Introducing The Days of the Week
Astronomy is one of the Great Liberal Arts & Sciences that Masons should all be aware of. One thing that many fail to see or acknowledge is how Astronomy plays in our lives. Here is a simple one. Presenting to some and introducing to others, the Days of the Week.
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
The naming of the Days of the Week with regards to the Ancients, were aligned with the visible planets. The Ancients considered the Sun and the Moon as planets as well. To decode the names of the Days of the Week here we will do a bit of translation from English to Spanish which is a bit more based in latin and reveals alot.
Monday (Lunes in Spanish)
Lunes (Monday), is an actual translation meaning MOON-Day. Monday is the Day of the Moon.
Tuesday (Martes in Spanish)
Martes (Tuesday), is an actual translation meaning MARS-Day. Tuesday is the Day of Mars. Mars is the Planet of War. Some of your biggest battles are on Tuesday. Another translation is from French, where Tuesday is Mardi. Mardi Gras, literally means FAT TUESDAY.
Wednesday (Miercoles in Spanish)
Miercoles (Wednesday), is an actual translation meaning MERCURY- Day. Wednesday is the day of Mercury.
Thursday (Jueves in Spanish)
Jueves (Thursday), is an actual translation meaning JUPITER – Day. Thursday is the day of Jupiter.
Friday (Viernes in Spanish)
Viernes (Friday), is an actual translation meaning VENUS – Day. Friday is the day of Venus.
Saturday
Saturday does not need to be translated to Spanish because minus the “n” Saturday actually means SATURN – Day.
Sunday
Sunday does not need to be translated as well. Sunday actually means SUN – Day. It is the day Christians worship the “way, the truth and the LIGHT” Is it the light approching from the East??? Let there be light.
For each of these days there are signs of the Zodiac that corresponds with each day. A good experiment is to find the astrological characteristics of each day and check that to the day you were born and see what you come up with.
Little something I picked up dealing with Saturday, or ‘Saturn Day’.
Seater was the same as Saturn and Noah. From Seater, the seventh day of the week, according to the Saxons, was named Seaterday, or Saturday; and from Saturn, according to the Italians, the seventh day of the week was named Dies Saturnii, i.e., day of Saturn. Hence, we see that Seater, Saturn, or Noah (which latter name means rest) introduced the custom of setting apart a day of rest from labour every seventh day, i.e., the last day of every week or quarter moon, and in consequence of this the day was named in honour of him.