Working with the 7 planets: a course in planetary ritual, talismans, and timing

Why seven, and why planets at all

Planetary magic is one of the oldest frameworks in Western magic, and it is also one of the most practical. It gives you a way of sorting work: this kind of work belongs here, that kind of work belongs there, and the timing, the materials, and the symbols follow from that sorting. The course offered here covers how to work ritually and magickally with the 7 ancient planets.

The seven ancient planets, in the traditional sense, are not the planets of modern astronomy. They are the seven wanderers known to the ancient world, the ones that move against the background of the stars and that were given gods, days, metals, colours, and hours in the old systems. Working with them is not about astronomy as a science. It is about working with a system that has been used, taught, and refined for centuries, and that still gives a clear structure for deciding what to do, when to do it, and with what.

If you are new to planetary work, that structure is the point. Without it, ritual work can drift into doing whatever feels right on the night, with no way of telling afterwards whether the choice of timing or material helped or hindered. With a planetary framework, you have a reason for your choices, and a record you can learn from. That is what a course is for: not to give you a list of recipes to follow blindly, but to give you a framework you can use, and test, in your own work.

Which planet, for which purpose

The course covers which planet to call upon for which purpose. That question sounds simple, and it is the question most beginners ask first, but it is also the question that rewards the most careful study. A planet is not a single purpose. Each planet covers a range of matters, and the ranges overlap at the edges. Learning which planet fits a given purpose is not a matter of memorising a table. It is a matter of understanding what each planet governs, and then applying that understanding to the particular situation in front of you.

Be specific about your purpose before you choose a planet. Reflection about being specific is part of good practice here, as it is in any ritual work: a vague purpose will fit several planets equally badly, and a clear purpose will point, usually, to one planet more clearly than to the others. Write the purpose down in one sentence. Leave it overnight. Come back and see if it still reads true. That pause is part of the work, not a delay in it.

The course also covers the materials and symbols used for each particular planet. Materials and symbols are not decoration in planetary work. They are part of how the working is made specific: the right material, the right symbol, used at the right time, tells you, and tells the working, which planet you are calling. A working that uses the wrong materials, or no materials at all, is a working that has not been made specific, and a working that has not been made specific is hard to read afterwards.

Invoking with the Septagram and the Unicursal Hexagram

The course covers invoking the planetary energies using Septagram or Unicursal Hexagram rituals. A Septagram is a seven-pointed star, and its seven points correspond, in this work, to the seven planets. A Unicursal Hexagram is a six-pointed figure drawn in one continuous line, used in a different way, for a different kind of invoking work.

Why two forms, for one course? Because planetary work is not a single gesture. Different workings call for different forms, and learning both gives you a choice, and a reason for that choice, rather than a single form used for everything whether it fits or not. A course that teaches both forms is teaching you to think about form as a decision, not as a habit.

Do not treat a general article like this one as a substitute for the course itself, or for proper teaching in the system. The forms named here are named, not taught, in this article. How to draw them, how to use them in a ritual, and when to choose one over the other, are matters for the course, and for the teaching that goes with it. If you have not been taught a form, do not improvise it on the night and hope it works. Learn it first, practise it, and then use it in a working.

Calling planetary energies into talismans and gemstones

The course covers how to call the planetary energies into talismans or gemstones. That is a different kind of work from invoking in a ritual alone, because the result is an object that remains after the ritual is over. A talisman, or a gemstone charged in this way, is made to be carried, worn, or kept, and to carry the working with it over time.

That permanence is worth thinking about before you make one. A ritual that lasts an evening ends when the evening ends. A talisman lasts until you put it away, lose it, or deliberately discharge it. If you are calling a planetary energy into an object, be clear about how long you want that working to last, and what you will do with the object when the working is done. A talisman made without a plan for its ending is a working without a closing, and a working without a closing tends to drift.

Materials matter here, too, in a practical sense. Different planets are traditionally associated with different materials, and the course covers those materials and symbols for each planet. The material of a talisman or a gemstone is not just a container for the energy. It is part of the working itself, chosen because it fits the planet, and because it will hold the working in the way you intend. A talisman made from the wrong material, or from a material chosen only because it was to hand, is a working that has not been made specific.

Keep a record for each talisman you make: date, planet, purpose in one sentence, materials and symbols used, form of invoking used, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks, not just on the night itself. That record is what lets you tell, later, whether a particular planet, material, or form worked well for a particular purpose, and whether it is worth using again.

The Kamea, and why timing and number matter

The course also covers the use of the Kamea for the planets. A Kamea, in this tradition, is a magic square: a grid of numbers, arranged so that each row, column, and diagonal adds to the same total, and associated with a particular planet. The Kamea is not a decoration on a talisman. It is a structure, a way of holding the planetary number in a form that can be drawn, engraved, or worked with in ritual.

Number and timing are closely linked in planetary work. A planet has a day, an hour, and a number, and those are not arbitrary. They are part of the system, and they give you a way of deciding when to work, as well as what to work with. A working done at a time that fits the planet is a working that has been placed in the system, rather than a working done whenever it was convenient. Convenience is not a planetary consideration, and a course in planetary work is, in part, a course in learning to plan around timing rather than around convenience.

That planning is practical, not mystical, in its effects. It forces you to prepare in advance, to gather materials beforehand, to know what you are going to do before you begin, and to keep a record afterwards. Those habits, learned through planetary work, will improve any ritual work you do, even work that is not planetary at all.

Who this course is for, and how to approach it

This course is for a practitioner who wants a framework for planetary work, not just a list of correspondences. If you already work with planets, and you want to understand the invoking forms, the talisman work, and the Kamea in a taught setting, this course is aimed at you. If you are new to planetary work, and you want to learn it properly, from the beginning, rather than piecing it together from scattered sources, this course is also aimed at you, provided you are prepared to study, practise, and keep a record.

Approach it as a course, not as a single evening's reading. Take notes. Practise the forms. Make one talisman, well, rather than seven talismans in a hurry. Learn one planet properly before moving to the next, and notice how the planets differ, not just in their tables, but in how the work feels when you do it. That slow, steady approach is how a framework becomes usable, rather than remaining a set of notes in a book.

Sometimes the right answer is not a ritual working at all. If the situation is a legal matter, a safety matter, or a medical matter, deal with that matter in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for a lawyer, a doctor, or for leaving a dangerous situation. Nothing here promises a medical result, and nothing here should be read as medical advice.

Keeping a record, and knowing when to stop

Keep a short record for each working: date, planet, purpose in one sentence, materials, symbols, and form used, what you did, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks, not just on the night itself. If nothing changes, that is also information. It may mean the purpose was unclear, the planet was not the right fit, the timing was wrong, or simply that the situation needs a different approach.

Do not repeat the same working endlessly in the hope that repetition alone will force a result. Do the work properly, once, observe, and then decide, calmly, whether a second working, a different approach, or no further working is the right next step. Repetition without reflection is not persistence. It is noise.

Working with the 7 planets course

Planetary work is a framework, not a list of recipes. This course teaches that framework.

I teach this course myself, covering how to work ritually and magickally with the 7 ancient planets: invoking the planetary energies using Septagram or Unicursal Hexagram rituals, calling the planetary energies into talismans or gemstones, which planet to call upon for which purpose, the materials and symbols used for each particular planet, and the use of the Kamea for the planets. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is taught from my own practice, for this work.

If you want to learn planetary work in this way, this is the course I offer: Working with the 7 planets course, $216 CAD. View the product

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