Zodiacal Angels
Angel. Sign. Color Melchidael. Aries. Red Asmodel. Taurus. Red-orange Ambriel. Gemini. Orange Muriel. Cancer. Amber Verchiel. Leo. Gold Hamaliel Virgo. Yellow-green Zuriel. Libra. Emerald green Barchiel. Scorpio. Blue-green Adnachiel. Sagittarius Blue Hanael. Capricorn. Indigo Cambriel Aquarius. Violet Amnitziel Pisces. Crimson
“For a very long time I dismissed working with zodiacal angels, thinking of them as a kind of unimportant sub-personality of planetary or tree of life angels. Then one day I felt a nudge from my H.G.A. to perform what I now think of as the "zodiacal operation." I invoked all 12 of the Angels of the zodiac for the very first time, and I was changed forever. It launched me down an entirely new path of study and practice that continues to this day. So why are they so important? Well, consider this: when we talk about horoscopes, we usually say "I'm a (fill in the blank with your sign.) For me, it's Sagittarius. What does this really mean? It means that that energy is predominant in my astrological makeup - and if any energy is predominant, it means our energy is not balanced. When our energy is out of balance, we're not fully in control of our impulses, desires, and longings. We are subtly pulled this way and that, without ever even realizing there is a chain attached to our neck. In the higher grades of the Golden Dawn, magicians are told to invoke the zodiacal angels and internalize the zodiacal angels often, so that the chain of the stars is broken and we are free from their influence. By working with the elemental angels, we correct imbalances in our elemental makeup. By working with the angels from the tree of life, we correct our planetary imbalances. And working with the zodiacal angels corrects the imbalances of the stars within our aura.” - Damien Echols
“Think of the signs of the zodiac as being an eternal cycle that serves as a training ground for souls incarnating on the material plane. We are born under the influence of a particular star sign because it has lessons which we need to learn. In one incarnation we may be born into Sagittarius because their are certain lessons we need to learn there, while next time we may incarnate under the influence of Cancer, or Gemini. This cycle may continue for millions of year until we learn to break the hold the wheel of the stars exerts on us. The lessons of some signs are harder to endure and a heavier burden than others, while others aren't quite as difficult. By regularly invoking all 12 archangels that preside over the zodiacal energies, we equalize and balance the influence of all the signs within our aura, so that we are no longer controlled by them. Only when the stars no longer pull us this way and that can we truly have free will and complete the great work. We use the Pentagram ritual to invoke them, instead of the Hexagram ritual, even though the Hexagram is used in most planetary magick. The reason is because the Hexagram is an entirely solar ritual, through and through. The Pentagram, however, is deeply connected to all for elements - and the elements are deeply intertwined with the spheres on the tree of life, the planets that correspond with the spheres, the zodiacal signs they rule, etc. I learned this through trial and error. I've tried to invoke the angels after doing the Lesser banishing of the Hexagram, but the effect felt energetically muted, faded, or washed out, if that makes sense. However, by doing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram first, then invoking the angels, i can feel their presence much more powerfully.”
- Damien Echols