The Planetary Prayers of the Hygromanteia
Eternal God, ungovernable power, you who regulate all for our salvation, give us grace so that I may subdue the terrible planet to my will. I adjure you, Planet Kronos, by your path and your sky, by your inheritance and your heaven, by your shining and your power, and by these names of yours, Gasial, Agounsael, Atasser, Beltoliel, Mentzatzia, to give me grace, force and power in the hour in which you rule.
Lord and God, all powerful father, creator of the visible and invisible, king of those who rule and lord of those who are lords, give us the power of your grace, so that Zeus may be subject to us, because all is possible for you, Lord. I adjure you, Zeus, by your wisdom and your knowledge, by your curative force and your heavenly course in which you orbit and by these names, Anо̄ph, Orsita, Atnox, Onigeui, Atziniel, Ankanitei, Tyneos, Genier, Kaniptza, to incline your grace in subjection to me in this deed that I am doing.
Fearful God, indescribable God, invisible God, whom no one among men saw or can see, whom the abysses saw and they shuddered, and the animals were killed. Show grace to us, so that we may subject the planet Ares. I adjure you, fiery Ares, by the god who has created the sensible essences and the whole fiery army; I adjure you by your forces and your course, and by your shining and by these names, Outat, Nouēt, Chorēzē, Tiniaē, Dachli, Ampira, Noliem, Siat, Adichaēl, Tzanas, Plēsym, to give me your grace because of this service.
King of those who rule and Lord of those who are lords, the origin that is prior to the beginnings, ever-flowing power, inconceivable light, boundless light, the only provider of wealth, the dispenser of the mercy, observe us through your grace and kindness so that we may be able to subdue Helios, the planet now present and to hold fast his force. I adjure you, untouched, unextinguishable, splendour of the day, Helios, by your temporal cycle, by your four seasons, and by your course, by your rays, by your wings, by your powers and by these your names: Glibiо̄d, Antikon, Lithetioud, Touldо̄rag, Ēmnо̄an; by these names I adjure you; do not disobey me, but through your grace, assist me in this service.
Unique good God, warder of the evil by love of men, you who infinitely posses an inscrutable sea of goodness, besides which is the good heart of friendship, I prostrate myself in front of your love of men, so that you may give us power ánd grace, so that you may give me useful and practicalbe power force [and] this planet, so that I may do these things; I adjure you, very beautiful and sweet Aphrodite, by your grace and your course and your power and your sweetness and by these names, Ēmreth, Labm, Suar, Satēr, Touid, Toutimar, Pesphodо̄n, Sirо̄ph, Kakem, Setiap. By these [names] I adjure you not to disobey me but at least to give me your grace, in order that I may be able to do such-and-such a thing.
Almighty lord, searcher of wisdom and knowledge, craftsman of heavenly things and of those that are above the heavens, all-seeing and powerful, give us your grace, such as that of the planet Hermes, which you left behind so that we could do such and such: I adjure you, all wise, very learned and intelligent, easily-detected and very wakeful Hermes, by your wisdom and your eloquence and by the sphere in which you walk about, and by these names: Nēphan, Piout, Nomen, Selak, Merepо̄n, Stemēnos, Kazētok, Miо̄t, to incline your grace and power in subjection to me for this deed I want to accomplish.
Lord, master you who are lord of the living and the dead, you who created man with wisdom so that he might be master of the creatures that came into being through you, with piety and understanding, attend to me, so that I, your slave, may be able to receive the grace and subject the planet Moon and perform the deed I am set upon. I adjure you, Moon, very ripe purple adornment of the sky and relief of the night. I adjure you by your course, and by your renewal and by your unmeasurable steps in which you come down, and by these names, Sabaēl, Boaēl, О̄nitzer, Sparou, Sо̄trērcha, Gabēd, Outoupо̄n, Kaipolēs, Gо̄medēn, Marēbat. By these [names] I adjure you, Moon, to incline your grace and power in this deed that I am undertaking.
Source: Pablo A. Torijano. Solomon the Esoteric King: From King to Magus, Development of a Tradition. Brill, 2002, pp. 243-245.
Even if you’re not doing the full Hygromanteia ritual with the angels and demons of each planetary hour, these are very powerful prayers for anyone working astrological magic, on par with the Picatrix conjurations and Orphic hymns (I’m especially fascinated by the voces magicae, the barbarous names of power, which suggest a PGM connection). Torijano’s book is an interesting academic study on the character of Solomon and he includes a full translation of the Hygromanteia as an appendix, from which I transcribed the above selection (any errors in it are fully my fault).
