Modern day astrology uses the Latin (Roman; the Romans being crypto-Jews) labels for the majority of the heavenly bodies that were taken from the original Greek (Hellenic) names (the only exception is “Earth”, which originated from an English/German word that means “ground”).
- Sun: Helios – Ήλιος from the Greek word for sun: “ήλιος” (Sun God)
- Moon: Selene – Σελήνη (Sister of Helios)
- Earth: Gaea – from Ge (Γη) for land or earth in Greek (Goddess of Earth)
- Mercury: Hermes – Ερμής (God of Communication – Messenger of the Gods)
- Mars: Ares – Άρης (God of War)
- Venus: Aphrodite – Αφροδίτη (Goddess of Love and Beauty)
- Jupiter: Zeus – ο Δίας (King of Gods – son of Kronos)
- Saturn: Kronos – Χρόνος from the Greek word for time: “χρόνος” (God of Time)
- Uranus: this is similar to the Greek name except that it would be “Ouranos”: Ουρανός – Greek for “sky” (God of the Sky)
- Neptune: Poseidon – Ποσειδώνας (God of the Sea)
- Pluto: Hades – ‘Αδης (God of the Underworld: Pluto is no longer considered a planet but a “dwarf planet.”)
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