God swift to answer prayers
Caliel is the guardian angel of people born between June 16 and June 21, when the Sun is in Gemini, between 25 and 30 degrees. The Sun returns to these degrees every year, give or take a day.
- Zodiac The five degrees of the zodiac the angel governs. The 72 angels share the circle, starting at 0° Aries.
- Gemini 25–30°
- Days in 2026 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
- Jun 16 – 21
- Choir The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
- Thrones
- Decan The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
- 9 of 36
- Decan ruler The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
- Sun
- Hour Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- 05:40 – 06:00
- Days of rule Every day of the year has its angel, in a seventy-two-day cycle that starts on 20 March: each angel returns five times.
- April 6 · June 17 · August 28 · November 8 · January 19
- Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Psalm 35:24
- Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
- כליאל
What Caliel governs
Tradition credits it with bringing swift help in times of adversity. It reveals the truth in legal proceedings, makes innocence triumph, and confounds the guilty and false witnesses.
- truth
- justice
- integrity
- innocence
- help
Born under Caliel
A person born under this influence is just and upright, loves the truth, and stands out in the magistracy and the work of the courts.
The shadow of Caliel
Its contrary angel rules over scandalous lawsuits and influences vile, base and servile people, along with those who seek to muddle affairs and enrich themselves at their clients' expense.
Four of Swords
The Golden Dawn starts the circle of angels at Leo and sets two angels under each of the thirty-six numbered cards. It places Caliel and Lauviah under the Four of Swords.
- abundance
- battle brought to its end
- chaos
- coffin
Angels close to Caliel
Caliel, questions and answers
- How do I know if Caliel is my guardian angel?
- Caliel is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from June 16 to June 21 this year. On the day the Sun moves from one angel to the next, only the hour of birth can decide.
- Which days belong to Caliel?
- In the tradition's calendar, Caliel rules five days a year: April 6 · June 17 · August 28 · November 8 · January 19. It also rules the twenty minutes of 05:40 – 06:00.
- What does the name Caliel mean?
- The tradition renders its name as: God swift to answer prayers.
- Which verse goes with Caliel?
- Psalm 35:24, numbered as in modern Bibles.
Sources The texts on this page are written from an early nineteenth-century French treatise on the Kabbalah, now in the public domain; the tarot link follows the Golden Dawn.