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| origins of the days of the week |
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| formed by the anglo-saxons from the latin names with their own divinities substituted |
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| day of the sun : dies solis |
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| 'day of the moon' : dies lunae |
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| 'Tiu's day- day of tiu, god of war' dies martis , the day of mars |
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| 'Wodens day, day of woden/odin, chief of the anglo saxon gods' :mercurii dies, day of mercury |
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DIES JOVIS "jove's day"
named after the Norse god Thor; romans named it dies jovis (jove's day) after jove/jupiter- their most important god. |
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dies veneris
day in honor of the norse goddess frigg.
to the romans: this day was sacred to the goddess VENUS and was known as DIES VENERIS |
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| dies saturni "saturns day" by the ancient romans in honor of saturn. in anglo saxon: sater daeg. |
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"The ram"
the golden ram whose fleece jason and the argonauts go on a quest to bring back to greece |
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"the bull"
the bull form zeus changes himself into to seduce and carry off europa (cf. this base in taurine, tauromorphic, taurobolium, tauroctony, etc) |
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the devine twins
castor and pollux (cf. geminate, etc) |
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'the scales of balance' (only sign not represented by animal or person)
ruled by planet venus |
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often associated with the mythological figure of odysseus, king of ithaca (from the trojan war) "cupbearer of the gods" or "the water carrier"
traditionally ruled by the planet saturn- uranus has been considered a modern ruler of this sign |
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"the crab"
ruled by the moon
(the 12 trials of heracles) battling hydra, hera sent down giant crab- crushed under heracles foot before defeating hydra. |
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"the lion"
ruled by the sun
stems from 12 heracles trials
heracles eventually defeated lion hand to hand/paw battle |
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'the virgin'
ruled by mercury
-persephone goddess of innocence and purity
-tale of pandora: opened jar and let loose all the evils unto the world- gods fled back to heaven escaping evil.
-only sign represented by a female
daughter of zeus and themis, astraea.
goddess of justice |
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'the scorpion' ruled by mars and pluto
tale of orion-son of poseidon and eurayle.
apollo created sqorpion to kill orion, his brothers favorite hunting partner- they battled, orion died |
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'the archer'
ruled by jupiter
representative of the centaur, Cherion. (immortal)- saved prometheus and died. |
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"the goat"
ruled by the planet saturn
represents the goat amalthea who fed the infant zeus. |
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"the fishes"
ruled by the planet neptune
represents the goddess of love and beauty, aphrodite and the god of love, eros
-encounter with vicious typhoon:zeus turned them into fish so they could survive |
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