Archangel Raphael is connected to healing, health, wellness, travel and providing hope. His name means “It is God who heals” or “God heals” and he’s seen as a conduit for divine healing energy. He’s the patron saint of all types of healers, healthcare workers and caregivers on the planet and can help to bring healing to your life in many ways.
Archangel Raphael is depicted holding a staff with a caduceus and sometimes a fish which comes from a particular story in scripture. He’s also connected to travel and long journeys and is seen as a guardian to those who are traveling. This can also represent a spiritual journey where one is seeking higher spiritual wisdom in their lives.
He’s connected to the color green and this color represents new starts, health, rebirth, fertility, abundance and harmony. As such Archangel Raphael is also associated with these energies as he can provide you with healing, a chance for a fresh new start and a desire to create more harmony and wellbeing in your life.
Archangel Raphael is connected to the element of air as he can bring you inspiration to create more harmony between your mind, body and spirit. He helps you to remain healthy in a holistic way and to see your body as a temple that houses your soul. This is meant to help you realize the divine spark within you and within everyone on earth.
Signs that Archangel Raphael is Around You
Archangel Raphael will show up in your life when you’re needing healing, compassion, self-love and wellbeing. He will also make his presence known when you’re traveling or when you’re on a spiritual quest for knowledge in order to protect and guide you.
You will receive signs or sense energies in your reality when Archangel Raphael is present. Some of which will be common to everyone and some of which will be more unique to you and your relationship with him. Certain number vibrations like 222 and 444 and different variations of these numbers are connected with him so if you see these a lot, he may be around you.
A desire to heal emotionally and extend forgiveness to the people who have hurt you is another sign that Archangel Raphael is near you. Feeling a need to start a health routine, take care of your mental and emotional health and generally wanting to be more healthy can also be a sign that he’s around you.
Another way he can communicate with you is through sending you messages in everyday things like in a book, online or in a movie or even in your day to day situations like while driving, working or even shopping. Lastly, feeling a need to connect more with nature can be a sign that Archangel Raphael is near you.
Praying to Archangel Raphael
The best way to invoke Archangel Raphael is to simply ask for his healing energy in your life. You can say a simple prayer like “Archangel Raphael, please surround me in your healing green light. Please bring healing to my mind, body and spirit, and so it is”. Feel free to make it your own by changing some of the words or adding “amen” at the end. Whatever feels right to you.
The best way to connect with Angelic energy, or any spiritual energy, is to do so from a place of authenticity as this is when you’ll be most connected to your soul. Another way to pray to or invoke Archangel Raphael is to light a white or green candle and imagine yourself surrounded in a healing green light. Then recite a prayer to Archangel Raphael and this can be one you create yourself or the one from the previous paragraph.
Once you recite the prayer, hold the vision of the green light around you for a few minutes and feel its healing energy. Be aware of any intuitive messages that come through at this time as they could be from Archangel Raphael. Pay attention to how you feel and what energies, feelings or vibrations come over you.
If you feel so inclined you can even write these things down in a journal which you can refer back to while you’re learning to connect with Archangel energy. These are simple ways that you can begin connecting with Archangel Raphael and with time and practice you’ll be able to recognize his energy more easily.
THE AWAKENED SAGE 