God swift to come to aid
Reiiel is the guardian angel of people born between August 12 and August 17, when the Sun is in Leo, between 20 and 25 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 20–25°
- 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 12 – 17
- 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.
- 09:20 – 09:40
- 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 17 · June 28 · September 8 · November 19 · January 30
- Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Psalm 54:4
- Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
- רייאל
What Reiiel governs
Tradition credits Reiiel with aid against the impious and the enemies of religion, and with deliverance from all enemies, seen and unseen. It rules over religious feeling, divine philosophy and meditation.
- faith
- zeal
- virtue
- truth
- meditation
Born under Reiiel
A person born under this angel stands out for virtue and for zeal in spreading the truth. Such a person works hard to overcome impiety, through writing as much as through personal example.
The shadow of Reiiel
Its contrary angel rules fanaticism and hypocrisy. It influences those who spread irreligion through dangerous writings and maxims.
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 Reiiel and Omael under the Ten of Wands.
- oppression
- arrival of money
- artistic or literary talent
- associations
Angels close to Reiiel
Reiiel, questions and answers
- How do I know if Reiiel is my guardian angel?
- Reiiel is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from August 12 to August 17 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 Reiiel?
- In the tradition's calendar, Reiiel rules five days a year: April 17 · June 28 · September 8 · November 19 · January 30. It also rules the twenty minutes of 09:20 – 09:40.
- What does the name Reiiel mean?
- The tradition renders its name as: God swift to come to aid.
- Which verse goes with Reiiel?
- Psalm 54:4, 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.