The seven planets · 5 of 7
The hour and day of Venus
A beautiful naked woman, sometimes bearing a flaming heart. Goddess of love, beauty, and the harmony of all living things.
Venus rules Friday and the first hour after its sunrise, then returns every seventh hour through the day and night. Venus is fifth in the Chaldean order, the sequence of the hours: love, beauty, harmony, art.
The day of Venus: Friday
Friday belongs to Venus. Its first planetary hour, beginning at sunrise, is Venus’s, and Venus returns for day hours 1 and 8 and night hours 3 and 10. Lady of Friday: love, beauty, art, harmony, pleasure.
Best for: romance, socializing, art, music, beauty treatments. See when Venus’s hours fall today →
The hour of Venus
The Venusian hours drape the world in grace, attraction, and sensory pleasure. Love, artistic creation, beautification, social occasions, and all matters of the heart find their most fertile ground here.
Venus governs copper, the color green, the rose, and the mirror. In ritual, Venusian hours empower works of love, friendship, aesthetic refinement, and reconciliation.
Venus’s hours through the week
Every planet rules three or four of the twenty-four hours each day. These are Venus’s, counted from sunrise (day) and from sunset (night); ★ marks Venus’s own day.
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Day 5, 12 · night 7 |
| Sunday | Day 2, 9 · night 4, 11 |
| Monday | Day 6 · night 1, 8 |
| Tuesday | Day 3, 10 · night 5, 12 |
| Wednesday | Day 7 · night 2, 9 |
| Thursday | Day 4, 11 · night 6 |
| Friday ★ | Day 1, 8 · night 3, 10 |
Suitable work
Favourable
Matters of the heart, artistic creation, beautification, social gatherings, harmony-seeking, romantic encounters.
Best avoided
Harsh confrontation, competitive aggression, overspending without restraint, severe criticism.
Keywords
- Beauty
- Creativity
- Desire
- Fertility
- Friendship
- Harmony
- Joy
- Love
- Luxury
- Pleasure
Correspondences
| Day | Friday |
|---|---|
| Element | Earth, Water |
| Direction | West |
| Metal | Copper |
| Colours | Green, Pink |
| Numbers | 7, 49, 175, 1225 |
| Zodiac | Taurus · Libra |
| Kamea | 7 × 7 |
| Sephira | Netzach |
| Olympic spirit | Hagith |
| Archangel | Uriel |
| Intelligence | Hagiel |
| Spirit | Kedemel |
| Divine name | YHVH Tzabaoth |
| Angelic order | Elohim (Order of Principalities) |
| Chakra | Sacral (Svadhisthana) |
| Scents | Benzoin, Rose, Sandalwood |
| Crystals | Amazonite, Beryl, Brass, Carnelian, Copper, Coral, Emerald, Green Jasper, Jadeite, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Nephrite, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Sapphire, Silver, Zoisite |
| Plants | Adam & Eve Root, Balm, Benzoin, Bergamot, Clover, Daffodil, Elder, Geranium, Lady's Mantle, Lilac, Myrtle, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, Primrose, Rose, Saunderswood, Sycamore, Venus Fly Trap, Violet |
| Animals | Birds, Dove, Lynx, Nightingale, Partridge, Peacock, Pigeon, Sow, Sparrow |
| Body | Kidneys, Lumbar, Throat, Veins |
| Qualities | Beauty, Creativity, Devotion, Harmony, Joy, Love, Pleasure, Sensuality |
| Shadow | Indulgence, Jealousy, Laziness, Lust, Obsession, Vanity |
From the planet profiles in Planetary Dial.
The kamea of Venus
The 7×7 magic square — every row, column, and diagonal sums to 175, and the total sum of all cells is 1225. It is through this grid that the sigils of Venus's entities are traced.
How it is pictured
A beautiful naked woman, sometimes bearing a flaming heart in her right hand. Sometimes depicted accompanied by birds or by Eros as a winged cherub bearing bow and arrow. Occasionally depicted riding side-saddle on a goose or swan, or in a chariot drawn by doves. When travelling across seas she would ride in a cockle shell chariot pulled by tritons.
- Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Born from the sea foam.
- Astarte: Phoenician goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war. Queen of Heaven.
- Freya: Norse goddess of love, beauty, fertility, gold, war, and death.
- Ishtar: Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, and political power.
- Venus: Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, fertility, and prosperity.