"Monday's Child is fair of face,
Tuesday's Child is full of grace,
Wednesday's Child is full of woe,
Thursday's Child has far to go,
Friday's Child is loving and giving,
Saturday's Child works hard for a living,
But the child born on the Sabbath Day,
Is fair and wise and good and gay."
Starting with the Sun and then following the order of the days of the week and their planetary rulers, i.e. Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, produces a seven pointed star, the heptagram of the week.
Planetary Hours of the Day
Hour
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
2
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury Jupiter
3
Mercury Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
4
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
5
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
6
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
7
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
8
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
9
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury Jupiter
10
Mercury Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
11
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
12
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Planetary Hours of the Night
Hours
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
2
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
3
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
4
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury Jupiter
5
Mercury Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
6
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
7
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
8
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
9
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
10
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
11
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury Jupiter
12
Mercury Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Sun
Moon
Mars
Monday (Moon) - peace, sleep, compassion, healing, friends, psychic awareness, purification, fertility. This is the day to perform workings involving agriculture, animals, female fertility, messages, reconciliation, theft, and voyages.
Colors: silver, white, grey.
Incense: African violet, honeysuckle, myrtle, willow, wormwood.
Stones: wear for protection pearl, moonstone, or crystal; use an emerald for amulets.
Tuesday (Mars) - passion, sex, courage, aggression, protection. This is the day for workings involving courage, strength, revenge, military honors, surgery, and the breaking of negative spells.
Colors: red, orange.
Incense: dragon's blood, patchouli.
Stones: wear for protection ruby, star sapphire, or emerald; use topaz for amulets.
Wednesday (Mercury) - the conscious mind, study, travel, divination, wisdom. This is the day for workings involving communication, divination, writing, knowledge, and business transactions.
Colors: yellow, grey, violet, and opalescent hues.
Incense: jasmine, lavender, sweetpea.
Stones: wear for protection amethyst, star ruby, or lodestone; use sapphire in amulets.
Thursday (Jupiter) - expansion, money, prosperity, generosity. This is the day for workings involving luck, happiness, health, legal affairs, male fertility, treasure, and wealth.
Colors: blue, purple, indigo.
Incense: cinnamon, musk, nutmeg, sage.
Stones: wear for protection sapphire, cat's eye, or carnelian; use sapphire in rituals.
Friday (Venus) - love, friendship, reconciliation, beauty. This is the day to perform workings involving love, romance, marriage, sexual matters, physical beauty, friendships, and partnerships.
Colors: pink, green, aqua, chartreuse.
Incense: strawberry, sandalwood, rose, saffron, vanilla.
Stones: wear for protection emerald or cat's eye; use ruby for amulets.
Saturday (Saturn) - longevity, exorcism, endings, homes, and houses. This is the day to perform workings involving spirit communication, meditation, psychic attack or defense, and locating lost things and missing persons.
Colors: black, grey, indigo.
Incense: black poppy seeds, myrrh.
Stones: wear for protection turquoise, labradorite, or diamond; use amethyst for amulets.
Sunday (Sun) - protection, healing, spirituality, strength. This is the day to perform workings involving exorcism, healing, and prosperity.
Colors: orange, white, yellow.
Incense: lemon, frankincense.
Stones: wear for protection topaz, sunstone, or diamond; use pearl in crafting talismans.
Information obtained from various sources including Wicca Craft (Gerina Dunwich); Llewellyn's 1999 Magical Almanac; and The Witches' Almanac - Spring 1998 to Spring 1999.