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Angel no. 45

Sealiah

Sealiah is the mover of all things, an angel of life and vigour who humbles the proud and lifts up those who have fallen.

Mover of all things

Sealiah is the guardian angel of people born between November 2 and November 7, when the Sun is in Scorpio, 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.
Scorpio 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.
Nov 2 – 7
Choir The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
Virtues
Decan The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
23 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.
14:40 – 15:00
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.
May 3 · July 14 · September 24 · December 5 · February 15
Verse The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
Psalm 94:18
Hebrew name Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
סאליה
In the tradition

What Sealiah governs


Tradition credits Sealiah with confounding the wicked and the arrogant, and with raising up those who have been humiliated or have fallen from their station. It rules over plant life, carries life and health into every breathing creature, and influences the chief forces of nature.

  • vitality
  • health
  • growth
  • uplift
  • learning
  • aptitude
Those born under it

Born under Sealiah


A person born under this angel loves to learn and to keep acquiring knowledge. The entry credits such a person with considerable natural abilities and a great ease in what they undertake.

The contrary angel

The shadow of Sealiah


The contrary angel rules over the atmosphere. It brings on intense heat or severe cold, and great droughts or excessive humidity.

In the tarot

Nine of Cups


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Nine of Cups

The Golden Dawn starts the circle of angels at Leo and sets two angels under each of the thirty-six numbered cards. It places Sealiah and Ariel under the Nine of Cups.

  • abundance
  • advantage
  • conceit
  • concord
Related angels

Angels close to Sealiah


Its tarot twin Ariel
The other angels of the Virtues
Frequently asked

Sealiah, questions and answers


How do I know if Sealiah is my guardian angel?
Sealiah is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from November 2 to November 7 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 Sealiah?
In the tradition's calendar, Sealiah rules five days a year: May 3 · July 14 · September 24 · December 5 · February 15. It also rules the twenty minutes of 14:40 – 15:00.
What does the name Sealiah mean?
The tradition renders its name as: Mover of all things.
Which verse goes with Sealiah?
Psalm 94:18, 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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