CROSS QUARTER DAYS: The modern name for the Celtic Fire Festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and Lammas.

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Calvary Cross. This form of cross does not date from Christianity. It was known and used for mystical purposes, thousands of years before our era.

It formed part and parcel of the various Rituals, in Egypt and Greece, in Babylon and India, as well as in China, Mexico, and Peru. It is a cosmic, as well as a physiological (or phallic) symbol. That it existed among all the "heathen" nations is testified to by Tertullian. "How doth the Athenian Minerva differ from the body of a cross?" he queries. "The origin of your gods is derived from figures moulded on a cross.

All those rows of images on your standards are the appendages of crosses; those hangings on your banners are the robes of crosses." And the fiery champion was right. The tau or T is the most ancient of all forms, and the cross or the tat (q.v.) as ancient. The crux ansata, the cross with a handle, is in the hands of almost every god, including Baal and the Phœnician Astarte.

The croix cramponnée is the Indian Swastica. It has been exhumed from the lowest foundations of the ancient site of Troy, and it appears on Etruscan and Chaldean relics of antiquity. As Mrs. Jamieson shows: "The ankh of Egypt was the crutch of St. Anthony and the cross of St. Philip. The Labarum of Constantine . . . was an emblem long before, in Etruria. Osiris had the Labarum for his sign; Horus appears sometimes with the long Latin cross. T

he Greek pectoral cross is Egyptian. It was called by the Fathers the devil’s invention before Christ . The crux ansata is upon the old coins of Tarsus, as the Maltese upon the breast of an Assyrian king ...The cross of Calvary, so common in Europe, occurs on the breasts of mummies. . . it was suspended round the necks of sacred Serpents in Egypt. . . . Strange Asiatic tribes bringing tribute in Egypt are noticed with garments studded with crosses, and Sir Gardner Wilkinson dates this picture B.C. 1500." Finally, "Typhon, the Evil One, is chained by a cross".

(Eg. Belief and Mod. Thought).

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Definition and meaning of Blue Cross :

Blue Cross: Nonprofit corporation providing protection to its members against the cost of hospital care in a limited geographic area.

(Source: Bank of America )

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Definition and meaning of Southern Cross:

Southern Cross - a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

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Cross-Over exercise: A way to get out of an energy rut or comfort zone. It requires the shifting of mental energy. The method involves crossing, or imagining oneself crossing, a clean, natural stream by bridge.

(See also: Cross-Over exercise, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Definition and meaning of crossing over:

crossing over - in genetics, the breaking during meiosis of one maternal and one paternal chromosome, the exchange of corresponding sections of DNA, and the rejoining of the chromosomes. This process can result in an exchange of alleles between chromosomes

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Definition and meaning of Blue Cross :

Blue Cross:  Blue Cross plans are nonprofit hospital expense prepayment plans designed primarily to provide benefits for hospitalization coverage, with certain restrictions on the type of accommodations to be used. (H)

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A Christian theological definition of Cross according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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Crucifix (cross)

A cross can have several seemingly varying connotations, or the interpretation may be multifaceted. It may represent your spirituality and the coming together of all different parts of your personality. It is a Christian symbol and you can think about what it means to you. The other interpretation may be less spiritual and more of a reflection of how you are feeling. A cross is a symbol of pain and suffering. Think if you are feeling as though you are being "crucified" by something that is going on in your life.

Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com

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Definition and meaning of Cross Purchase :

Cross Purchase: A form of Business Insurance in which each party to a mutual agreement (usually to buy out a disabled or deceased co-owner) insures each of the other parties. (LI)

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Definition and meaning of Blue Cross :

Blue Cross: An independent, nonprofit membership corporation providing protection on a service basis against the cost of hospital care in a limited geographical area.

(Source: The Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary )

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CROSS-QUARTER DAYS: the traditional Pagan holidays which occur exactly between each Sabbat or seasonal festival; i.e., Candlemas, Beltane, Lammas and Samhain. These are the 4 holidays that fall between the Quarter holidays, see next... they are the midpoints of the season or Quarters & relate to lambing, harvest, planting, & slaughter times. As opposed to Solar dates of QUARTERS, these being the 4 holidays that recognize Solstices & Equinoxes.

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Cry from the Cross The cry of the expiring Jesus -- given in the Gospels as "Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani" (Matt 27:46) (in Mark it is Eloi)

; translated in Greek "Theemou, Theemou, hinati me 'egkatelipes"; and then translated into English as "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" -- is a curious instance of mistranslation, for the Hebrew words as quoted mean, "My God, my God, how thou hast glorified me!" On the other hand, Psalms 22:1 has the words, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" but here the Hebrew for forsaken is `azabtani (forsaken me).

There seems to have been a desire to represent the cry from the cross as a fulfillment of these words of Psalms. What Jesus really uttered, according to the Hebrew, was a cry of ecstasy over the peace of attainment, clarification, and liberation. The cry in Psalms is that of the candidate for initiation left to his unaided resources, to achieve or fail by them and them alone -- which is the only fair and certain test of ability.

(See also: Cry from the Cross, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Definition and meaning of Cross liability clause :

Cross liability clause: obligates an insurer to protect each insured separately.

(Source: The Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary )

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Definition and meaning of Cross Purchase Agreement :

Cross Purchase Agreement: specifies the terms for the surviving partners or shareholders to buy a deceased's share of the business's ownership.

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Celtic Cross: A ten-card Tarot spread developed in the 1890s by a member or associate of the Golden Dawn. Taught to first-level initiates of the Golden Dawn and widely used after publication by Arthur E. Waite in his Pictorial Key to the Tarot.

Card 1. The main question on your mind

Card 2. A challenge within the situation

Card 3. The foundation of the question, subconscious issues

Card 4. The recent past

Card 5. Conscious goals, what you think you can achieve

Card 6. The near future

Card 6. What you are bringing to the situation

Card 8. How others affect the situation

Card 9. Your hopes and fears

Card 10. The outcome

(See also: Celtic Cross, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

Grand Cross: When four or more planets form two sets of oppositions which combine to form four squares, there is a grand cross or grand square. These planets are also usually related by mode (Cardinal, Fixed, or Mutable). This is a difficult configuration, and may produce more frustration than the T-square, but there is usually great strength accompanying it to endure and develop character.

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T-cross

Opposition of two planets both squared by a third

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Cosmic Cross

Four planets in opposition, each squared by another one making a cross.

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Celtic Cross

1)The traditional cross of the Celts - a cross with a circle around it.

2) A Tarot spread in which cards are laid out in the form of a cross.

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Celtic Cross

Tarot reading in which cards are laid out in the form of a cross

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