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  2. Hebrew astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The names of the five planets, one star and one moon [planetary satellite] are: [34] Tzedeq צדק, Jupiter Meaning: "righteousness", as Jupiter is the embodiment of divine influx. Shabtai שבתאי, Saturn Meaning: "of Shabbat" [35] Ma'adim מאדים, Mars Meaning: "the red one" Ḥammah חמה, the Sun Meaning: "the hot one"

  3. Jewish astrology - Wikipedia

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    Those born under its star, meaning, born either on the day of Saturday or on the night of Wednesday, are apt to be unsuccessful; associated with failure. [53] Those born under its influences are inclined to do evil, whether suicidal death or murder, and to spread enmity and hatred. [55] [47] Coldness and dryness are under its influences. [55]

  4. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...

  5. Jewish cosmology - Wikipedia

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    Early Jewish apocalyptic literature represents the beginning of a systematic or scientific curiosity about the origins and structure of the cosmos. [1] The earliest Jewish writings to discuss cosmology outside of the Bible is the Astronomical Book (earlier) and the Book of the Watchers, both of which have been compiled into the Book of Enoch ...

  6. Worship of heavenly bodies - Wikipedia

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    the name "Al-Abyaḍ" refers to the jinn's skin tone, however he is portrayed as a "dark black, charcoal" figure. The possible connection of this name is with another name "Abū an-Nūr" ("Father of Light"); his names are the same as whose applied to Iblīs. Mars Tuesday Samsama'il (سمسمائيل); Samael (סמאל)

  7. Names of the days of the week - Wikipedia

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    The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. [21] It is based on the Latin diēs Veneris, "Day of Venus". Saturday: named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians. Its original Anglo-Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg (pronounced [ˈsæturnezdæj]).

  8. Seven heavens - Wikipedia

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    Each of the seven heavens corresponds to one of the seven classical planets known in antiquity. Ancient observers noticed that these heavenly objects (the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) moved at different paces in the sky both from each other and from the fixed stars beyond them.

  9. Jewish views on astrology - Wikipedia

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    "To Behold the Stars and the Heavenly Bodies," Immanuel 20 (1986), pp. 33–37 (also in Shlomo Pines Studies in the History of Jewish Thought (ed. by Warren Zev Harvey and Moshe Idel (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1997))) Stuckrad, Kocku von. "Jewish and Christian Astrology in Late Antiquity – A New Approach," Numen 47/1 (2000), pp. 1–40.