Adar (אדר) Basics
Introduction to the Jewish month of Adar, including correspondences
Moon of Revealing (February/March)
Be perceptive to the things that may be hidden from plain sight and reveal things in their right time.
Basics
Linear Month: 6
Torah Month: 12
Season: Spring
Holidays: Purim, Vernal Equinox
Offerings1: Hamentaschen, Poppy Seeds, and Myrhh “As myrrh (mor) is the foremost of spices so Mordecai was the foremost of the righteous in his generation” (Esther Rabbah 2.5)
Element2: Aphar (עָפָר) Earth within Ruach (רוּחַ) Air
Symbol: Cups
Spiritual Focus3: Personal connection to Divine through creative expression
Netivah: Leitzanit (ליצנית) Sacred Fool
Constellation: Dagim (דגים) Pisces
Letter: Kuf (ק)
Tribe: Dinah (Adar I) and Naphtali (Adar II)
Sense: Laughter
Tarot Card4: The Moon
Soul Trait5: Zehirut (זהירות) Illuminated Awareness
Note: Letter, Tribe, and Sense are derived from the Sefer Yetzirah. Sense is first from “Return to the Place” by RK’Jill Hammer and tribe from charts in the Aryeh Kaplan edition.
See NOTES below for additional information for sources all other correspondences.
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