Angels-MONTHS (ANGELS OF THE)

The notion of a twelvefold division of the year derives from the lunar
cycle (the orbital cycle of the Moon around the Earth), which the
Moon completes twelve times per year. The lunar derivation is evident
even in the word month, which derives from moon. The connection
between the months and angels comes from the medieval tendency
to associate almost everything with angels. Just as angels were said
to rule the astrological signs and the hours of the day, there were
twelve angels who ruled the months. The traditional correlations are
as follows:
Month Angel
January Gabriel (or Cambiel)
February Barchiel
March Malahidael (or Machidiel)
April Asmodel
May Ambriel
June Muriel
July Verchiel
August Hamaliel
September Zuriel (or Uriel)
October Barbiel
November Advachiel (or Adnachiel)
December Hanael
Today the connection between the nature of the given angel and
the characteristics of the corresponding month seems tenuous or
nonexistent. Although originally there must have been a logic for
these traditional assignments, it has been lost in the intervening centuries.