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Help me with the slider puzzle please!

  • 1 of 12: In this sliding puzzle, all of the blocks should be moved from the bottom row to the top row in the correct order as provided in the clue.
  • 2 of 12: To "rewrite the order of time," reverse time, or in this instance, reverse the days of the week.
  • 3 of 12: Monday is normally at the beginning of the week. To reverse it, put it (the Moon) at the end.
  • 4 of 12: Sunday is normally at the end of the week. In reverse, it should be placed in the beginning spot.
  • 5 of 12: Therefore, the final positions would be Sunday, Saturday, Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday and then Monday.
  • 6 of 12: In Ay-Sayf's century, planets (and the gods they were attributed to) still ruled the calendar. The Moon and Sun and the five other planets were assigned days of the week. For those of us who are not familiar with those assignments, a little research on the origins of the days of the week provides the answers.
  • 7 of 12: Remember that this game is European and was written for a Romance language-speaking audience.  Therefore, you need to know the names of the days of the week in Latin (or one of its contemporary derivatives) to solve this puzzle.
  • 8 of 12: Simply because of its name, you can guess which day of the week is assigned to Saturn.
  • 9 of 12: The weekday attributed to Jupiter was Thursday.
  • 10 of 12: Mars ruled Tuesday, while Wednesday was Mercury's day.
  • 11 of 12: The full solution is in the next hint.
  • 12 of 12: From left to right, the blocks should be arranged on the top row in this order: Sun (yellow), Saturn (blue), Venus (pink), Jove (purple), Mercury (green), Mars (brown), Moon (light blue).