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Inspired By Astrology Part 3: Language

19th September 2012 By Sally Kirkman 2 Comments

Language of AstrologyIf you’ve received an astrology consultation, you’ll know there’s more to astrology than just your Sun sign and most modern astrologers refer to 10 key planets to interpret your birth chart.

In this article, I’m focusing on the 7 traditional planetary bodies, the Sun and Moon (referred to as ‘the lights’), Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn and how they’ve inspired our language.

Astrology means ‘language of the stars’ and reaches back thousands of years. You’ll recognise most of these adjectives that allude to the personal qualities attributed to the planetary bodies above.

  • ‘sunny’ – bright or cheerful, derived from the Sun
  • ‘lunatic’ – insane, derived from Luna or the Moon
  • ‘mercurial’ – subject to sudden changes of mood or mind, derived from Mercury
  • ‘venereal’ – a venereal disease is a sexual disease, derived from Venus
  • ‘martial’ – warlike, derived from Mars
  • ‘jovial’ – happy-go-lucky and friendly, derived from Jove, the Roman equivalent of Jupiter
  • ‘saturnine’ – gloomy, derived from Saturn

Did you also know that ‘influenza’ comes from the Latin influentia meaning influence, as many years ago it was believed that any illness or disease was due to unfavourable astrological influences?

Or that the word ‘disaster’ comes from the Greek dis-aster meaning literally unfavourable- or bad star, as the ancients used to refer to the destruction of a star as a disaster?

Bear that in mind when you next hear Craig Revel Horwood say “It was a dahnce di-SAH-ster, darling” on Strictly Come Dancing.

[photo from flickr.com]

 

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: astrology language, Craig Revel Horwood, Strictly Come Dancing

Comments

  1. Yvonne Halling says

    19th September 2012 at 9:43 AM

    That’s fascinating, Sally, thanks for posting that. Isn’t it amazing where words come from?

    Reply
    • sallyk says

      19th September 2012 at 12:04 PM

      Word derivation & etymology are definite passions of mine, Yvonne. Glad you liked it.

      Reply

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