Medieval/Renaissance/Ancient Correspondences For Days Of The Week

Medieval/Renaissance/Ancient Correspondences for Days of the Week

I do research so you don’t have to! This long list is a compilation of the information from some prominent older Grimoires and esoteric texts pertaining to the correspondences for each day of the week. I recently compiled a list of modern correspondences, so this is a list based on more traditional sources.

Guide to the Sources

The Key of Solomon - a pseudepigraphical grimoire (also known as a book of spells) attributed to King Solomon. It probably dates back to the 14th or 15th century Italian Renaissance. It presents a typical example of Renaissance magic.

Sworn Book of Honorious - a medieval grimoire purportedly written by Honorius of Thebes. The Latin word “juratus”, which is typically translated to “sworn”, is intended to mean “oathbound”. The book is one of the oldest existing medieval grimoires, as well as one of the most influential.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements - A concise book of ritual magical rites concerned with conjuring specific angels for the seven days of the week, by Pietro d'Abano and based on the Book of Raziel.

Agrippa - specifically, Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy. This is actually a collection of six works, first published in Latin in Germany in the middle of the 16th Century, about 20 years after Agrippa’s death. This translation of the six short books dates to 1655.

Raziel - Sefer Raziel HaMalakh is a grimoire of Practical Kabbalah from the Middle Ages written primarily in Hebrew and Aramaic. The Liber Razielis Archangeli, its 13th-century Latin translation produced under Alfonso X, survives.

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4. - By Ebenezer Sibly (1751-1800), famous 18th century British astrologer. Probably best known for his famous horoscope for the birth of the USA, published in 1787. The first three books of his New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences are devoted to astrology, including many horoscopes for famous persons.

Arbatel of Magic - a Latin grimoire of Renaissance ceremonial magic published in 1575 in Switzerland.

Days

Sunday

Key of Solomon

Archangel: Raphael Angel: Michael Planet: Sun Metal: Gold Color: Yellow

Sworn Book of Honorious

Perfumes:Mastic, musk, and such like, and all other good gums of good odor, as thus, benjamin, storax, labdanum, amber armoniacum, and such like. Correspondences: Their nature is to give love and favor and riches to a man, and power, also to keep him hail and to give dews, herbs, flowers, and fruits in a moment. Their bodies are great and large, full of all gentleness. Their colors are bright like glass [or citrus], or like the Sun or gold, and their region is the East.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements

Angels: Michael, Dardiel, Huratapel Wind: North Perfumes: Red Wheat The Spirits of the Air of the Lords day, are under the North-wind; their nature is to procure Gold, Gems, Carbuncles, Riches; to cause one to obtain favour and benevolence; to dissolve the enmities of men; to raise men to honors; to carry or take away infirmities.

Agrippa

Perfumes: Saffron, Ambergris, Musk, Lignum-aloes, lignum balsam, the fruit of the Laurel, Clove, Myrrh, and Frankincense, all which being bruised, and mixed in such a proportion as may make a sweet odour, must be incorporated with the brain of an Eagle, or the blood of a white Cock, after the manner of pills, or Troches. To the Sun, all gums, as frankincense, mastic, benjamin, storax, labdanum [i.e. Cistus], amber [i.e. ambergris], and Musk. Places: To the Sun, light places, the Serene Aire, Kings Palaces [palaces], and Princes Courts, Pulpits, Theaters, Thrones, and all kingly, and Magnificent places. Colors: Golden, Saffron, purple, and bright colours resemble the Sun.

Raziel

Thure, mastic, musk and other such. And all other good gums and of good odor in all good.

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4.

To the spirits under Sol, being of the order of thrones, they likewise suffumigate saffron, musk, laurel, cinnamon, ambergris, cloves, myrrh, and frankincense, musk, and the balsamic tree mixed up together with the brains of an eagle, and the blood of a white cock, being made up like pills, or little balls, and put upon the Tripod.

Arbatel of Magic

Och governs solar things; he gives 600 years with perfect health; he bestows great wisdom, gives the most excellent Spirits, teaches perfect Medicines: he converts all things into most pure gold and precious stones: he gives gold, and a purse springing with gold. He that is dignified with his Character, he makes him to be worshipped as a Deity, by the Kings of the whole world.

