| Every day we use terms that have their symbolic | | | | Norse equivalent of the Roman god Mercury. |
| roots in astrology. They are so much part of our | | | | From the latin mercurii dies comes mercredi |
| lives that it's easy to miss the rich language of | | | | French word for Wednesday. |
| symbolism we use without even thinking. | | | | Thursday |
| The days of the week for example, are named | | | | The day of Jupiter, named after Thor, equivalent |
| after the planets. | | | | of the god Jupiter in Norse mythology. The latin |
| Sunday | | | | for Thursday was jovis dies (Jupiter's day), from |
| The day of the Sun. From the latin, sol dies, | | | | which comes the French word jeudi. |
| comes the word solar, meaning 'related to the | | | | Friday |
| sun'. | | | | The day of Venus. Friday is named after Freia, |
| Monday | | | | who was the goddess of beauty in Norse |
| Monday is the day of the moon. In French, | | | | mythology, just as Venus was the Roman |
| Monday is lundi, and the moon is la lune. It's easy | | | | goddess of beauty and charm. From veneris dies, |
| to see how these French terms, and the English | | | | the latin term for Friday, comes vendredi, French |
| words lunar, lunatic and loony all derive from the | | | | for Friday. The English words venereal venerable |
| latin lunis dies. | | | | and venery all come from this. |
| Tuesday | | | | Saturday |
| The day of Mars, named after Tyr, the Norse | | | | The day of Saturn. In latin, Saturday was saturni |
| god of war. In latin, Tuesday was martis dies, | | | | dies. |
| which lead to the French word for Tuesday, | | | | The names of the days of the week are just |
| mardi | | | | one of the many remnants of ancient astrological |
| | | | knowledge that can be found around us every |
| Wednesday | | | | day. |
| The day of Mercury, named after Wotan, the | | | | |