Diagram of the Lunar North Node or "Dragon's Head"
Athanasius Kircher, 1646
From an astrological medical library
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2007
2016
2024
2025
2026
What do all these years have in common?
A Full Moon / Lunar Eclipse on Purim.
Why?
Because the North/South Lunar Nodal Axis - the"T'li" of the Sefer Yetzirah, which says "The Dragon in the Universe is like a King upon his throne" - is the indicator of eclipses.
Almost ALL our Jewish holidays are Full Moon holidays. Tu b'Shevat, Purim, Passover, Pesach Sheni, Tu b'Av, Sukkot. A Lunar Eclipse can only happen on a Full Moon.
ALL our Rosh Chodesh celebrations (including Rosh HaShanah) happen on or just after the New Moon, during which Solar Eclipses happen with predictable regularity, as Solar Eclipses can only occur on a New Moon.
New Moon = Solar Eclipse, aligned with the Nodal Axis (Sun and Moon together at the same Zodiacal degree)
Full Moon = Lunar Eclipse , aligned with the Nodal Axis (Sun and Moon opposite each other at the same Zodiacal degree)
THIS YEAR we have a Lunar Eclipse on Purim, and a Solar Eclipse on Erev Rosh Chodesh Nissan, like we did last year, and like we will next year. A Lunar Eclipse Trifecta on Purim!
The Sefer Yetzirah tells us: "The T'li in the Universe is like a King upon his throne". The North/South Lunar Nodal Axis changes Zodiac signs every 18 months or so. What is "a king upon his throne" if not rulership and sovereignty over the quality of time? Jewish Astrology looks to the North/South Lunar Nodal Axis as "The King upon his throne" in the personal natal chart. The T'li, by Sign and by House, tells the story of your journey of tikkunim in this lifetime - what needs fixing in order to facilitate the growth your soul needs during this gilgul (incarnation, lifetime).
The theme of the Virgo/Pisces and Pisces/Virgo axis (which repeats itself every 18.5 years, switching polarity every 9-ish years), which we're having a Trifecta Eclipse Cycle on Purim 2024, 2025 and 2026 is SERVICE (Virgo) and SACRIFICE (Pisces). It's also DISCERNMENT (Virgo) and FAITH (Pisces), CARE (Virgo) and COMPASSION (Pisces).
