Empowerment through the Solar year, Holy days and the seasons

The solar year holds within it an complete birth and rebirth cycle.  This offers a reference for meeting the holy days. It is important because it offers a reference to holy time rooter directly from Earth’s seasons. It provides insights into the totality of year and hints at skillful means to deepen holy day experiences.

Weaved from the Torah of the Holy Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, May he live, share his wisdom and enjoy life for a very long time,

Month	Astrological Sign	Hebrew Name	Practice	Related Holy Days	Life Cycle Step/Comment
Kislev	The Archer; Sagittarius	Keshet	1rst days of Hanukah	Christmas Winter Solstice	Conception – First Light within darkness.
Tevet	Capricorn	G’di	Last days of Hanukah	New Year (as it relates in time to Christmas)
Sh’vat	Aquarius; Water Bearer	D’li	Tu B’Sh’vat		First signs of development and growth.
Adar	Pisces; Fish	Dag	Purim	Mardi Gras, St Patrick’s day	Adolescence; Mischief, Masks, Indulging
Nissan	Aries; Lamb	Taleh	Passover	Easter, Spring Equinox	Coming into young; adulthood.  Aries; Lamb as it relates to the Pesah lamb offering
Iyar	Taurus; Bull		Counting the Omer; a process for spiritual deepening		Jewish Month of healing
Sivan	Gemini; Twins	Teumim	Shavuot – Receiving Torah		Empowerment; like marriage, confirming a degree
Tammuz	Cancer; Crab	Sartan	-  3 weeks - 17th of Tammuz – the 9th of AV - Tu B’Av; Full moon holiday. End of crisis; move to Tikkun; reparations. T’shuvah; re-turning  process starts  on this full moon	Summer Solstice	Mid-life crisis in the heat of Summer
Av	Leo; Lion	Ari
Elul	Virgo; Maiden	Betoola	Elul Prep for the High Holy Days		Repairing past errors; Tsuhvah; Return to Source.  Preparing to meet The Maker and be judged
Tishray	Libra; Scales	Moznaim	-Rosh Hashanah -Yom Kippur - Sukkot – Sh’mini Atzeret	Autumnal Equinox	Judgment, refinement
					Happy Grandparents giving goodies to grandbabies.
Heshvan	Scorpio	Akrav	The holiness of everyday.	Halloween	Void of holy days, place holder for future birthing of Moshiah consciousness; ie enlightenment for all.  May it happen soon!