Five-pointed star

Five-pointed star

A five-pointed star (☆) is a very common ideogram throughout the world. If drawn with points of equal length and angles of 36° at each point, it is sometimes termed a golden five pointed star. [ [http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/28/2824.html The fivepointed star] from cite book |last=Liungman |first=Carl G. |year=2004 |title=Symbols: Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms |publisher=HME Publishing |id=ISBN 91-972705-0-4. Retrieved 19 July 2006.] If the edges are joined together a pentagram is produced, which is the simplest of the unicursal star polygons, and a symbol of mystical and magical significance.

The golden five-pointed star has particularly strong associations with military power and war.

Flags

Five-pointed stars are found on many flags, generally in solid form, although some, such as the flag of New Zealand, have a different-coloured outline. The pentagram appears on only two national flags, those of Ethiopia and Morocco. See gallery of flags by design#Star.

Five-pointed stars appear on the flag and in the heraldic symbolism of the United States. In the U.S. context, the stars allegedly symbolize the heavens. They stand in contrast to the vexillologically rarer seven-pointed stars.

The Druze

The Druze, descendents of exiles from Fatimid Dynasty-ruled Egypt, have as their symbol a five-pointed star with points colored green, red, yellow, blue and white. They live mainly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. Though they share religious beliefs with Muslims and Christians, both groups consider them as pagans.

Ottomans

The "five-pointed star" is part of the symbol of the Ottoman Empire.

Bahá'í Faith

:"Strictly speaking the 5-pointed star is the symbol of our Faith, as used by the Báb and explained by Him."::(on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, "Directives from the Guardian", [http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/dg-141.html p. 52] )
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Báb's handwriting.] In the Bahá'í Faith a five-pointed star referred to as a haykal (Arabic: "temple") represents the (body of the) Manifestation of God, as described in the Súriy-i-Haykal.

Other uses



Brigate Rosse

The symbol of the Italian Marxist-Leninist terrorist group Brigate Rosse is a five-pointed star.

Order of the Eastern Star

The Order of the Eastern Star, a fraternal organization associated with Freemasonry, employs a downward-pointing star as its symbol, with the five points colored blue, yellow, white, green, and red. This emblem sometimes appears in the form of a pentagram.

Kappa Sigma

The Star and Crescent are the official symbols of Kappa Sigma comprising the fraternity badge.

Esperanto

A green five-pointed star is a symbol of Esperanto.

ee also

*Star (symbol)
*Star (glyph)
* Starfish
*Pentagram
*Mullet (heraldry)
*Red star
*List of symbols
*Arabic star
* The Five Star Stories

References


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