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Buildable Daemon
The Planetary Hour Daemon
A small background process that knows the current planetary hour and prompts the working that belongs to it.
What it is
To put planetary timing into the day without needing to check a table by hand.
At a glance
- Inputs
- A latitude and longitude; a list of operations keyed to planets; a notification channel.
- Outputs
- A daily prompt at the start of each hour, a log of the hours used, and a weekly summary.
How to do it
- Store the location and the operation table in a JSON file.
- Calculate sunrise and sunset for the day (or use a fixed local approximation and say so).
- Divide the day and night into twelve unequal hours and map them to the Chaldean sequence.
- At the start of each hour, look up the planet and the operation.
- Send a notification or append a line to the ledger.
- Review the week's log and remove operations that were never used.
What you need
- Node or Python
- A cron job or launch agent
- A JSON operations file
- A ledger
- A notification channel
A worked example
The daemon wakes at the Mercury hour on Wednesday and sends: 'Mercury / Air: write the one message you have been avoiding.' The log records the hour, the operation and whether it was done.
Variations
- Run it only for one planet for a month.
- Use the daemon to close workings at the hour of the planet that opened them.
- Turn the notification into a shared message for a group working.
Code sketch
This is a sketch, not a runnable program. It names the shape of the automation; the definitions are yours.
// The Chaldean sequence, repeated through the 24 hours.
const chaldean = ['saturn','jupiter','mars','sun','venus','mercury','moon'];
const hourPlanet = (dayIndex, hourIndex) => chaldean[(dayIndex * 3 + hourIndex) % 7];Related entries
Practices
Protocols
Constructs
Correspondences
Workings
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Every entry that names The Planetary Hour Daemon, grouped by section.
▤ Glossary 2
- Daemon Related
- Planetary hour Related
✧ Practices 1
- Planetary timing Instruments
⌘ Protocols 1
- Work by planetary hour Instruments
◈ Constructs 1
- Daemon Instruments
⌬ Correspondences 1
- Saturn — scheduled job Instrument
❖ Workings 1
- The Mercury Hour Daemon Instruments
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