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[Alexandr Korol]

In the Thai solar calendar, the name of the day comes from a Pali word meaning the planet Mars, literally ‘Ashes of the Dead’; the color associated with Tuesday is pink. Tuesday is the usual day for elections in the United States.” Yes, I checked – November 5, 2024, is a Tuesday. “Miscellaneous”: “In astrology, Tuesday is associated with the planet Mars and carries the symbol of this planet. Since Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, these signs are also connected to Tuesday.” Well, I wouldn’t say this information is entirely reliable. Mars, okay, but the connection to specific zodiac signs is still debatable.

Wednesday. “The day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. It is the fourth day of God’s creation of the world, the appearance of celestial lights.” Wikipedia includes a photograph: “A Roman copy of a statue of Hermes, the god from whom the tradition of naming ‘Wednesday’ after a celestial deity and its planet originates in Western Europe.” “Wednesday, in literal translation from Japanese, means ‘water day.’ In Ancient Rome, this day was dedicated to Mercury and was also called the day of Hermes.” A good section from Wikipedia about Wednesday: “Wednesday as a Mythical Character.” “In a Great Russian folk tale, Wednesday is personified as a woman preparing a linen canvas with the intention of strangling the mistress who called her for help in weaving, as in folk literature, Wednesday and Friday were placed alongside Sunday and other church holidays; it was considered a great sin not only to break the fast on these days but also to engage in certain household chores. The Russian language has a common saying: ‘Wednesday is a little Friday.’” Of course. “Russians in the Ural region believed that Friday and Wednesday were the first to come out to meet the souls of the dead in the ‘other world’ and associated Wednesday with Judgment Day.”

Thursday. “The day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. The fourth day, Thursday, of God’s creation of the world, the appearance of birds and fish.” This comes right after the creation of celestial lights. And celestial lights – these are the entire week, the days of the week, all the days of the year. You see, the order of creation follows the same sequence. First comes the creation of heaven and earth, then the division into four cycles, four seasons, and then comes the division into seven weeks. After that, the gods appear – the twelve zodiac signs – and after that, everything else. The celestial lights were created