Kislev is both the darkest and the most illuminated month of the Jewish Year.
Kislev’s Tribal Ruler is Benyamin, whose role in the Israelite Civil War was to bring unity to fragmentation – a fragmentation the Benyaminites instigated themselves, over the issue of gross injustice. Erev Rosh Chodesh Kislev’s opposition between the Sun and Uranus/Oron inaugurates this month of the triumph of light over darkness with a shocking revelation.
The Sun and Mars/Ma’adim trine Neptune/Rahav November 17, illuminating commonly held ideals. Big power plays take center stage when the Sun and Mars sextile Pluto November 20-21, before the Sun enters Sagittarius November 22 and squares Saturn/Shabbtai November 23. The sharp arrows of Sagittarian Truth are dipped in a sober, serious sauce; not our favorite flavor, but digesting reality demands it.
Mars in Scorpio’s defensive war of survival, which began October 11, becomes an offensive war of competing for religious beliefs and philosophical worldviews when Mars enters Sagittarius and squares Saturn on November 24-25. The battle to define reality November 27 at the square of Mercury/Kochav to Neptune/Rahav during the Full Moon in Gemini produces existential casualties.
Mercury enters Capricorn December 1, and stations retrograde December 12. Media’s dissemination of deceit is called on the carpet, but is anyone listening? Venus/Noga squares Pluto December 3, enters Scorpio December 4, and trines Saturn Dec 5. Powerful monetary secrets are exposed.
Neptune stations Direct in Pisces on December 6, and on the First Light of Chanukah December 7, the Sun trines “Wounded Healer” Chiron, and retrograde Mercury trines Jupiter. Compassion, empathy, care for the vulnerable, and tenderness grow with each light. Avoid going overboard with compulsive behaviors or extremist thoughts when Venus opposes Jupiter/Tzedek on Shabbos Chanukah, Parshat Vayeshev.
The Sagittarius New Moon December 12 shines the light of practical wisdom – bring it on!
