Active / passve - pentagrams, can anyone explain? Options

I just recently read somewhere about active and passive pentagrams.

the passive were you imagined as bluish colors and thast about it.
the active ones you traced in appropriate color (maybe red for fire or whatever) and also maybe placed the sign for fire in the middle of it.

Can anyone elaborate and explain more about this? I've used different techniques with and without these conditions but never figured anything about passive or active about them, just used however i felt like, so if anyone could explain more about this i could play more with rituals that require these.

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I don't think I understand your question. The only active and passive pentagrams there are is the one for spirit. This is because fire and air are active while water and earth are considered passive.

But for some reason I do not think this is what you are asking about. Are you asking abotu the different elemental pentagrams and how they are formed?

I heard that fire + air were active before but didnt really remember it until now, can you explain why tho? (and the same goes for earth + water)

What i'm asking about, well, i'm not sure.

"What is an active / passive pentagram?" i guess.

I know how to trace them without symbols and with and i can switch colors and do all kinds of stuff, but what makes a pentagram active or passive?

Or was it just a goof on OF that posted and didnt really have any substance in what he was saying? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/13.gif)