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Arcana: wands, pentacles (or coins), swords and cups.—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024 So take advantage of the first few weeks of this month, and align with the energy of the page of pentacles that was drawn for you.—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023 But in 2007 the military added a pentacle to its official list of religious symbols that can be engraved on headstones, so it now can be publicly recognized.—Jon Schwarz, The Intercept, 29 May 2017
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin *pentaculum, probably from Greek pente
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