June 25: Cancer New Moon
The New Moon at 04°08 Cancer on June 25 at 6:31AM ET is the luckiest lunation of the year! This rare Moon-Jupiter conjunction brings a blessing to begin the Summer reaffirming love as the only real form of security we have.
The warmongering impulse of Saturn and Neptune in Aries has set the world on fire, but great Jove reminds us that we always have the capacity to do and make good. Improving situations is always possible, and, in fact, it is our responsibility to look for ways to do so. This New Moon affirms that we can and we must. Cancer knows that being of service is what gives life its greatest meaning.
The crab is a romantic sign because it is in love with life. Blood, sweat, and tears is what connects us in the human family. Everybody hurts, everyone cries, and all people know pain. We each have a body that is born to die and along the way we go through so many difficult things that we can not face alone. The little crab strives for safety, but, on some important level, the only way we can truly give that to each other is through being there in the hard times. We can't always save each other, but we can witness, comfort, and console. This, too, saves lives.
Cancer devotion bonds us together in compassion and shared vulnerability. Our physical form and emotional well being requires effort and resources to sustain and maintain. The earth provides all we need but the greedy horde and create a false sense of scarcity. Over the next year, Jupiter will bestow new ideas for how to meet our needs on a collective level that doesn't require f*ing other people over to survive.
Increasing emotional intelligence, exploring feelings, and deepening bonds in the best way to create the security we seek. People who don't understand the value of compassion or mercy are out of touch with their own human heart.
Patriarchy tries to pretend it is impermeable but the Moon highlights our universal human need for food, clothing, shelter, health care, and intimate connection. The philosophy of domination favors robots, guns, rockets, and individualism over the messy, sticky, achy human bodies that are our vehicles through life on this wild, and fierce blue planet. Yet the truth is that we need each other. We have a responsibility to the Earth and all its creatures to maintain the ecosystem that sustains us.
Cancer gets great satisfaction from being helpful. As extreme heat waves soar across the mid and northeast, we're called to attend to ourselves and our planet more closely: putting water outdoors for creatures, monitoring electricity consumption, donating to low income weather relief funds, and reminding folks, especially kids, to hydrate.
The body parts correlating to Cancer are the stomach, chest, and glands so notice what you're craving this month and satisfy your soul. Summer is the season when fruit is formed in the Northern Hemisphere, and we get to choose how we wish to nourish ourselves from Gaia's great bounty. What if feeding ourselves and caring for our homes were more fun? The childlike wonder of Cancer invites you to make chores a game.
There is a creative impulse with cardinal signs to initiate something new. Where are you called to begin again? Where can you revise your philosophy to give your belief system an upgrade? Cancer is connected to poets and those who wax romantic about the beauty of the world. Perhaps the most important thing you could do this week is sit quietly and observe nature. Whatever moves you is where you find God.
Jupiter will sail through Cancer until next Summer and this lunation is an opportunity to create a powerful container for bringing through your highest and best. Spend time by a moving body of water and contemplate what that means for you. If you're not sure where all this action is landing in your chart, consult your favorite astrologer.
Enjoy this deep dive into the realm of feelings and intuition. Try to honor where it leads you and take action on what change wants to manifest. We sink or swim together.