Overview
God worthy of adoration
Menadel is the guardian angel of people born from about September 17 to September 23, when the Sun is in Virgo, between 25 and 30 degrees. The dates shift by a day depending on the year.
What Menadel governs
Tradition credits Menadel with helping people keep their employment and preserve the livelihood they already have. It is said to guard against slander and to free prisoners. It brings word of distant people from whom no news has come in a long time, lets exiles return to their homeland, and uncovers belongings that were lost or stolen.
- stability
- protection
- deliverance
- homecoming
- recovery
The shadow of Menadel
Its contrary angel protects all those who try to flee abroad to escape justice.
In the tarot
Four 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 Menadel and Chavakiah under the Four of Pentacles.
- material stability
- holding on
- family gain
- thwarted fortune
Angels close to Menadel
- Its tarot twin
- Chavakiah
At a glance
- Zodiac
- Virgo 25–30° The five degrees of the zodiac the angel governs. The 72 angels share the circle, starting at 0° Aries.
- Days in 2026
- Sep 17 – 23 The days the Sun crosses those degrees this year. From one year to the next they can shift by a day.
- Choir
- Powers The 72 angels are set in nine choirs of eight, from the Seraphim to the Angels.
- Decan
- 18 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
- 11:40 – 12:00 Its twenty minutes of the day: the 72 angels share the 24 hours, starting at midnight.
- Days of rule
- April 24 · July 5 · September 15 · November 26 · February 6 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 26:8 The verse the tradition ties to its name. Psalms are numbered as in modern Bibles.
- Hebrew name
- מנדאל Its name in Hebrew, read from right to left.
Menadel, questions and answers
How do I know if Menadel is my guardian angel?
Menadel is the angel of people born while the Sun crossed its five degrees, from September 17 to September 23 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 Menadel?
In the tradition's calendar, Menadel rules five days a year: April 24 · July 5 · September 15 · November 26 · February 6. It also rules the twenty minutes of 11:40 – 12:00.
What does the name Menadel mean?
The tradition renders its name as: God worthy of adoration.
Which verse goes with Menadel?
Psalm 26:8, 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.