Monday

Key of Solomon

Archangel: Gabriel Angel: Gabriel Planet: Moon Metal: Silver Color: White

Sworn Book of Honorious

Perfumes: Folium mirti, and lawlri, and leaves of good odor of all sweet flowers. Correspondences: And their nature is to change thoughts and wills, to prepare journeys, to tell words that be spoken, and to cause rains. Their bodies are long and great; their countenances are whitish dim like crystal, [or a burnished sword,] or like ice, or a dark cloud, and their region is the West.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements

Angels: Gabriel, Michael, Samael Wind: West Perfumes: Aloes The Spirits of the Air of Monday, are subject to the West-wind, which is the wind of the Moon: their nature is to give silver; to convey things from place to place; to make horses swift, and to disclose the secrets of persons both present and future.

Agrippa

Perfumes: To the Moon the leaves of all vegetables, as the leaf indum, the leaves of the myrtle, and bay tree. head of a Frog dried, the eyes of a Bull, the seed of white Poppy, Frankincense, and camphor, which must be incorporated with Menstrual blood, or the blood of a Goose. Places: To the Moon, wildernesses, woods, rocks, hills, mountains, forests, fountains, waters, rivers, seas, sea-shores, ships, groves, highways, and granaries for Corn, and such like. Colors: But all white, fair, curious, green, ruddy, betwixt saffron, and purple resemble Venus, Mercury, and the Moon.

Raziel

Folium mirti, and lauri and leaves of good odor, and so understand thou in his contrary.

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4.

To spirits under Luna, fumigations are offered of frogs dried, white poppy-seed, bulls eyes, camphire, and frankincense, incorporated with goose’s blood and fluxus muliebris.

Arbatel of Magic

He changes all metals into silver, in word and deed; governs Lunary things; heals the dropsie: he gives spirits of the water, who do serve men in a corporeal and visible form; and makes men to live 300 years.

Tuesday

Key of Solomon

Archangel: Khaniael Angel: Zamael Planet: Mars Metal: Iron Color: Red

Sworn Book of Honorious

Perfumes: Sandalwood, the red, black, and white, and all sweet woods as lignum aloes, cypress, balsam, and such like. Correspondences: And their nature is to cause and stir up war, murder, destruction, and mortality of people and of all earthly things, and their bodies are of a mean stature, dry and lean. Their color is red like to burning coals burning red, and their region or abiding is the South.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements

Angels: Samael, Satael, Amabiel Wind: East Perfumes: Pepper The Spirits of the Air of Tuesday are under the East-winde: their nature is to cause wars, mortality, death and combustions; and to give two thousand Soldiers at a time; to bring death, infirmities or health.

Agrippa

Perfumes: To Mars all odoriferous wood as sandalwood, cypress, lignum-balsam, and lignum-aloes; Euphorbium, Bdellium, gum Armoniack, the roots of both Hellebors [hellebores], the Load stone [loadstone], and a little Sulphur, and incorporate them all with the brain of a Hart, the blood of a Man, and the blood of a black Cat. Places: To Mars, fiery, and bloody places, furnaces, bake-houses, shambles, places of execution, and places where there have been great battailes [battles] fought, and slaughters made, and the like. Colors: Red colours, and burning, fiery, flaming, violet, purple, bloody, and iron colours, resemble Mars.

Raziel

Sandalwood, niger and albus, and all such trees and each tree of aloes and cypresse, and so understand thou of each tree.

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4.

They make fumigations unto such spirits of the order of powers as are under Mars, in the planetary division, with aromatic gum, bdellium, euphorbium, load-stone, hellebore white and black, and an addition or sulphur to make them into an amalgama, with man’s blood, and the blood of a black cat; which mixtures are said to be so exceeding magical, that, without any other addition, they say, this fumigation is able of itself to make spirits under Mars appear before the Exorcist.

Arbatel of Magic

Phalec rules those things which are attributed to Mars, the Prince of peace. He that has his character he raises to great honours in warlike affairs.

