▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁other , ▁though ▁in ▁this ▁tradition ▁the ▁number ▁( se ven ) ▁of ▁the ▁arch ons ▁is ▁lost . ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁ ▁Plan ets ▁ ▁I ren ae us ▁tells ▁us ▁that ▁" the ▁holy ▁Heb dom ad ▁is ▁the ▁seven ▁stars ▁which ▁they ▁call ▁plan ets ". ▁It ▁is ▁safe , ▁therefore , ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁above ▁seven ▁G nost ic ▁names ▁as ▁design ating ▁the ▁seven ▁planet ary ▁div in ities , ▁the ▁sun , ▁moon ▁and ▁five ▁plan ets . ▁In ▁the ▁Mand ae an ▁system ▁the ▁Seven ▁are ▁introduced ▁with ▁the ▁Bab yl onian ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁plan ets . ▁The ▁connection ▁of ▁the ▁Seven ▁with ▁the ▁plan ets ▁is ▁also ▁clearly ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁expos itions ▁of ▁C els us ▁and ▁Or igen ▁( Cont ra ▁C els um , ▁vi . ▁ 2 ▁ 2 ▁seq .) ▁and ▁similarly ▁by ▁the ▁above - c ited ▁passage ▁in ▁the ▁P ist is ▁Soph ia , ▁where ▁the ▁arch ons , ▁who ▁are ▁here ▁mentioned ▁as ▁five , ▁are ▁identified ▁with ▁the ▁five ▁plan ets ▁( ex cluding ▁the ▁sun ▁and ▁moon ). ▁ ▁In ▁this , ▁as ▁in ▁several ▁other ▁systems , ▁the ▁traces ▁of ▁the ▁planet ary ▁seven ▁have ▁been ▁obsc ured , ▁but ▁hardly ▁in ▁any ▁have ▁they ▁become ▁totally ▁eff ac ed . ▁What ▁t ended ▁most ▁to ▁ob liter ate ▁the ▁seven fold ▁distinction ▁was ▁the ▁identification ▁of ▁the ▁God ▁of ▁the ▁Jews , ▁the ▁Law g iver ,