16/09/2026
Today is NOT "hump day! 🤦♂️
It's Wednesday, or more accurately, Woden's Day.
The English name for today comes from Old English 'Wōdnesdæg' literally 'The day of Woden (Odin). The Romans associated the same day with the god Mercury, which is why Italian, French and Spanish all refer to Mercury in their word for Wednesday.
Weirdly, Welsh seems to be the only other language than those named above, which seems to have clung on to the Romanised Mercury connection, with their word for Wednesday being 'Dydd Mercher' literally meaning "Mercury's Day".
Both Odin and Mercury are associated with wisdom, magick, poetry, knowledge, communication, crossing boundaries, death and travel. This probably made it easier for the Germanic Woden to overlay easily onto the Roman Mercury.
During the 18th Century, Wednesday was considered to be a pretty ominous day, with misfortune and bad luck being associated with it, as a result, the day had strong ties to superstition and witchcraft.
Woden/Odin, is said to have sacrificed an eye in the pursuit of the knowledge of the runes.
Today is known as the "Seeker's day", So it's a great day for aquiring knowledge, to learn something new, a new skill, learn how to use some new software, practise a new art form, read a new book, or try something different.
You don't have to sacrifice an eye for it tho! 😆 👀