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Raphael is the archangel you call on to heal. His name says it plainly: “God heals”. Tradition calls him the physician of the Universe, and his field does not stop at the body — it covers what hurts without showing. He is one of the nine ruling archangels, and one of only three named in Scripture.
If you were born between 14 October and 22 November, Raphael is the archangel who watches over your guardian angel.
Raphael rules the choir of the Virtues, the sixth of the nine choirs of the Kabbalah, under the Sephirah Tiphereth. He is shown with a caduceus — the emblem of the medical professions — or with a traveller’s staff, and he appears surrounded by a green light. Both objects tell the same story, the one from the Book of Tobit.
Also called
Rafa'el · Rufâ'él · the physician of the Universe
Meaning
“God heals”
Choir · Sephirah
the Virtues · Tiphereth
Period of rulership
14 October — 22 November
Angels ruled
the 8 guardian angels no. 41 to 48
Colour
Green — the green aura
Stones
Emerald · Malachite
Sacred symbols
The caduceus and the traveller’s staff
Raphael’s message
“You are waiting to feel better before you start living again. Reverse the order: it is ordinary gestures that remind the body what it is meant to do. I replace neither the doctor nor time — I put you back on the road where they can work.”
“And what you call tiredness is not always the body. Ask yourself what you have been carrying for too long without setting it down: that is often where the first wound is.”
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Raphael’s founding story is a journey. In the Book of Tobit he walks the road with the son without saying who he is, and brings him home with what it takes to give his blind father back his sight. Only at the end does he reveal himself: “For I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord” (Tobit 12:15).
All his emblems come from that story. The staff, because he walked beside a man without making himself known — which is why travellers still call on him for safety on the road. The caduceus and the healing of the eyes, because that is where he does his work. The prayer this page carries recalls it: “O you who healed Tobias’ eyes”.
He is also shown with a flaming sword, a sign of his power against evil, but that is not what people ask of him. What they ask is to soothe, to ease, to bring recovery closer — and tradition adds that animals benefit from the same gift.
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Four domains, all gathered around the same verb.
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Healing the body
His first field. He is invoked to ease pain, support a recovery, bring convalescence forward — and also, tradition says, to be guided to the right practitioner.
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Healing what does not show
Tiredness that will not lift, low mood, anxiety: his gift does not stop at the body. That is even where he is called on most, and where his green light is said to work on mood.
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Animals
A constant detail in tradition, and a rare one among archangels: animals benefit from his gift too. You can call on him for a sick companion.
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Travellers
Because he walked the road himself. He is prayed to before leaving, for a safe journey and a good stay — that is the meaning of the staff he carries.
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Raphael does not watch over you directly: he rules eight guardian angels who take over from one another five days at a time, from 14 October to 22 November. Yours is one of them if you were born inside that window.
Hahahel
14 — 18 October
Mikael
19 October — 23 October
Veuliah
24 October — 28 October
Yelahiah
29 October — 2 November
Sehaliah
3 November — 7 November
Ariel
November 8 — November 12
Asaliah
13 — 17 November
Mihael
18 November — 22 November
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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There is no particular condition: tradition says anyone who believes in spiritual beings can speak to him. Settle somewhere quiet and state clearly what needs healing — for you, for someone close, or for an animal.
Picture the green light that surrounds him: it is said to work on mood as much as on the ailment. An emerald or a malachite held in the hand supports the request. And it goes without saying: a prayer does not replace a doctor, it accompanies one.
Prayer to Archangel Raphael 🕯️
“Come to my aid, I beseech you, glorious prince, Saint Raphael, the best physician of souls and bodies.
O you who healed Tobias' eyes, give my eyes physical light and my soul spiritual light;
Remove all darkness from me by your heavenly supplications.
So be it.”
Traditional prayer taken from the previous version of this page.
The caduceus is the emblem of the medical professions, and it is Raphael’s most telling attribute: it says what is expected of him. The traveller’s staff — or shepherd’s staff — says the other half of the character, the one who walks alongside and watches over the well-being of those on the road.
His green light is the sign by which he is recognised. Green is the colour of care and of living things: when you picture Raphael, that is the aura you place around the person, or around the part of the body that hurts.
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Frequently asked questions about Archangel Raphael
Raphael is the archangel of healing. His name means “God heals” and tradition calls him the physician of the Universe. In the Kabbalah he rules the choir of the Virtues — guardian angels no. 41 to 48 — under the Sephirah Tiphereth, and his period of rulership runs from 14 October to 22 November.
In the Book of Tobit, where he travels with the son without making himself known, then reveals himself: “For I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord” (Tobit 12:15). With Michael and Gabriel, he is one of only three archangels named in Scripture.
Both come from the same story. The caduceus, emblem of the medical professions, recalls that he gave Tobit’s father back his sight. The traveller’s staff recalls that he walked the road with the son: which is why he is also invoked before a journey.
Yes, and it is a feature you will not find with the other rulers: tradition states that animals benefit from his gift of healing too. So you can entrust a sick companion to him.
If you were born between 14 October and 22 November, yes: your guardian angel belongs to the choir of the Virtues, which Raphael governs. Otherwise another of the nine rulers watches over your angel — Metatron, Raziel, Tsaphkiel, Zadkiel, Camael, Haniel, Michael or Gabriel.
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Healing takes time; Raphael’s signs usually arrive along the way.
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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Raphael rules the Virtues; the Archangels answer to Michael and the Angels to Gabriel. A feather found on your path or your angel number are other ways of hearing what they have to say.
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