In recognizing seven planets, ancient astrologers linked them to different days of the week, in the following order: the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn.

These became the Sun’s Day for Sunday; the Moon’s Day for Monday; but the names of the Roman gods became mixed with their Teutonic equivalents. For example, Woden is used instead of Mercury for Woden’s Day, or Wednesday; while Thor is used instead of Jupiter for Thor’s Day or Thursday.

The French, however, have adhered more closely to the Latin origins, with such names as Mardi, for Mars’ Day or Tuesday; mercredi for Mercury’s Day or Wednesday; and so on. Astrologically speaking, each planet is the ruler of its respective day of the week, so the seven conform to the following order:

The SUN is the ruling planet of Sunday.

The Moon is the ruling planet of Monday.

Mars is the ruling planet of Tuesday.

Mercury is the ruling planet of Wednesday. Jupiter is the ruling planet of Thursday. Venus is the ruling planet of Friday.

Saturn is the ruling planet of Saturday.

According to astrology, the planetary influences are strongest on the day of a person’s birth. Each individual thereby partakes of the planet governing his birth sign, and any controlling the particular decan or ten-day period in which he was born.

But he also comes under the direct influence of the ruling planet of the exact day on which he was born. This is a factor in its own right; and whether it proves to be a dominating force or simply a modifier of the indications of the birth sign depends to a great degree upon the planets involved and their varied effects upon one another.

It is essential therefore to know the day of the week upon which a person was born in order to determine the ruling planet of his birthday. This can be quickly ascertained by utilizing the following chart:

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Other years in 1900’s and their values:

01 O2 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 3S 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 5O 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 5 6 0 1 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 6 0 1 2 4 5 6 0

For leap years 1 point must be added to their values for any date from March 1 on through the year. Thus for a date in January or February 1972, the year’s value would be 6; for a date in any other month, 7.

Regular Monthly Values

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January 0 April 6 July 6 October 0 February 3 May 1

August 2 November 3 March 3 June 4 September 5 December 5

Daily Values

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Add from 1 to 31, inclusive, according to exact date.

Ruling Planet as Represented by Total Values

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For dates in the 1800’s, add 2 toward total value.

For dates ~in the 1700’s, add 4 toward total value.

The following examples will clarify the process:

April 5, 1957.

Year (’57) = 2.

Month (April) =8.

Day (5th) = 5.

Total values: 2+6+5 = 13.

Ruling planet: Venus.

May 13, 1964.

Year (’64) = 3 + 1 (leap year) .

Month (May) = 1.

Day (13th) = 13.

Total values: 4 + 1 + 13 = 18.

Ruling planet: Mercury.

September 12, 1897.

Year (’97) = 3.

Month (September)= 5.

Day (12th) = 12.

Added value for date in 1800’s = 2.

Total values: 3 + 5 + 12 + 2 = 22.

Ruling planet: The Sun.

To find the ruling planet of George Washington’s birthday:

February 22, 1732.

(Year ’32)=5+0(leap year but before March 1.)

Month (February) = 3.

Day (22nd) = 22.

Add value for date in 1700’s = 4.

Total Values: 5 + 3 + 22 + 4 = 34.

Ruling planet: Venus.

Note: Washington’s birthday—and others prior to 1752 —were originally figured according to the obsolete Julian calendar. The correct date (February 22, 1732) conforms to the Gregorian calendar, which should be used in all astrological calculations.