Overview
God who delivers from evils
Melahel is the guardian angel of people born from about July 12 to July 17, when the Sun is in Cancer, between 20 and 25 degrees. The dates shift by a day depending on the year.
What Melahel governs
Tradition credits Melahel with protection against weapons and with keeping travellers safe on the road. It rules over water and over all that the earth produces, above all the plants needed to heal illness.
- protection
- safety
- healing
- boldness
- honour
Born under Melahel
A person born under Melahel is bold by nature and able to take on the most perilous expeditions. Such a person stands out through honourable deeds.
The shadow of Melahel
Its contrary angel influences everything that harms vegetation, and brings illness and plague.
In the tarot
Seven 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 Melahel and Hahiuiah under the Seven of Cups.
- imagination
- choices
- dreams
- illusion
- creative inspiration
Angels close to Melahel
- Its tarot twin
- Hahiuiah
At a glance
- Zodiac
- Cancer 20–25° The five degrees of the zodiac the angel governs. The 72 angels share the circle, starting at 0° Aries.
- Days in 2026
- Jul 12 – 17 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
- 12 of 36 The zodiac divides into 36 decans of ten degrees; each holds two angels.
- Decan ruler
- Moon The planet that rules this decan, in the Chaldean order handed down from antiquity.
- Hour
- 07:20 – 07:40 Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- Days of rule
- April 11 · June 22 · September 2 · November 13 · January 24 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 121:8 The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Hebrew name
- מלהאל Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
Melahel, questions and answers
How do I know if Melahel is my guardian angel?
Melahel is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from July 12 to July 17 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 Melahel?
In the tradition's calendar, Melahel rules five days a year: April 11 · June 22 · September 2 · November 13 · January 24. It also rules the twenty minutes of 07:20 – 07:40.
What does the name Melahel mean?
The tradition renders its name as: God who delivers from evils.
Which verse goes with Melahel?
Psalm 121:8, 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.