Archangel Raphael is traditionally known as the patron of Healing, and thus he/she is also the patron of the modern science of Biotechnology. The Archangel holds the double helix strand of DNA in his/her hands, and the ornaments on his/her coat are diagrams of organic molecules, cells, and genes. The border features stylized representations of cells, proteins, micro- organisms, and a dividing cell with genetic material. The blue discs on the sides are the Western esoteric symbols for Air, the element of Raphael. Air is also signified by Raphael's feathery wings and the background of clear sky with floating fair-weather clouds. The color scheme of yellow and gold signifies the solar, "sunny" aspects of the healing Angel.
The human images on FuturIkons are multi-racial and multi-cultural. In this FuturIkon, Raphael is cast in the image of a fair-skinned, blonde, blue-eyed Northern European. He/she is dressed in eighteenth-century European garb; it was in Europe, and in that century, the 1700s, when many of the first modern biotechnologists did their work.