Mythology

Becoming Libra

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
—M. K. Gandhi, a Libra

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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

Mercury Retrograde by Gahl Eden Sasson

Astrology Rocks – Some Historical Magic

In Astrology, the sign Sagittarius, which is the sign of traveling, is also the sign associated with wisdom, truth and study. I saw the magic of Sagittarius in action after I gave a lecture on the Power of the Name at the East West Bookstore, right when I was about to leave the West on a flight to Eastern Europe. After the lecture I picked up a book from the astrology shelf, something to read on the flight. I randomly chose a book, trusting my luck (ruled by Sagittarius) to find me the manuscript I need to study (Sagittarius again). Read More

Saturn Returns to Iran

According to the many mystical traditions, your name is the DNA of your destiny. Understanding and decoding your name unfolds its spiritual meaning which in turn works like a password that can help you access your full potential. This workshop includes a lecture on the power of names from various traditions all over the world, a meditation to activate your name, and a short analysis of your own name. 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

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

Valentine’s Day - 10 Tips for Better Relationships

Here we are again, Feb 14th, the international day of Love, when lovers are reminded (by pink cards, fluffy teddy bears and lots of saturated fat chocolate hearts) to show their affections and appreciations to each other. Since this day is celebrated in Aquarius, the sign of friendships, Valentine’s Day energetically speaking is actually the day of friendship more then love or passion. If it would have been all about love, we would have celebrated it on the opposite sign, Leo. If it would have been about passion it would have been occupying some day in the Scorpio domain, perhaps even competing with Halloween. But Aquarius won the bid for Valentine’s which means that what we are really suppose to demonstrate is our friendship to our lovers, significant others or anyone who is close to us.

Why Valentine’s? Well, in the past you could not have a holiday without it being connected to a saint or a famous battle. Friendship or love on their own did not seem important enough for the Church to declare a day for it. Most likely Valentine’s is based on the Lupercalia celebration which was observed in Ancient Rome between Feb 13-15 and was associated with Hera’s marriage to her very unfaithful yet charismatic husband Zeus. Hera, strangely enough, was the goddess of marriage and was suppose to help women deal with their partners, which she had a hard time doing since most of the time she was busy trying to kill her husbands illegitimate children (such as Hercules). I guess a cobbler walks barefoot and the goddess of marriage wants a divorce. Maybe that is why, according to US Greeting Cards Association, 1 billion Valentine’s cards are exchanged every year, of which 85% are sent by women, hoping to do a better job with their partners then the goddess of marriage did with hers. 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

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