Venus, Earth’s “twin sister.” One of the nicknames given to her based on her size, location, and a opposite temperatures. It is very similar in size to Earth, the closest planet to us, and rather than a cool surface, with liquid water, it’s temperatures can reach north of 400° F.

The movements of the planets to our ancient ancestors heavily influenced their daily lives. Regardless of what the main stream Christian and Catholic religions teach, in which I have spent most of my life being a part of, will tell you, these religions are deeply encoded with astronomy. Followers will say things like that’s “evil” or “satanic” or even better, it is “witchcraft” when talking about horoscope signs.

The stars, planets, moon and other celestial objects played a pivotal role in the every days lives of the ancients. From when to put the plow to into the ground (Taurus the Bull), to what they named the days of the week. The days of the week in the West are influenced today by the Romans who maintained the Greek and Anglo Saxon influence with Venus belonging to Friday.

Sunday  – (Sun Day) (Apollo)

Monday –  (Moon Day) (Lunes) (Diana)

Tuesday – (Mars Day) (Martes) (Tyre’s Day) (Ares Day)

Wednesday – (Mercury Day) (Miercoles) (W[O]din’s Day) (Hermes Day)

Thursday – (Jupiter Day) (Jueves) Thors Day) (Zeus Day)

Friday  – (Venus Day) (Viernes) (Friggs Day)

Saturday –  (Saturn Day) (Cronos)

The movements of the Sun, Moon, and Stars were recoreded throughout the ages. The ancients personified their celestial neighbors and attributed names and stories to them.

In Hebrew, “Elohim” means “Gods” which is plural. The Bible teaches that the “Gods” created man in their image. The Bible also uses the plural form of Gods when “they” go down to the tower of Babel and confuse the languages.

Our ancient ancestors had a panthoen of Gods and in his work “The Unseen Realm” Michael Heiser details how Hebrew historians portrayed the gods of the Babylonians as demonic. 

The ancient Babylonians are credited with being the astronomy.

Venus, has been referred to as the  “morning star” and “evening star” because it could only be seen at dawn or at dusk. It would appear before the sunrise, signaling the coming of God’s Sun, “the light of the world” and after the sun has set, it would continue watching over the Earth as it followed behind the sun. Due to its proximity to the Sun, Venus would “disappear” due to the sun out shinning it.

Aphrodite, where we get the word aphrodisiac, was a Greek Goddess who represented Venus.

In Hebrew, HaSatan translates to “The Satan” or “The Adversary” or “The Opponent.” Michael S. Heiser in The Unseen Realm: Recovering the supernatural worldview of the Bible, states that aside from meaning adversary, HaSatan served a legal function, like a prosecutor for Yahweh.

HsSatan or “The Satan” is none other than the planet Saturn. Saturns elongated orbit around the sun was the furthest of any of the planets visible to the naked eye. Ancient cultures worshiped Saturn as a ruler of the galaxy and it was even given the name the “Black Sun.”

t, it can be argued that “Satan” or the “Devil” is not a horned, hoofed, entity with a pitchfork and red skin, but a metaphor for the planet Saturn which we will develop a little later on.

The word Devil is a combination of words. The “D” in Devil comes from the first letter in the word “Dark”. Man’s first fear was that of the unknown that lurked in the night. The “ev” in Devil is related to Eve’s temptation in the Garden of Eden and the subsequent “fall,” and the suffix -il makes adjectives from verbs. The -il is implying the action, of Eve falling from grace.

Hesperus, in Greek and Roman Mythology was known as the evening star. He was orignally known as the offspring of Eos (the Dawn) and the Titan Astraeus. Eventually, he was known as the son or brother of Atlas (Atlas was the son of Poseidon. Atlas is where we get the word Atlantis and Atlantic from).

As time passed, Hesperus was later attributed identification with the morning star, Phosphorus, or Eosphorus which was Latin for Lucifer, the bringer of light or the light bearer.

Eventually, astronomers discovered that this celestial body that shined brighter than any other object in the nigh sky, was the Planet Venus (see Hesperus – britannica.com).

Below, are examples where the Bible uses the words “Morning Star” or “Day Star” in reference to Jesus himself.