Wednesday
The day of Mercury
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- Ruler
- Mercury
- Best for
- Study, writing, trade, travel and divination
- Colour
- Orange, shifting colours
- Incense
- Mastic, storax, lavender
Meaning
Wednesday takes its name from Mercury in the Latin, Norse or Saxon week. The first planetary hour after sunrise belongs to Mercury, and the hours then run through the Chaldean order: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. That sequence is why the weekdays follow in the order they do.
Practice
Begin a work of study, writing, trade, travel and divination at sunrise on Wednesday, in the first hour of Mercury.
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