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Haniel is the archangel of harmony and grace. He is the one people pray to for love — romantic and friendly alike — and to find beauty again in a life short of it. Tradition shows him in an androgynous form, with grey wings, and ties him to the Moon. He is one of the nine ruling archangels.
If you were born between 23 November and 31 December, Haniel is the archangel who watches over your guardian angel.
Haniel rules the choir of the Principalities, the seventh of the nine choirs of the Kabbalah, under the Sephirah Netzach. He is also met as Anael, Hanael or Aniel. The Kabbalah ties Netzach to Venus and to Friday; angelic tradition ties Haniel to the Moon and to feminine energy — both point the same way, towards gentleness and connection.
Also called
Anael · Aniel · Hanael
Epithet
the archangel of harmony and grace
Choir · Sephirah
the Principalities · Netzach
Period of rulership
23 November — 31 December
Angels ruled
the 8 guardian angels no. 49 to 56
Celestial body
The Moon — Netzach is tied to Venus
Colour
Emerald green
Stone
Moonstone
Sacred symbol
The white rose
Haniel’s message
“You want to be loved, and you spend your time making yourself useful. Those are not the same thing. People rarely love someone for their services; they love them for who they are once they stop rendering them.”
“Look at the moon: it produces nothing. It reflects, it goes through phases, it disappears and comes back — and nobody holds its dark nights against it. Grant yourself the same.”
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Haniel is the oldest of the rulers in terms of the reverence paid to him. Tradition traces it back to Babylon, where astronomy and religion were one and the same — which is why he stayed tied to a celestial body rather than to a story. That body is the Moon, and calling on him during the full moon is held to be especially effective, above all when you are trying to let something go.
That is where his link with feminine energy comes from, and it is not a matter of gender. Tradition is explicit: men carry that side too, as women carry the other, and both gain from connecting to it. It is also why he is shown in an androgynous form, with grey wings.
The rose is his emblem, a symbol of beauty, and the prayer this page has carried for years keeps its trace: it asks to be guided “towards the star of white roses, in an ocean of emerald”. That image is where his colour comes from.
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Four domains, all held in one idea: getting the connection right.
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Love and meeting people
Not only romantic love: he is also called on for new friendships. And for the question that always follows — knowing whether this is the right person.
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Harmony
At the heart of his powers. He helps you let go of past pain and recover from emotional upheaval: what people ask of him is a life that is liveable, not spectacular.
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Intuition
He develops clairvoyance and fine perception — the kind that senses before it understands. It is the same faculty that recognises a right encounter.
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Feminine energy
Self-confidence, reconciliation with one’s body, getting through the harder parts of the cycle. Tradition states that both sexes gain from it. And it goes without saying: a prayer accompanies medical care, it does not replace it.
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Haniel does not watch over you directly: he rules eight guardian angels who take over from one another five days at a time, from 23 November to 31 December. Yours is one of them if you were born inside that window.
Vehuel
23 November — 27 November
Daniel
November 28 — December 2
Hahasiah
December 3 — December 7
Imamiah
December 8th — 12th
Nanael
13 — 16 December
Nithael
December 17th — 21st
Mebahiah
December 22nd — 26th
Poyel
December 27th — 31st
Not sure which one is yours? Your date of birth is all it takes.
An Angel Has Walked With You Since Birth
Since the day you were born, an angel has been watching over you.
It knows your yearnings, your wounds, your most private dreams. It bears a name, and that name reveals something about you — about who you truly are, deep down. Let it reveal itself to you.
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Pick a moment when you are not rushed, think deeply about what you want, then state your request. The full moon is the time tradition recommends, especially when it is about letting something go rather than obtaining something.
A moonstone held in the hand suits this energy well, and a rose set in front of you is enough to hold the intention. Frame your request the way his prayer does: accepting that it will only happen if it is right.
Prayer to Archangel Haniel 🕯️
“Haniel, if it is right, give me the magic of love.
Offer me the divine substance of brotherly, sensual and universal love.
Give me the power to live in beauty and harmony.
Guide me towards the star of white roses, in an ocean of emerald.
If it is right, if it is meant to be. Thank you.”
Prayer taken from the French version of this page.
Haniel is one of the few archangels shown with neither a weapon nor a book. His attributes are a rose and grey wings, and his form is often androgynous: nothing about him cuts, and that is the point.
His stone is the moonstone, which follows from his link with that body. Worth noting: our older records hesitate between several stones for him — we keep the one his own editions name and that matches the Moon.
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Frequently asked questions about Archangel Haniel
Haniel is the archangel of harmony and grace. He is prayed to for love, for meeting people and for inner peace. In the Kabbalah he rules the choir of the Principalities — guardian angels no. 49 to 56 — under the Sephirah Netzach, and his period of rulership runs from 23 November to 31 December.
Three names for the same archangel, with Hanael as a fourth. Beware one frequent confusion though: Aniel is also the name of guardian angel no. 37, the one from 24 to 28 September, who belongs to the choir of the Powers and therefore answers to Camael. They are two distinct figures.
Both attributions coexist. The Kabbalah links Netzach to Venus and to Friday; angelic tradition links Haniel to the Moon, to its phases and to feminine energy — a reverence traced back to Babylon. Gentleness, cycles and connection: the two bodies say the same thing.
When you are looking for love or new friendships, when an old hurt will not pass, or when you want your confidence back. The full moon is the recommended time, above all when it is about letting go.
If you were born between 23 November and 31 December, yes: your guardian angel belongs to the choir of the Principalities, which Haniel governs. Otherwise another of the nine rulers watches over your angel — Metatron, Raziel, Tsaphkiel, Zadkiel, Camael, Raphael, Michael or Gabriel.
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Haniel works in phases: his answers rarely follow the timetable you had in mind.
The nine archangels
See the full hierarchy of the ruling archangels and find yours →
Mirror hours
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Your guardian angel
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Haniel rules the Principalities; the Virtues answer to Raphael and the Archangels to Michael. A feather found on your path or your angel number are other ways of hearing what they have to say.
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