Adar 5781
Feb. 13-March 13, 2021
Though the month of Adar is associated with Pisces/Dagim, because of the fluctuations of the 19-year Metonic cycle to which the Hebrew calendar is synced, the Feb. 11 new moon of Adar is in Aquarius/D’li. This adds an electrified air of instability, which is both exciting and scary during the month traditionally associated with masks and merriment. Just as we are not living in normal times, this is not a normal Adar.
There will be three squares of conservative Saturn/Shabbatai in revolutionary Aquarius to radical Uranus/Oron in traditional Taurus/Shor during 2021. The first one occurs March 17. The conflict between these disparate energies can produce competing value systems and strategic alignments between strange bedfellows. Adar’s classical ruler, Jupiter/Tzedek, in Aquarius and her modern ruler, Uranus, in Taurus illustrates the Purim-like upside-down-ness of the tensions between security and freedom, tradition and innovation, cautiousness