As mentioned, we are in the moment of the Solstice. Be sure today to let yourself slow down enough to experience it. Or do a ceremony. Whatever you do, pay careful attention.
The new moon in Cancer is on Wednesday the 25th. This new moon is an out of bound moon in Cancer. If you read my posts, you know how much I enjoy the out of bounds moons. It creates a wild card kind of possibility for out of the ordinary reality. Imagine your life as you want it. If you know your chart, notice which house that it is riding through. If you need an interpretation, you can reach out to me.
With a new moon it means that the sun and the moon are in the same zodiacal sign at the same degree. This month it is 4 degrees of Cancer. The Sabian symbol of this degree is weeping willows by a pond. What it brings up is all the stored memories- the personal, collective, the karmic and ancestral. Let’s see what healing we can manage on this day of the new moon.
If we examine the essence of Cancer, it is about ensuring safety for the home and family, nurturing through food or other ways, about the physical home, caring for the earth, or allowing your feelings to show you the way. Cancer is a water sign which means that its power realm is the emotions. Never doubt the emotional prowess of the cancer individual. They will be true to their emotional understanding.
The sign of Cancer is ruled by the moon. Each sign is ruled by a particular planet in Astrology and with the moon as the ruler you can feel more into the rhythms of living. Perhaps you can make an adjustment between work and play. Maybe you need to take more down time. I always want more downtime at this time of the Cancer New Moon. Perhaps you want to be strong in the Cancer’s nesting qualities. Or perhaps the absolute best thing to do with a Cancer New Moon is to tend to the earth. What might you activate if you tend to the earth? Maybe you want to overhaul your diet or food preparation? Use your time in a way that intuitively feels right to you.
With the moon rulership that one has with this new moon, I often feel that I am stepping into the palpable divine feminine. Do you feel it? Do something that takes you directly to your heart and to your divine nature.
What makes it a little more is that Jupiter is on the sun and moon. There is an expansiveness to the above. However, it is kept well in check by a transit of a square from Saturn and Neptune to the sun, moon and Jupiter. There may be a sense of having to navigate disappointment or loss.
Most of the notable astrologers have warned about the potential for war during this time. I attended a workshop yesterday- I don’t want to give you all the technical information because it’s about some aspects that it took me a long time to understand. But it is part of a Pluto- Saturn cycle which has long been associated with war. It was exact at the time of the bombing. One thing is that the new moon in Cancer can do much to dampen this direction toward war. Use the emotional understanding of Cancer to set up on a different path. Please spend the week in prayer or ceremony for peace.
In light and love,
Eve