Observation about silver Rowan Pentagrams:
I’ve made a strange magick related observation. I’m quite fond of the protection ward known as the Rowan Pentagram. It’s a star made of Rowan twigs and tied to keep its shape using something red to bind it. “Rowan twigs, and strings of red, deflect all harm, gossip, and dread.”
The rowan tree (also known as the mountain ash) is supposed to be innately magical for protection purposes. The berries of the Rowan tree have a pentagram shape on the underside of each berry.
The pentagram (Pentacle without the circle) is a sacred symbol to Wiccans and other Neo Pagans as representing the elements of nature and magick and protection against evil. It’s also a sacred symbol to the Baha'i faith where it is called the Haykal.
A few years ago a company called YFN started selling sterling silver replicas of the Rowan Pentagram as a Wiccan Pentagram. And, admittedly, it’s very beautiful.
And it DOES work well as a protection ward; however I have noticed a certain side effect you should be wary of if you choose to wear this or one similar to it, for protection, especially against harm, gossip, and dread.
It works. It works very well. Let’s get that out of the way first. Despite not being literal Rowan twigs and the bound points not being red, the visual representation and intention is there. And silver is already a protective metal, sacred to the moon and used in protective magicks.
The possible negative side effect or drawback is the silver pendant version of the Rowan Pentagram works as described. While wearing it you are protected, shielded. But once you take the protective ward pendant off, you may suddenly be bombarded by all that harm, gossip, or dread you had previously been shielded from.
The solution is either confront and deal with these threats before you consider removing the protective amulet or don’t take the pendant off, if you can help it.
I witnessed someone, who had been given a silver Rowan Pentagram, suddenly hit with all the negativity she had been shielded against, like slamming into a brick wall of negative psychic energy. She took off the pendant at the worst possible time and her life went to Hell.
It was not the pendant’s fault. The pendant had been shielding her, as it should, but her taking it off at a time of great risk left her vulnerable.
This is true with most protection wards. Do not remove or lower them until or if you know you are truly safe or all those things you were protecting yourself against will find you.
TL;DR: Silver pendant replicas of the Rowan pentagram do work but if you take one off that you had been wearing, you could suddenly get hit by all the things you were protecting yourself against. So take it seriously, like wearing the magical equivalent of a bullet proof vest in a combat zone.
Now someone could say this result is psychosomatic but it’s better to be safe than sorry so don’t remove your protection amulet until you are absolutely sure the threats are gone and that you and your loved ones are safe. Don’t remove it at all if you don’t have to.