Horoscopes for
Chodesh Elul 5784
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 Benyamin’s Tribe is unity.
During Kislev, the light of Sagittarius shines forth truth.
Sagittarius’ Tikkun for Tevet’s anger is Trust.
Chodesh Shevat’s spiritual nourishment feeds the content and quality of your dreams.
Double Adar doubles sparks joyful service to your nearest and dearest.
Adar Bet comes to strengthen your faith in what you believe and why.
Chodesh Nissan’s tikkun of speech heals your creativity.
Chodesh Iyar’s healing light shines on your healthful mind-body connection.
Chodesh Sivan’s tikkun of travel is enlarged by the transit of planetary ruler Jupiter/Tzedek in Gemini.
Chodesh Tammuz’s tikkun of sight removes the blinders from your eyes regarding how you share your most intimate and important values, valuables, and resources with others.
Chodesh Av’s tikkun of Hearing opened the ears of your heart.
Chodesh Elul’s tikkun of purposeful action directed by discerning thought focuses on your career and vocation. The First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius September 10 asks you if you’re satisfied with how you are perceived professionally, and the answer is “not anymore”.
Creative new ideas come your way at the Sun’s square and Venus/Noga’s trine to Jupiter/Tzedek September 12-14. Powerful forces of your own dynamic imagination break through the fog when Mercury/Kochav squares Jupiter September 21 with Sun trine Pluto.
You’re only limited by your fear of confinement and boredom. Find a new way to express yourself, and your horizons expand exponentially.
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.
