CHODESH TAMMUZ 5784: OPEN YOUR EYES!

CHODESH TAMMUZ 5784 (July 6 – August 4, 2024)

Cancer the Crab from the Michael Mahzor, 1254

Moon-ruled, emotional, and ambitious Cancer is the constellation/mazal of Chodesh Tammuz, whose Tikkun is Sight, exemplified by the “Sin of the Spies,” who saw that the Land of Israel was good, yet feared the inhabitants to the point of advising Moses against trying to enter the Land. Chodesh Tammuz is dedicated to fixing our fear-distorted sight.

Sometimes the truth is plain to see, and other times it is hidden and must be sought out. It takes spiritual discernment to identify the gas-lighters in our lives, the doubters, the fearful, who would hold us back because of their own lack of faith. 

Chodesh Tammuz has some crucial turning points. Mars/Ma’adim makes an explosive conjunction to Uranus/Oron in Taurus on July 15. The conjunction point is very close to the Natal Sun of the Modern State of Israel, and square to Israel’s natal Mars. It’s also square to the natal Moon position of the USA’s natal chart. Let us pray the Hand of G*d turns down the temperature on this boiling pot!

The biggest and most undeniable revelatory transits come July 21 during the Full Moon at 29 degrees Capricorn, the second Full Moon in Capricorn we’ve had this year.  Venus/Noga in Aries is sextile Jupiter/Tzedek in Gemini, Mercury/Kochav in Leo is square to Uranus/Oron in Taurus, the Sun at the last degrees of Cancer is trine to Neptune/Rahav, and Mars/Ma’adim in Gemini is trine Pluto in Aquarius.  On July 22 the Sun enters Leo and opposes Pluto.

NOW is the time to open our eyes. Now is the time for the tikkun of Sight to correct our vision. Don’t hesitate to stand up against raw power grabs and treacherous leaders. Use your privilege and influence for the greater good and exercise your passions wisely.  Let’s open our eyes and see - together!