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The symbolic meaning of the five-pointed star
The five-pointed star means "victory". It is used as the rank symbol of officers (especially senior officers) by the armies of many countries. It is also often used on flags.

The pentagram has always been closely related to Venus and its worship. In ancient Greece and Babylon, the five-pointed star also had special symbolic significance. The pentagram is a symbol of magic, not a symbol of non-Jews. In the early Christian church, the five-pointed star was also used to represent the five wounds of Jesus, and later it represented pagans and satanists.

When the pentagram is used in magic, it is usually called "pentagram". Using a positive five-pointed star as a magic circle is white magic, and using an inverted five-pointed star is a symbol of black magic. In China with oriental civilization, the five elements of Yin and Yang are connected by a five-pointed star. In Japan, the five-pointed star is regarded as the seal of platycodon Abe Zhaohui.

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The five-pointed star was first discovered in Mesopotamian literature, which can be traced back to around 3000 BC. The five-pointed star in Sumerian is a hieroglyphic used as "UB", which means corner, corner, shelter, small room, hole, hole and trap.

In Sumerian hieroglyphics dictionary, it represents the number 306, which is represented as two upward corners. In Babylonian literature, the side of the five-pointed star may indicate the direction: front, back, left, right and up. These directions also have astrological significance, representing Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Venus.

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