A Manual of Celestial Timing
Planetary Hours — A Working Guide
Planetary hours are not a novelty clock trick. They are a discipline of timing: a ritual partition of day and night into twelve temporal hours, carried by a fixed planetary sequence. Here we treat it as what it is — a practical framework for electional choice and operative work, grounded in the sky.
Planetary Hours — Complete Foundation
What planetary hours are, why they are temporal (unequal), and how to read the hours table like a practitioner.
The Method: How the Hours Are Computed
A clear algorithm: sunrise/sunset, temporal hours, boundaries, then planetary rulers.
Temporal (Unequal) Hours Explained
Why the hours stretch and contract — and why practitioners insist on it.
Day Ruler vs Hour Ruler
Two rulerships, two different meanings — and a common source of bad elections.
How to Read the Hours Table
What each column means, what matters, and how practitioners actually use it.
Void of Course Moon (VOC) - Methods and Calculator
Definition, why methods differ, and a clear breakdown of our 10 VOC methods (traditional and modern).
Lunar Mansions - 28 Mansions Guide
What lunar mansions are, how we compute them, and the full list of 28 mansions.
Fixed Stars - Core List and Orbs
How we compute fixed star conjunctions, typical orbs, and the core stars included.
Planetary Correspondences - Colors, Metals, Incense
Planetary and elemental correspondences used in our Magic Layer.
Astrology Houses Data - Systems and Cusps
How we compute ASC/MC and house cusps, plus supported house systems.
Planet Conditions - Combust, Under Beams, Retrograde
What combust, under beams, and retrograde mean, and how to check those conditions now.
Exaltation Degrees, Terms, and Faces
Degrees of exaltation and fall, plus terms (bounds) and faces (decans) with Ptolemaic vs Egyptian systems.