title: List of symbolic stars
text: # List of symbolic stars
  
  This is a list of symbolic uses of "star" ideograms.
  
  * Star (classification), a scoring system for hotels, restaurants and movies
  * Star (football badge), representing trophies won by a football team
  * Barnstar, a decorative painted object or image often used to adorn a barn
  * Brunswick star, an eight- or sixteen-pointed star surrounding the British Royal Cypher, used on police badges
  * Hex sign, a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art
  * Mullet (heraldry), unconventional shapes of stars on coats-of-arms
  * Nautical star, a popular tattoo design
  * Red star, a political symbol of communism and socialism
  * Star of Life, representing emergency medical services units and personnel
  
  ## Geometry
  
  * Star polygon, a star drawn with a number of lines equal to the number of points
     * Pentagram, a five-pointed star polygon
        * Five-pointed star, a pentagram with internal line segments removed
        * Lute of Pythagoras, a pentagram-based fractal pattern
     * Hexagram, a six-pointed star polygon
     * Heptagram, a seven-pointed star polygon
     * Octagram, an eight-pointed star polygon
     * Enneagram, a nine-pointed star polygon
     * Decagram, a ten-pointed star polygon
     * Hendecagram, an eleven-pointed star polygon
     * Dodecagram, a twelve-pointed star polygon
     * Magic star, a star polygon in which numbers can be placed at each of the vertices and intersections, such that the four numbers on each line sum to the same "magic" constant
  
  ## Typography
  
  * Star (glyph), any of a number of star-shaped glyphs in typography
     * Asterisk, a typographical symbol (*)
     * Arabic star, a typographical symbol developed to be distinct from the asterisk
  
  ## Medals and awards
  
  * 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-star rank, officer ranks used in many armed services, as well as the rare 6-star rank.
  * Africa Star, awarded by the British Commonwealth for service in World War II.
  * Award star, issued by the United States military for meritorious action in combat.
  * Bronze Star Medal, a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration.
  * Gold star, the highest state decoration in the Soviet Union and several post-Soviet states.
  * Service star, an attachment to a military decoration which denotes participation in military campaigns or multiple bestowals of the same award.
  * Silver Star, a military decoration which can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  * Order of the White Star, an Estonian civilian public service award.
  * Star Scout, a rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
  
  ## Religious and supernatural uses
  
  * Star of David, or Jewish Star, a hexagram symbolizing Israel, Judeans, and/or Jews; properly speaking, this "star" is called the "Shield of David," (Magen David), while the pentagram is the "Star of David." Note that this is a cultural, rather than religious symbol.
  * Star of Lakshmi, a Hindu symbol associated with the goddess Lakshmi
  * Star of Ishtar, an ancient symbol associated with the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar
  * Star and crescent, an Islamic symbol
  * The Star (Tarot card), one of the Major Arcana
  * Druze star, a symbol of the Druze religion
  * Marian star, a six-pointed star used as a Roman Catholic symbol of celestial objects
  * Rub el Hizb, a common Islamic symbol
  * alQuds Star, a star representing 'alQuds' (Jerusalem)
  * Haykal, a five-pointed star that represents the Bahá'í Faith
  * Nine-pointed star, a common symbol of the Bahá'í Faith that represents unity and Bahá’.
  