What's in a name? Apparently, a lot more than we might imagine.
The biblical story of Genesis conveys how the first people "gave names to all cattle and to the fowl of the air" (2:20). Yet the Kabbalistic Zohar takes this story a step further. It teaches that, through their naming, the creatures became animated for the first time! In other words, once we name something--anything we desire--we give it life. We set into motion the creation of our desires simply by knowing and naming what we truly want.
And, at this time in the cosmic calendar, the potential we have to create (and re-create) our own lives is at its peak. Rosh Hashanah--or "the head of the new year"--falls on the first day in the month of Tishrei (Libra). On this day and throughout the month, we are naturally aligned with the powerful energies of renewal and manifestation.