Flags trimmed with a crescent
(Abstract)
Most of the countries displaying a crescent on their flag associate it to one or several stars.
The crescent shape naturally refer to the waxing moon (
) on one side of the flag and to the waning moon (
) on the other.
Now, the being's evolution looks like the phases of the moon. Plunged into the new moon darkness, he grows with the waxing moon glare. At full moon, he may either leave the moon domain for more glowing skies or return to its obscure condition during the waning moon.
The stars accompanying the crescent have a branch number which varies with the countries, but they all refer to the phases of the moon or the being's condition in this world.
Crescent and stars underline that the being, prisoner of the moon sphere, may at any moment leave it and discover other worlds. A message, which is reinforced in Muslin countries by the flag colours clearly referring to the initiatory degrees of the Islamic tradition.
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