Who are Guardian Angels?
A guardian angel is a person’s patron, a highly spiritual, immaterial being whose task is to protect and warn . It is believed that angels vary in strength and capabilities, but there are many cases when they saved a person from imminent death or took him away from a dangerous alley, or even simply warned about people who could harm, deceive, etc.
Most often, a person thinks that his intuition worked, but as practice shows, it is a personal protector who gives a person a signal of danger. If he listens to these signals, then the connection between the angel and his client, and, consequently, his intuition, strengthens. If everything happens the other way around, then a person more often finds himself in unpleasant situations, because he simply does not hear the voice of help.
Guardian Angels
Decoding signs sent by higher powers
At every step people encounter various signs, but not everyone is able to see and understand them. If a person pays attention to some ordinary things and there is something special in them, it is worth thinking about. If heart-shaped clouds or puddles often appear, then the guardian loves his ward very much and wants to always remind him of this.
Rainbow is a symbol of happiness and quick changes for the better. A divine spirit coming in a dream means big changes. Only a person chooses where such changes will be directed.
The saint can send his signs using numbers that occur every day, but do not always receive attention.
There are a number of numbers to pay attention to. You can see them everywhere: the dial of a watch, the license plate of a car parked near the house, inscriptions on fences, phone numbers of friends.
These numbers are:
- three units - your secret dream will soon come true;
- three twos - all ideas and plans will soon begin to be fulfilled, but you need to continue working;
- three threes - you need to forget about pride and start trusting people;
- three fours - defenders sent by God will never give up, and you can rely on them;
- three A's - soon news will become known that will change consciousness, it is important to continue to pray;
- three sixes - it’s worth thinking about moral values, putting material values in the background;
- three sevens - the right path is close;
- three eights - the beginning of a new stage in life;
- three nines - the end of the black stripe.
Having seen these signs, you should definitely decipher them and follow the instructions of your guardian.
The purpose of guardian angels
- They are the connecting link between man and God, as if “transmitting” prayers, requests and thoughts.
- They also know a person’s purpose, so they help him follow his path and complete the necessary tasks.
- Angels protect a person and warn him to make fewer mistakes, but all this happens through hints and hints.
- They protect from the influence of evil (unfortunately, we rarely allow angels to help us with this, since evil is often hidden under the guise of good).
As we see, help to a person is simply necessary on this path of life, so as not to make irreparable mistakes and not to further aggravate one’s situation. You can read more about the purpose of man on our website.
Celestial Guardian Abilities
God endows each of his assistants with the qualities and abilities necessary in the future. All angels are capable of:
- move between the real and spiritual world;
- transform into a human form or any animal;
- to be invisible;
- read minds;
- communicate with a person through the subconscious;
- know the future.
All these abilities are necessary for angels in order to provide people with reliable protection and guardianship - this is their role in the spiritual and real world.
How to find out who your guardian angel is?
If you are thinking about who your guardian angel is, then you can use an effective numerical method. With its help, you can find out the age of the angel, whether it is a man or a woman, as well as its essence. How to do it?
Add the number four to your birthday - this will be the age of your angel. It is considered unchanged for the rest of your life. For example, you were born on the twenty-fourth. By adding four, it turns out that your angel is twenty-eight years old.
If we add the day, month and year of birth into one number, we will find out its essence (character). But an even or odd number means that in the first case the angel is a man, and in the second case a woman. Now let's list the numbers and what they say.
- 1 - saint;
- 2 - angel of light;
- 3 - angel of air;
- 4 - angel of wisdom;
- 5 - angel of metal;
- 6 - angel rainbow;
- 7 - angel of energy;
- 8 - an angel who was once a relative or close person in the family;
- 9 - angels of warmth.
Meeting an Angel
Some people feel a close connection with their patrons, but if you want to get to know them and don't know how, try meditation first . Focus on your desire to meet and see your protector. This is very important, because otherwise it may not work out.
You can try mechanical writing, but this requires practice of entering a trance. If you succeed, you will be able to find out his name and some other details. In the same way, you can try a lucid dream and travel in it with your protector.
Angels can be seen by holy people who can tell you about him, and also tell you about the necessary actions to get acquainted.
Appearance
In iconography, the angel is usually depicted as a young youth - this has always been a symbol of the ego. It also has large white wings. He always carries a sword, a cross, or the spirit holds a Bible in his hands. Sometimes they are shown with an eye in their forehead - a symbol of omniscience.
Gold ribbons in the hair of holy angels mean a connection with the Almighty. This description was invented by people as a desire to see their protector like this. On the canvases they are depicted as beautiful and shining creatures with wings. For people, they always remain spirits without flesh. One can see one's protector only after death in Paradise.
How do you understand if a person has a guardian angel?
The first question many are interested in is “Who gives the guardian angel and how can one get it?” Many religions believe that a protector is given only to those who are in that particular religion . This is very clearly expressed in Christianity, where the angels themselves are most accurately described. It is believed that during baptism a guardian angel is “assigned” to a believer, because God takes care of his children. And after death, it is he who accompanies the soul to the afterlife.
However, more and more people are coming to the conclusion that every person has a guardian angel. Because in fact, it doesn’t matter how you pray and worship God, the main thing is to do it, and also live a spiritual life. Thus, it is believed that during the birth of a baby, he is entrusted to one guardian angel, who takes care of him. Until a certain age, the guardian angel of the child’s mother also does this.
And throughout a person’s life, several more guardian angels may appear, but this will depend on his life and actions. There can be up to nine defenders, which speaks not only of a person’s luck, but also of his highly spiritual life. And some even believe that the higher a person’s mission on earth, the more angels he has to help him on his difficult path.
Now you know who guardian angels are and why a person needs them. The most important thing to remember is that you can lose an angel due to certain actions, after which a dark streak will come in life. It is not at all difficult to return a defender (at least one), but to do this you need to change your life towards goodness and piety .
Many people are interested in who will be the Angel based on the date of birth of an Orthodox person. The patron saint or "Angel" will be the saint or saint (for girls and women) whose memory is celebrated in the days following the birthday. For example, if you were born on October 6 and bear the name Sergei, then your patron will be the Monk Sergius of Radonezh (his memory is October 8), and if on October 10 - the martyr Sergius (his memory is October 20).
Every Orthodox Christian knows and venerates many saints. Prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Mother is a common petition that accompanies the life of a believer. But often it seems to us that our requests are small for God, and we are overcome by doubts: will He hear us, will He have mercy... In such cases, we pray to spiritual patrons - saints. It is traditional to pray to different saints in different areas of life, for example, for the healing of serious illnesses - Panteleimon the Healer, for animals - Saints Florus and Laurus. In addition, every Christian has his own patron. The patron saint and intercessor is your namesake saint, to whom you can pray as your intercessor.
Your name day will be the day of remembrance of the saint in whose honor you are named in Baptism. In addition, you can choose your own patron saint if you have not yet been baptized or do not know who you are named after.
Parents can be advised to consult the Saints - the Orthodox calendar - at the birth of a child. Try to name the child in honor of the saint whose memory is celebrated on this day or the next.
If you yourself bear the following common names of great saints, pay attention to your name days:
- St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, commemorated on December 19 and May 22;
- Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, July 18 and October 8;
- Martyr Tatiana, January 25,
- Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, November 8;
- Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, July 12;
- Holy Prophet Elijah, August 2;
- Great Martyr George the Victorious, May 6, November 16, December 9;
- Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, December 13;
- Holy Queen Helena and Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine, June 3.
We have listed the most common names of the most famous saints in Russia. However, you can baptize a child in honor of your favorite saint and even in honor of your relative, making any named saint the patron saint of the child. This does not require any special customs. One has only to warn the priest before the Baptism, for example, of Alexander, that the heavenly patron of the child will be the blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky or the Reverend Alexander Svirsky.
You cannot baptize a child in honor of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Virgin Mary. Their names have long been revered. The names of Mary are given in honor of the martyrs, and Jesus - this is a rare monastic name - in honor of the Old Testament righteous man Joshua.
In addition, you can baptize a person with a name different from the name on the passport. This is necessary when the name you have chosen for the child is not in the calendar - for example, Amelia or Svetozar. Therefore, you can baptize your girl named, for example, Aramina with the name Irina.
If you don’t know how to choose a name for a child whom you named not according to the calendar (Orthodox calendar), take a baptized name that is close in sound to yours, for example:
- Zhanna, Yana, Yanina - Joanna;
- Angelika - Angelina;
- Lily - Leah;
- Svetozar - Svyatoslav;
- Alice is always Alexandra, because the name of Alice before Baptism in Orthodoxy was borne by the holy queen Alexandra Feodorovna, the wife of the passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas II;
- Vladlen (that’s what our parents and grandfathers were called - if they were not baptized, you can baptize them with a different name) - Vladislav.
Also in the Orthodox Church tradition there are names that sound different when translated. The main and most common example: Svetlana - Photinia. It is important that you and your family write exactly the baptized name in the health notes submitted for the child in the church. This is what will be written in the certificate of Baptism.
The child may be named after the Archangel, one of the seven commanders over the Angelic Host, the Archangels who, according to the Bible, offer prayers to God and stand close to Him as military leaders of His Heavenly Host of Angels
