LA LUNA

We are in the deep dark of the New Moon in Cancer. The air is ripe with possibility and promise. Wishes whispered in the dark come true; cakes are baked with love and emotions ebb and flow. Release is finally ours.

Cancer is often associated with home, roots, family and values. Donna Reed with a pristine apron baking pies and arranging flowers lovingly comes to mind. Unfailing generosity, huge forgiving hearts and sweet kisses are often hallmarks of Cancers.

Tear, moody outbreaks and needy clannish behavior have also been associated with the sign Cancer.

I have to say that I have seen all of these behaviors with Cancers. However, I have to say that I have always found Cancer’s to be tenacious, shrewd and most importantly, staunch survivors. Cancers can weather the worst kind of storms and live to tell the tale.

Being a Cancer Sun with a number of Cancer friends, I observe our behaviors as if under a microscope. Often, in this wild world that we live in, the values that Cancer’s hold dear seem outdated and silly. However, Cancers understand that it takes a village to make it through this life. My Cancer friend created a yearly thanksgiving dinner that happens the day after, just for our group of friends that have become a family of sorts. This has been a Godsend for those that have nowhere to go for the holidays.

The world we have lived in up until recently has been one of fast paced communication, ruthless behavior where the big guys get away with everything, and short attention spans.

The planetary shifts of the past few years are starting to phase out that way of being. The intense Cardinal Crosses of the past 4 years has focused on that.

Saturn in Libra 2009-2012= reconstructing relationships and partnerships in authentic experiences that are fair and true

Uranus in Aries 2011-2018= change and inspiration; a wake up call to do the impossible; break down of the status quo

Pluto in Capricorn 2008- “the Great Transformer” revamping and changing the structures in our lives as well as any kind of societal constructs

Now Jupiter is in Cancer and is exalted as well; this is a boon from the universe. It is only fair; in these past years of the Cardinal Crosses, there haven’t been any long term planets in Cancer to balance things out, so Cancer has take the brunt and the weight of the madness of the world. Cancer has acted like Atlas, bearing the weight of the world.

Now it’s time for Cancer to get a break.

I know, if you aren’t a Cancer you are probably asking, “what does this have to do with me?”

My little grasshopper, where Cancer lies in your chart is the place you probably have had to bear unspeakable pressures in silence. Wherever Cancer is in your Solar/Natal chart, this is the part of your life that has had to be neglected in order to take care of the other parts of your life that have demanded attention. Chances are, there’s been a lot of being able to barely stay afloat.

Now that we have the New Moon in Cancer joining Jupiter we really get a good taste of that Grand Water Trine and now we can begin to feel Jupiter’s presence in a part of our lives that we had to count as dead and buried awhile ago.

You have the freedom to imagine anything and everything. What really matters the most to you?

Now is the time to pay attention to it and love it into reality.