luis said:
I think for the big squares if you did a lot if days the energy may still manifest. For the small square's its better to restart it.
It does not. I've had 3 failed mercury squares, where I made a mistake on the last few days, and the energy mostly collapsed.
You can make use of it still by continuing with the planetary mantra as if doing a regular working. Do it for a set amount of repetitions, and transition the failed square into a 40 day or 90 day working, to prevent the failed square from being a complete waste of time and effort, however it is not the same as completing a square.
Squares fix the energy in a very permanent way, due to the numerology being very precise. The nature of a planetary square is to tap into the fundamental essence of the planetary energy, then invoke it into your being and reprogram the energy as it affects your being from the root up.
It unravels the planetary energy and influence on ones soul, strengthens and straightens the influence, and imprints the improved manifestation of the planetary influence upon your soul, overwriting the previous imprint that the planet had on you when you were born.
This has a direct effect on the underlying manifestation of ones being, as shown on ones natal chart and fundamentally rewrites your fate and everything ruled in your life by the said planet for which you completed the square.
When one does subsequent squares, it continues to refine and strengthen the influence of the planet and your power over the affairs ruled by the said planet, which directly enhances ones mastery over ones own existence.
To speak from my own experience, when I was a new SS, I was actually quite lacking in confidence as a person, and was very restrained and shy, but I completed 1 single sun square to change that, and the day I finished it my whole personally made a huge transformation.
I became more outgoing, more confident, more charismatic, etc. A wholistic transformation of my outward expression and personality.
The effects of that sun square still stick with me today, even though it was close to 8 years ago already.
Prior to doing a sun square, I had done a runic working with Uruz and Sowilo to boost my confidence and become more independent, able to stand better in my shoes, however it didn't do nearly as much for me as the square did.
Likely due to the fact I was new, my runic working didn't have as much power as it would have had when done by a more experienced SS with greater personal power, the effects would certainly be more pronounced if I did it today in my present condition, but I still do expect a perfectly completed square to have more power overall.
Perhaps other SS who have experience with the planetary squares and other workings can also give insight into this.
Hail Satan!