Hello everyone! I want to clear up a common misconception about astrological magic that the planetary days are more important than the planetary hours. It’s actually the other way around - the planetary hours are more important than the days!
So in this video, I talk about the history of planetary hours and where they came from historically, and how exactly the notion of planetary days are the seven-day week was developed out of that.
There’s also a few key takeaways for applied astrological magic from this:
First, you can use any planetary hour any day of the week to invoke the planet you wish to summon. You don’t have to wait for thursday to summon Jupiter.
Second, instead of thinking of the planetary hours on the aligned planetary days (e.g. Mars hour on a Tuesday) as being the only hours that are useful at all for magic, try thinking about how you could mix and match hourss and days for different results. What would jupiter magic look like on a tuesday, or a friday? How might Jupiterian and spellcraft be influenced by other planetary energy presiding over the days?
This gives you a lot more freedom as a magician. You’re not bound to a handful of effective hours each week for each planet - the actual situation is far more elaborate and nuanced.
There’s lots of little tidbits like this that I’ve collected about astrology, astrological magic, and other hermetic disciplines throughout the years that I have studied and practice. I dedicate so much of my time and energy to teaching other people because I love to share this kind of information with others to help them with their own magical practices.
I’m offering a course on horoscopic astrology that incorporates planetary magic with the Academy of Oracle Arts. The guides at AOA are a fantastic group of hermeticists and magical practitioners that I had the pleasure of connecting with in person a few weeks ago. They are a highly dedicated group of mages who genuinely live the magical lifestyle. It’s an honor to be invited to give a course on their platform.
The course is titled hermetic astrology - it teaches you how to read a natal chart according to the classical astrological style. We’ll be going over concrete predictive techniques designed by the ancients for discerning your destiny and preparing for your future. We’ll cover the seven traditional planets, houses, signs, aspects, as well as some predictive techniques.
By the end of it, you’ll know how to read a natal chart with an eye for prediction and concrete delineation that goes well above and beyond psychological astrology and personality descriptions.
Along the way, I also introduce the students to astrological magic and summoning spirits from the planetary realm. I give a lot of helpful information and pieces of advice about the practice of magic just like the one that I gave in the above video.
If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to learn traditional astrology, while studying it alongside more practical aspects of ritual magic that were originally an integral part of the study of astrology, then this course will have what you’re looking for.
This course is also a great primer and introduction to the topics I teach in my flagship class GNOSIS - if you have been intimidated by the intensity and rigor of GNOSIS and its fast-paced presentation of the material, you may find this course to help prepare you for the mystical and magical immersion that is GNOSIS.
You can learn more about hermetic astrology by following this link.
Merlin