Mythology

Happy Mythological Birthday to Humanity – New Moon in Libra

Moses was told by God, that the newly freed salves wondering in the desert towards their Promise Land should start using a calendar. I guess the logic was that while they were slaves, time was not their own to spend. Now, as they were journeying towards their own piece of land, it was important they master time. Moses informed his trailing congregation that the year should start in Nisan – Aries, the first day of Spring. And so it was for centuries. But all things change, including time. Later on, as Judaism developed its own identity, the Rabbis transplanted the New Year from Aries to its opposite sign – Libra. They based the reason for this shift on a passage from the book of Leviticus: “In the seventh months (Libra is the seventh sign) on the first day of the month (the Jewish calendar is Lunar/Solar therefore the months begin on the New Moon) shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of the horn. (Lev. XXIII, 24) The horn of course belongs to Aries the Ram. Read More

Catlike President…

Christopher Hitchens wrote a piece for The Atlantic on President Obama entitled “Cool Cat,” where he says that he thinks it is “rather nice to have a feline for president.” Jacob Weisberg from Slate Magazine, while quoting from Hitchens, adds that “The president is catlike also in his lack of evident affection for the people who take care of him.” His jokes at the White House Correspondents' Dinner about Hillary Clinton being bitter loser, Larry Summers' woman issues, and training his dog not to pee on Tim Geithner bordered to many with cruelty. “Obama's jokes about himself were about how great everyone thinks he is” He writes. Now, come on! Catlike? Feline? Of course he is! Obama is a Leo, and anyone who knows anything about zoology will attest that Lions are the epitome of the biological family called Feline also known as Felidae. As for the President being aloof, well, that has nothing to do with him being a cat; actually his emotional detachments is due to the fact that his rising sign is Aquarius, the sign most criticized for being impersonal, detached and aloof. Furthermore, Aquarius, ruled by the Tarot Card “The Star” is also associated with extra terrestrials and aliens, it is not surprising to hear the President acknowledge that he did watch the new Star Trek because, in his own words, “everyone was saying I was Spock…” Read More

Astrology & Symbolism of the Presidential Candidates Part 1

Mercury Retrograde by Gahl Eden Sasson

The Astrological Origins of Hanukah and Christmas

On December 21st, the Winter Solstice, millions of Jews and their non-Jewish friends who just like to play with fire, will light the first candle of Hanukah.

Besides the fact that people and spell-checkers all around the world argue on what is the correct spelling of Hanukah, the holiday represents the christening of light, and the birth of a new cycle of light.

This year, Hanukah, Jewish version of the Holiday of Light, will begin December 21st, right on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, the day we encounter the least amount of light. It is a very auspicious synchronicity that Hanukah, the celebration of light, begins at the sunset of the darkest day of the year. From December 21st for the next eight days, Jews around the globe will light one more candle each day, thus helping light vanquish darkness. It is a ritual of light, a ceremony that is designed to put us at one with the heavenly cycles. It can be viewed as sympathetic magic – by lighting the candles we bring light, love and happiness into our life. The rabbis instruct us to place the candles in the windows so that everyone can see the light growing every night. So the question is: why do we celebrate Hanukah – the Holiday of Light at the darkest time of the year? Is the origin of Hanukah historical or psychological? Read More

Heaven on Earth: A Fractured Myth

 Water swallowed the world.

One tiny boat, all that remained of life that trod the dirt, splashed through the monstrous waves. Noah steered toward nowhere. This one kind soul, the only person on the planet who gave more than he received, had barely escaped this cleansing of humanity, this rebooting of God’s creation. As rain streamed from the sky, Noah had rushed his family into the boat, herding together as many living creatures as he could find. He’d placed a “Save The Earth” sticker on the prow of his floating menagerie and huddled deep within to wait out the Flood. Read More

All about Fortune, Bear and Bull Markets…

Sometimes we find messages hiding outside of our inbox. I am not talking about spam, I am referring to insights and other such unwritten communications we sometimes receive with no return address. It happened to me a few days ago when I was teaching a workshop on the symbolism of the Tarot and gazed at the card Fortune. Read More

Power of Names II

Before I begin, happy Equinox! On Sep 22nd, we officially started the introversive and feminine part of the year. We are asked to mimic nature, shed off what we do not need and let go of our masks. This will help us become more intimate with ourselves and others. It is a wonderful time for insights, meditations, self discovery and study. Mercury is going retrograde from September 25th to October 15th. You know the drill, watch what you sign, don’t make major purchases and be careful what you say, write or communicate.

In this SpiriTalk, I would like to continue the subject of the Power of Names by analyzing the names of the Presidential candidates. I will start with the Republican nominees Sarah Palin and John McCain and next SpiriTalk work with the Democratic elected Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Read More

What is Rosh-Hashanah and Why Should I Care?

By Gahl Eden Sasson

“In the seventh month, on the first of the month (New Moon), shall be for you a day of rest, a remembrance of the sounding of the shofar” --Leviticus 23:23-25.

If you are human, or consider yourself an offspring of Adam and Eve, then your mythological birthday is coming up on the New Moon, September 18th. Let me be the first or perchance the only one to wish you – Happy Birthday! Make sure you buy yourself a gift; besides helping the economy it will make you feel better. Read More

2009 – PART I – NUMBERS

(PART II & III shall soon follow.. ; )

While the Chinese, Muslem and Jewish New Year begins on the New Moon and the Astrological New Year starts on the Spring Equinox, there is absolutely nothing energetic, celestial or mythically significant about January 1st except the fact that for some reason, be it political, synchronistic or consequential, all around the world, humanoids and their allies change the name of the year on that inauspicious date. (I agree it’s a very long sentence…)

Time and Space, we are told by scientists and mystics alike, is relative and most likely a human construct anyway, so let’s just play along and join the choir: Happy New Year!

So what is this human construct called “2009” all about? Read More