Helios, Selene, and the Wanderers: What's In a Planet's Name | Astrology Ride of the Day

Different cultures named the planets different things, but the Greek names still stand out today — Helios, the sun; Selene, the moon; Hermes, Mercury, the twinkling one; Aphrodite, Venus, the light-bringer; Ares, Mars, the fiery one; Zeus, Jupiter, the radiant one; Kronos, Saturn, the shining one. These are the Greek gods, but what they actually referred to were the wanderers moving through the sky. The real thing worth noticing isn't the god names themselves — it's the descriptors that follow: twinkling, light-bringer, fiery, radiant, shining. Every one of them describes a type of light. From that starting point of looking up, ancient observers began looking down too, tracking correlations between celestial events and what happened on earth — building the significations of these planets not just from the light they gave off, but from lived, earthly observation over time. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysThe Greek names for the planets all carry descriptors referencing a specific type of light — twinkling, light-bringer, fiery, radiant, shining.Planetary significations were built over time from two sources combined: the type of light each planet gives off, and correlated earthly observations of what happened when they occupied certain positions.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday