New Moon of the Heart
New Moons take us into the dark, where we meet with the riches we hold inside...the hidden treasure. The New Moon today in Cancer makes us more receptive to messages coming from the soul or imagination. Make time to daydream, if you can, or spend time being artful in your own unique way. This is no time to hold back....all hands on deck! It's a powerful moment to bring empathy, art, tenderness, love, heartfelt acts and words into the world.
There's paradox at this solstice and lunation, since they mark the longest solar light (in the northern hemisphere), at a time of darkness (moon). With Pluto in opposition, the reality of the times is in our face, even as the oceanic heart waters surge up, to create something new. There's a lot of heart ache and fear as we try to find our way in the dark. The old structures that seemed so solid are collapsing (Pluto in Capricorn), making room for a sea change in values.
At the New Moon, we can open to that transformation in many ways. Yesterday, I did a purge of my closet, getting rid of clothes I might fit into some day, or that I don't even like. Today, I'll do some repotting of seedlings. Following lunar gardening, it's a fertile Moon (Cancer), and a good time to plant seeds. The New Moon is a time to let go of what we don't want, and cultivate what we do want.
At this particular lunation, we are in touch with how unique we are, where we come from, our dreams, longings..and the mystery of what that story means as part of our destiny. As artists, the Cancer New Moon shows us the personal, as a path to the universal. We are not our credit score or statistic in a collapsing economy; we are not robotic automatons with hardened hearts. All New Moons are new beginnings, and this month heralds the de-icing of the heart, and return to the values of family...the human family.
(c) Martine Lemmens
This could not have come at a better time – I have recently started my own blog (link above) and have felt the need to be creative as you put it “be artful and bring words into the world.”
I also wanted to thank you for your article A Mayan Elder Speaks. As an anthropologist who has been lucky enough to work on Mayan Ruins and live in New Mexico, I know first hand the importance of calling for simplicity and unity inherent to these unique and wonderous cultures/locations. Thank you for your insight.
Hi Stephanie,
If you get a moment, can you repost your link? I don’t see it here. It is meaningful that you’re looking at indigenous lineages of unity/simplicity. I remember Starhawk said recently in her class that ‘we’re all indigenous to somewhere.’ And being inspired by coming back to the essence of heart connections and old time traditions, here in the South where I”m from. It’s removing the artificial overlay of ’society’ to get to that fertile soil underneath. I hope to get to see your blog. Thanks for you comment! Hope you have a rich New Moon! Molly
Molly.
You are so beautiful. Your words are always so right on. Today I updated my art site with these words: Art makes the heart go around, Love makes the world go around. Together they go hand in hand.
I also just recently moved to southern California and last evening I walked on the beach of the ocean and my heart swelled at the beauty of it and being here. Thank You again for your great words!
I was mad with energy up until yesterday, and now I have been just knitting, reading, watching old videos and kind of taking it r e a l slow for a moment
I always find solace when I come to read your blog
Alicia,
I was at the ocean last night, too. And driving back from Tybee Island, we were suddenly in flood waters, and the road was inundated on both sides by the sea! Due in part to the ‘astronomical’ event of the Moon in Perigee (closest) at the new moon. It reminded me of the ocean as beautiful and terrifying, engulfing at times, unpredictable.
Thank you for your comment! Love, m
Lady P,
I hear you. Sometimes I can’t ‘think’ with the left brain at the new moon and just have to go with it. My Mom, another Cancer (!) arrived right at the exactness of the New Moon, and we’ll be sightseeing together today. Two Cancer women together — when it’s good it’s marvelous, when it’s bad, it’s like getting stuck in floodwaters, as we were last night. thanks for your comment. love, m
One of my all time favorite sayings: Let those waves crash upon the shores of your soul.