The Month of Av

Here's the background to a profound mystical secret: Many are called "lion." Nebuchadnezzar is referred to in the Bible as a lion ((Jeremiah 4:7) The Temple, particularly the altar, is referred to as a lion in the Bible. And finally of G-d too it is said, "The lion roars, who shall not fear" (Amos 3:8) Now you have the building blocks to understand the secret to the energy and transformation of this month of Av as laid out in Yalkut Shimoni, Jeremiah 259: The lion (Nebudchanezzar) came in the month of the lion (Av) and destroyed the lion (the Temple), in order that the lion (G-d) should come in the month of the lion and rebuild the lion (Jerusalem). - Yalkut Shimoni, Jeremiah, 259. The lesson is evident. Each of us has the capacity to turn destruction on its head and rise like a lion in holy strength and service. This month, this energy of transformation is the cosmic current on which you ride. Reply

Months of the year Jackson all the videos in Beyond the Zodiac are based on the Hebrew calendar. These months are based on the lunar cycle. In truth though, the Hebrew calendar is unisolar, incorporating both moon and sun cycles. It does this by adding a month 7 times within every 19-year cycle.

The Jewish calendar is the most sophisticated of any calendar, masterfully incorporating three independent cycles: the rotation of the earth on its axis; the revolution of the moon around the earth; and the rotation of the earth in relation to the sun. The Gregorian/Western/Christian/Civil calendar incorporates no correlation between sun and moon cycles. The days of a month are randomly set to 28, 30 or 31 days. The Muslim calendar on the other hand runs according to the moon but does not take the solar cycle into account. As such, the two cycles slide apart with time because a lunar cycle of 12 months is about 11 days shorter than a solar year. This is why Ramadan for example might occur during any solar month. The Hebrew calendar by contrast combines all three parameters to maintain synchronicity between the lunar AND solar cycles of day, month and year.

At a mystical level we are taught that each month brings with it a different spiritual energy. It is this mystical component that I intended to address in the Beyond the Zodiac series.

More on how the Jewish calendar works here. Reply

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