God who inspires
Lecabel is the guardian angel of people born between August 23 and August 28, when the Sun is in Virgo, between 0 and 5 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.
- Virgo 0–5°
- Days in 2026 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
- Aug 23 – 28
- 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.
- 16 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.
- 10:00 – 10:20
- 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 19 · June 30 · September 10 · November 21 · February 1
- Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Psalm 71:16
- Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
- לכבאל
What Lecabel governs
Tradition credits Lecabel with granting enlightenment and useful methods for whatever profession a person practises. It also rules over plant growth and agriculture.
- inspiration
- insight
- ingenuity
- talent
- skill
Born under Lecabel
A person born under this influence loves astronomy, mathematics and geometry. Such a person stands out for brilliant ideas and can solve the most difficult problems, owing their fortune to nothing but their own talents.
The shadow of Lecabel
Its contrary angel rules over avarice and usury, and influences all who grow rich by unlawful means.
Two of Pentacles
The Golden Dawn starts the circle of angels at Leo and sets two angels under each of the thirty-six numbered cards. It places Lecabel and Vasariah under the Two of Pentacles.
- agitation
- alternation of gain and loss
- appointments
- argumentative
Angels close to Lecabel
Lecabel, questions and answers
- How do I know if Lecabel is my guardian angel?
- Lecabel is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from August 23 to August 28 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 Lecabel?
- In the tradition's calendar, Lecabel rules five days a year: April 19 · June 30 · September 10 · November 21 · February 1. It also rules the twenty minutes of 10:00 – 10:20.
- What does the name Lecabel mean?
- The tradition renders its name as: God who inspires.
- Which verse goes with Lecabel?
- Psalm 71:16, 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.