Planetary Influences

Modern magick recognizes the influences of seven planetary bodies over spell energy. Why only these seven? Because these were the celestial bodies visible to the ancients, and as such they have had the most influence over the development of magick.

Sun
Day: Sunday

Element: Fire

Color: Gold

Metals: Gold

Gemstones: Sun Gemstones

topaz

Herbs: Sun Herbs

Acacia, angelica, archangel, arctic poppy, Armenian poppy, ash, birch, bistort, black-eyed susan, blue water lily, broom, burnet, butterbur, buttercup, calamus, calendula, catechu, cedar, celandine, centaury, chamomile, cinnamon, cinquefoil, citron, desert cassia, everlasting, eyebright, frangipani, frankincense, globeflower, graveyard tree, Helen's flower, heliotrope, hibiscus, hops, Japanese calamus, laurel, lovage, marigold, marshmallow, marsh marigold, Mexican marigold, meadow rue, mistletoe, mock orange, Moroccan poppy, mouse-eared hawkweed, old man senna bush, orange, peony, pimpernel, poinciana, pot marigold, rosemary, rue, saffron, St. John's wort, sneezeweed, Spanish poppy, sundew, sunflower, tabasheer, tormentil, viper's bugloss, walnut, wartweed, winged everlasting

Deities: Apollo, Helios

Magick: Prosperity, creativity, success

Moon
Day: Monday

Element: Water

Color: Silver

Metal: Silver

Gemstone: Clear quartz crystal, moonstone, pearl

Herbs: Acanthus, adder's tongue, agave, almond, alum root, arrowleaf, astilbe, banana, bear's breeches, blue hibiscus, blue nepal poppy, blue water lily, burnet, cabbage, California poppy, chamomile, clary sage, coral bells, cuckoo flower, cucumber, devil's trumpet, dog rose, evening primrose, flowering currant, flowering rush, fluellen, fuchsia, goat's beard, gooseberry, green calla, hazel, heartleaf, heuchera, highmallow, Himalayan blue poppy, hybrid blue poppy, hydrangea, iris, Italian arum, Japanese poppy, juniper, lettuce, loosestrife, lotus, madonna lily, mallow, moly, moonflower, moonwort, morning glory, mouse-eared hawkweed, mugwort, Norfolk island hibiscus, orris, oyster plant, passion flower, peace lily, pickerel weed, poppy, pumpkin, purslane, ranunculus, rose mallow, rose milkweed, roung cardamom, St. John's flower, Saxifrage, sea holly, seaweed, soma, star anise, starwort, stonecrop, strawberry geranium, sweet pea, Tibetan blue poppy, tomato, tree anemone, tulip poppy, Turkish poppy, wallflower, watercress, water lily, water gladiolus, water hyacinth, water poppy, white anthurium, white poppy, white rose, wild pear, wild rose, willow, wintergreen, yucca

Deities: Selene

Magick: Emotions, motherhood, intuition

Mercury
Day: Wednesday

Element: Air, Water

Color: Violet

Metal: Mercury

Gemstone: Agate, opal

Herbs: Anise hyssop, ash, beefsteak plant, beggar's lice, betony, bittersweet, bladderwrack, black dianthus, black mourning bride, blue honeywort, butterbur, bottle brush, California poppy, caraway, carrot, cascara, cassia, celery, chervil, chickweed, Chinese forget-me-not, cinquefoil, clary sage, cow parsnip, crown of thorns, damiana, dark columbine, devil's bit, dill, dragonhead, dulse, elecampane, fennel, fenugreek, fern, fire on the mountain, fireweed, forget-me-not, garlic mustard, germander, goat's rue, gobo, gray sage, guarana, gypsy rose, harebells, hazel, heather, hound's tongue, Illinois bundleflower, Irish moss, Jacob's ladder, Jack in the pulpit, Juniper, lavender, lavender cotton, lemongrass, licorice, lily of the valley, maidenhair fern, marjolane, marjoram, mercury herb. mourning bride, mulberry, mullein, narcissus, orchid, palm, parsley, pellitory, pincushion flower, pincushion tree, poinsettia, protea, purple locoweed, rhaetian poppy, roan, rush, Russian sage, sandalwood, scabius, scarlet pimpernel, scorpion grass, scullcap, snow on the mountain, southernwood, starwort, sweetgum, sweet pea, sweet wormwood, tabasheer, tribulus, vervain, wedding bush, wolfberry, woody nightshade, yohimbe

Deities: Hermes

Magick: Communication, travel

Venus
Day: Friday

Element: Earth, Water

Color: Green

Metal: Copper

Gemstone: Venus Gemstones

Emerald, rose quartz, turquoise

Herbs: Alder, almond, ambrosia, American persimmon, American styrax, angel's trumpets, angelica, apple, apricot, artichoke, asparagus pea, baby's breath, bergamot mint, birch, birthwort, bishop's weed, bitter melon, black alder, blackbean, blackberry, black cherry, black gum, black hollyhock, black oak, bramble, blue vervain, bog myrtle, broccoli, brugmansia, brush box, buckbush, bugleweed, burdock, cabbage, cape gooseberry, cardamom, carnation, cashew, catsfoot, common alkanet, cherry, Chinese datura, cinquefoil, clover, coconut, coltsfoot, columbine, cowslip, crabapple, cucumber, daffodil, daisy, damiana, devil's trumpet, desert four o'clock, dianthus, dropwort, dwarf sumac, elder, English filbert, eucalyptus, European columbine, feverfew, fig, figwort, flax, fringed pink, geranium, gobo, goldenrod, gooseberry, great blue lobelia, groundsel, gypsophela, herb-robert, heartsease, hollyhock, honeysuckle, jasmine, Jerusalem artichoke, jimsonweed, kidneywort, lady's bedstraw, lady's mantle, lamb's ear, larkspur, lesser celandine, lettuce, lily, lotus, mallow, meadowsweet, mescal bean, mint, moneywort, monkshood, motherwort, mugwort, myrtle, natal cherry, olive, passionflower, peach, pear, pennyroyal, periwinkle, pignut hickory, pinks, pistachio, plantain, plum, pomegranate, post oak, primrose, pumpkin, purple choke berry, quince, ragwort, raspberry, red mangrove, rock jasmine, rose, rose mallow, sanicle, sassafras, sea holly, self-heal, sesame, shagbark hickory, Siberian motherwort, sicklepod, soapwort, sorrel, spearmint, spider flowers, strawberry, sweet breath of spring, sweet gum, sycamore, tansy, thyme, toloache, tomato, tonka bean, wild thyme, venus flytrap, venus looking-glass, verbena, vervain, violet, visnaga, willow, willow oak, witch's butter, woodbine, yarrow

Deities: Aphrodite

Magick: Love, partnerships, beauty, sex

Mars
Day: Tuesday

Element: Fire

Color: Red

Metal: Iron

Gemstone: Carnelian

Herbs: Dragon's blood, pepper

Deities: Ares

Magick: Conflict, lust, war, vengeance

Jupiter
Day: Thursday

Element: Air, Fire

Color: Purple

Metal: Tin

Gemstone: Amethyst

Herbs: Cedar, cinquefoil

Deities: Zeus

Magick: Business, education, law

Saturn
Day: Saturday

Element: Water, Earth

Color: Blue, black

Metal: Lead

Gemstone: Sapphire

Herbs: Hemlock, mandrake

Deities: Hades

Magick: Commerce, thrift, banishing, protection