sagittarius 17: an easter sunrise service
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Sagittarius 17: An Easter sunrise service
The word Easter descends from the
I nd o -E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t aus- which
means “to shine” and from which
descend the words aurora , E a s t , Eos
(Greek mythology: the winged goddess
o f t h e d a w n i n a nc i e nt m y t h o l o g y ;
d a u g h t e r o f H y p e r i o n) a nd e o s i n (a red
f luorescent dye…used in cosmetics and as a biological sta in for studying
cel l structures) . 1
The word sun d e s c e nd s f r o m t h e I E r o o t saewel which means “the
sun .”2 Pa r o ny m s i nc l u d e i nc l u d e t h e w o r d s s o u t h , s o u t h e r n , s o l a r , a nd
h e l i u m .
The word rise descends from the IE root er-1 which means “to move,
set in motion.” 3 Among i ts many derivat ives are the words original ,
o r i e nt , abort( ion) , hormone , e a r ne s t , r e a r (to care for a chi ld or chi ldren
d u r i ng t h e e a r l y s t a g e s o f l i f e ) , a s w e l l a s a re a nd a rt (both of which are
conjugates of the verb ‘ to be ’) . As a verb, serve m e a ns " t o r e nd e r h a bi t u a l o be d i e nc e t o " a nd i t
d e s c e nd s f r o m t h e O l d Fr e nc h servir ( t o s e r v e ) a nd t h e La t i n servire ( to
s e r v e , t o be a s l a v e ) a nd t h e La t i n servus (slave) . 4
THEMES: The keyword sunrise i s a c losed compound comprised of the
words sun and rise . A no t h e r r e l a t e d c l o s e d c o m p o u nd —sunshine — i s
c lear ly implied given that aus- , the root of Easter , means “to shine .”
The base of the keyword Easter i s , of course, e a s t . S imi lar ly , one
p a r o ny m o f rise is o r i e nt a nd o ne o f i t s d e f i n i t i o ns is “eastern, oriental .” 5
1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 62 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 72
3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, P. 23
4 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=serve
5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/orient
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Two of the four cardinal direct ions are contained here. From the root
aus- we have the direct ion E a s t while from saewel we have S o u t h .
Final ly we might note that the idea of r is ing is twice emphasized.
First there is the word rise contained in the keyword sunrise. Then there
is Easter in which “a Christ ian feast commemo rating the Resurrection of
Jesus.” The word resurrection is a synonym of rise and i t means “the act
of r ising from the dead or returning to l i fe .”
Thus in this symbol we have two DIRECTIONS (East and South) , t wo
SUNS ( s u ns h i ne a nd s u nr i s e ) , t wo EASTS ( e a s t a nd o r i e nt ) , a nd t wo
RISINGS (r ise and resurrect ion) .