The Angelic Movers
The Angelic Movers - Ref
God with the seraphim, cherubim and thrones. Miroir Historial, Flemish, about 1475. Ms. Ludwig XIII 5, v1, fol. 25v
Some medieval texts identified particular orders of angels with spheres as follows:
- Moon: Angels
- Mercury: Archangels
- Venus: Principalities
- Sun: Virtues
- Mars: Powers
- Jupiter: Dominations
- Saturn: Thrones
- Starry Sphere: Cherubim
- 9th Sphere/Crystalline Sphere: Seraphim
- Empyrean Sphere: God