五色星
A [b]multicoloured [[pentagram]][/b] that symbolize the [b]five colours[/b] ("Five Limits" خمس حدود khams ḥudūd) of [b]Druze[/b] esoteric ethnoreligious group, despite the faith avoids iconography. The usage is as popular as the five-coloured flag with horizontal stripes. 

Each of the colors representing the five limits pertains to a metaphysical power called ḥadd, literally "a limit", as in the distinctions that separate humans from animals, or the powers that make humans the animalistic body. Each ḥadd is color-coded in the following manner:
* [b]Green[/b] for ʻAql "the Universal Mind/Intelligence/Nous",
* [b]Red[/b] for Nafs "the Universal Soul/Anima mundi",
* [b]Yellow[/b] for Kalima "the Word/Logos",
* [b]Blue[/b] for Sābiq (السابق) "the anterior/potentiality/cause/precedent", the first intellect.
* [b]White[/b] for al-llahiq (اللاحق) "the posterior/future/effect/Immanence".

The five-pointed star embodies the golden ratio, phi, as a symbol of temperance and a life of moderation. 
This looks similar with the Imperial Chinese "Beiyang Army":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beiyang_Army] symbol, but one side is [b]green[/b] instead of black.

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h4. External links
* [[tag group:symbols|list of symbols]]
* "symbols.com":[https://www.symbols.com/symbol/druze-star]
* Wikipedia article: "Druze":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze#Religious_symbol]
druze star