Conjunctio
Conjunctio is an extinct genus of dissorophid temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Permian of New Mexico. The type species, Cunjunctio multidens, was named by paleontologist Robert L. Carroll in 1964.
The holotype specimen was found in 1911 in the Lower Permian Abo Formation in New Mexico. The fossil was discovered in Rio Arriba County at the west side of Peurco River opposite El Rito. It consists of the skull and post-cranial material including femora, humeri, scapulae, pelvis, a section of the vertebral column, and osteoderms.
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Geomantic figures
The 16 geomantic figures are the primary symbols used in divinatory geomancy. Each geomantic figure represents a certain state of the world or the mind, and can be interpreted in various ways based upon the query put forth and the method used to generate the figures. When geomancy was introduced to Europe in the Middle Ages, the figures acquired astrological meanings and new forms of interpretation. The figures bear superficial resemblance to the ba gua, the eight trigrams used in the I Ching, a Chinese classic text.
Properties of the figures
Each of the figures is composed of four lines, each line containing either one or two points. Each line represents one of the four classical elements: from top to bottom, the lines represent fire, air, water, and earth. When a line has a single point, the element is said to be active; otherwise, with two points, the element is passive. Because there are four lines, and since each line can be either active or passive, there are 24, or 16, different figures. The different combinations of elements yields different representations or manifestations of the figure's energy.
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