Wednesday

Key of Solomon

Archangel: Michael Angel: Raphael Planet: Mercury Metal: Mercury Color: Purple

Sworn Book of Honorious

Perfumes: Rinds of all sweete wood, as cinnamon, cassia ligina corticus, lauri, and macis, and all sweet seeds. Correspondences: And their nature is to give love, joy, gladness, and favor of all persons to him that works, to bring forth dews, flowers, herbs and leaves, or to take them away, and their region or abiding is betwixt the East and the South.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements

Angels: Raphael, Miel, Seraphiel Wind: Southwest Perfumes: Mastick The Spirits of the Air of Wednesday are subject to the South-west-winde: their nature is to give all Metals; to reveal all earthly things past, present and to come; to pacify judges, to give victories in war, to re-edify, and teach experiments and all decayed Sciences, and to change bodies mixt of Elements conditionally out of one into another: to give infirmities or health; to raise the poor, and cast down the high ones; to bind or loose Spirits; to open locks or bolts: such-kind of Spirits have the operation of others, but not in their perfect power, but in virtue or knowledge.

Agrippa

Perfumes: To Mercury all peels of wood and fruit, as cinnamon, lignum cassia, mace, citron peel [i.e. lemon peel], and bayberries, and whatsoever seeds are odoriferous; Mastick, Frankincense, Cloves, and the herb Cinquefoile, and the stone Achates, and incorporate them all with the brain of a Fox, or weasel, and the blood of a Pie [magpie]. Places: To Mercury, shops, schools, warehouses, Exchange for Merchants, and the like. Colors: But all white, fair, curious, green, ruddy, betwixt saffron, and purple, resemble Venus, Mercury, and the Moon.

Raziel

All woods as cinnamon, cassia lignea and cortices lauri and macis and so understand thou in other.

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4.

To those under Mercury, they fumigate frankincense, mastic, cinquefoil, incorporated with the brains of a fox and the blood of a magpye.

Arbatel of Magic

Ophiel is the governour of such things as are attributed to Mercury: his Character is this.

Thursday

Key of Solomon

Archangel: Tzadiqel Angel: Sachiel Planet: Jupiter Metal: Tin Color: Blue

Sworn Book of Honorious

Perfumes: All sweet fruits as nutmeg, cloves, the rinds of oranges and citrines, dry and powdered with such like of good odor. Correspondences: And their nature is to give love, joy, gladness, and favor of all persons to him that worketh, to bring forth dews, flowers, herbs and leaves, or to take them away, and their region or abiding is betwixt the East and the South.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements

Angels: Sachiel, Castiel, Asasiel Wind: South Perfumes: Saffron The Spirits of the Air of Thursday, are subject to the South-wind; their nature is to procure the love of woman; to cause men to be merry and joyful; to pacify strife and contentions; to appease enemies; to heal the diseased, and to disease the whole; and procure losses, or take them away.

Agrippa

Perfumes: To Jupiter, odoriferous fruits as nutmeg, cloves; the seed of Ash, Lignum-aloes, Storax, the gum Benjamin [benzoin], the Lazule [lazuli] stone, the tops of the feathers of a Peacock, and incorporate them with the blood of a Stork, or a Swallow, or the brain of a Hart. Places: Unto Jupiter are ascribed all privileged places, Consistories of noble men, Tribunals, Chaires, places for Exercises, Schools, and all beautifull, and clean places, scattered, or sprinkled with divers odours. Colors: Saphire [Sapphire], and airy colours, and those which are alwaies green, clear, purple, darkish, golden, mixed with Silver,3 belong to Jupiter.

Raziel

Nux muscata, gariofili and citruli and the rind of arangiarum siccarx and pulverizatarum that is the rind of oranges dry and powdered and all other fruits of good odors.

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4.

For Spirits under Jupiter, they take lignum aloes, ashtree-keys, benjamin, storax, peacock-feathers, and lapis lazuli, mixing the same with the blood of a stork, a swallow, or a hart; the brains being also added: the fumes are kindled in Jupiter’s hour, and in a place appropriate to his nature.

Arbatel of Magic

Bether governs those things which are ascribed to Jupiter: he soon comes being called. He that is dignified with his character, he raises to very great dignities, to cast open treasures: he reconciles the spirits of the aire, that they give true answers: they transport precious stones from place to place, and they make medicines to work miraculously in their effects: he giveth also familiars of the firmament, and prolonges life to 700 years if God will.

