2007-08-27 03:29:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i think i should have said saturnine.
is it to do with saturn being though the fathest away from the sun and therefore dark and gloomy?
2007-08-27 03:33:00 · update #1
Sorry, old know all - Pluto was the Roman God of the Underworld, with Hades being the Greek God of the Underworld.
Saturn was an ancient Roman god of fertility, usually agriculture, and was associated with the Greek Cronus. He was celebrated in a winter festival called the Saturnalia, and gave his name to Saturday.
According to the link below, saturnine is usually used to describe someone born under the influence of the planet Saturn and these people are prone to a melancholy or gloomy aspect.
It can also be used to desribe someone with a bitter or sardonic turn of phrase.
2007-08-27 03:48:57 · answer #1 · answered by cranston 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it has connotations of gloominess. Is this your interpretation? A question from school?
Saturn was a god of fertility and agriculture. The ancient festival of Satunalia occurs around the same time as our modern-day Christmas.
By the way, Saturn is not the outermost planet from the sun. That would be Neptune.
2007-08-27 11:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by Cap'n Zeemboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Hinduism Saturn is one of the most feared planets. We pray to the planets and the Sun and Moon, and Saturn can be very lucky for some or very unlucky for some. It depends where in the sky it is compared to your star sign. When Saturn is in a bad place, you have to burn lemon candles, and go to the temple on Saturdays, as this is the day of Saturn. Also three times in your life you'll get a kind of thing which makes you unlucky for 7 and a half years, and during those years you have to be careful on things as it says in your horoscope. The first of this phase has just started for me...
2007-08-27 11:55:22 · answer #3 · answered by Sampras 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Roman god of the underworld was actually Pluto.
Saturn was the Roman equivalent of Cronus - the father of Jupiter, and the main god of an earlier age.
Saturn's feast, Saturnalia was held at the winter solstice. Whether that is where the connection with gloominess came from, I don't know.
2007-08-27 10:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before anyone had any thoughts about naming planets after him, Saturn was the Roman God of the underworld. He was associated with death and misery. Strangely he was remembered each year around the middle of December with celebrations that involved getting extremely drunk. Not much change there then.
2007-08-27 10:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. In old astrology, anyone born under the planet Saturn would have a relatively humorless outlook on life.
2007-08-27 15:28:54 · answer #6 · answered by morph_888 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