Planetary Talismans

Some of the most commonly used talismans are the planetary talismans. As the name indicates, these talismans represent the energies of the planets. Usually a planetary talisman is composed of several elements, each of which represents an energetic characteristic of the planet.

In this and the next lesson, you will familiarize yourself with the most commonly used symbols found on planetary talismans and correlations of planets with numbers, metals, and colors. In order to make good planetary talismans, you need to know important things about the planets themselves. Most important the field of action of the planet. This is necessary, because the purpose of the planetary talismans is to help you achieve things that correspond to the field of action of a specific planet, such as art, love and beauty with Venus, war, sports, activity, mathematics with Mars, wealth with Jupiter, authority with the Sun, and intellectual pursuits with Mercury.

The "traditional" planetary talismans, therefore, have each a specific field of action, which you find described in the next chapter. This field may be narrowed down to more specific action by adding symbols of other energies to the talismans. This refined design is the work of a skilled talismanologist.

The Effects of the Planetary Talismans

Saturn

Protects against evil influences, whether from other humans or from transcendental sources. Above all it protects against the negative powers that are ruled by the planet Saturn. The talisman of Saturn helps in concentration. It gives endurance, security, power, and steadfastness. This talisman is a helper in esoteric studies, and it increases your magical power. It gives permanence to your enterprises and it is very helpful to older persons, especially in their dealings with authorities.

Jupiter

The talisman of Jupiter is cherished because it helps to riches, honor, and glory. It also helps you becoming influential: Your opinions gain weight and they are appreciated. Jupiter helps secure peace. The talisman of Jupiter also provides a good feeling for religious things, law and order, and it makes conscientious. It is an excellent help in situations that involve government agencies and courts of law. It can provide help from superiors.

Mars

The talisman of Mars strengthens courage and readiness to action. It brings victory in combat, fight, and arguments. Mars gives power over your adversaries, and it provides success in litigation.

Sun

The talisman of the Sun gives honor, good reputation, influence, power, and popularity. It helps generally in making your wishes come true. This talisman provides good circumstances and a long life.

Venus

The talisman of Venus makes attractive, especially to the other sex, and it causes love. This talisman is one of the ideal talismans for love, which is only surpassed by an individually designed love talisman. Venus is very favorable to actors, dancers, artists, jewelers, and to persons who are involved in arts and crafts.

Mercury

The talisman of Mercury activates the mind. It is good for speech, writing, authoring, studies, and travels. It is especially favorable to merchants, travelers, journalists, and authors. This talisman can also be of help in magical evocation of spirits. Therefore, many lodges require from their beginning members that they make this talisman as one of the first ones.

Moon

This talisman protects against dangers from water element. It also protects against attacks during the night. The Moon helps you develop capabilities of clairvoyance mediality. It favors all persons subject to continuous change.

The Planetary Metals

The seven "traditional" planets correspond to their specific metal. Those metals contain the specific vibration of the planet. Therefore, it is useful to make a talisman with the specific metal of the planet. You may also make the talisman of a non metallic material. In this case, it is helpful to attach a chip of the planetary metal to the talisman. Planetary talismans made on metal are generally round.

SATURN:

Lead. Lead is easy to work with, but toxic. Therefore, it should not have contact with the bare skin. You may use parchment and draw a circle around the talismanic symbols, using a lead pin. Another way is to carry the talisman of Saturn in a little leather bag. Lead is very easy to work with, since it is very soft and it melts at a low temperature. It may be engraved with any engraving tool.

JUPITER: Tin. Tin is easy to work with, and it can be in touch with your skin. Therefore, you may work a Jupiter talisman as a pendant. Tin may be engraved with an engraving tool, or it may be etched with hydrochloric acid.

MARS: Iron. Not to be confused with steel, which is an alloy of iron (Mars) with coal (Saturn). Iron may be etched with hydrochloric acid, or engraved with an engraving tool.

SUN: Gold. Naturally, a good sized golden talisman will require a good sized amount of money. As a substitute, Bronze may be used. You may also take a paper talisman, put some gold wire with it and laminate it.

VENUS: Copper. It easy to work with and easy to etch.

MERCURY: Its metal, mercury, is liquid, and very poisonous. Some metaphysicists suggest copper that is gold plated, using the metal mercury. This process has some drawbacks, above all that hardly any business uses this method of gold plating. In our days, German silver is used for Mercury, and brass.

MOON: Silver. Silver is easy to work with, and its price is affordable.

PLANETARY COLORS

Tradition ascribes colors to the planets. In the following, I will mention various colors with each planet. However, the first color mentioned is the color of the sign of the sign which is the daily throne of the planet. One exception: The Moon: its throne is cancer, which is a "night sign". The whole question leads to the zodiacal colors of light energy and the zodiacal color shades of life energy, which would go beyond the scope of this lesson to be discussed here. Colors may be used if you decide to make the talisman on paper, parchment paper, or real parchment. SATURN: VIOLET (Aquarius), black, dark gray, dark green, dark brown. JUPITER: BLUE (Sagittarius), dark violet, dark blue, purple, burgundy. MARS: RED (Aries), red brown, orange, lilac. SUN: YELLOW (Leo), gold, brown yellow, light yellow, orange. VENUS: GREEN (Libra), pink, indigo, light green, blue. MERCURY: ORANGE (Gemini), yellow, gray. MOON: WHITE or SILVER: The Moon may be understood as the cosmic medium which reflects the rays of all other planets upon the Earth. Silver gray, light green, pearl color.

Planetary Numbers and Planetary Squares

Each planet is attributed a number which reflects its vibration. In addition, each planetary number is the basis of a planetary square in which the numbers are arranged in a very peculiar way: In a planetary square or magical square, the sum of each row, column, and diagonal is always the same. Each planet has four specific numbers: the first number is the number of the planet. The second is its square, which is the number of the planet multiplied by itself. The third number is the sum of a column, row, or diagonal, and the fourth number is the sum total of all numbers in the square.

SATURN

Number of Saturn:3 The square: 9 Sum of the column, etc. : 15 Sum of all numbers: 45 The four Numbers of Saturn: 3,9, 15, and 45.

JUPITER

Numbers of Jupiter: 4, 16, 34, and 136

MARS

Numbers or Mars: 5, 25, 65, 325

SUN

Numbers of the Sun: 6, 36, 111, 666

VENUS

Numbers of Venus: 7, 49, 175, 1225

MERCURY

Numbers of Mercury: 8, 64, 260, 2080

MOON

Numbers of the Moon: 9, 81, 369, 3321

It is important that you learn well the planetary correlations with metals, colors, and numbers. Ideally, you should take one sheet for each planet, and write on it: Name of the planet, action, metal, color, numbers, and magical square. In the coming lesson, you will first learn about the intelligences (spirits), archangels, Divine names, etc. of each planetary talisman, including their seals, or symbolic representations. Then, in the second part of the lesson, you will actually make a planetary talisman of your choice.