「晝行星」（diurnal planets）一詞用來指稱土星與木星，它們與太陽屬於同一個派別（sect），因為它們並不經常在夜空中落下或出現。它們在白天最能發揮作用，並且在晝間的位置最為喜樂。
每當提及「夜行星」（nocturnal planets）時，指的是火星與金星，它們被歸屬於月亮的派別。這些行星經常出現，也經常在傍晚落下，因此時常可以在夜空中看見它們。
然而，水星同時平等地屬於這兩個派別。如果水星在早晨升起，它便屬於太陽的派別；但如果它在傍晚落下，便屬於月亮的派別。
The term diurnal planets is used to refer to Saturn and Jupiter, which belong to the same sect as the sun, inasmuch as they do not often make settings or appearances in the night sky. They are most productive during the day and are happiest in diumal places. Whenever the nocturnal planets are mentioned, this refers to Mars and Venus, which have been designated to the sect of the moon. These planets make many appearances, setting often in the evening and thus being seen frequently in the night sky. Mercury, however, shares equally in the two sects. IfMercury is making a morning rising, it falls under the sect of the sun, but if it makes an evening setting, it is in the sect of the Moon.