ELUL 5782: BE YOUR OWN ACTION HERO
In the Cycle of Sacred Time which is the Jewish Year, we’ve arrived again at Chodesh Elul, the month of conscious teshuva. The Tikkun of Chodesh Elul is action. There is no teshuva without action!
Rosh Chodesh Elul’s New Moon in Virgo August 27 is accompanied by the Sun square to Mars / Ma’adim and Venus / Noga square to Uranus / Oron. A powerfully personal way to start the month whose Hebrew acrostic is ani l’dodi v’dodi li : “I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine”. Make things right in relationships by taking personal responsibility when Venus opposes Saturn / Shabbtai August 28.
Retrograde Jupiter / Tzedek in Aries is sextiled by Mars and opposed by Mercury / Kochav September 1-2. Objects in the rearview mirror are much bigger than they appear! Mercury stations retrograde September 9 and makes another conjunction to Jupiter September 18. As the prophet Jeremiah said, “saying 'peace, peace' when there is no peace” offers only superficial distraction. How to discern righteously when distortion, deception, and deliberate obfuscation, swirl all around? The arrow of pointed truth released at the First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius September 3 hits the heart of the matter at the Full Pisces Moon September 10.
Tekufah Tishrei, the Autumnal Equinox, comes September 22 with the Sun’s conjunction to Mercury Retrograde and Venus opposite Neptune / Rahav, right before the New Moon in Libra on Erev Rosh Hashanah September 25. Some will do teshuva because the light of the truth finally illuminates their minds. Others whose ego-identities are built upon lies, will see the truth and harden their hearts, passing on the opportunity to make a Tikkun via action this month, with tragic consequences. Be your own action hero during Elul and don’t miss your chance to put things right!
