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| The Ancients associated a day with each "planet" they knew of and in the Middle Ages, the alchemists, aware of only 7 metals linked these to the planets as well. | ||
"Planet"
Day
Metal
Reason
Sun
Sunday
Gold
Colour
Moon (luna)
Monday (Lundi)
Silver
Colour
Mars
Tuesday (Marti)
Iron
Weapon/God of War
Mercury
Wednesday (Mercredi)
Quicksilver
Fastest planet, liquid metal
Jupiter
Thursday (Juevi)
Tin
The one left!
Venus
Friday (Vendredi)
Copper
3rd brightest planet, 3rd most precious metal
Saturn
Saturday
Lead
Heavest metal, slowest planet
Notes:
- The words in brackets are the French words for the days with which there is a better modern connection. Most of the English days were names after Norse gods, who were worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons before their conversion to Christianity.
- The metal quicksilver has now taken the name of the planet that was assigned to it; mercury.
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