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The Book of ceremonial Magic

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Hogos = Venus = ♀ = Friday.<br />

Cocao = Mercury = = Wednesday.<br />

Zeveac = Moon = = Monday.<br />

But as there is inequality in the length <strong>of</strong> the days, says the Grimoire--that is to say, the<br />

comparative duration <strong>of</strong> day<br />

p. 151<br />

and night varies in accordance with the times <strong>of</strong> sunrise and sunset--so also the hours <strong>of</strong><br />

the planets are unequal. When the day is, say, fifteen hours in length, to ascertain how<br />

many minutes compose an hour <strong>of</strong> the planet, multiply the fifteen hours by five; the result<br />

is seventy-five, and as many minutes will form the hour <strong>of</strong> the planet <strong>of</strong> that day. <strong>The</strong><br />

corresponding hours <strong>of</strong> the night are nine; these multiplied by five produce forty-five, and<br />

as many minutes will form the hour <strong>of</strong> the planet <strong>of</strong> the night. <strong>The</strong> same method may be<br />

followed through all seasons <strong>of</strong> the year.<br />

But in any given day <strong>of</strong> twenty-four hours the number <strong>of</strong> minutes is 1440, as against 1530<br />

in the above computation, and the method is therefore absurd. 1 <strong>The</strong> attribution accepted<br />

by all writers on Natural <strong>Magic</strong>, and corresponding with the angelical succession in Peter<br />

de Abano, will be found in the following:--<br />

TABLE OF PLANETARY HOURS COMPUTED FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT<br />

HOURS OF THE DAY<br />

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday<br />

1. Sun Moon Mars Merc. Jup. Venus Sat.<br />

2. Venus Sat. Sun Moon Mars Merc. Jup.<br />

3. Merc. Jup. Venus Sat. Sun Moon Mars<br />

4. Moon Mars Merc. Jup. Venus Sat. Sun<br />

5. Sat. Sun Moon Mars Merc. Jup. Venus<br />

6. Jup Venus Sat Sun Moon Mars Merc.<br />

7. Mars Merc. Jup. Venus Sat. Sun Moon

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