The zodiac sign for Kislev is Sagittarius.


The 9th month on the hebrew calendar is called Kislev, Kislev stands for the military system, the zodiac sign of the month being “Sagittarius”.


In Hebrew, the symbol is called keshet, a bow.


In the story of Noah and the Flood, which dominates the previous month of Cheshvan, the rainbow that glows after the Flood is also called keshet.

That bow symbolized God’s covenant and continued reconciliation with humans.

The bow of Kislev is a more warlike one, the archer’s weapon, and perhaps God’s as well, aimed at defeating Israel’s enemies.

In this month the defeated enemies are the Hellenized Syrians who sought to eliminate the Jewish religion and the highly assimilated Jews who would have allowed them to do so.

The archers are Judah the Maccabee and his brothers, who saved the nation by standing up and daring to fight for their religious and spiritual rights, an incident which has influenced and established the meaning of Chanukah.


Indeed, the prophet Zechariah is said to have foreseen the Maccabean victories when he proclaimed in God’s name, “I have drawn Judah taut, and applied [My hand] to Ephraim as to a bow” (Zechariah 9:13).

A month of spiritual boldness and Godly courageousness like a warrior’s arrows.


Sagittarius the Archer is pulling back his bow with his right hand. This is important to us because it shows us his powerful arm.
Remember the “right hand” is an idiom for “the arm of mighty power- God’s arm, and a picture of Messiah.”



Article taken from The council of Ngabo on www.ngabo.org