Squares, Seals and Hours

To work planetary magic is to align an operation with a planet's nature and time it to that planet's hour and day, using the square, seal and names to concentrate its force, for a work of love under Venus, of discipline under Saturn, of success under Jupiter. The tradition is Renaissance in its systematic form but draws on older Hellenistic and Arabic astral magic.

The atlas gives each planet's square, spirit, intelligence and seal, and the conditions of the working. The planets themselves are treated in the planet category, within Ceremonial & Esoteric Magic.