Overview
Good and patient God
Achaiah is the guardian angel of people born from about April 20 to April 25, when the Sun is in Taurus, between 0 and 5 degrees. The dates shift by a day depending on the year.
What Achaiah governs
Tradition credits Achaiah with rule over patience and with revealing the secrets of nature. It influences the spread of knowledge and enlightenment, and industry in the sense of productive, skilled work.
- patience
- discovery
- knowledge
- industry
- learning
Born under Achaiah
A person born under this angel likes to learn things that are useful. They take pride in carrying out the most difficult tasks, and they discover several useful methods and techniques for the arts and crafts.
The shadow of Achaiah
The contrary angel is the enemy of knowledge and enlightenment. It rules over negligence, laziness and indifference to study.
In the tarot
Eight 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 Achaiah and Cahethel under the Eight of Pentacles.
- talent
- energy
- earnings from work
- partial success
Angels close to Achaiah
- Its tarot twin
- Cahethel
At a glance
- Zodiac
- Taurus 0–5° The five degrees of the zodiac the angel governs. The 72 angels share the circle, starting at 0° Aries.
- Days in 2026
- Apr 20 – 25 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
- Choir
- Seraphim The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
- Decan
- 4 of 36 The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
- Decan ruler
- Mercury The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
- Hour
- 02:00 – 02:20 Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- Days of rule
- March 26 · June 6 · August 17 · October 28 · January 8 Every day of the year has its angel, in a seventy-two-day cycle that starts on 20 March: each angel returns five times.
- Verse
- Psalm 103:8 The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Hebrew name
- אכאיה Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
Achaiah, questions and answers
How do I know if Achaiah is my guardian angel?
Achaiah is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from April 20 to April 25 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 Achaiah?
In the tradition's calendar, Achaiah rules five days a year: March 26 · June 6 · August 17 · October 28 · January 8. It also rules the twenty minutes of 02:00 – 02:20.
What does the name Achaiah mean?
The tradition renders its name as: Good and patient God.
Which verse goes with Achaiah?
Psalm 103:8, 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.