Friday

Key of Solomon

Archangel: Haniel Angel: Anael Planet: Venus Metal: Copper Color: Green

Sworn Book of Honorious

Perfumes: Mace, roses, violets, and all other fruits or flowers of good odor, as crocus and such like. Correspondences: Their nature is to provoke laughing, lust, and desires, to love women, and to give flowers and fruits. Their bodies are of a mean stature in all points, for they be neither little nor great, neither fat nor lean. Their countenance is pleasant, white like snow. Their region is betwixt the South and the West.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements

Angels: Anael, Rachiel, Sachiel Wind: West Perfumes: Pepperwort The Spirits of the Air of Friday are subject to the West-wind; their nature is to give silver: to excite men, and incline them to luxury; to reconcile enemies through luxury; and to make marriages; to allure men to love women; to cause, or take away infirmities; and to do all things which have motion.

Agrippa

Perfumes: To Venus, flowers as roses, violets, saffron, and such like; Musk, ambergris, Lignum-aloes, red Roses, and red Coral, and make them up with the brain of Sparrows, and the blood of Pigeons. Places: To Venus, pleasant fountains, green Meadows, flourishing Gardens, garnished beds, stews (and according to Orpheus) the sea, the sea shore, baths, dancing-places, and all places belonging to women. Colors: But all white, fair, curious, green, ruddy, betwixt saffron, and purple resemble Venus, Mercury, and the Moon.

Raziel

Maus [flores] roses violets & crocus and all other flowers of good odor.

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4.

The fumigations appropriate to spirits under Venus, are roses, coral, lignum aloes, and spermaceti, made up with sparrows brains, and blood of pigeons.

Arbatel of Magic

Hagith governs Venereous things. He that is dignified with his Character, he makes very fair, and to be adorned with all beauty. He converts copper into gold, in a moment, and gold into copper: he gives Spirits which do faithfully serve those to whom they are addicted.

Saturday

Key of Solomon

Archangel: Tzaphqiel Angel: Cassiel Planet: Saturn Metal: Lead Color: Black

Sworn Book of Honorious

Perfumes: All good things and well smelling roots such as costus and the herb thuris. Correspondences: And their nature is to cause sadness, anger, and hatred, and to make snow and ice. Their bodies are long and slender, pale or yellow, and their region is the North.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements

Angels: Cassiel, Machatan, Uriel Wind: Southwest Perfumes: Sulphur The Spirits of the Air of Saturday are subject to the Southwest-winde: the nature of them is to sow discordes, hatred, evil thoughts and cogitations; to give leave freely, to slay and kill every one, and to lame or maim every member

Agrippa

Perfumes: To Saturn are appropriated for fumes all odoriferous roots, as costus root, etc. and hog’s fennel; the seed of black Poppy, of Henbane, root of Mandrake, the Load-stone [loadstone], and Myrrh, and make them up with the brain of a Cat, or the blood of a Bat. Places: But amongst places that are appropriated to the Stars, all stinking places, dark, underground, religious, and mournful places, as Church-yards, tombs, and houses not inhabited by men, and old, tottering, obscure, dreadfull houses, and solitary dens, caves, and pits, also fish-ponds, standing pools, fennes, and such like are appropriated to Saturn. Colors: For all colours, black, lucid, earthy, leaden, brown, have relation to Saturne.

Raziel

All good things & well smelling rootes as is Costus & herba thuris [=hog’s fennel].

A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4.

Thus the fumigation for spirits under Saturn, are made of frankincense-tree, pepper-wort roots, storax, and galbanum; by these the spirits Marbas, Corban, Stilkon, Idas, and all of the first order in the astringency, are appeased and provoked, when the fumes are put upon a Tripod in the hour of Saturn according to the planetary division.

Arbatel of Magic

Aratron - The governor Aratron hath in his power those things which he doth naturally, that is, after the same manner and subject as those things which in Astronomy are ascribed to the power of Saturn. Those things which he doth of his own free will, are, That he can convert any thing into a stone in a moment, either animal or plant, retaining the same object to the sight. He converteth treasures into coles, and coles into treasure. He giveth familiars with a definite power. He teacheth Alchymy, Magick, and Physick. He reconcileth the subterranean spirits to men; maketh hairy men. He causeth one to bee invisible. The barren he maketh fruitful, and giveth long life.