed, after all this symbol is like the circle in that it has no beginning and no end. however, the symbol of Baphomet makes use of the upside down pentagram.

The Pentagram is the sign of Venus, both the planet known as the morning star, and the Goddess. Over the course of four years and one day,, the planet describes the shape of a pentagram in the sky. Uniquely, Venus is the only planet whose movements trace such a graphically recognizable symbol, a secret sign written in the sky." (ISS)

"The divinities representing planets [Zeus, Hermes, Ares etc.] in art are often shown with a star, another symbol of divinity. [...]

The five-pointed [sic- Eight-pointed] star, an ancient emblem of the Assyrian warrior Goddess Ishtar (a divine personification of the planet Venus), became a more widespread symbol of both military and spiritual transcendence [...]." (1,001S) 



"BLAZING STAR: Symbol of light; of Divine direction in the journey through life; symbolizes a true Freemason who, by perfecting himself in the way of truth (knowledge), becomes like a blazing star. In English lodges, symbolizes sun which enlightens the earth, dispensing its blessings to all mankind and giving light and life to all things." <Source>