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​The Winds of Fate and Destiny in an Eternal World: The concepts of fate and destiny and the concepts of eternity and infinity are all entwined in meaning but have distinct connotations. Fate and destiny relate (differently) to a predetermined state in the future and that future may or may not be held eternally or infinitely. Also available as a Word Guide.
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Time is the continuous passage of existence in which events pass from a state of potentiality in the future, through the present, to a state of finality in the past.
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The Sparkle of Starlight, the Sun, Moon and Stars
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  • Abendrot - the color of the sky while the sun is setting
  • Alpenglow - the reddish glow in the mountains at sunrise or sunset
  • Alqamar - Arabic for moon
  • Apotelesma - the influence of the stars on human destiny
  • Apricate - to bask in the sun
  • Apricity- the warmth of the sun in winter
  • Araw- Tagalog for sun
  • Asterism - a group of stars
  • Astrophile - someone who loves the stars
  • Azure - sky blue
  • Brumous- grey skies
  • Caelum - Latin for sky
  • Cerulean- resembling the blue of the sky
  • Cloudland - the sky
  • Empyreal- pertaining to the sky; celestial
  • Firmament- sky
  • Ghealach - Gaelic for moon
  • Grian- Gaelic for sunshine
  • Gumusservi - the reflection of the moon on water
  • Heliolatry- the worship of the sun
  • Heliophilia- a desire to stay in the sun
  • Hoshi - Japanese for star
  • Iishraq- Arabic for sunshine
  • Khursheed- sun
  • Komorebi - the sun filtering through the leaves of the trees
  • Lucida - the brightest star of a constellation
  • Lunette - the crescent shape of the moon
  • Madrugda- the moment at dawn when the night meets the day
  • Moonbow - a rainbow caused by the retraction and reflection of light from the moon
  • Moonbroch - a halo around the moon indicating an approaching storm
  • Moonglade- the track of the moonlight on the water
  • Moonwake - the reflection of the moon on the water that seems to follow you as you walk
  • Najima - Arabic for star
  • Nikko - Japanese for sunshine
  • Nubilous - cloudy
  • Opacus- a cloud so dense it can obscure the moon
  • Perseid- any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from the constellation Perseus
  • Polaris - the North Star
  • Rionnag - Gaelic for star
  • Sabaism- worshiping the stars
  • Sama -Arabic for sky
  • Scintillate - to twinkle like the stars
  • Selenophilia - loving the moon and finding it soothing
  • Selenotropism - growth in response to moonlight
  • Shams - Arabic for sun
  • Sidereal - determined by the stars
  • Soleil - French for sun
  • Solis - Latin for sun
  • Soorajh - Hindu for sun
  • Stella - Latin for star
  • Stelliferous - having or abounding with stars
  • Surya- Sanskrit for sun
  • Syzygy- the alignment of three celestial bodies; the sun, the earth and the moon
  • Taiyo- Japanese for sun
  • Tsuki - Japanese for moon
  • Welkin - the sky or vault of heaven

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  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS