[Avodah] Not Making Kiddush Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

[saul mashbaum]

 Well, Chazal knew (don't ask me how they knew) that seven specific "stars" exert their
: influence in a specific rotation. They follow one another in a specific
: sequence: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon
If someone has already mentioned Keil Adon on this thread (I'm *way* behind), please disregard the following:
There is an interesting remez in Keil Adon to the "classical" 5 planets.
After mentioning the sun and the moon, the paytan writes 
Shevach Notim-lo Kol Tzva Marom
Sh = Shabtai (Saturn)
N = Noga (Venus)
K = Kochav (Mercury)
Tz = Tzedek (Jupiter)
M = Maadim (Mars)
Conflating "notim" and "lo" is apparently poetic licence.
Given the context of the piyyut (yotzer ha-meorot), its theme, and the mention of the sun and moon, it seems to me almost certain that the above is the conscious intention of the paytan.
I saw this in Otzar HaT'filot, ayen sham.
Saul Mashbaum
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