The first day of the week is ruled by the Sun. It is an excellent time to work efforts involving business partnerships, work promotions, business ventures, and professional success. Spells where friendships, mental or physical health, or bringing joy back into life are an issue work well on this day, too.
Magickal Intentions: Growth, advancements, enlightenment, rational thought, exorcism, healing, prosperity, hope, and money
Incense: Lemon and frankincense
Planet: Sun
Colors: Gold, yellow, orange and white
Herbs/Plants: Marigold, heliotrope, sunflower, buttercup, cedar, beech, and oak
Stones: Carnelian, citrine, tiger’s eye, amber, clear quartz and red agate
Oil: (Related to the Sun) cedar, frankincense, neroli, rosemary
Monday belongs to the Moon. Monday’s energy best aligns itself with efforts that deal with women, home and hearth, the family, the garden, travel, and medicine. It also boosts rituals involving psychic development and prophetic dreaming.
Magickal Intentions: Psychic sensitivity, anything related to or dealing with women, tides, waters, emotional issues, agriculture, animals, female fertility, messages, theft, reconciliations, voyages, dreams, and merchandise
Incense: African violet, honeysuckle, myrtle, willow, wormwood
Planet: Moon
Colors: Silver, white and gray
Herbs/Plants: Night flowers, willow root, orris root, birch, motherwort, vervain, white rose, and white iris
Stones: Carnelian, moonstone, aquamarine, pearl, clear quartz, fluorite, geodes
Oil: (Related to the Moon) jasmine, lemon, sandalwood
Mars rules Tuesday. The energies of this day best harmonize with efforts of masculine vibration, such as conflict, physical endurance and strength, lust, hunting, sports, and all types of competition. Use them, too, for rituals involving surgical procedures or political ventures.
Magickal Intentions: Courage, physical strength, revenge, military honors, surgery, matrimony, war, enemies, prison, vitality, assertiveness, and the breaking of negative spells
Incense: Dragon’s blood, patchouli
Planet: Mars
Colors: Red, and orange
Herbs/Plants: Red rose, cock’s comb, pine, daisy, thyme, and pepper
Stones: Carnelian, bloodstone, ruby, garnet, and pink tourmaline
Oil: (Related to Mars) basil, coriander, ginger
This day is governed by Mercury. Wednesday’s vibration adds power to rituals involving inspiration, communications, writers, poets, the written and spoken word, and all matters of study, learning, and teaching. This day also provides a good time to begin efforts involving self-improvement or understanding.
Magickal Intentions: Communication, divination, writing, knowledge, business transactions, debt, fear, loss, travel, and money matters
Incense: Jasmine, lavender, sweet pea
Planet: Mercury and Chiron (though this is a moon of Pluto)
Colors: Orange, light blue, grey, yellow, and violet
Herbs/Plants: Fern, lavender, hazel, cherry, and periwinkle
Stones: Aventurine, bloodstone, hematite, moss agate, and sodalite
Oil: (Mercury) Benzoin, clary sage, eucalyptus, lavender
Jupiter presides over Thursday. The vibrations of this day attune well to all matters involving material gain. Use them for working rituals that entail general success, accomplishment, honors, awards, or legal issues. These energies are also helpful in matters of luck, gambling, and prosperity.
Magickal Intentions: Luck, happiness, health, legal matters, male fertility, treasure and wealth, honour, clothing desires, leadership, public activity, power, and success
Incense: Cinnamon, nutmeg, and sage
Planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, royal blue, and indigo
Herbs/Plants: Cinnamon, beech, buttercup, coltsfoot, oak
Stones: Sugilite, amethyst, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and sapphire
Oil: (Related to Jupiter) clove, lemon balm, oakmoss, star anise
Friday belongs to Venus, and its energies are warm, sensuous, and fulfilling. Efforts that involve any type of pleasure, comfort, and luxury, as well as the arts, music, or aroma ( either incense or perfume), works well on this day. As Venus lends its sensuous influences to the energies of this day, use it for any magical work that deals with matters of the heart.
Magickal Intentions: Love, romance, marriage, sexual matters, physical beauty, friendship and partnerships, strangers and heart
Incense: Strawberry, sandalwood, rose, saffron, and vanilla
Planet: Venus
Colors: Green, pink, and aqua
Herbs/Plants: Pink rose, ivy, birch, heather, clematis, sage, violet, and water lilly
Stones: Rose quartz, moonstone, pink tourmaline, peridot, emerald, and jade
Oil: (Relating to Venus) Cardamom, palmrosa, rose, and yarrow
Saturn lends its energies to the last day of the week. Because Saturn is the planet of karma, this day is an excellent time for spellwork involving reincarnation, karmic lessons, the Mysteries, wisdom, and long-term projects. It is also a good time to being efforts that deal with the elderly, death, or the eradication of pests and disease.
Magickal Intentions: Spirit communications, meditation, psychic attack or defense, locating lost things and missing persons, building, life, doctrine, protection, knowledge, authority, limitations, boundaries, time, and death
Incense: Black poppy seed and myrrh
Planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, grey, and indigo
Herbs/Plants: Myrrh, moss, hemlock, wolfsbane, coltsfoot, nightshade and fir
Stones: Jet, smokey quartz, amethyst, black onyx, snowflake obsidian, lava, pumice
Oil: (Relating to Saturn) cypress, mimosa, myrrh, patchouli
