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-The '''Archangels of the Zodiac''' are twelve [[archangel]]s that rule over the 12 signs of the [[Zodiac]].
+The '''Archangels of the Zodiac''' are twelve [[archangel]]s that rule over the 12 signs of the [[Zodiac]]. They are sometimes called the '''Angels of the Zodiac''' with no special consideration given to their status as rulers.
-==Textual history==
-Numerous authors of [[grimoire]]s from the Medieval Period included the 12 Archangels of the Zodiac in their work, although no single source appears to provide all information about them.
-* ''[[De Arte Cabbalistica]]'' (1517) - Gives the twelve permutations of YHVH.
-* ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'' (1531) - Gives the names of the archangels and connects them with specific animals and plants.
-* ''[[Magical Calendar|Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum]]'' (1619) - Gives the seals of the archangels.
-* ''Untitled Manuscript'' (1600s) - Provides the names of the archangels and their abilities, but has several errors in their names, including unusual spellings. The author made corrections to the Agrippa's Hebrew.
-* ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'' (1651) - First English translation. Errors present in the Hebrew characters.
-* ''[[The Magus]]'' (1801) - Translated prior information into English, reprinted the Hebrew errors from the 1651 English edition.
-* ''[[The Infernal Dictionary]]'' (1818) - Assigns the archangels only to specific months, not the zodiac signs.
-The different versions of ''Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum'' have differing information and the copyist or author of the later German edition appears to have inadvertently transposed some of the information relating to the angels and their stones as well as the letter of the Hebrew alphabet each angel is associated with.
-The English translation of ''The Magnus'' has several printing errors regarding the four Hebrew letters comprising the name of God associated with each angel.
-==Permutations of YHVH==
-Most of the older texts dealing with the Archangels of the Zodiac or other [[occult]] books explaining the 12 signs of the [[zodiac]] attempt to assign a permutation of the Hebrew letters YHVH to each of the archangels and the zodiac signs themselves. However, there are significant discrepancies between the various texts and older texts do not seem to have greater authority than newer texts.
-For example, in ''De Arte Cabbalistica'' (1517), the order given is: YHVH, YHHV, YVHH, HVHY, HVYH, HHYV, VHYH, VYHH, VHHY, HYHV, HYVH, HHVY. However,
 ==Archangels of the Zodiac with their seals==
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+==Textual history==
+Numerous authors of [[grimoire]]s from the Medieval Period included the 12 Archangels of the Zodiac in their work, although no single source appears to provide all information about them.
+* ''[[De Arte Cabbalistica]]'' (1517) - Gives the twelve permutations of YHVH.
+* ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'' (1531) - Gives the names of the archangels and connects them with specific animals and plants.
+* ''[[Magical Calendar|Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum]]'' (1619) - Gives the seals of the archangels.
+* ''Untitled Manuscript'' (1600s) - Provides the names of the archangels and their abilities, but has several errors in their names, including unusual spellings. The author made corrections to the Agrippa's Hebrew.
+* ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'' (1651) - First English translation. Errors present in the Hebrew characters.
+* ''[[The Magus]]'' (1801) - Translated prior information into English, reprinted the Hebrew errors from the 1651 edition of Agrippa.
+* ''[[The Infernal Dictionary]]'' (1818) - Assigns the archangels only to specific months, not the zodiac signs.
+The different versions of ''Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum'' have differing information and the copyist or author of the later German edition appears to have inadvertently transposed some of the information relating to the angels and their stones as well as the letter of the Hebrew alphabet each angel is associated with.
+The English translation of ''The Magnus'' has several printing errors regarding the four Hebrew letters comprising the name of God associated with each angel.
+==Permutations of YHVH==
+Most of the older texts dealing with the Archangels of the Zodiac (or other [[occult]] books explaining the 12 signs of the [[zodiac]]) attempt to assign a permutation of the Hebrew letters YHVH to each of the archangels and to the zodiac signs themselves. However, there are significant discrepancies between the various texts, and some texts have blatant errors in the Hebrew characters, making the question of which is correct difficult to answer with any authority.
+For example, in ''De Arte Cabbalistica'' (1517), the order given is: YHVH, YHHV, YVHH, HVHY, HVYH, HHYV, VHYH, ''VYHH'', ''VHHY'', HYHV, HYVH, HHVY. However, [[Judaism|Jewish]] scholars use the order: YHVH, YHHV, YVHH, HVHY, HVYH, HHVY, VHYH, ''VHHY'', ''VYHH'', HYHV, HYVH, HHYV. This is the same order utilized by [[magician]]s in the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], but it varies from text to text, including significant deviations in Agrippa's ''Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' (which contains errors, aside from the differences).