Planetary Hours Are A Scam, Part III: A Reference for When You’re Tired But Still Want to Vibe
So you’ve read the essays in Part I and Part II. You’ve stared into the time spiral. You know Saturn is judging you and Mercury is screaming in memes. But now you want just the info. No metaphysics, just the magical HR schedule.
This is your quick-reference field guide.
Use it when your brain is soup, your candle is half-burned, and you want to do witchcraft but can’t math.
HOW PLANETARY HOURS WORK (without tears)
12 hours of day • From sunrise to sunset, divided into 12 weird, wiggly “hours”
12 hours of night • From sunset to sunrise — also 12, also cursed
Hour lengthsChange every day. Summer: long. Winter: short. Time is a vibe.
Planet order • Follows the Chaldean Order (Jupiter » Mars » Sun » Venus » Mercury » Moon, repeat)
First hour • The planet of the day. (Monday » Moon, Tuesday » Mars, etc.)
The cycle • Just keeps going, hour by hour, forever. No breaks. No mercy.
HOW TO FIND THE ACTUAL HOURS (without selling your soul to an app)
Step 1:
Look up sunrise + sunset for your location
Step 2:
Subtract sunrise from sunset = total daylight length
Now divide by 12 = the length of each day hour
Repeat for night hours (sunset → next sunrise)
Step 3:
Assign the first day hour to the planet of the day
Continue the cycle in Chaldean Order
(Jupiter » Mars » Sun » Venus » Mercury » Moon, repeat)
But also: yes, you can use an app. We are modern witches with smartphones and questionable sleep schedules. Go off babe.
PLANETARY HOUR ROTATION TABLE
Covers:
Hour-by-hour planetary rulership from dawn to dusk to dawn again
Works with any day, any time
You’re literally looking at Mesopotamian Time Sudoku
💡 Match this chart to your local sunrise, and you’ve basically time-traveled.
PLANETARY HOURS VIBE CHART
(aka “should I cast a spell or go cry in the bathtub”)
Covers:
Ruling day/planet
General energy
Use it for...
Maybe don’t use it for...
🔮 Pro tip: Mars hour is for rage spells and warding. Venus hour is for glam rituals and flirting with ghosts. Saturn hour is for folding laundry and communing with your ancestor debt collector.
DO YOU NEED TO BE THIS EXTRA?
No. But it’s more fun when you are.
Some witches like electional astrology. Some just want to burn cinnamon at the right vibe.
Use planetary hours when:
You want to sync a spell with planetary resonance
You want structure without pressure
You’re a chaos witch with a spreadsheet kink *that's me*
Ignore them when:
You’re tired
You’re late
You’re alive in late-stage capitalism
Planetary hours are not mandatory.
They’re romance.
You’re not obeying time, you’re flirting with it.
APPS TO TRACK PLANETARY HOURS (choose your fighter)
Planataro: Planetary Hours — (iOS/Android) includes moon phases + widget support, for the witch who likes their magic with clean UI (iOS link below)
ChronosXP (Windows) — nerdy desktop app that yells the hour at you like a well-meaning spirit guide with a degree in astronomy
Time Nomad (iOS) — for when you want electional astrology, planetary transits, and your soul gently judged by the stars
A spreadsheet — because that’s literally what the Heptameron was, just medieval Excel with more Latin
Draw it on your mirror in eyeliner — if you’re hot and unhinged
🔚 FINAL NOTE (for the Planetarily-Cursed)
✨ You don’t have to believe in planetary hours.
✨ You just have to notice what happens when you treat time like it’s watching.
✨ You’re not casting because Mars is awake. You’re casting because you are.
Time is weird.
The planets are haunted.
You are a little flame with Wi-Fi and a god complex. act accordingly.
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