The inverted pentagram is often food for conspiracy nuts, but what you see above is simply the logo of the Order of the Eastern Star (and the plan of their “chapter room”, see below), an appendent body for Freemasons and their female relatives. They have a different ritual and symbolism from Freemasonry. There exist a whole range of variations to this pentagram in the OES. In this basic form, the symbols refer to the positions and symbols of the officers. The jewels of the officers have their own specific emblem in the middle.
The OES is not Freemasonry, contrary to co-Masonry. OES did -in a way- grow out of adoption lodges and because they are very close to Freemasonry and big and well-known in the USA, they are worth mentioning.
In the “chapter room” image you see five ‘roles’. Each have an emblem, a colour and meaning:
- Adah, blue, sword and veil, fidelity;
- Ruth, yellow, sheaf, plenty;
- Esther, white, crown and scepter, royalty;
- Martha, green, broken column, death;
- Electa, red, cup, charity.
(In the middle is the altar.) Besides these, there are officers, similar to those in Masonic lodges. You can see their emblems above.
- Matron, hammer;
- Patron, square and compasses;
- Associate matron, sun;
- Secretary, crossed feathers;
- Treasurer, crossed keys;
- Conductress, baton and scroll;
- Associate conductress, baton;
- Chaplain, book;
- Marshall, crossed batons;
- Organist, lyre;
- Warder, dove;
- Sentinel, crossed swords.
The Order of the Amaranth is (sometimes) a ‘higher degree’ for OES. Their symbolism is similar to that of OES, but somewhat different.
Just as sometimes in churches, there are inverted pentagrams in Freemasonry (proper) sometimes, but this has nothing to do with satanism.
Voss, The Universal Language of Freemasonry (2004). The emblems of the Order of the Eastern Star were most likely designed around the inception of the order in the 1870’ies, maybe by the inceptor of the organisation Rob Morris (1818-1888)