Planetary Influences 155 



est, the moon; but also in the exact order of their 

 distance from the earth, from the most remote to 

 the nearest. In matters astrological it is this reg- 

 ular succession of the planets, hour by hour, that 

 determines fortunate planetary hours for various 

 acts and undertakings. They are not, however, 1 

 the same for all persons, being modified in effect by 

 the characteristics established at the nativity. 



It is interesting while on the subject, and piles 

 up the authority for thus naming the days of the 

 week and their order as we know them, to mention 

 that the seven Hebrew words for the first seven 

 cardinal numbers are all formed of one syllable that 

 signifies a star (or fire or light) and another ex- 

 pressing its quality, and they follow strictly the 

 above order, beginning with Sunday as the first 

 day of the week. This is conclusive evidence that 

 at the earliest formation of that language the re- 

 lation between the planets and the days of the 

 week was recognized as a basic fact in nature. 

 The characteristic influences of the several planets 

 thus expressed in the Hebrew names agree perfectly 

 with the attributes still commonly assigned them; 

 and as they are important in our further study I 

 give them here with the original uncorrupted form 

 of the Hebrew numbers: 



1. Ash-shed; Sol, all-bountiful fire. 



2. Ash-nem; Luna, star of slumber, star of 

 oracles. 



