8/3/2019 Aries 26: A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold

1/3

S t a r l i n g H u n t e r 2 0 1 1 1

Aries 26: A man possessed of more gift s than he can holdThe word man descends from the Indo-European (IE) root man-1

which means man and from which also

descen d manikin , mannequin , mensch , and

Manu. 1

The base of word possessed is comprised

of two IE roots . The f irst is poti- which means

powerful , lord . I ts paronyms include pasha ,

potent, an d power.2 The second root is sed-

w h i c h m eans t o s i t . 3 I ts paronyms include

assess , cathedral , c ha ir , diss ident , nest , niche ,

obsess , saddle , set, sewer (a medieval servant

who supervised the serving of meal) , s iege , s i t, sett le , subside , and se e ,

the of f ic ial seat , center of authority , jur isdict ion, or of f ice of a b ishop. 4

The IE root me-3, which means big , g ives r ise to the keyword more

as w el l as t o most and Mrchen (a folk or fairy tale) 5

The word gi f t descends from the IE root ghabh- which means to g ive

o r r ec ei v e . 6

I ts paronyms include able , debt , du e , duty, endeavor, give , habit , inhibit , and prohibit .

The word can descends from the IE root gno- which means to know.

I ts paronyms include cognit ion , connote , cunning , gnost ic , ignorant ,

know, kenning , normal , note , quaint , and uncouth . 7

F inal ly , the word hold has two di f ferent but related meanings. The

f i r s t m eans t o h av e o r keep i n o ne s g r as p . 8 I t descends from the root

kel-3 which means to drive, set in swift m o t i o n and i t s paronyms

1W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 5 1 2W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 6 9 3W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p p . 7 3 - 4 4h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / s e e _ 2 5W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 5 1 6W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 2 8 7W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p p . 3 2 - 3 8h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / h o l d

8/3/2019 Aries 26: A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold

2/3

S t a r l i n g H u n t e r 2 0 1 1 2

include behold , upholster , halt (a suspension of movement or progress) ,

avast (a nautical term used as a command to stop or desist) , celerity

(swiftness of act ion or motion; speed) , accelerate , celebrate , celebrity ,

and clonus (an abnormali ty in neuromuscular act ivi ty characterized by

rapidly alternating muscular contraction and relaxation) . 9

A second meaning of the word hold is def ined as the lower interior

par t o f a s h i p o r a i r pl ane w h er e c ar g o i s s t o r ed . 10 I t descends from kel-

2 which means to cover , conceal , save and i ts derivatives include hel l ,

Hel, hal l , Valhal la , coleus , hul l , hol low, haugh (a low-lying meadow in a

river val ley) , holster , housing (trappings for a horse and/or an

or n am en t al or p r ot ect i v e cov er i n g f or a saddl e) , clandest ine , Calypso ,

apocalypse , eucalyptus , helm , Anselm , Will iam , Helmet , occult , color , cel l ,

ce l lar , ci l ium , seel , and superci l ious .

THEMES: As shown in the table below, four of the most obvious

themes running across these words concern money or property , horses

or beasts of burden, authority or control , hidden or secret knowledge 11

T h e m e K e y w o r d P a r o n y m s D e f i n i t i o n

M o n e y g i f t d e b t s o m e t h i n g o w e d , e . g . m o n e y , d e b t ,s e r v i c e s

M o n e y c a n n o t e a p i e c e o f p a p e r c u r r e n c y , a

p r o m i s s o r y n o t e

M o n e y h o l d h o l e i n t h e h o l e : i n d e b t , a t a d i s a d v a n t a g e

M o n e y h o l d h o l d i n g l e g a l l y - o w n e d p r o p e r t y s u c h a s l a n d ,

c a p i t a l , o r s t o c k s

H o r s e s h o l d h o u s i n g - 1 b u i l d i n g s o r o t h e r s h e l t e r w h e r e

p e o p l e l i v e

H o r s e s p o s s e s s s a d d l e a l e a t h e r s e a t f o r a r i d e r , s e c u r e d o n

a n a n i m a l s b a c k

H o r s e s h o l d h o u s i n g - 2 a n o r n a m e n t a l o r p r o t e c t i v e c o v e r i n g

f o r a s a d d l e ; t r a p p i n g s f o r a h o r s e

C o n t r o l p o s s e s s p o t e n t p o s s e s s i n g i n n e r o r p h y s i c a l s t r e n g t h

C o n t r o l p o s s e s s s e e t h e o f f i c i a l s e a t , c e n t e r o f a u t h o r i t y ,j u r i s d i c t i o n , o r o f f i c e o f a b i s h o p

C o n t r o l p o s s e s s p a s h a a t i t l e f o r a m i l i t a r y a n d c i v i l o f f i c e r s

C o n t r o l h o l d h o l d t o k e e p i n c u s t o d y ; t o h a v e o r

m a i n t a i n i n o n e s p o s s e s s i o n ; t om a i n t a i n c o n t r o l o v e r ; t o m a i n t a i n

9W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p p . 3 9 10h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / h o l d _ 2 11A l l d e f i n i t i o n s i n t h e t a b l e a b o v e a r e t a k e n f r o m t h e A H D E L .

8/3/2019 Aries 26: A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold

3/3

S t a r l i n g H u n t e r 2 0 1 1 3

o c c u p a t i o n o f b y f o r c e o r c o e r c i o n ; t o

i m p o s t c o n t r o l o r r e s t r a i n t o n .

C o n t r o l m a n M a n u t h e p r i m o r d i a l f a t h e r o f t h e h u m a n

r a c e a n d s o v e r e i g n o f t h e e a r t h w h o

f i r s t i n s t i t u t e d r e l i g i o u s c e r e m o n i e s

a n d d e v i s e d a c o d e o f l a w s .

S e c r e t

k n o w l e d g e

H o l d O c c u l t B e y o n d t h e r e a l m o f h u m a n

c o m p r e h e n s i o n ; i n s c r u t a b l e ; A v a i l a b l eo n l y t o t h e i n i t i a t e ; s e c r e t

S e c r e t

k n o w l e d g e

C a n G n o s i s ;

g n o s t i c

I n t u i t i v e a p p r e h e n s i o n o f s p i r i t u a l

t r u t h s , a n e s o t e r i c f o r m o f k n o w l e d g e ;

O f , r e l a t i n g t o , o r p o s s e s s i n g

i n t e l l e c t u a l o r s p i r i t u a l k n o w l e d g e