colors of days of the week
From: | Pavel A. da Mek <pavel.adamek@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, April 25, 2001, 8:59 |
David Peterson wrote:
>As for me, I always think of days of the week in terms of colors:
>Monday's blue, Tuesday's white, Wednesday's red,
>Thursday's yellow, Friday's green, Saturday's orange,
>and Sunday's purple. :)
But there are other colors used in heraldic, astrology and alchemy:
Shamash, Sol, sun - Sunday, Au, gold (yellow), ::::::
Sin, Luna, moon - Monday, Ag, silver (white),
Nergal, Mars, Tiw - Tuesday, Fe, red, ||||||, fire
Nabu, Mercur, Wodan - Wednesday, Hg, magenta, //////
Marduk, Jupiter, Thor - Thursday, Sn, blue, ===, water
Ishtar, Venus, Frige - Friday, Cu, green, \\\\\\
Ninurta, Saturn - Saturdy, Pb, black, ###.
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Conculture:
There are only 6 days in Mekhtish week:
Greenday, Goldday, Redday, Magentaday, Blueday and Cyanday.
The year (366 days) is divides into 61 weeks (6 days each)
and 6 seasons (61 days each). Therefore
Greenseason (Sprouting) starts and ends on Greeenday,
Goldseason (Flowering) starts and ends on Goldday,
Redseason (Maturing) starts and ends on Redday,
Magentaseason (Harvest) starts and ends on Magentaday,
Blueseason (Blowing) starts and ends on Blueday, and
Cyanseason (Freezing) starts and ends on Cyanday.
Pavel