 Paul M. G. Lévy, the official responsible for the design process, denied any religious inspiration for the flag design.The Zodiac is an ancient "circle of stars" where some stars are symbolically combined into 12 star signs also known as constellations.The etymology of the term Zodiac comes from the Latin zōdiacus, from the Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος], meaning "[circle] of animals", derived from ζῴδιον, the diminutive of ζῷον "animal".