The New Mexico State Flag

The New Mexico State Flag depicts the ancient Zia’s (a native American people) symbol of a yellow sun surrounded by four groups of four red lines each.  For the Zia, the sacred number four symbolizes the Circle of Life: the four directions, the four times of day, the four stages of life, and the four seasons.

But I have another explanation for the number four, based on the beliefs of another tribe: The four cups, the four questions, the four sons, and the four expressions of redemption.