Astrology

Astrology (from Greek:

Astrology and the Days of the Week

Each day of the week was created in honor of one of the seven celestial bodies (the Sun, Moon, and five known planets); and in ancient astrology, each day of the week was said to be influenced by the traits of the celestial body it was named after. The system was symmetrical and free of complication until the discovery of Uranus in 1781.

Related Topics:
Day of the week - Planet - Ancient astrology - Symmetrical - Uranus - 1781

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The English names, other than the obvious Sunday and Monday ("Moonday"), are taken from the Teutonic deities that were correlated with the Roman deities that were asociated with the planets that the days were named after.

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The days of the week and celestial bodies they are named after are:

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• Sunday -- Sun
• Monday -- Moon
• Tuesday -- Mars
• Wednesday -- Mercury
• Thursday -- Jupiter
• Friday -- Venus
• Saturday -- Saturn

You can learn more about planetary linguistics on this site.

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