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Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace.
According to Porphyry, the Saturnalia occurred near the winter solstice because the sun enters Capricorn, the astrological house of Saturn, at that time. [93] In the Saturnalia of Macrobius , the proximity of the Saturnalia to the winter solstice leads to an exposition of solar monotheism , the belief that the Sun (see Sol Invictus ) ultimately ...
The most notable instances of this are Sun gods and Moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide. Also notable are the associations of the planets with deities in Sumerian religion, and hence in Babylonian and Greco-Roman religion, viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Gods, goddesses, and demons may also be considered personifications ...
Satan may hypothetically have ties to Saturn, due to Saturn being associated with the god Cronos, who relates to the Phoenician and Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice (Baal, Molech). Cronos may be related by way of the mythology of him eating his son, whereas Molech would devour the children of his subjects.
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Helios and Phaethon with Saturn and the Four Seasons, by Nicolas Poussin, oil on canvas. In Ovid's account, Zeus' son Epaphus mocks Phaethon's claim that he is the son of the sun god; his mother Clymene tells Phaethon to go to Helios himself, to ask for confirmation of his paternity.
On Jan. 4, the sun will join the taskmaster planet in an empowering sextile, setting the stage for you to turn your dreams into something tangible and long-lasting
Saturn is named after the Roman god of wealth and agriculture, who was the father of the god Jupiter.Its astronomical symbol has been traced back to the Greek Oxyrhynchus Papyri, where it can be seen to be a Greek kappa-rho ligature with a horizontal stroke, as an abbreviation for Κρονος (), the Greek name for the planet (). [35]