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The hour and day of Saturn
Son of Uranus. God of Time, Wisdom, and Intelligence.
Saturn rules Saturday and the first hour after its sunrise, then returns every seventh hour through the day and night. Saturn is first in the Chaldean order, the sequence of the hours: discipline, structure, boundaries, endings.
The day of Saturn: Saturday
Saturday belongs to Saturn. Its first planetary hour, beginning at sunrise, is Saturn’s, and Saturn returns for day hours 1 and 8 and night hours 3 and 10. Lord of Saturday: discipline, boundaries, protection, endings.
Best for: banishing, protection work, long-term planning, debt repayment. See when Saturn’s hours fall today →
The hour of Saturn
Saturn's hours carry the weight of time itself — sobriety, patience, and the long view. Disciplined study, establishing firm foundations, setting boundaries, and any labor that demands perseverance belongs to the Taskmaster.
Saturn governs lead, the color black, the hourglass, and the scythe. In ritual, Saturnine hours support works of binding, limitation, ancestral communion, and deep transformation.
Saturn’s hours through the week
Every planet rules three or four of the twenty-four hours each day. These are Saturn’s, counted from sunrise (day) and from sunset (night); ★ marks Saturn’s own day.
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Saturday ★ | Day 1, 8 · night 3, 10 |
| Sunday | Day 5, 12 · night 7 |
| Monday | Day 2, 9 · night 4, 11 |
| Tuesday | Day 6 · night 1, 8 |
| Wednesday | Day 3, 10 · night 5, 12 |
| Thursday | Day 7 · night 2, 9 |
| Friday | Day 4, 11 · night 6 |
Suitable work
Favourable
Disciplined labor, establishing boundaries, long-term commitments, serious contemplation, grounding rituals.
Best avoided
Launching new ventures, casual social gatherings, expecting swift results, lighthearted frivolity.
Keywords
- Discipline
- Teaching
- Dispelling Illusions
- Examination
- Study
- Protecting Home
- Patience
- Practicality
- Sex-Drive
- Time
Correspondences
| Day | Saturday |
|---|---|
| Element | Earth |
| Direction | North |
| Metal | Lead |
| Colours | Black, Brown |
| Numbers | 3, 9, 29, 333 |
| Zodiac | Capricorn · Aquarius |
| Kamea | 3 × 3 |
| Sephira | Binah |
| Olympic spirit | Aratron |
| Archangel | Tzaphkiel |
| Intelligence | Agiel |
| Spirit | Zazel |
| Divine name | Yahveh Elohim |
| Angelic order | Aralim (Order of Thrones) |
| Chakra | Throat (Vishuddha) |
| Scents | Storax, Sulphur, Myrrh, Civet |
| Crystals | Brown Jasper, Chalcedony, Coral, Gold, Hematite, Jet, Lead, Magnetite, Obsidian, Onyx, Pyrites, Sapphire, Serpentine, Smoky Quartz |
| Plants | Aconite, Asafoetida, Aspen, Belladonna, Civet, Comfrey, Cypress, Datura, Elm, Hellebore, Hemlock, Henbane, Ivy, Myrrh, Nightshade, Yew |
| Animals | Basilisk, Cow, Crocodile, Crow, Donkey, Goat, Hippo, Mole, Raven, Tortoise |
| Body | Bladder, Bones, Joints, Phlegm, Right Ear, Spleen, Teeth |
| Qualities | Discipline, Endurance, Patience, Prudence, Stability, Structure, Wisdom |
| Shadow | Avarice, Cruelty, Inertia, Melancholy, Obstinacy, Restriction |
From the planet profiles in Planetary Dial.
The kamea of Saturn
The 3×3 magic square — the smallest and most concentrated of all planetary kameas. Every row, column, and diagonal sums to 15, and the total sum of all cells is 45. The sigils of Saturn's entities are traced through this grid.
How it is pictured
An old but strong bearded man, wearing a crown and bearing a scythe. Sometimes shown riding a crowned winged dragon, or occasionally bearing an hourglass.
- Janus: Roman god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, and endings.
- Kronos: Greek Titan, father of Zeus. Lord of time and the ages. The reaper.
- Ninib: Mesopotamian god of agriculture and war, associated with Saturn.
- Kali: Hindu goddess of time, doomsday, and death. The destroyer of evil forces.
- Set: Egyptian god of chaos, desert, storms, and disorder.
- Saturn: Roman god of agriculture, generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, time, and periodic renewal.