Unlocking Planetary Hours: Timing Your Magick for Maximum Power

 Magick is more than intention—it’s about alignment, timing, and working with the natural forces surrounding us. One of the most overlooked yet powerful tools in High Magick is Planetary Hours—a system rooted in ancient wisdom that allows practitioners to fine-tune their rituals, spellwork, and manifestations based on the ruling planet of a given hour.

If you've ever wondered why some rituals feel stronger than others, planetary hours might be the missing piece.

🔹 How Planetary Hours Are Calculated

Planetary hours divide each day and night into twelve equal segments, with each hour ruled by a specific planet. Unlike standard timekeeping, planetary hours are based on sunrise and sunset, which means their length changes depending on the season.

✅ Step 1: Determine Sunrise & Sunset – Find the exact time of sunrise and sunset in your location. ✅ Step 2: Divide Daylight into 12 Equal Hours – If sunrise is at 6:00 AM and sunset is at 8:00 PM, each daytime planetary hour lasts 60 minutes. 

✅ Step 3: Divide Nighttime into 12 Equal Hours – If 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM is 10 hours, each nighttime planetary hour lasts 50 minutes. 

✅ Step 4: Follow the Planetary Order – Each day begins with its ruling planet at sunrise, followed by the classic planetary cycle: ☀️ Sun → 🌙 Moon → 🪐 Saturn → 💥 Jupiter → 🔥 Mars → 💎 Venus → 🌀 Mercury → (then repeats)

This system is precise, fluid, and deeply connected to cosmic energies.

🔥 Importance of Planetary Hours in High Magick

High Magick is about working with cosmic forces, rather than just sending energy into the void. Choosing the right planetary hour enhances your magick, amplifies manifestation, and ensures that your spells are backed by natural universal momentum.

Example:

• Casting a prosperity spell during Jupiter’s hour strengthens luck and abundance.

• Performing a banishing ritual during Saturn’s hour enhances removal and protection.

Planetary hours give magicians an extra edge, making their work far more potent.

🌙 What Type of Magick Should Be Done at Each Hour?

✅ 🌞 Sun Hour – Confidence, success, leadership, fame, vitality ✅ 🌙 Moon Hour – Intuition, dreams, emotions, spiritual work ✅ 🔥 Mars Hour – Power, protection, war, strength, aggression ✅ 💎 Venus Hour – Love, beauty, attraction, harmony ✅ 🌀 Mercury Hour – Communication, business deals, intelligence ✅ 💥 Jupiter Hour – Expansion, wealth, luck, opportunities ✅ 🪐 Saturn Hour – Banishing, discipline, wisdom, endings

By aligning your spells with the right planetary hour, you tap into universal rhythm, making your work more effective, deeply connected, and naturally energized.

🔹 Degrees & Minutes: When Do They Matter in Planetary Hours?

While planetary hours are calculated based on equal time divisions rather than precise celestial positions, degrees and minutes can still be useful in advanced astrology and High Magick.

Knowing a planet’s exact degree and minute at the time of your ritual can fine-tune spellwork in specific ways: ✅ Planetary Strength – If a ruling planet is highly dignified, retrograde, or conjunct another celestial force, its influence in that hour may be enhanced or weakened. ✅ Electional Magick – Precise degrees and minutes help determine the most potent moments for specific workings, like financial manifestations or protection rituals. ✅ Personal Influence – If a planet in your natal chart has a strong aspect with the current planetary alignment, working within its exact degree range may make your magick more effective for you personally.

For general planetary hour work, you don’t need degrees and minutes—but if you want maximum precision, integrating them can give your rituals an extra edge. 🚀

🔹 How to Calculate Degrees & Minutes for Planetary Hours

While planetary hours are based on equal divisions of time, incorporating degrees and minutes can fine-tune your magick. To calculate them:

1️⃣ Find the current planetary positions – Use an astrology tool or ephemeris to check the exact degree and minute of the ruling planet at the time of your ritual. 2️⃣ Determine planetary strength – If the planet is direct, retrograde, or forming aspects, its influence may be stronger or weaker. 3️⃣ Align with your natal chart – If the ruling planet is favorably positioned in your own birth chart, your ritual may be more effective. 4️⃣ Adjust timing accordingly – If a planet is at a critical degree (0° or 29°), its energy is intensified, making that planetary hour especially potent.

For maximum precision, check an astrology app or website to find the exact planetary degrees and minutes for your location.

🚀 Why You Should Start Using Planetary Hours

Magick isn’t just about intention—it’s about timing, energy, and synergy. Working with planetary hours transforms your practice into a force of nature, aligning with the cosmic pulse that has governed life for centuries.

😴Veil of the Hidden Ones—A Call to the Worthy

Beyond sight, beyond sound, beyond mere chance, Only those who walk with knowing glance, Through ink and ash, through light and shadow, Let truth find those whose hearts must follow.

Unseen doors, now align, To whisper wisdom only to minds Who seek, who grasp, who dare to see— What is written, is meant to be.

By silence, by fire, by name clearly spoken, This path is sealed, or softly opened.