- The five petaled flower and five pointed star symbolizing the quintessence.
Buddhist
- Belief the heart has four directions-- the heart center makes five, symbolizing, universality.
- This idea is also symbolized by the Sacred Mountains surrounded by the four islands.
- There are five Dhyani Buddhas:
- Vairocana, the Brilliant, who is represented by the wheel, the witness;
- Akshobhya, the Imperturbable, with vajra, the East, blue;
- Ratnasambhava, the Jewel-born, jewel, South, yellow;
- Amitabha, Boundless Light, lotus, West, red;
- Amoghasiddhi, Infallible Success, sword, North, green.
Chinese
- There are Five:
- Elements
- Atmospheres; Conditions; Planets;
- Sacred mountains; Grains, Colors, Tastes,
- Poisons; Powerful charms; Cardinal virtues;
- Blessings; Eternal ideas;
- Relations to human kind.
Christian
- Five depicts human beings after the Fall in the Garden of Eden.
- There are five senses; five points to the cross; wounds of Christ; fishes feeding five thousand; and books of Moses.
Egyptian
- There are five crocodiles of the Nile.
Graeco-Roman
- Five is the nuptial number of love and union.
- It is the number of Venus.
- Venus years are completed in groups of five.
- Apollo as god of light has five qualities:
- Omniscience,
- Omnipresence;
- Omnipotence,
- Eternity,
- Unity.
Hebrew
- Five represents strength and severity; radical intelligence.
- In kabbalah five represents fear.
Hindu
- Five is the quinary groups of the world; the five elements of the subtle and coarse states; their primary colors; of senses; five faces of Siva and the twice-five incarnations of Vishnu.
Islamic
- There are five pillars of religion; five Divine Presences; five fundamental dogmas; five actions; and five daily times of prayer.
Parsee
- Five is a significant number in Parsee and Mandaean rites - possibly connected with the five sacred intercalary days of light.
Pythagorean
- Hieros, gamos, the marriage of heaven, Earth.
- It represents Apollo and his five qualities.
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