☽ Planetary Altars ☾
Altars are a spiritual area in our homes: a shelf, cabinet, desk, or any little corner. An altar can be dedicated to deities or simply be a space for our spiritual items 🪄
An altar for a planet (or planetary deity) is a way to honour and connect with that planetary energy. It can be a great way to add more magic to our astrological practice. It can help us embody that planet’s energy and invite that planet’s experiences into our life 🌙
We can even personalise our altars according to our own planetary placements. For example: I have Venus in Pisces so I can keep shells on my Venus altar 🐚
You can keep deities (statues or photos) corresponding to a planet to its altar as well. For example: Artemis on a Moon altar, Hanuman ji on a Sun altar, Aphrodite on a Venus altar, etc. ✨
I have made a collage + list of altar items for the 7 traditional planets! This was such a fun project, enjoy! 🤗
Things you can keep on a Sun Altar 🌞
Sunflowers 🌻
Calendar 🗓️ (signifying solar revolutions)
Candles 🕯️ (or diyas! 🪔)
Solar Tarot Cards 🃏
Crystals that bring joy like citrine ✨
Gold/golden jewellery 👑
Mirror 🪞 (a depiction of the SELF)
Photoframe with photos of you/your family (especially from childhood) 👨👨👧👦
A painting or piece of artwork you created 🖼️ Or any personal work that you’re PROUD of!
Things you can keep on a Moon Altar 🌝
Lunar Calendar 🌚
Your journal (or a dream journal) 📔
Divination tools like tarot/oracle decks or astro dice 🎲
Stuffed toys 🧸
Crystals like moonstone 💎
Silver or pearl jewellery 💍
Shells or shell candles 🐚
Sentimental jewellery/trinkets like lockets 💘
Lunar Tarot cards 🃏
A water offering bowl: a pretty bowl of water with candles, flower petals, crystals, etc. ⛲️
Things you can keep on a Mercury Altar 🌐
Scrabble letters to spell out intentions 🔡
To-do list 📝
List with your fav jokes/puns 😸
Books 📚
Windchimes 🎐
Radios/Speakers 📻
Car keys 🔑
Pens 🖋️
Crystals like fluorite or clear quartz ✨
Pendulums 📿 Astro-dice 🎲
Mercurial Tarot cards 🃏
Tickets from concerts/trips 🎟️
CDs or Vinyls 💿 (forgot to depict it on the graphic even though I literally associate the CD emoji with Mercury 🤦🏻♀️)
Things you can keep on a Venus Altar 💝
Engage the 5 senses:
Sight: Cameras 📷 Photographs/Polaroids 🎞️
Taste: Chocolates 🍫 Wine 🍷
Touch: Body Butters/Lotions 🧴
Sound: Vinyls 💽 Headphones 🎧
Smell: Perfume, Incense, Scented candles 🕯️
Venusian Tarot cards 🃏
Flowers 💐 Herbs 🌿
Jewellery (sentimental or gifted) 💍
Makeup 💄 Nail Polish 💅🏻
Accessories like bows 🎀
Lucky coins 🪙
Money/Currency 💶 Wallets 👛
Love letters 💌
Things you can keep on a Mars Altar 🚀
Red or black candles 🕯️
Protective crystals like black tourmaline 🖤
Energizing crystals like carnelian ❤️🔥
Musky/pungent perfumes 👃🏻
Spicy food items like chillis 🌶️
Martian Tarot cards 🪄
Symbols of protection (make sure you're not culturally appropriating!) 🧿
Motivational quotes 💥
Make-up that makes you feel powerful (lipsticks, nail polish, kohl/kajal)💄
Alcohol like tequilla 🍸
Protective jewellery 📿
Sharp objects like knives or an Athame 🗡️
Items to signify passion like a rose 🌹
Things you can keep on a Jupiter Altar 🪷
Vision boards 📝
Degrees or certificates you're proud of 📜
Travel journals 🗺️
Items you got while travelling: souvenirs 🪭
Candles (especially multi-wick ones) 🕯️
Books on deeper subjects 📚
Crystals that help you connect with the Divine like angel aura quartz or selenite 🤍
Crystals that invite abundance like citrine 💛
Statues of deities 🛕
Religious jewellery 📿
Good luck charms 🍀
Flowers like lotus 🪷
Jupiterian Tarot cards 🃏
Oracle cards ✨
Piggy banks (a place to collect money) 💰
Things you can keep on a Saturn Altar 🪐
Antique items (even haunted ones 👻)
Wooden items 🪵
Clocks 🕰️
Dried flowers and herbs 🥀
Pictures of ancestors 🎞️
Animal bones and skulls 🦴
Saturnian Tarot cards 🃏
Black candles 🖤
Alcohol like whiskey or rum 🥃
Old coins and stamps 🪙
Skull jewellery 💀
Owl symbols 🦉
Protective crystals like smoky quartz 🤎
Plants like a bonsai tree 🌳
Hourglass ⏳
