TAMUZ - From fracture to connection

Intro

The Hebrew calendar can be understood as quarterly cycles. After the spiritual ascent from the last 3 months of Nissan, Iyar, and Sivan (from Passover to receiving the Torah), we now enter a new cycle with the 3 months of Tamuz, Av, and Elul. They form a powerful spiritual arc: from the fault of the golden calf in Tamuz, the destruction of the Temple on Tisha B’Av, and the switch of this energy with the love celebration of Tu B’Av (during the full moon of Av), until Elul, a full month of introspection before the new year Rosh Hashana, the next cycle.

This transition teaches us something essential: maintaining the original perfection is not the goal. It would be static, and life is all about movement. True elevation comes through breaking, through vulnerability, through return. As we find in both Jewish mysticism and Wabi Sabi philosophy — the crack is not a flaw, it’s where the light enters. The perfection of wholeness only emerges through the honesty of imperfection. Some may also know this concept through the « fractal » - it’s not just a philosophy, it’s metaphysical! But enough abstract words, let’s discover together the symbols that will guide us through this month:

🔠 Letter of the Month: Chet (ח)

The letter Chet shares its root with cheit — often translated as “fault” — but not in a negative or shameful way. In Jewish thought, a cheit is not a failure, but a deviation, a part of the human journey. Life was designed for Tikun, for repair, and that means mistakes are not only inevitable — they are purposeful.

We are co-creators with the Divine, and through our choices, we shape this world. Conflict and brokenness invite us not to despair, but to reconnect. Like a torn thread tied anew, the repaired bond is often stronger than before. Every rupture is a hidden opportunity for deeper intimacy — with self, with others, and with the Divine.

We often judge the fault too quickly. But if we look deeper — beyond the emotion it stirs — we may begin to sense how everything is precisely orchestrated to lead us to the great mystery of life.

👁️ Organ of the Month: Left Eye

In Jewish tradition, the left eye is linked to Gevurah — the spiritual energy of strength and boundary. While the right eye sees with loving-kindness, the left eye sees with truth and discernment. But as Rabbanit Mariacha Drai teaches, our eyes don’t only see — they also project. We don’t just perceive the world — we reflect back what lives within us.

When misaligned, the left eye may project fear, judgment, or fragmentation. But when harmonized, it becomes a sacred lens for truth. Gevurah shows us that boundaries are not limits, but containers — they give shape to light. Through healthy limits, our infinite essence is revealed in form.

Practice: Wash your hands with water each morning as a ritual of clarity (you may do the benediction « netilat yadayim »). Place your hand over your right eye and ask, see with the left one and ask: What am I projecting today? Open both eyes and visualize clear perception, from within and without. It’s all about perspective.

💧 Sense of the Month: Tears

The sense of crying is central in Tammuz. Tears are made of salt water — the salt binds the emotion, the water carries the information and flushes it out. Whether tears of sadness or of joy, they externalize the energy (emotion = energy in motion) the body no longer needs to hold. The body is a stock, it needs to externalize it on a daily basis, dynamically (sport, singing) or thermally (crying, sweating, inflammations).

This is not weakness, it’s regulating. Like rain softens hard soil to allow growth, tears prepare the heart to bear fruit. They irrigate our intentions and water the seeds of transformation. They are not to be judged, but used to grow and water our sincere intentions.

It is said that the future Beit HaMikdash will be built from tears of our deep sincerity. When tears come from a pure place, they connect us to truth, soften our hearts, and make way for divine clarity.

♋ Mazal of the Month: Cancer – Sartan

Tammuz corresponds to the sign of Cancer (Sartan in Hebrew) — the crab, a sensitive being protected by a hard shell. This shell is like the Gevurah - our boundaries and limits are clearly present, but always soften by our loving kindness, the Chessed.

This crab lives in water and moves sideways, not directly. It teaches us the importance of inner sensitivity, family bonds, and emotional flexibility.

In both English and Hebrew, cancer/sartan has a double meaning, it also means the illness — when a part of the body begins to act against the whole. It is not an outside threat but an inner miscommunication. It arises when a single cell forgets its unity with the rest.

This is Tammuz’s message: restore the message. Repair the broken bond. Within ourselves, and beyond — in our families, our communities, our people. Reconnect to the truth that lives underneath the armor.

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Let this month invite us to see clearly and feel deeply — not despite the cracks, but through them, thanks to them. Tammuz teaches us that what appears as a breakdown is often the beginning of a breakthrough. The fault is not an end, but a doorway to repair, and repair brings us closer — to ourselves, to others, and to the Divine. Like the left eye guided by Gevurah, we learn that true connection requires boundaries — not to separate, but to hold and reveal our infinite light in form. In this sacred space between rupture and return, we discover that the most intimate proximity is born not in perfection, but in the honest work of healing and wholeness.