The Jewish Year of 5784 is almost over! What have we learned?
… Tishrei taught us hard lessons about our communal vulnerability and the importance of unity in the community.
…During Cheshvan we learned that the ancestral superpower of Dan’s Tribe is security.
During Kislev, we learn that the light of Capricorn shines to dispel fear with the hope of stability.
Capricorn’s Tikkun for Tevet’s anger is selflessness.
Chodesh Shevat’s spiritual nourishment feeds your self-control.
Chodesh Adar Aleph returns joy to your day to day living and your environment. Enduring vexatious times has been a character-building exercise, but Adar Bet comes to shore up your faith in a sustainable future.
Chodesh Nissan’s tikkun of speech takes place in the realm of your home and family.
Chodesh Iyar’s healing light activates your creative powers.
Chodesh Sivan’s tikkun of travel invites you to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.
Chodesh Tammuz’s tikkun of sight reveals the truth about your partnerships.
Chodesh Av’s tikkun of Hearingopened the ears of your heart.
Chodesh Elul’s tikkun of purposeful action directed by discerning thought takes place in the area of your beliefs. Idealism never trumps practicality in your book, but Pluto’s brief return into Capricorn September 1 – November 20 allows you to blend the best of both.
The Sun opposite Saturn/Shabbtai September 7 throws light on what truths you’re resisting; don’t ignore information even if it threatens your peace of mind when Mercury/Kochav opposes Saturn September 18.
Knowing the whole truth means owning the big picture. Renew your energy when Mars/Ma’adim trines Saturn September 29. Hard work never scares you; lack of work does.
CHODESH ELUL 5784 (September 3 – October 2, 2024)
THE TESHUVA OF ELUL: PURPOSEFUL ACTION DIRECTED BY DISCERNING THOUGHT
Chodesh Elul is a bridge between the old year and the new. Formed by the Hebrew letter Yod ( י ), the first letter of the Divine Name, the shape of the Yod implies action, the Tikkun of Chodesh Elul.
Mercury/Kochav, the planetary ruler of Elul, is associated with the Mazal of Virgo and the intellect. Virgo scrutinizes, analyzes, and separates the useful from the useless. This is Binah: the wisdom of applied discernment. In Hebrew gematria, Binah and Elul have the same numerical value (67). Changing our minds changes our direction and our actions change. That is Teshuva. The tikkun of Chodesh Elul is purposeful action directed by discerning thought.
During Elul, the shofar directs and stimulates our thoughts toward our relationship with the Divine and our relationships with one another. This Chodesh Elul features two eclipses, both serving that purpose. Hearts break open at the Full “Super” Moon/Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 17, awakening compassion and empathy. The New Moon/Annular Solar Eclipse in Libra on October 2, Erev Rosh HaShanah, spurs us to reciprocity. There’s no question that our Creator gives goodness to us immeasurably more than we can ever return, proportionally or otherwise. What we can do is give goodness back by giving to others.
As this Jewish Year of 5784 – Tav Shin Pei Dalet – winds down, we see how the “Gimel” Year of 5783 and the “Dalet” Year of 5784 played out. Gimel Daled means "give generously to the poor" (Gemol means to give generously; dalim are poor people). Because we did not give to each other in 5783, our spiritual poverty was exposed during 5784. May this Chodesh Elul be a tikkun for the entire difficult and painful year of 5784, and may our souls awake to purposeful action directed by discerning thought.
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