Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 311:9

האי מאן דבתרי בשבא יהי גבר רגזן מ"ט משום דאיפליגו ביה מיא האי מאן דבתלתא בשבא יהי גבר עתיר וזנאי יהא מ"ט משום דאיברו ביה עשבים האי מאן דבארבעה בשבא יהי גבר חכים) ונהיר מ"ט משום דאיתלו ביה מאורות

He who is born on the third day of the week will be wealthy and unchaste. What is the reason? Because herbs were created thereon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Herbs multiply very rapidly and also continually intermingle with other herbs. ');">²²</span> He who is born on the fourth day of the week will be wise and of a retentive memory.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Aruk. Rashi: bright, lustrous. ');">²³</span> What is the reason? Because the luminaries were suspended [thereon] — He who is born on the fifth day of the week will practise benevolence. What is the reason? Because the fishes and birds were created thereon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which are fed by God's lovingkindness. ');">²⁴</span>

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