Thursday was the day that Earth was destroyed for the first time, by the Vogons. It is also the day that Arthur Dent began the most interesting journey of his life. Fenchurch, "a girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth", discovered secrets of the Universe.
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
"We'll go because it's Thursday, Pooh said, "and we'll go to wish everybody a Very Happy Thursday. Come on Piglet."- A.A. Milne,The House at Pooh Corner.
Middle English thur(e)sday
Old English thursdæg
Old Norse thorsdagr "Thor's day"
Old English thunresdæg "thunder's day"
Latin dies Jovis "day of Jupiter"
Ancient Greek hemera Dios "day of Zeus".
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Thor is the Norse god of thunder. Jupiter (Jove) is the supreme Roman god and patron of the Roman state, and noted for creating thunder and lightning. Zeus is Greek god of the heavens and the supreme Greek god.
Other tid-bits about Thursday can be found at Wikipedia. .
According to Nostradamus' prediction (Century 1, Quatrain 50), a powerful (but otherwise unidentified) leader who will threaten "the East" will be born of three water signs and takes Thursday as his feast day:
From the three water signs will be born a man
who will celebrate Thursday as his holiday.
His renown, praise, rule and power will grow
on land and sea, bringing trouble to the East.
Has this person appeared yet or has he been and gone? 3 Water signs = Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces - so a man with those signs prominent in his nativity? Some ideas on this have been discussed at an astrology message board HERE.
