CHESHVAN 5784: CALLING UPON OUR ANCESTRAL SUPERPOWERS

On Simchat Torah the end is joined to the beginning; the last letter in the Torah is a Lamed and the first letter a Bet; together they spell “Lev”, which means heart. Our hearts are broken by the tremendous horrors that began on the last Shabbat of our annual Torah reading. “Am Yisrael”, the People of Israel, is as one spiritual entity throughout time/space/history. We each share in the pain and suffering.

The entire month of Cheshvan is empty of holidays but filled with celestial portents.

The “Ring of Fire” Annular Solar Eclipse in Libra, Shabbat Beresheit, Erev Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, with Mercury/Kochav opposite Chiron. With Mars/Ma’adim, Scorpio’s planetary ruler, in the sign of Scorpio itself, powerful forces focus with precision and intensity on one goal.

The Sun squares Pluto, Venus/Noga trines Jupiter/Tzedek, and Mercury enters Scorpio Shabbat Noach, at the First Quarter Moon in Capricorn. Potent and practical, tactical and tender, the life force within pulses with vitality.

The Sun enters Scorpio on October 23 and trines Saturn/Shabbtai on October 24. Structural support from seeds planted long ago springs into action.

Scorpio, from a Ketubah, Padua, 1732

The Full Moon/Partial Lunar Eclipse in Taurus on Shabbat Lech Lecha, with the Sun, Mars, and Mercury in Scorpio opposite the Moon, Jupiter, and Uranus in Taurus emphasizes the dynamic tension between “mine” and “ours”. Unexpected surprises emerge when Saturn stations Direct in Pisces on Shabbat Vayeira, with Mercury opposite Uranus. Use extreme caution with Mars opposing Uranus on Shabbat Chayei Sarah.

By the New Moon in Scorpio with the Sun and Moon opposite Uranus on November 13, the landscape of a new world begins to emerge. What it will look like depends upon G*d’s mercy, and how we use our common ancestral superpower, the power of prayer, as well as the individual ancestral superpower of each Mazzalot.