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An Israeli postage stamp from 1961 depicts Cancer, the sign of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. The Hebrew text reads "Mazal Sartan — the sign of Cancer" and "Chodesh Tammuz — the month of Tammuz." (Photo/Flickr-karen horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Month of Tammuz: The last stand of Saturn, ruling planet of the Jewish people

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude June 23, 2020June 24, 2020
An Israeli postage stamp from 1961 depicts Gemini, the sign of the Hebrew month of Sivan. The Hebrew text reads "Mazal T'omim — the sign of Gemini" and "Chodesh Sivan — the month of Sivan." (Photo/Flickr-karen horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Month of Sivan: How deep do our roots really go?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 25, 2020May 25, 2020
Taurus (Shor) is this month's ruling sign. (Illustration/Jehoshaphat Aspin, 1825)
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Month of Iyar: Healing and second chances amid the isolation

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 27, 2020
“The Seventh Plague” by John Martin, 1823
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Month of Nisan: First the plagues, then the redemption

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude March 30, 2020March 30, 2020
Haman shooting an arrow at the zodiac to forecast the future in an 18th-century Dutch megillah. (Photo/Collection of Shalom Sabar)
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Month of Adar: Facts are flexible as we don the masks of Purim

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude February 24, 2020March 2, 2020
D’li the water bucket, AKA Aquarius, the sign of the Jewish people, in a 1322 German prayerbook.
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Month of Shevat: Old gives way to new

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 27, 2020
Gidi (aka Capricorn) as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book
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Month of Tevet: Growing up and getting real

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 2, 2020January 17, 2020
Big Jupiter energy this month! On Dec. 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent back these images of Jupiter. (NASA)
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Month of Kislev: A ‘great conjunction’ approaches, but is it good for the Jews?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 2, 2019
Akrav (AKA Scorpio), ruling sign of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book.
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Month of Cheshvan: Empty of holidays, full of potential

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 4, 2019November 5, 2019
Jewish astrologer Lorelai Kude in her Berkeley home, July 17, 2019 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Time to rethink everything you’ve been told about Jews and astrology

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 23, 2019January 13, 2026

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