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constellations of words learn about the world of the stars above us skip to content constellations of words learn about the world of the stars above us menu home list of constellations list of stars stars with special meanings explore the etymology and symbolism of the constellations on each of the constellation pages under the subheading clues to the meaning of this celestial feature the symbolism and etymology of the name of the constellation is explored this study is based on the belief that each constellation has its own unique clusters of related concepts and that the etymology of the names and associated key words will express their essential meaning the whole heavens is the ultimate or overall pattern in the concept of cosmic order cosmic order relates to the hermes trismegistus axiom as above so below the harmony between the heavens and the earth the earthly order corresponding to the cosmic order the heavens is understood to be the macrocosm and man the microcosm and hence according to paracelsus the structure of the human body itself is the structure of the entire universe man the human being the highest evolved product of the microcosm is seen as the synthesis of all nature animals birds and each living thing emphasizing some unique or exaggerated feature that symbolically represents some function of the human condition and some part of the human body creation takes place in the micro realm in ancient times when the myths were written this realm was a great mystery nowadays science has provided an understanding of this world revealing metaphorical correspondences with ancient creation myths i believe that the myths are always happening and that related words etymology will give the clues words have energy and vibrate at different frequencies i envisage each of the 88 modern constellations having its own specific key note as on the modern piano there are 88 keys if certainty could be achieved in allocating the correct words to the constellations we would recognize the harmony and have no doubts a number of constellations have a bird as its symbol according to the medieval bestiaries it is known that the names of many birds are invented from the sound of their voices e g grus corvus cignus bubo milvus ulula cuculus garrulus graculus etc crane crow swan owl kite screech owl cuckoo starling daw etc the bestiaries say that the particular kind of song they have suggests what they should be called the names of birds in most languages are of echoic origin that often have a list of cognates that appear in indo european linguistic roots the words used to describe the habits and shapes of animals are often cognate with their names etymology is the study of the history of words english is an indo european language and related to most of the major languages of europe and the northern indian subcontinent click here for a list of indo european roots and see how linguists have grouped words that are etymologically related to each other i believe that each constellation embraces a number of these indo european roots along with using these roots supplied by modern etymologists i have liberally used interpretations of words from the 7th century ad christian scholar isidore of seville the etymologies and also from the 1st century roman writer marcus terentius varro on the latin language plato plutarch and others in some of the pages on this website etymological suggestions are offered that at this stage may seem plausible to me a non linguist but are not recognized as etymologically correct i believe this subject calls for a looser structure than would be allowed in the science of modern linguistics the more i dig into this the more the mosaic pieces of the big picture begin to fit together i am hoping to share information and insights and that as understanding of the constellations progresses patterns might emerge that will give more certainty and a truer picture of what the constellations mean relatively little is known about this subject and if we do want to know more we should start somewhere reasonable assumptions and likely suggestions can be made until we are able to confirm whether or not they will fit into a given constellation pattern there are 88 constellation of which 40 are modern named by scientists and astronomers with little knowledge of myth or with little appreciation for the sacredness of what they were doing if god named the stars as it says in the bible psalm 147 4 he tells the number of the stars he calls them all by their names then it might be reasonable to assume that god inspired those namers and these modern names are just as valid as the ancient names as this project progresses we might find that we can identify some myths with these new constellations this website is very much a work in progress and as this study develops i intend to make lots of changes additions and revisions errors in identifications will be continually corrected and all the signs through which night whirls her car from belted orion back to orion and his dauntless hound and all poseidon s all high zeus s stars bear on their beams true messages to man poste s translation of aratos were all religions and all scriptures of the world to be lost and were there nothing left to us except the starry heavens the story of the zodiac and the significance of the names of the various stars found in the different constellations we should be able to retrace the history of man recover the knowledge of our goal and learn the mode of its achievement djwhal khul the tibetan see also introduction to the fixed stars search for search learn about canis major archives categories no categories meta log in entries feed comments feed wordpress org copyright 2026 constellations of words signify dark by wen themes scroll up