Merastra/ Angels/ Haaiah
Angel no. 26

Haaiah

Haaiah is the angel of those who seek the truth and of the envoys and go-betweens, drawing the mind toward divine contemplation.

Hidden God

Haaiah is the guardian angel of people born between July 28 and August 2, when the Sun is in Leo, between 5 and 10 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.
Leo 5–10°
Days in 2026 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
Jul 28 – Aug 2
Choir The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
Dominions
Decan The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
13 of 36
Decan ruler The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
Saturn
Hour Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
08:20 – 08:40
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 14 · June 25 · September 5 · November 16 · January 27
Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
Psalm 119:145
Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
האאיה
In the tradition

What Haaiah governs


Tradition credits Haaiah with helping to win a lawsuit and to gain the favour of judges. It protects all who seek the truth and turns people toward the contemplation of divine things. It rules over politics, diplomats, plenipotentiaries and ambassadors, treaties of peace and of trade, and agreements of every kind. It also influences couriers, dispatches, agents and secret missions.

  • truth
  • contemplation
  • diplomacy
  • peacemaking
  • negotiation
The contrary angel

The shadow of Haaiah


Its contrary angel rules over traitors, the ambitious and conspiracies.

In the tarot

Eight of Wands


VIII
Eight of Wands

The Golden Dawn starts the circle of angels at Leo and sets two angels under each of the thirty-six numbered cards. It places Haaiah and Nith-Haiah under the Eight of Wands.

  • swiftness
  • boldness
  • business transformation
  • common sense
Related angels

Angels close to Haaiah


Its tarot twin Nith-Haiah
The other angels of the Dominions
Frequently asked

Haaiah, questions and answers


How do I know if Haaiah is my guardian angel?
Haaiah is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from July 28 to August 2 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 Haaiah?
In the tradition's calendar, Haaiah rules five days a year: April 14 · June 25 · September 5 · November 16 · January 27. It also rules the twenty minutes of 08:20 – 08:40.
What does the name Haaiah mean?
The tradition renders its name as: Hidden God.
Which verse goes with Haaiah?
Psalm 119:145, 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.

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