Angel Nith-Haiah (No. 25): Regency, Psalm, Symbolism and Reading

Who is Nith-Haiah, angel No. 25?

Nith-Haiah is the twenty-fifth angel of the Shem HaMephorash. He opens the choir of Dominions, which gives him, in the imagery of the choirs, a role of passage: he is the first angel of a group that governs and orders. His name also appears in glossaries as Nithhaiah or Nitayah.

Tradition links him to a precise field, that of inner wisdom and of mysteries. In nineteenth-century French editions, he is presented as an angel of hidden knowledge, of dreams and of intuition, to be understood in a symbolic sense.

Nith-Haiah bears the number 25 in the list of the 72 angels of the Shem HaMephorash, which Kabbalistic tradition draws from three verses of Exodus (14:19 to 21). Everything that follows is presented according to Kabbalistic and esoteric tradition. For the origin of the system, read our introduction to the 72 angels.

Reference points in tradition

The dates follow the most common calendar (angel No. 1 reigns from 21 to 25 March, then five days per angel over 365 days). Sources sometimes shift by a few days, and leap years are treated differently: see how to calculate your guardian angel. According to many authors, the hour is counted in local solar time.

The verse and the name

The associated verse opens Psalm 9: the psalmist resolves to praise God with his whole heart and to recount all his wonders. The tone is one of gratitude: one celebrates before having understood everything, and one stands ready for wonder.

One can see why authors connect this sentence with wisdom. In Jewish tradition, praise is not a simple compliment: it is a way of placing oneself before what surpasses us. The angel Nith-Haiah would then be the symbol of an attitude, that of a mind that accepts not explaining everything.

According to tradition, the name is formed from the triplet of letters נתה (Noun, Tav, He) followed by the endings Yod and He (Yah, a name of God). French spellings vary (Nithhaiah, Nitayah) depending on transliteration. The “verse 2” follows Hebrew numbering, which counts the title as verse 1; English-numbered Bibles say “verse 1”. Lists of verses also differ slightly from one author to another.

What tradition associates with Nith-Haiah

The attributes of Nith-Haiah vary, but a few themes recur in French esoteric works:

• Spiritual wisdom: study, meditation, a taste for fundamental questions.
• Mysteries: “hidden” knowledge (the old sense of the word occult), notably Kabbalah and so-called white magic in nineteenth-century literature.
• Dreams and intuition: he is credited with helping people remember their dreams, which nothing proves.
• Gratitude: a theme taken directly from the verse and often favoured in current practices.

In recent lists, he is also credited with “inner strength” and with the development of psychic gifts. This last theme has no scientific basis; it belongs to the New Age literature of the twentieth century.

A reading for today

In a contemporary reading, Nith-Haiah invites one very concrete thing: to cultivate attention to what escapes immediate explanation. Many people keep a dream journal or a gratitude journal; this angel’s figure can serve as a symbolic label for that gesture, without promising anything about its effects.

Psychology also reminds us that writing down one’s dreams on waking improves their recall, which is simply a matter of memory, and that naming the things one is grateful for is a practice documented in small studies, with a modest effect.

His period of the year and his sign

Nith-Haiah’s period, from 19 to 23 July, falls in summer (northern hemisphere, within the framework of the original calendar). It roughly covers the passage from the sign of Cancer to that of Leo. In the table of the 36 decans, each ten-day span receives two angels: Nith-Haiah shares his with Haaiah (No. 26).

In the choir of Dominions

In the “Celestial Hierarchy” attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (around 500), the Dominions open the second triad: they are credited with a role of governance and of regulating the order of the world. The term appears in the letter to the Colossians (1:16) and in the letter to the Ephesians (1:21). In the list of 72, this choir groups angels 25 to 32.

Nith-Haiah is the first of the eight angels of the Dominions. Through his place at the head of the choir, tradition makes him a figure of inauguration: he opens the series of angels of order and regulation, after the stability of the Thrones.

To place Nith-Haiah in the sequence of angels, here are his immediate neighbours: Haheuiah (No. 24) before him and Haaiah (No. 26) after him. The choir is presented in detail on the page Choir of Dominions.

A gentle practice with Nith-Haiah

A ten-minute gratitude exercise, linked to verse 2 of Psalm 9:

1. In a quiet moment, read or summarise the verse (to praise with all one’s heart, to tell of wonders).
2. Write down three precise things from your day for which you feel grateful, however small.
3. Ask yourself an open question without seeking the answer straight away: “What do I not yet understand, and what can I welcome?”
4. On waking the next morning, note what you remember of the night, without interpreting it.

You may accompany the exercise with a white candle, placed on a stable holder, away from anything flammable, and never left unattended.

What to keep in mind

This table of 72 angels is a learned system of the Renaissance, enriched by French authors of the nineteenth century, and not a revealed teaching. It remains a prompt for reflection, which replaces neither medical advice, nor legal counsel, nor psychological support.

The Catholic Church does not recognise this system: it retains only the three archangels named in Scripture, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. Believers of all denominations nevertheless find in the psalms a text for prayer.

See also the guide to the 72 angels and the guide to the archangels.

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The meanings mentioned belong to tradition and symbolism. They are neither promises of results nor medical advice. Back to Guide to the 72 guardian angels.