Taurus 11: A woman sprinkling flowers

The word woman descends from the IndoE u r o p e a n ( IE ) r o o t g h w i bh - w h i c h me a n s s ha m e , a l s o p u d e n da . I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l ud e w i f e a n d hussy.1 The word sprinkling descends from the IE root ( s ) p r eg - 2 w h i c h m e a n s t o j e r k, s h a t t e r. 2 I t s paronyms include disperse, a s p e r si o n , freckle, i n t e r sp e r s e , s p a r se , a n d s p r y . The word flower is derived from bhel-3, to t h r i v e , b l o o m. O t h e r d e r i v a t i v e s i n c l u d e b l a d e , b l e e d, b l e s s , bl o o d , b l o o m , bl o w , c a u l if l o w e r , f l o r a , f l o r i st , f l o w e r , f l o u r , fl o u r i s h , fo l io , a n d f o l i a ge . 3 T H E M E S : O n e t h e m e h e r e c on c e r n s t h e a c t o f B L E S S I NG . T he w o r d i t s e l f i s a p a r o n y m o f t h e ke y w o r d f l o w e r a n d o n e c o mm o n f o r m t h a t i t t a k e s i s t h e s p r in k l i n g o f H o l y W a t e r : As a reminder of baptism, Catholics dip their fingers in the holy water and make the sign of the cross when entering the church. The liturgy may begin on Sundays with the Rite of Blessing and Sprinkling Holy Water, in which holy water is sprinkled upon the congregation; this is called aspersion, from the Latin, asperges ("to sprinkle").

1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 32 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionar y of Indo European Roots, p. 83 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, pp. 9 -10 Starling Hunter 2011 1