Adar 5786: Everything is still in play

🌒 Moon of Revealing 🌒 is revealing what is being revealed.

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Welcome to the Moon of Revealing
Adar Resources
Numerous as the Stars Tarot

Adar

Adar 5786 begins at sundown on 02/17/2026, and this month of revealing will apparently be extremely revealing according to astrologists like Chani Nichols.

We enter Adar in an eclipse and a conjunction of two slow moving planets, which is apparently rare and they are coming together the point of the Equinox. And the according to Ms. Nichols, it is an emergence, a new beginning of something that is full of paradox. Appropriate for a month that is simultaneously the midpoint and end of the year, don’t you think?

Now, astrology isn’t one of my strong suits, so I appreciate folks like Chani Nichols and Rob Brezny, who unpack it in ways I understand. What I find fascinating about what they tell us about the stars right now, is how it also maps to where we should be in the generational cycle of Strauss & Howe — the apex of the Crisis period (finally).

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The most important thing to remember in moments of great movement, is that NOTHING IS FIXED. Time may be spiralinear (PDF), but that doesn’t me we return to the same exact moment over and over. Patterns repeat until we break them. Patterns repeat to give us, individually and collectively, a chance to make new choices that foster new outcomes. Just because a moment feels similar, doesn’t mean it’s the same. You are not the same as you were yesterday. WE are not the same as WE were 25, 50, or 100 years ago.

Oh and there is a Blood Moon lunar eclipse that will take us into Purim.

Adar Resources

Adar (אדר) Basics

• Linear Month: 6

• Torah Month: 12

• Season: Spring

• Netivah: Leitzanit (ליצנית) Sacred Fool

• Constellation: Dagim (דגים) Pisces

• Letter: Kuf (ק)

• Tribe: Naphtali

• Sense: Laughter

• Tarot Card⁴: The Moon

• Soul Trait: Zehirut (זהירות) Illuminated Awareness

Source citations

Zehirut: Illuminated Awareness

Hamantaschen: Symbol of Adar

A Hamantaschen Ritual for Purim

Naphtali: Tribe of Adar

The lesson of Naphtali is to use all the powers of dance and verse to uncover the mysteries of the Book of Esther, to weave our world into a better place.
~ from The Tribe of Naphtali by Ketzirah ~

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Numerous as the Stars Tarot

I’ve been sharing small bits of this new project on Instagram, but I haven’t said a word about it here, and this is a great time to become a paying subscriber — because I’ll be sharing a LOT more with paying subscribers in the months to come.

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A year or two ago, someone asked me why I made an oracle deck, not a tarot deck. The answer was simply that I didn’t feel like I had anything to add to multitudes of tarot decks that are already out there. Of course as soon as I say that, I start thinking, and it turns out I have a lot to say.

My current working title is: Numerous as the Stars Tarot

A 78-card Smith-Waite variant that reframes Jewish diaspora as blessing rather than exile, with the thesis “We are numerous as stars—wherever we can see the stars, we are home.” If you have followed my work for any length of time, you know I am a diasporist. I think it’s a feature, not a flaw.

A major inspiration for this my take on the tarot is the work of historian Hasia R. Diner, and her book, Roads Taken as well as many other amazing books about tarot and Jewish history across the globe.

Here are sketches of the first three cards of the major arcana. I’d love to hear what excites you, what you are curious about, what even confuses you!

The Fool, Magician, and High Priestess (Left to Right): Sketches from Numerous as the Stars Tarot by Ketzirah haMa'agelet

As I continue to work on this project, paying subscribers will get deep dives into my thinking about the deck and each cards. I’ll share historic influences, mood boards, source material, and more.

If you want to read along with me, I’ve started a book list at Bookshop.org. I’ll be adding more of my favorite books about tarot, Jewish history, Jewish art, and other topics that work their way into my process.

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