🌌 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑘 101 🌠
The seven classical planets (the ones visible to the naked eye) are the foundation. Each rules over specific aspects of life, carries a unique energy, and has corresponding colors, days, and materials.
☉ The Sun (Sol)
· Energy: Success, vitality, health, confidence, power, the Self.
· Day: Sunday
· Colors: Gold, yellow, orange
· Metals/Stones: Gold, citrine, amber, carnelian, yellow topaz
· Botanicals: Sunflower, marigold, cinnamon, bay laurel, frankincense
· Deity Examples: Apollo, Ra, Lugh, Amaterasu, Helios
☽ The Moon (Luna)
· Energy: Intuition, dreams, the subconscious, femininity, cycles, healing, psychic abilities.
· Day: Monday
· Colors: Silver, white, pale blue
· Metals/Stones: Silver, pearl, moonstone, selenite, clear quartz
· Botanicals: Jasmine, gardenia, poppy, willow, lotus
· Deity Examples: Selene, Artemis, Hekate, Khonsu, Chang'e
☿ Mercury
· Energy: Communication, intellect, travel, commerce, cunning, study, technology.
· Day: Wednesday
· Colors: Yellow, orange, mixed colors
· Metals/Stones: Mercury (quicksilver), agate, aventurine, fluorite
· Botanicals: Lavender, lemongrass, ferns, mint, mandrake
· Deity Examples: Mercury, Hermes, Thoth, Odin
♀ Venus
· Energy: Love, beauty, art, friendship, pleasure, harmony, attraction, money.
· Day: Friday
· Colors: Pink, green, copper
· Metals/Stones: Copper, rose quartz, emerald, malachite, jade
· Botanicals: Rose, apple, strawberry, vanilla, ylang-ylang
· Deity Examples: Venus, Aphrodite, Freya, Hathor, Lakshmi, Aset, Lucifer (Greco-Roman)
♂ Mars
· Energy: Action, courage, conflict, passion, sex (as drive), protection, strength.
· Day: Tuesday
· Colors: Red, black, iron-gray
· Metals/Stones: Iron, steel, bloodstone, garnet, red jasper
· Botanicals: Garlic, ginger, thistle, nettle, cactus, chili pepper
· Deity Examples: Mars, Ares, The Morrigan, Sekhmet, Kartikeya
♃ Jupiter
· Energy: Expansion, abundance, luck, wealth, growth, opportunity, wisdom.
· Day: Thursday
· Colors: Royal blue, purple, deep green
· Metals/Stones: Tin, lapis lazuli, amethyst, sodalite, turquoise
· Botanicals: Oak, maple, cedar, pine, sage, nutmeg
· Deity Examples: Jupiter, Zeus, Thor, Ganesha
♄ Saturn
· Energy: Discipline, boundaries, time, limitation, death/rebirth, foundations, banishing.
· Day: Saturday
· Colors: Black, dark grey, indigo, brown
· Metals/Stones: Lead, onyx, obsidian, smoky quartz, hematite
· Botanicals: Cypress, myrrh, patchouli, comfrey, ivy
· Deity Examples: Saturn, Chronos, The Fates, Anubis, Yama
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑠: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑠
These planets move slowly, so their energy is more generational and transformative. Use them for big, deep, life-altering work.
♅ Uranus
· Energy: Rebellion, revolution, sudden change, awakening, innovation, technology, electricity, freedom, the unexpected.
· Colors: Electric blue, cyan, metallic silver, futuristic colors
· Metals/Stones: Uranium (use with extreme caution! Opt for lab-grown or symbolic representations), aquamarine, tektite, moldavite, labradorite
· Botanicals: Anything unusual or genetically modified, electric plants (like the Mimosa pudica), lightning-struck wood
· Deity Examples: Prometheus, Ouranos,
♆ Neptune
· Energy: Illusion, dreams (the fantastical), spirituality, mysticism, psychic receptivity, addiction, compassion, the arts (especially film/music), oneness.
· Colors: Sea green, lavender, foggy blue, iridescent colors
· Metals/Stones: Neptune stone (a type of aragonite), aquamarine, amethyst, celestite, pearl (from water)
· Botanicals: Seaweed, kelp, lotus, mugwort, poppy, blue lotus, absinthe
· Deity Examples: Neptune, Poseidon, Manannan mac Lir, Oshun, Yamaya
♇ Pluto
· Energy: Transformation, power, death & rebirth, the subconscious shadow, secrets, wealth (from the earth), taboo, absolute endings and beginnings.
· Colors: Black, burgundy, dark red, maroon
· Metals/Stones: black obsidian, black tourmaline, garnet, jet
· Botanicals: Fungi, especially dark or poisonous ones (symbolically!), roots (mandrake, nightshade), cacti that survive in harsh environments
· Deity Examples: Pluto, Hades, Osiris, The Morrigan, Ereshkigal
𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡
· Timing: Perform spells on the planetary day (and during its corresponding planetary hour) for a power boost.
· Altars: Create a planetary altar using the corresponding colors, stones, and botanicals.
· Talismans/Charms: Create or charge jewelry and objects with planetary energy.
· Invocation: Call upon the planetary energy during meditation or ritual. (e.g., "I call upon the swift and clever energy of Mercury...")
· Candle Magick: Use a candle in the planetary color, carve your intention, and anoint with a corresponding oil.
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