Mercury(水星) is named after the Roman god of travel, because it appears to move so quickly across the sky. Venus(金星) was the Roman name for the goddess of love. This planet was considered to be the most beautiful star in the sky. Earth(地球) comes from the Greek word “eraze,”...
so it is not that ancient Vedic Astrology has no relevance to natal interpretation. The point must be admitted, however, that natal interpretation was not the primary application of ancient Vedic Astrology. However, from the Purā
All of the planets in our solar system, with the exception of two, are named after Roman gods. The Earth is so named because of the fact that its made of earth, dirt. Uranus on the other hand is the only planet named after a Greek god instead of a Roman god....
He belongs to a time of disjunction, to that “time out of joint” in which is inaugurated, laboriously, painfully, tragically, a new thinking of borders, a new experience of the house, the home, and the economy. Between earth and sky. One should not rush to make of the clandestine ...
Currently there are only five dwarf planets, but there are estimates of around 10,000 for the total number in the solar system. Eris was named for the Greek goddess of discord. Ceres was also a Greek goddess, and Pluto was the Roman god of the Underworld. Makemake and Haumau were named...
Because I’m a fellow student, I know just how tempting it is to order takeout when you’re hung over. I’ll hazard a guess that the last time you dialled up was when you were hung over, waiting for a film to buffer in a darkened room. ...
“Since the universe neither expands nor contracts, what we have in the sky is giant spirals. And we’ve got something very strange and unique called stars,” he says. Here’s what he means: it was in the late 1800s when Scottish-Irish physicist William Thomson, better known as Lord ...
The third sign of the zodiac,Gemini, is ruled by the planetMercury. Mercury is actually named afterHermes, the winged-helmeted messenger of the gods who moved quickly across the sky at other gods’ command. Hermes was also the god of herds and flocks, communication, language, and writing,...
ACT to foster happiness, peace, prosperity, and tolerance in the Middle East O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ...
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short recordings. At the beginning of each recording, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the question and the recording will be read only once. After each recording, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the...