Here we revisit the ghosts of the past, and the land of memory. At the Cancer New Moon, all the impressions and emotional memories that shape us, show up in our dreams.
It's a dark Moon week, so don't be too hard on yourself if you're winding down energy-wise. This happens in all of nature, and is a chance to rest, recharge and receive.
However, Mars (Libra) is stirring the pot, in its engagement with the Uranus-Pluto square. Be strategic with your outbursts, if possible, and avoid people who push your buttons big time.
The planet of responsibilities and limits -- Saturn -- is also a major player at this New Moon. Much can change, as we go into the dark, and let the waters flow, and receiving insights about our most meaningful relationships. Saturn (also in reflective Libra) is an objective looking glass, into which we see our past and emotional lives.
This stretch, while not a cakewalk astrologically, takes us to the emotional crux of who we are. And from that, there's a drive to more refined self-definition. Read more in the articles linked below. Hope it's healing and super rich for all of you!
- Cancer New Moon (June 18/19 2012) -- Active Dreaming
- Hot Themes, Cancer New Moon
Thank you for these wonderful pieces on the new moon, dear Molly! I particularly love the bit on the soul roots. My bday’s coming up this weekend, and boy am I feeling it! Would love to write more, but the current astrology is keeping me stressed and busy! xxx
Have arrived at some great perspective on a relationship’s end, that makes a lot of sense… deep sense. I can feel compassion for both parties, & that feels like about the right sort of place to have gotten to. I am letting go, I am moving on…
But you know – the hole in my heart still feels so big at times… even as I’m healing. It’s like, my feelings for this person were so resonant, &… I emotionally despair that ~ I’ll never find that again.
I wonder, of course, how much of this is just routine “breakup” territory & how much is due to the astrology of this summer….
PS: I read the book on Soulmates you recommended, Molly. (Love Alchemist’s notebook, Jessica Shepherd) Have gone through the exercises & decided, too that I’m ready to love — specifically, ready to love someone *stable*, profoundly respectful of all life — who is ready to communicate soulfully & – love me back! (with other key qualities too, of course)
I’m doing a ritual or 2 tomorrow, with the intention of carrying the soul-mate ‘frequency’, & shape inside my heart – the heart call – with me from now on, in everything I do.
My intention is to be more productive & focused in my creative working life… while drawing my ‘twin flame’ in simultaneously
Wish me luck… & new moon blessings to you!
For me, this Dark of the Moon has been very much as you so vividly described. And how!
I was just confronted by the fundamentally unchanged nature of a recently renewed friendship. I thought that, 25 years on, it would have changed as much as our lives. Instead, I find myself feeling much as I often did in those days: as if my hand had been slapped reaching for the cookie that was offered. The shock and sting of this experience flooded me with painful memories as well as reminding me of my greatest vulnerability, my Moon in Libra need for reciprocity. As you can guess, I immediately retreated into my Cancer Sun shell for comfort and protection.
Happy Birthday Liz! Was just thinking today how very cool the Cancer/Leo cuspers I know are. My sister’s birthday is the 25th.
Yes, these are intense times for sure.
Oh Mel, that is so profound, thank you for sharing with all of us your private thoughts. I relate having had a traumatic break up that took YEARS to find peace with – almost 15 years.
So much of it was finding that balance of not blaming, and not seeing it as terminal judgment on who I am/was. So much of it was about me and my identity in the end, and it was a great teaching.
I’m glad you found the magic in that book by Jessica Shepherd, also a Cancer Sun and from the relationship oriented Pluto Libra generation. Regenerating r-ships, for balance.
Good luck to you, and congratulations for the new awareness you’re achieving about what you’re wanting to draw into your life!
Mari,
I had a similar encounter with my Mom, but went all Cancer-aloof when she said something hurtful when I was down. I have not had an easy r-ship with her, and have wanted at times to close my heart to her (NOT GOING TO HAPPEN — SHE’S MOM AFTER ALL)….so it’s been a miracle of seeing and accepting the other, though we still have our moments of wounding each other without meaning to. Mostly based on how we see the world — the worldview — we are so different.
Thanks for sharing that epiphany you had – happy new moon (in your cozy shell)….