37 Aniel — Angel of Change: Secrets & Tarot Spread

Aniel, Angel of Change and the 37th Shem HaMephorash angel, helps us lift our gaze beyond the isolated moment. His gift is not fortune-telling or passive reassurance. He helps us meet change consciously rather than merely react to it.

Aniel’s Name is formed from the Hebrew letters Aleph, Nun and Yod: אני. His work supports metanoia: a change of mind and heart that leads to spiritual and practical liberation.

In the Golden Dawn system, Aniel corresponds with the 2 of Swords, the Moon in Libra and the title Lord of Peace Restored. In the Sephardic Kabbalah Tarot de Marseille system taught by Michel Perez Rizzi, the letters of Aniel’s Name form a triad of The Magician, XIIII Temperance and the Wheel of Fortune.

Together, these cards move us from “What can I do about this?” to “What is this change asking of me?”

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Aniel, Angel of Change: Key Correspondences

The correspondences below bring together the Shem angel attributions used in this series, the Golden Dawn decan correspondence and Rizzi’s Tarot de Marseille method from The 72 Names of God.

• Angel Number: 37
• Angel Name: Aniel
• Title: Angel of Change
• Hebrew Name of God: אני — Aleph Nun Yod
• Meaning: God, Lord of All Virtues
• Mantra: Ah-Noh-Yoh
• Angelic Choir: Powers
• Archangel Ruler: Samael
• Planetary Correspondence: Mars
• Sephirah: Geburah
• Tarot Minor Arcana: 2 of Swords
• Golden Dawn Title: Lord of Peace Restored
• Astrological Correspondence: Moon in Libra
• Tarot de Marseille Triad: I The Magician, XIIII Temperance and X The Wheel of Fortune
• Primary Guardian Angel Dates: 24–28 September
• Secondary Guardian Angel Dates: 13 February, 27 April, 11 July, 24 September and 5 December
• Intellectual Guardian Angel Time: 12 noon–12:20 pm
• Co-ruling Angel: Haamiah
• Element: Air
• Crystal: Pink Tourmaline
• Colours: Red and Green
• Virtue: Change Through Higher Understanding
• Psalm: “Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.” Psalm 80:19, KJV

Aniel and the 2 of Swords

The 2 of Swords—Moon in Libra and Lord of Peace Restored—shows why Aniel’s work with change begins in stillness.

This card is not merely about indecision, denial or refusing to act. It can represent a deliberate pause in which competing forces are brought into temporary balance.

Peace Restored

The Moon represents instinct, memory, feeling and habitual responses. Libra seeks equilibrium, fairness, proportion and right relationship.

Together, the Moon and Libra create a strong need for emotional balance. This combination can be diplomatic, considerate and capable of recognising more than one side of a dispute. It can also become overly concerned with maintaining harmony.

Peace is not always the same as resolution. Sometimes it is a temporary truce that gives everyone enough breathing room to think clearly.

The Golden Dawn image of the card shows two crossed swords meeting around a five-petalled rose. Beauty emerges at the point of tension. The opposing forces have not vanished, but they have entered a workable relationship.

Seeing Beyond the Immediate Choice

When we feel trapped between two options, the mind narrows. We become convinced that the decision before us represents the whole situation.

Aniel invites us to ask different questions:

• What cycle has brought me here?
• Which pattern keeps repeating?
• Am I choosing between two genuine possibilities or two versions of the same limitation?
• What might become visible if I stopped demanding an immediate answer?

Sometimes a third path appears once the emotional pressure subsides. At other times, the original choice remains, but we understand it differently.

Aniel does not remove the responsibility of deciding. He changes the level of consciousness from which the decision is made.

For a broader exploration of this card, see the 2 of Swords Angelic Tarot Card Meanings.

Aniel’s Tarot de Marseille Triad

Michel Perez Rizzi’s The 72 Names of God presents a Sephardic Kabbalah Tarot de Marseille interpretation of the three Hebrew letters in Aniel’s Name:

• Aleph — I The Magician
• Nun — XIIII Temperance
• Yod — X The Wheel of Fortune

Rizzi’s triad offers a separate contemplative journey from personal will through spiritual integration to a clearer understanding of our place within the cycles of life.

Aleph — I The Magician

The Magician stands before a table filled with tools. His attention rests on what is immediately available and what he can do with it.

This is not inherently negative. The Magician represents agency, concentration, skill and initiative. We need these qualities if we are to participate actively in our own lives.

The limitation arises when personal will becomes the only measure of what is possible. Faced with change, we can become so absorbed in solving the immediate problem that we mistake the contents of the table for the whole world.

We may then attempt to control change because we cannot understand where it is leading.

The Magician’s abilities remain valuable, but they cannot reveal the entire pattern. Aniel teaches us to use our agency in service to Divine purpose rather than attempting to control everything we cannot yet understand.

Nun — XIIII Temperance

Temperance forms the heart of Aniel’s Tarot de Marseille triad.

The angel pours between two vessels, creating a living connection between them. What appears separate becomes part of one continuous movement.

Events that seem unrelated may belong to the same process. Apparent disorder may conceal an emerging harmony that we cannot yet perceive.

This does not require us to pretend that every painful event is secretly pleasant. Nor must we deny grief, injustice or practical difficulty. Temperance asks us to remain receptive to meanings that have not yet become clear.

Change becomes less frightening when we stop demanding that every stage make sense in isolation. The unfinished chapter does not explain the entire story.

Rizzi’s teaching also associates Aniel with attaining a humble self. Humility, in this context, does not mean self-belittlement or erasing our individuality. It means recognising that our understanding is partial.

Temperance does not reject the Magician’s agency. It places our skills, choices and actions within a living relationship between the visible and invisible. We still act, but without pretending that we control every outcome or possess the whole of Divine intelligence.

