Author Topic: Planets as deities? (Read 11631 times)

Hariti · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2020, 10:10:44 am »

Quote from: Aster Breo on January 20, 2020, 04:26:24 am

Is that the same kind of thing you're talking about? Or do you mean something different?

Basically, that is what I meant!

SunflowerP · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2020, 01:25:02 pm »

Quote from: Altair on January 19, 2020, 12:51:40 pm

Tangentially related, but...

Stars aren't living things as we understand the term, but they have defined lifespans--they're born, they grow old, and they die--and rather than being simple balls of gas, stars have complex internal structures.

And they sing:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13009718

I find this extremely satisfying.

Sunflower

Jainarayan · « **Reply #17 on:** February 11, 2020, 01:48:33 pm »

Quote from: Hariti on January 17, 2020, 03:45:42 pm

Anybody else have similar associations?

In Hinduism we have the Navagrahas, lit. "nine planets".

1. Surya, the Sun
2. Chandra, the Moon
3. Mangala, Mars
4. Budha, Mercury
5. Brihaspati, Jupiter
6. Shukra, Venus
7. Shani, Saturn
8. Rahu, Ascending (or north) Lunar node
9. Ketu, Descending (or south) Lunar node