The moon symbolizes the inferior nature. The hands in greeting mean the Middle Way, the footpath that leads us to Satori (Enlightenment). The five pointed star, figure our highest and most noble aspirations, the liberation of our consciousness to a greater expansion through the Straight Discipline.

You can also view Japanese ideograms presented from the bottom up, with its color are filled with light, symbolizing the learning process and the effort of the disciple by the attainment of Nirvana or Satori. The background symbol of Yin and Yang manifest the Law of Cycles, and the Principle of Opposites. Beyond what the eye perceives are also common triangle, square and circle. The "wise" will know what I am referring.