Years, seasons, lunar months, the day are all the result of physics, but no one seems to know where, when or why the 7-day week originated. Many theorize it represents the seven visible (to the human eye) objects in the sky that aren’t stars (the sun, the moon and five classical planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn). The seven-day week seems to have originated in more than one culture.
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Could it be the religious thing? You know, God did all his creating for 6 days, and on the 7th day He rested. That old story goes back pretty far.