Circle of stars all EU leaders as the official emblem of the European Communities, and in 1993 inherited by the successor organisation, the European Union. All European institutions now use an emblem of their own. The Zodiac is an ancient "circle of stars" where some stars are symbolically combined into 12 Star signs also known as constellations. The etymology of the term Zodiac comes from the Latin zōdiacus, from the Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος], meaning "[circle] of animals", derived from ζῴδιον, the diminutive of ζῷον "animal". The Crown of Immortality is a separate and earlier motif (and metaphor) which also uses a circle of
Fearn (letter) Fearn (letter) Fearn is the Irish name of the third letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚃ, meaning "alder-tree". In Old Irish, the letter name was Fern, which is related to Welsh "gwern(en)". Its Primitive Irish root was *"wernā" and its phonetic value then was [w]. Its Old Irish and modern phonetic value is [f]. In the medieval kennings, called "Bríatharogam" or "Word Ogham" the verses associated with "Fearn" are: airenach fían - "vanguard of warriors" in the Word Ogham of "Morann mic Moín" comét lachta - "milk container" in the Word Ogham of "Mac ind Óc" (vessels where made of