Show How October Was Waa Named October during luring which the sun ent enters enters en en- t rs Scorpio the eighth sign of ot the and which derives Its name from roni the Latin word octo meaning eight ht was of course once the eighth month of or the noman floman year which began began begun be be- gan gun with Ith March In our present the Julian Tullan calendar October became the tenth month but the old name has lias al- al WR S 'S stuck It Is commonly said that the selection of ot a n den deadly lly Insect to represent represent rep rep- res resent Oc October ober was because the killing frosts of ot October are as fatal to summers summer's summers summer's sum sum- mers mer's f fErs Ers as the sting of ot the scorpion scorpion scorpion pion Is to living creatures nut But the true reason for fOI the choosIng choosing choos choos- ing log of ot this sign Is to be he found fonne In the fanciful astronomy of ot olden days s which saw uw the shape of ot the scorpion In u a starry sturry constellation constellation- distinguish In lug that particular house or quarter of the heavens through which the san fian passes in this lunar month |