Merastra/ Angels/ Mebahiah
Angel no. 55

Mebahiah

Mebahiah is the angel of steadfast faith, the tradition's guardian of moral and religious life and of those who devote themselves to upholding it.

Eternal God

Mebahiah is the guardian angel of people born between December 21 and December 26, when the Sun is in Capricorn, 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.
Capricorn 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.
Dec 21 – 26
Choir The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
Principalities
Decan The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
28 of 36
Decan ruler The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
Jupiter
Hour Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
18:00 – 18:20
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.
May 13 · July 24 · October 4 · December 15 · February 25
Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
Psalm 102:12
Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
מבהיה
In the tradition

What Mebahiah governs


Tradition credits Mebahiah with bringing consolation and with helping those who long to have children. It rules over morality and religion. It influences those who defend religion with all their strength and spread it by every means available to them.

  • consolation
  • piety
  • generosity
  • devotion
  • morality
Those born under it

Born under Mebahiah


A person born under this angel stands out for generosity and good deeds, for piety, and for a zealous care in fulfilling their duties toward God and toward other people.

The contrary angel

The shadow of Mebahiah


Its contrary angel is the enemy of truth: it influences all who seek to destroy religion and the rulers who protect it, so as to thwart the great work of humanity's regeneration.

In the tarot

Five of Pentacles


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Five 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 Mebahiah and Poiel under the Five of Pentacles.

  • building
  • carefulness
  • destitution
  • disappointments
Related angels

Angels close to Mebahiah


Its tarot twin Poiel
The other angels of the Principalities
Frequently asked

Mebahiah, questions and answers


How do I know if Mebahiah is my guardian angel?
Mebahiah is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from December 21 to December 26 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 Mebahiah?
In the tradition's calendar, Mebahiah rules five days a year: May 13 · July 24 · October 4 · December 15 · February 25. It also rules the twenty minutes of 18:00 – 18:20.
What does the name Mebahiah mean?
The tradition renders its name as: Eternal God.
Which verse goes with Mebahiah?
Psalm 102:12, 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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