Word: luna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ancient Chinese astrological table and the P'u Pan. the necromancer's divining board. Moran did find what he believes to be the key. It was not from the signs of the solar zodiac that he got it; it was from the 28 signs of the Luna (i.e., moon) zodiac, which were invented long before "to fix the calendar and to determine the times of planting and seasons of harvest and the religious ceremonies which accompanied them." From these primitive astrological signs, the Chinese built up many of their own characters. Other civilizations apparently evolved a sort...
...Greece, the first letter of the alphabet was originally written Ψ, a bull's head resting on its side. In Hebrew, it was written Ψ. The astronomical sign for the constellation Taurus is Ψ which resembles the later Greek letter Ψ. The Chinese Luna zodiac sign for the same constellation was six stars Ψ, in the shape of a bull's head, while the sign of the Chinese Luna zodiac was Niu, the "ox" which in primitive form, resembled the head...
...Hebrew, the fourth letter, Daleth is written Ψ. The Assyrian Daltu meant "door," or "jaws," the Greek Delta meant "mouth" of a river; the Hebrew Dal meant "door," "bucket," or "to draw water," the Assyrian Dalu meant "to draw water," and Dilutu meant "a bucket." The Luna constellation consisted of three stars arranged in a triangle, which could easily have taken the shape of both Daleth and Delta...
With Una from Luna, I'll head for Altoona...
Music of Spain (Chamber Orchestra of Madrid conducted by Ataulfo Argenta; Montilla). Overtures from Spanish light operas by such composers as Gerónimo Giménez, Ruperto Chapi, Enrique Granados, Pablo Luna. The music is light and atmospheric, well played and smoothly recorded...