♀ Friday — The Day of Venus
Friday is the day of gathering. In Akkadian, Venus was Inanna/Ishtar — goddess of love, fertility, beauty, and power. In Latin, dies Veneris.
In the Germanic languages, Venus was translated as Frigg/Freyja — goddess of love. Friday comes from Frīgedæg.
In the Gaian calendar, Friday is the first of the three Sabbaths.
Names Across Languages
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Latin | dies Veneris | Day of Venus |
| English | Friday | Frigg's day |
| French | vendredi | From Venus |
| Spanish | viernes | From Venus |
| German | Freitag | From Frigg |
| Sanskrit | Śukravāra | Day of Venus |
| Japanese | 金曜日 (Kin'yōbi) | Gold day |
| Arabic | الجمعة (al-Jumʿah) | The gathering |
| Hebrew | יום שישי (Yom Shishi) | Sixth day |
| Russian | пятница (pyatnitsa) | The fifth |