The Planetary Hours
System
The planetary hours are
an ancient system in which one of the seven traditional
naked eye planets is given rulership over each day and
various parts of the day. Sunday is always the day of
the Sun, Monday is the Day of the Moon, Tuesday is the
day of Mars, Wednesday is ruled by Mercury, Thursday is
Jupiter's day, Friday is the day of Venus, and Saturday
is the day of Saturn.
Each planetary day begins
at sunrise, and ends at the next day's sunrise. For example,
Sunrise on Saturday is the beginning of the day of Saturn.
Before sunrise on Saturday, you are still under the day
of Venus.
The day is divided into
two parts; the day (time between sunrise and sunset) and
the night (time between sunset and tomorrow's sunrise).
Each part of the day is then divided into 12 equal parts,
for a total of 24 (unequal) hours.[1] The further the
location is from the equator; and the closer the date
is to the solstices (as opposed to the equinoxes); the
greater the difference in length between the length of
the planetary hours and the clock hours.
The first planetary hour
of the day is always the same as the planetary day; so
sunrise on Monday is the beginning of both the day of
the Moon and the hour of the Moon. The hours repeat infinitely
in this order:
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Sun
Venus
Mercury
Moon
So the second planetary
hour of the day of the Moon is the hour of Saturn, the
third would be the hour of Jupiter, and so on.
The planetary hours have
traditionally been used in electing favorable times to
initiate activities, and also to time prayers, spells,
and magical rituals. The following table shows the sorts
of activities traditionally favored by each planet:
Sun Hours: General success
and recognition; spiritual illumination; decisiveness,
vitality; activities requiring courage or a mood of self-certainty
– making big decisions, scheduling meetings for reaching
decisions, giving speeches, launching new projects; seeking
favors from father, husband, boss, authorities.
Venus Hours: Love; friendship;
artistic and social success; enjoyable, sociable and aesthetic
activities such as parties, social gatherings, recitals
/ exhibitions, weddings, visits, dating and seeking romance;
planting ornamentals; buying gifts, clothing, luxuries;
beauty treatments; seeking favors from women.
Mercury Hours: Success
in studies / communications; children; making a good impression;
routine activities and activities needing clear communications;
teaching / learning; important business letters / phone
calls; meetings to develop or communicate ideas; buying
/ selling; routine shopping, errands, travel; job applications
/ interviews; seeking favors from neighbors, co-workers.
Moon Hours: Health; home
(buying home, moving); journeys / vacationing (time of
leaving home or takeoff); activities remote in time or
space – meditation, making reservations, finding lost
objects or people; planting food crops; hiring employees;
seeking favors from mother, wife, employees.
Saturn Hours: Discipline
and patience; giving up bad habits; overcoming obstacles;
success with difficult tasks or difficult people; projects
of long duration – breaking ground, laying foundations;
planting perennials; treating chronic illness; making
repairs; seeking favors from older people (not relatives)
or difficult people.
Jupiter Hours: Wisdom,
optimism; money (borrowing / lending/ investing / earning
/ winning); activities necessitating enthusiasm; buying
lottery tickets; seeking advice / consultation; settling
disputes; seeking favors from grandparents, aunts and
uncles, advisers (doctors, lawyers, accountants, astrologers).
Mars Hours: Courage,
adventure; enforcing your will; success with drastic action
(lawsuits, conflicts, going to war, surgery); sports,
exercises; risk-taking; making complaints; firing employees;
seeking favors of husband or boyfriend.
For example, A man should
ask a woman out on a date during a Venus hour; a woman
should ask a man out on a date during a Mars hour; one
should ask one's boss for a favor during a sun hour; money
should be invested during a Jupiter hour; medical treatments
should commence under a moon hour (except surgery should
commence under a Mars hour); and so on.
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