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==Occult traditions== | ==Occult traditions== | ||
[[File:Michael.png|400px|thumb|Archangel Michael's summoning [[sigil]], made according to Kabbalistic instructions]] | [[File:Michael.png|400px|thumb|Archangel Michael's summoning [[sigil]], made according to Kabbalistic instructions]] | ||
In [[occult]] traditions, Michael's letter is ''Hod''. The direction he rules is south, and his | In [[occult]] traditions, Michael's letter is ''Hod''. The direction he rules is south, and his element is [[Fire (element)|fire]]. In [[astrology]], he is linked to the planet [[Mars]] and the [[Sun]] as well as the signs of [[Aries]], [[Leo]], and [[Sagittarius]]. He is the governing archangel of Sunday. | ||
The angelology of Pseudo-Dionysius, which was widely read as of the 6th century, gave Michael a rank in the [[hierarchy of angels]]. Later, in the 13th century, others such as Bonaventure believed that he is the prince of the [[Seraphim]], the first of the nine [[angel|angelic]] orders. According to Thomas Aquinas, he is the prince of the last and lowest choir, the [[angels]]. Robert Ambelain and [[Robert Fludd]] place him over the choir of [[Virtues]], which seems to have become the consensus for most [[occultist]]s. | The angelology of Pseudo-Dionysius, which was widely read as of the 6th century, gave Michael a rank in the [[hierarchy of angels]]. Later, in the 13th century, others such as Bonaventure believed that he is the prince of the [[Seraphim]], the first of the nine [[angel|angelic]] orders. According to Thomas Aquinas, he is the prince of the last and lowest choir, the [[angels]]. Robert Ambelain and [[Robert Fludd]] place him over the choir of [[Virtues]], which seems to have become the consensus for most [[occultist]]s. | ||