Signs and Seasons Prologue

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Across
  1. 2. A block of many days, or a complete lunar cycle
  2. 5. Twinkling points of light from celestial bodies afar
  3. 6. Latin word for Moon
  4. 9. Basic unit of telling time
  5. 10. “Wandering” stars
  6. 13. Julius Caesar adopted the Julian ______, which we still use today.
  7. 14. The name for the all the lights created on the fourth day.
  8. 16. The greatest luminary, life-giving radiance that causes all crops to grow
  9. 17. 365 days, Sun’s rolling cycle
  10. 18. Latin word for Sun
Down
  1. 1. Star patterns
  2. 3. Study of triangles
  3. 4. Changes in weather and length of daylight mark these
  4. 7. Book of tables of the luminaries' movement over the next year, used for skycraft and planning
  5. 8. Depiction of God by the four Hebrew letters of his name, often in the sky with the luminaries
  6. 11. Greek word for moon
  7. 12. Greek word for sun
  8. 15. Lesser luminary whose light banishes the darkness of night