Patient God
Omael is the guardian angel of people born between August 17 and August 23, when the Sun is in Leo, 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.
- Leo 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.
- Aug 17 – 23
- 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.
- 15 of 36
- Decan ruler The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
- Mars
- Hour Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- 09:40 – 10:00
- 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 18 · June 29 · September 9 · November 20 · January 31
- Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Psalm 71:5
- Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
- אומאל
What Omael governs
Tradition credits Omael with easing sorrow and despair and with granting patience. It rules over the animal kingdom and watches over the generation of living beings, so that species multiply and lineages endure. Its influence extends to chemists, physicians and surgeons.
- patience
- consolation
- fertility
- healing
- anatomy
Born under Omael
A person born under Omael is said to excel in anatomy and medicine.
The shadow of Omael
Its contrary angel is the enemy of the propagation of living beings and holds sway over monstrous phenomena.
Ten 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 Omael and Reiiel under the Ten of Wands.
- oppression
- arrival of money
- artistic or literary talent
- associations
Angels close to Omael
Omael, questions and answers
- How do I know if Omael is my guardian angel?
- Omael is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from August 17 to August 23 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 Omael?
- In the tradition's calendar, Omael rules five days a year: April 18 · June 29 · September 9 · November 20 · January 31. It also rules the twenty minutes of 09:40 – 10:00.
- What does the name Omael mean?
- The tradition renders its name as: Patient God.
- Which verse goes with Omael?
- Psalm 71:5, 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.