8/3/2019 Opposition 11: Aries 11 (The president of the country)
and Libra 11 (A professor peering over his glasses)
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S t a r l i n g H u n t e r 2 0 1 2 1
Aries 11: The president of the countryLibra 11: A professor
peering over his glasses
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t h d e s c e nd sfrom the Indo-European (IE) root per1 which is
the base of over 120words wi th the basic meaning of forward (and)
through as wel l as a
wide range of extended senses such as before, ear ly , f i rst ,
chief , toward,
ag ai ns t , near , a t , ar o u nd . 1 Among i ts paronyms are
the words foremost , prodigy, premier , pride, primary, prime,
prince, principle, principal ,
priest, a nd proton.
The word over descends from the IE root uper- which means overa
nd f r o m w h i c h a l s o d e s c e nd t h e w o r d s
sovereign, super , super- , supra- ,
superb, superior , supreme, supernal , sum, an d summit 2
One word that best embodies these keywords and their paronyms
is
PARAMOUNT w h i c h m e a ns O f c h i e f c o nc e r n o r i m
p o r t a nc e , s u p r e m e i nr a nk , p o w e r , o r a u t h
o r i t y , and o ne t h a t h a s t h e h i g h e s t r a nk , p o
w e r , o r
authori ty . 3
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