Overview
God who punishes the wicked
Ierathel is the guardian angel of people born from about August 2 to August 7, when the Sun is in Leo, between 10 and 15 degrees. The dates shift by a day depending on the year.
What Ierathel governs
Tradition credits Ierathel with confounding the wicked and slanderers, and with delivering people from their enemies. It protects against those who provoke and attack others without just cause. It also rules over the spread of knowledge and enlightenment, over civilisation and over liberty.
- justice
- peace
- enlightenment
- liberty
- protection
- literature
Born under Ierathel
A person born under Ierathel loves peace and justice and is drawn to the sciences and the arts. Such a person stands out in literature and letters.
The shadow of Ierathel
Its contrary angel rules over ignorance, slavery and intolerance.
In the tarot
Nine 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 Ierathel and Seheiah under the Nine of Wands.
- steady strength
- journey
- delay
Angels close to Ierathel
- Its tarot twin
- Seheiah
At a glance
- Zodiac
- Leo 10–15° The five degrees of the zodiac the angel governs. The 72 angels share the circle, starting at 0° Aries.
- Days in 2026
- Aug 2 – 7 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
- 14 of 36 The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
- Decan ruler
- Jupiter The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
- Hour
- 08:40 – 09:00 Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- Days of rule
- April 15 · June 26 · September 6 · November 17 · January 28 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 140:1 The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Hebrew name
- ירתאל Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
Ierathel, questions and answers
How do I know if Ierathel is my guardian angel?
Ierathel is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from August 2 to August 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 Ierathel?
In the tradition's calendar, Ierathel rules five days a year: April 15 · June 26 · September 6 · November 17 · January 28. It also rules the twenty minutes of 08:40 – 09:00.
What does the name Ierathel mean?
The tradition renders its name as: God who punishes the wicked.
Which verse goes with Ierathel?
Psalm 140:1, 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.