Angels in The Tarot
IN THIS LESSON
From Separation to Wholeness, Guided by Light.
Four archangels appear in the tarot. Most readers notice them in passing, a figure hovering above the Lovers, wings spread on the Temperance card. Cynthia Ray pauses where others glance. In this class, she maps each archangel to a specific Major Arcana card and to a stage of spiritual alchemy, revealing a hidden architecture of transformation running through the deck. The result is a framework that changes the way you see these four cards, and the journey they trace from separation to wholeness.
Raphael presides over the Lovers, bringing the alchemical process of separation: discerning between the higher and lower self, choosing what to cultivate and what to release. Michael stands at the centre of Temperance, embodying conjunction, the art of blending opposites into harmony. Gabriel sounds the trumpet of Judgement, calling forth purification by fire, burning away everything that no longer serves the authentic self. Uriel illuminates the World card, completing the process with coagulation, the final solidification of a transformed, integrated being.
Ray holds all three levels simultaneously throughout the class. The archangels are presented as actual spiritual presences that can be felt and communicated with, as symbols of higher consciousness, and as markers of alchemical stages. This layered approach respects students across the entire belief spectrum, from those who experience angels as literal beings to those who engage with them as powerful metaphors for inner development. Neither perspective is privileged over the other.
The class extends beyond the four central cards. Ray traces angelic imagery through the Ace of Cups, where a hand emerges from a cloud holding the cup of divine grace, and through the four fixed signs (lion, eagle, bull, angel) that appear in the corners of the World and Wheel of Fortune. She also includes the Devil card as the shadow side of the angelic framework: the fallen angel, representing the refusal to undergo transformation. This gives the angelic map a completeness that covers both the luminous and the challenging dimensions of the tarot.
Cynthia Ray is a certified tarot professional, Reiki master, and lifelong student of the mystical tradition. She draws on multiple tarot decks throughout the class, showing how angelic imagery varies across different artistic traditions. The session includes a guided meditation for connecting with the archangels through their associated cards, giving students an experiential practice they can return to long after the class is finished. For anyone drawn to the intersection of tarot, angelic work, and spiritual transformation, this class opens a door that most tarot courses never mention.
