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 Naftali’s Tribe is faith.
During Kislev, we discover the compassionate light of Pisces penetrates even the deepest waters.
Pisces’ Tikkun for Tevet’s anger is strengthening the Will.
Chodesh Shevat’s spiritual nourishment feeds your sense of joy.
Chodesh Adar Aleph’s joy comes from aligning with your Divine Purpose, Pisces!
Chodesh Av’s tikkun of Hearingopened the ears of your heart.Adar Bet expands your intuitive faith.
Chodesh Nissan’s tikkun of speech, and retrograde Mercury/Kochav in Aries through April 25 empowers you to reform, if not actually resurrect, your material world via positive, aspirational speech.
The healing light of Chodesh Iyar illuminates the way you relate to your immediate environment.
Chodesh Sivan’s tikkun of travel may literally take you to a new job.
Chodesh Tammuz’s tikkun of sight lets you see your creativity in a new light.
Chodesh Av’s tikkun of Hearingopened the ears of your heart.
Chodesh Elul’s tikkun of purposeful action directed by discerning thought focuses on your partnership relationships. Everything hazy or undefined is suddenly clear September 12-14 with the Sun square Jupiter/Tzedek and Venus/Noga trine Jupiter.
The Full “Super” Moon and Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces September 17 illuminates the balance of service and sacrifice.
With the Sun opposite Neptune/Rahav September 20, you wonder if you’re not getting your fair share. Reciprocity is the priority September 21 with Mercury/Kochav square Jupiter and the Sun trine Pluto.
The truth about what you really want and need emerges September 25 when Mercury opposes Neptune.
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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