{"id":277,"date":"2010-12-28T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2010-12-28T07:25:13","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T11:25:13","slug":"constellations-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2010\/12\/28\/constellations-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Constellations (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most extensive Talmudic statement about the constellations is found in Tractate Shabbat<\/em> (p. 156a). Known as mazalot<\/em> in Hebrew, the constellations are depicted there as having direct influence on one\u2019s makeup and direction in life (for the good or the bad). There\u2019s a discussion there, by the way, about whether the constellations themselves have that effect or the day of the week one is born in [1]. In any event, we\u2019re told that someone born under the sign of the Sun, for example, will be radiant and self-sufficient, and will hold no secrets; that someone born under the sign of the Moon will suffer, will destroy and build, will build and destroy, will live off of others, and will have secrets; etc.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere we\u2019re told that certain months of the year influence us (see Ta\u2019anit<\/em> 29), and that what\u2019s most especially affected by the constellations are one\u2019s progeny, income, and life-span (see Moed<\/em> Kattan<\/em> 28a) [2].<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a lot more.<\/p>\n

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Notes:<\/p>\n

[1] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Tikkunei Zohar says it\u2019s the hour of the day that matters (p. 139).<\/p>\n

[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Zohar contends that everything<\/em> depends on the constellations (1, p. 198).<\/p>\n

(c) 2010 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

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