User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/Strength-scale in Supernatural/@comment-1509826-20120102224548/@comment-3481504-20120102225640

Personally, I think War, Famine and Pestilence possess equality with angels in some ways, while in others, superiority. I'd consider them astronomical. Anyways, the only reason Famine was able to influence Cas, was because he was de-powered; also, when Dean asked when he could stop, Cas answered he could stop at any time, with him being an angel, implying he's not really acceptable. We see the same thing with Pestilence, when he affects a weakened Cas.