Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

“My introduction to Wicca happened to include some of these old gestures. In 1971 I saw some photographs of MAGICAL protective GESTURES such as the mano figo (a hand clenched into a fist, the thumb jutting out between the first and middle fingers) and the mano cornuta, a V formed by the first and little fingers and held upside down....the latter is USED IN WICCA, with points up to represent the God in his Homed aspect....

“Gestures in Wiccan ritual can easily became second nature. When invoking the Goddess and God, the hands can be held uplifted with the fingers spread to receive their power. The Goddess can be individually invoked with the left hand, the thumb and first finger held up and curled into a half-circle, while the rest of the fingers are tucked against the palm. This represents the crescent Moon. The God is invoked with the first and middle fingers of the right hand raised, or with the first and fourth fingers up, the thumb holding down the others against the palm, to represent horns.