Everything about Five-pointed Star totally explained
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's sometimes termed a
golden five pointed star. 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
Image:Flag_of_Pakistan.svg|Flag of Pakistan
Image:Flag_of_Chile.svg|Flag of Chile
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|The flag of New Zealand
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg|The flag of Morocco
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|The flag of Ethiopia
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|The flag of China
Image:Flag of Europe.svg|Flag of the European Union
Image:Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg|The flag of the Philippines
Image:Flag_of_Singapore.svg|The flag of Singapore
Image:Flag_of_Turkey.svg|The flag of Turkey
Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg|The flag of USA
Image:Flag_of_Somalia.svg|The flag of Somalia
Image:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Image:Flag_of_North_Korea.svg|The flag of North Korea
Image:Flag_of_Vietnam.svg|The flag of Vietnam
Image:Flag_of_Panama.svg|The flag of Panama
Image:Flag_of_Grenada.svg|The flag of Grenada
Image:Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg|The flag of the Solomon Islands
Image:Flag_of_Algeria.svg|The flag of Algeria
Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg|The flag of Australia
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,
p. 52
)
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
Image:VIIcorpsbadge.png|Union Army, VII Corps, 3rd Division Badge
Image:XIIcorpsbadge.png|Union Army, XII Corps, 3rd Division Badge
Image:Star and Crescent.svg|A typical presentation of the star and crescent
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.
A green five-pointed star is a
symbol of Esperanto.
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