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 Menashe’s Tribe is strength through humility.
During Kislev, we learn that the light of Scorpio penetrates to the deepest depths.
Scorpio’s Tikkun for Tevet’s anger is sacrificial love.
Chodesh Shevat nourishes your spiritual discernment.
Double Adar opens the gates of creativity to a tsunami of joy if you’ll let it.Your faith in the restorative power of personal intimacy is renewed during Adar Bet.
Chodesh Nissan’s tikkun of speech is empowered within mind-body connection practices.
Chodesh Iyar’s healing light shines on power struggles within your partnership relationships, stemming from your fears of losing control.
Chodesh Sivan’s tikkun of travel strengthens your mind-body connection.
Chodesh Tammuz’s tikkun of sight reveals what needs fixing in your chosen faith community.
Chodesh Av’s tikkun of Hearingopened the ears of your heart.
Chodesh Elul’s tikkun of purposeful action directed by discerning thought happens via your friendships, social alliances, and community. You’ve discovered not everybody within those groups shares your core values. Dig deeper and find commonalities worth preserving when Mercury/Kochav sextiles Mars/Ma’adim September 11.
Speak your truth to power September 21 when the Sun trines Pluto and Mercury squares Jupiter/Tzedek, Venus/Noga squares Pluto September 22, Tekufah Tishrei, making it easier to turn the corner in these communal relationships.
Own your own power, use it with maturity and wisdom when Mercury trines Pluto September 25 and Mars trines Saturn/Shabbtai September 29.
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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