God is Above the Astrologers |
In Shmot 1:22 we read: “Pharaoh then commanded all his people saying: ‘Every boy who is born must be thrown into the river; but every girl shall be allowed to live.’” According to Rashi, The Egyptians were also subjected to this terrible decree. On the day that Moshe was born, Pharaoh’s astrologers told him. “Today their savior was born, we do not know if he is from the Egyptians or the Jews, but we foresee that he is destined to be smitten through water.” Therefore, on that day, Pharaoh issued a decree also regarding the Egyptians, as it is said: “Every son that will be born must be thrown into the water” and it does not say: “Every son that will be born to the Hebrews...” The astrologers and Pharaoh did not know that they got it
all wrong. Moshe was destined to die because of the waters of Meriva (when he would
hit the rock in order to get water from it instead of following God’s command
of speaking to the rock). Although he died before B’nei Yisrael entered the In his comment on the Talmud, Sotah 12a, Rashi adds: When the day passed and the astrologers saw that the savior of the Jews had not yet been stricken, Pharaoh decided to keep the universal decree in force until the day that the unknown savior would be thrown in the river. Maharal explains that the astrologers were unable to tell if the future leader (Moshe) was a Jew or an Egyptian since he was destined to be raised by Pharaoh’s daughter. In the Talmud, Megilla 13a we learn that “Whoever raises an orphan within their house is considered as if they gave birth to the child.” In the Talmud, Shabbat 156a Rabbi Yochanan teaches: From
where do we know that the celestial signs hold no sway over We learn from here that the Jewish people are not bound by astrology. Instead of sitting around reading the horoscopes, take the opportunity to go out and change your destiny. |