God who receives sinners
Rehael is the guardian angel of people born between October 3 and October 8, when the Sun is in Libra, between 10 and 15 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.
- Libra 10–15°
- Days in 2026 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
- Oct 3 – 8
- Choir The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
- Powers
- Decan The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
- 20 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.
- 12:40 – 13:00
- 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 27 · July 8 · September 18 · November 29 · February 9
- Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Psalm 30:10
- Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
- רהעאל
What Rehael governs
Tradition credits Rehael with the healing of illness and with obtaining God's mercy. It rules over health and a long life. It influences the love of parents for their children and of children for their parents, as well as children's obedience and respect toward their parents.
- healing
- mercy
- health
- longevity
- filial love
- respect
The shadow of Rehael
Its contrary angel is described as the cruellest and most treacherous known, and it influences those who kill a child or a parent.
Six 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 Rehael and Ieiazel under the Six of Swords.
- beauty
- beneficial
- bitterness
- change
Angels close to Rehael
Rehael, questions and answers
- How do I know if Rehael is my guardian angel?
- Rehael is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from October 3 to October 8 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 Rehael?
- In the tradition's calendar, Rehael rules five days a year: April 27 · July 8 · September 18 · November 29 · February 9. It also rules the twenty minutes of 12:40 – 13:00.
- What does the name Rehael mean?
- The tradition renders its name as: God who receives sinners.
- Which verse goes with Rehael?
- Psalm 30:10, 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.