Yod — X The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune reveals the movement of cycles, causes and consequences.

No single position on the Wheel is permanent. Circumstances rise, fall, return and change form. What feels final from one position may prove transitional when viewed across a longer span of time.

Seeing the larger cycle does not mean knowing or controlling every detail. Wisdom lies in recognising where we stand and responding faithfully.

We are neither masters of the entire Wheel nor helpless debris carried around its edge. Aniel helps us recognise what is ours to do now without clinging to one position as though our safety depends upon remaining there forever.

Change becomes meaningful participation rather than something that merely happens to us. The 2 of Swords reveals the first practical step in that transformation.

How to Work With Aniel, Angel of Change

Aniel can be invoked whenever fear, urgency or confusion has narrowed your vision around a problem, transition or decision.

His assistance is especially valuable when you are clinging to familiar limitations or reacting emotionally before you can see the situation clearly.

Invoking Aniel should eventually lead to grounded action.

Before You Begin

Start by identifying where your perception may have narrowed.

You may wish to journal with the following questions:

• Am I judging the whole journey by what is happening today?
• Am I focused only on immediate results?
• What am I trying to control because I cannot see what comes next?
• Am I genuinely waiting for clarity, or am I using reflection to avoid action?

Psalm 80:19 makes a fitting opening prayer:

“Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.”

The plea to be “turned again” reflects the heart of metanoia. We ask not only for circumstances to change, but for Divine light to reveal the situation—and our own part in it—more truthfully.

Pray the verse slowly. Then ask for the courage to see clearly.

Correspondences for Your Aniel Practice

Tuesday is an appropriate day for devotional work with Aniel because of his associations with Mars, Geburah and Archangel Samael.

You may light a red or green candle or use these colours on your altar. Pink Tourmaline can be kept nearby as a symbol of emotional healing, balance and heart-centred courage.

Place the 2 of Swords on your altar when your primary need is peace, discernment or emotional equilibrium.

For work centred on meaningful change, display The Magician, Temperance and the Wheel of Fortune.

Aniel’s intellectual guardian time is 12 noon–12:20 pm. You may wish to use this period for prayer, invocation, meditation or reflective writing.

Sincere prayer matters more than perfect timing. You do not need every colour, crystal or Tarot card before you can ask for angelic assistance. The prop suggestions are there for those of us who enjoy a bit more ritual.

Meditating With Ah-Noh-Yoh

Place The Magician, Temperance and the Wheel of Fortune in a row before you.

Begin with The Magician. Name the situation, the resources available to you and what you can genuinely influence.

Turn to Temperance. Allow events that appear separate to enter the same field of contemplation. Remain receptive without forcing them into a premature explanation.

Finally, contemplate the Wheel of Fortune. Ask what belongs to this stage of the cycle and what faithful participation requires from you now.

Repeat Ah-Noh-Yoh slowly.

Do not force an interpretation or try to convince yourself that hardship is secretly pleasant. Become receptive to guidance and the next honest action.

You may then invoke Aniel:

Aniel, Angel of Change, lift my vision beyond the limits of this moment. Help me recognise the greater pattern without denying the truth of what I face. Restore peace within my mind and heart so that I may act with humility, courage and wisdom. Guide me to cooperate with Divine order and fulfil my part faithfully. Amen.

Receiving Aniel’s Guidance

After the invocation, remain quiet for a few moments.

Guidance may arrive as a shift in perspective. You may recognise a repeating cycle, understand why an old approach can no longer carry you forward or realise that the time has come to act.

Equally, you may understand that the situation needs more time. Often, the answer will be a practical next step rather than a complete map of the future.

Aniel’s assistance may also support:

• Breaking old patterns, addictions and limiting beliefs
• Mastering impulses rather than being controlled by them
• Freedom from co-dependency
• Understanding philosophy, the arts, sciences, history and the secrets of nature
• Recognising cycles, causes and long-term developments
• Leadership and cooperation with wise allies
• Creativity in writing and music
• Finding purpose and fulfilling your potential
• Protection from destructive influences

Metanoia begins within, but it should eventually become visible in how we live.

If Aniel shows you a destructive pattern, seek the practical support needed to change it. Should he reveal a gift, develop it. If you recognise a wiser course of action, take the next grounded step.

Finally, offer thanks to Aniel and the Divine Source. Commit to one action that reflects the guidance received.

The Angel of Change Tarot Spread

Use this five-card spread when an immediate difficulty has narrowed your perspective. Rather than predicting every stage of the future, it helps you recognise the wider pattern and identify your next grounded step.

Before drawing the cards, centre yourself in prayer. Recite Psalm 80:19 or chant Ah-Noh-Yoh, then ask Aniel to guide the reading for the Highest Good.

1. The Limited View

What am I seeing too narrowly or judging solely from the present moment?

This card reveals where fear, urgency or limited information may be restricting your perspective. It can also show an assumption you have mistaken for the whole truth.

2. The Hidden Pattern

What larger cycle, cause or connection is shaping this situation?

This card links the present experience to a wider process. Look for repeating themes, unseen influences and connections between events that initially seemed unrelated.

3. Aniel’s Higher Perspective

What does Aniel help me understand about the true purpose of this change?

The central card reveals what this transition may be asking you to understand or develop. It does not excuse harm or deny difficulty.

4. My Place on the Wheel

What is mine to accept, learn or do at this stage of the cycle?

This card clarifies your present responsibility. It separates what belongs to you from what lies beyond your control.

5. The Faithful Next Step

How can I cooperate with change in a grounded and spiritually aligned way?

The final card gives practical guidance. Focus on the next honest action rather than demanding certainty about the entire future.

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