Overview
God who hears and answers sinners
Leuviah is the guardian angel of people born from about June 21 to June 26, when the Sun is in Cancer, between 0 and 5 degrees. The dates shift by a day depending on the year.
What Leuviah governs
Tradition credits Leuviah with helping a person obtain the grace of God. It also rules over human memory and intelligence.
- grace
- memory
- intelligence
- cheerfulness
- modesty
- patience
Born under Leuviah
A person born under this influence is amiable and cheerful, modest in speech and simple in manner. Such a person bears adversity with resignation and great patience.
The shadow of Leuviah
The contrary angel rules over sorrows, losses and humiliations, and it stirs up debauchery and despair.
In the tarot
Five 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 Leuviah and Pahaliah under the Five of Cups.
- loss
- regret
- obstacles overcome
- a cycle closing
- new paths
Angels close to Leuviah
- Its tarot twin
- Pahaliah
At a glance
- Zodiac
- Cancer 0–5° The five degrees of the zodiac the angel governs. The 72 angels share the circle, starting at 0° Aries.
- Days in 2026
- Jun 21 – 26 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
- Choir
- Thrones The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
- Decan
- 10 of 36 The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
- Decan ruler
- Venus The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
- Hour
- 06:00 – 06:20 Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- Days of rule
- April 7 · June 18 · August 29 · November 9 · January 20 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 40:1 The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Hebrew name
- לוויה Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
Leuviah, questions and answers
How do I know if Leuviah is my guardian angel?
Leuviah is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from June 21 to June 26 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 Leuviah?
In the tradition's calendar, Leuviah rules five days a year: April 7 · June 18 · August 29 · November 9 · January 20. It also rules the twenty minutes of 06:00 – 06:20.
What does the name Leuviah mean?
The tradition renders its name as: God who hears and answers sinners.
Which verse goes with Leuviah?
Psalm 40:1, 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.