How to Use It
Witchcraft & Folk Magick
- Anoint the wrists, throat and the back of the neck before meeting a lover or going out to be seen.
- Dress a red or pink candle from the middle outward to both ends, the old way of sending passion out into the world.
- Rub a drop into a cloth charm bag holding rose petals and a small piece of red jasper.
Hoodoo & Rootwork
- Dress a red figure candle to heat up an existing relationship, writing both names on the wax with a pin.
- Add a few drops to a bath at night before a date, letting the water carry the scent over the whole body.
Ceremonial & Occult Magick
- Use it to anoint a Venus or Mars talisman cut or consecrated in a matching planetary hour.
- Trace a sigil of your intent on parchment in the oil during a later hour of Venus to keep the timing consistent.
A Simple Working
- Wait for a Tuesday, or for any hour of Venus if you prefer to echo only part of the timing.
- Carve your intention, or a lover’s initials alongside your own, into a red chime candle.
- Warm a few drops of the oil between your palms and dress the candle from the centre out to the tips.
- Anoint your own pulse points with what remains on your hands.
- Light the candle and speak plainly about the desire you want to wake, in yourself and in the one you want.
- Let the candle burn down completely, then keep a drop of wax in your bedroom.
- Wear the oil again whenever you want to call that feeling back.
Pairs Well With
- Rose petals, the classic flower of Venus, for a charm bag or bath.
- Red chime candles, small enough to burn in one sitting.
- Damiana, an herb long used in love and lust work.
- Carnelian, a warm red-orange stone kept for vitality and boldness.
- Cinnamon, a Mars-ruled spice that adds heat to love workings.
What You Receive
Sexuality oil, in a 15 ml bottle, made on the day of Mars and in the hour of Venus.
Origin & Lore
Planetary timing comes from the Chaldean order of the seven classical planets, which assigns a ruler to each day and to each hour within it. Tuesday belongs to Mars, the planet of drive, heat and appetite, and an hour of Venus on that day joins raw desire to beauty and attraction. Oils made under such timings are meant to carry both currents into whatever they touch.
Old astrological magick says the hour matters as much as the day: begin a working when the ruling planet is strong and it carries that planet’s nature. This oil was made with two planets at once, Mars ruling the day and Venus ruling the hour.
Planetary days survive in our week: the seven-day cycle of Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn spread through the Roman world, and grimoires such as the Key of Solomon instruct the operator to make talismans and perform rites in the day and hour of the appropriate planet. The pairing of Mars and Venus is older still; in Greek myth Ares and Aphrodite were lovers, and Renaissance painters returned to the couple again and again as an image of war softened by love.
Did You Know?
Tuesday takes its English name from Tiw, the Germanic god the Romans equated with Mars, which is why French keeps the Roman form, mardi.



