Overview
Hidden God
Haaiah is the guardian angel of people born from about July 28 to August 2, when the Sun is in Leo, between 5 and 10 degrees. The dates shift by a day depending on the year.
What Haaiah governs
Tradition credits Haaiah with helping to win a lawsuit and to gain the favour of judges. It protects all who seek the truth and turns people toward the contemplation of divine things. It rules over politics, diplomats, plenipotentiaries and ambassadors, treaties of peace and of trade, and agreements of every kind. It also influences couriers, dispatches, agents and secret missions.
- truth
- contemplation
- diplomacy
- peacemaking
- negotiation
The shadow of Haaiah
Its contrary angel rules over traitors, the ambitious and conspiracies.
In the tarot
Eight 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 Haaiah and Nith-Haiah under the Eight of Wands.
- swiftness
- abrupt changes
- love out of the blue
- momentum
Angels close to Haaiah
- Its tarot twin
- Nith-Haiah
At a glance
- Zodiac
- Leo 5–10° The five degrees of the zodiac the angel governs. The 72 angels share the circle, starting at 0° Aries.
- Days in 2026
- Jul 28 – Aug 2 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
- Choir
- Dominions The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
- Decan
- 13 of 36 The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
- Decan ruler
- Saturn The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
- Hour
- 08:20 – 08:40 Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- Days of rule
- April 14 · June 25 · September 5 · November 16 · January 27 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 119:145 The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Hebrew name
- האאיה Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
Haaiah, questions and answers
How do I know if Haaiah is my guardian angel?
Haaiah is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from July 28 to August 2 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 Haaiah?
In the tradition's calendar, Haaiah rules five days a year: April 14 · June 25 · September 5 · November 16 · January 27. It also rules the twenty minutes of 08:20 – 08:40.
What does the name Haaiah mean?
The tradition renders its name as: Hidden God.
Which verse goes with Haaiah?
Psalm 119:145, 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.