The Crescent Moon & Star is one of our world's most ancient symbols, combining powerful icons joining man and woman. Representing the female principle since the 14th century B.C., the star symbol celebrates the cosmic powers of the love Goddesses Venus, Ishtar, and others. The Moon symbol perhaps represents early man's worship of the skies, and is said to honor the Moon God Sin of ancient Sumeria. In more recent times the symbols have represented the Ottoman Empire and were widely embraced by Islam in the early 1950s.