Cancer Season: Moving Within

The Sun shifts in watery cardinal Cancer on June 21st.  Personally, I do love a Cancer Season in Australia, a time that also sees us transition into the winter solstice here in Australia, marking a profound shift in our cosmic landscape as we move from riding the rather vibrant and buzzy waves of an abundance of planets in Gemini. Now, Cancer's nurturing and introspective energy invites us to retreat inward. It's a time to cozy up, reflect, and rejuvenate.

Cancer energy encourages us to slow down, embrace our emotions, and seek comfort in our personal sanctuaries. It's a beautiful period for self-care, deepening family bonds, and reassessing our goals with a heart-centred approach. On the solstice we are reminded to embrace these moments of retreat to allow ourselves to embrace the dark, our vulnerable emotional selves knowing that from here the days will start to get longer and the opportunity to re-emerge and shine during Leo Season is just around the corner.

The Symbolism of the Crab

The story of the crab, which regularly sheds its shell to grow, beautifully reflects Cancerian energy. The crab faces great vulnerability while waiting for its new shell to form, often retreating to a secure place until it is safe to re-emerge. This story reminds us to shed what we have outgrown, to allow ourselves to feel vulnerable, and to grow a new part of ourselves ready to emerge when the Sun shifts into Leo. Use this Cancer season to go within, nurture yourself, dive into your emotions, and re-emerge as a stronger, better version of yourself.

Themes of Cancer Season

In Australia, Cancer season beckons us to go within, stay indoors, nurture ourselves and others, connect with family, and move away from the heady experience of Gemini into the more feeling realms. This time is about recharging our batteries and nurturing our spiritual practices. It's an excellent period to focus on your biological or chosen family, attend to home maintenance or renovation projects, cook delicious meals, and nurture yourself and others.

Cancer, by nature, is a beautifully emotional, sensitive, nurturing energy focused on looking after others. It is the sign of the archetypal mother—protective, caring, and willing to defend the family. The Moon rules Cancer, and like the Moon, it is changeable; it ebbs and flows like the ocean's tides. It can be moody and broody, but at its essence, it is all about honouring the divine feminine energy in all of us.

Energetic Shifts and Astrological Events

We are likely to feel a stark energetic shift as we move from mutable air to cardinal water. Very quickly after the Sun moves into Cancer, we experience the first of two Full Moons in Capricorn. This energy offers us the opportunity to balance our outer worlds with our inner worlds, contemplating how we navigate our professional and personal lives and how we fuse our outward responsibilities with our emotional needs and values.

A few days later, the ruler of Capricorn, Saturn, shifts back into retrograde motion in the sign of Pisces. This may spark a period in which we review and reassess how we implement and navigate boundaries in our lives. It may also be a period to review long-term goals and create foundations for our creative, spiritual, and emotional needs.

These themes might be particularly predominant this Cancer season as Neptune, the co-ruler of Pisces, also turns retrograde on July 2nd. This could be an opportunity to peel back the layers of delusion or confusion, seek greater clarity, and cultivate a more realistic perspective in our lives.

On the same day, Mercury moves out of Cancer and into Leo, compelling us to be more expressive and bold in our communication with others, offering a period for creative self-expression and enthusiastic idea-sharing.

The New Moon in Cancer on July 6th will consolidate this Cancer season with an extra focus on our emotional well-being, family dynamics, and themes of security and belonging in our lives. This will be a potent time for setting intentions around how we wish to foster and possibly change these themes in our lives.

The energy may lift when Venus joins Mercury in Leo on July 12th. Our love language and romantic needs will be fueled with more passion, expression, and creativity. We are reminded to celebrate beauty, embrace the parts of ourselves that need to shine, and metaphorically dance like no one is watching.

Energetically, July 21st will bring forth a burst of dynamic and versatile energy as Mars moves into Gemini, increasing our curiosity, mental agility, and need for change. Finally, we shift into Leo season and step onto the stage of life as the Sun moves into the heart of its home sign, Leo, on July 22nd.

Remember Cancer season is a time to go within, to nurture yourself, dive into emotional depth and introspection. Embrace the nurturing qualities of Cancer while navigating the changes and opportunities presented by the cosmos. Allow for growth, clarity, and creative expression, and emerge stronger and more aligned with your true self.

As Cancer Season embraces us with its nurturing and intuitive energy, this period is an ideal time to delve into your astrological chart. With the upcoming full moon in Capricorn, the spotlight is on cardinal signs—Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.

This period offers a powerful opportunity for initiating new beginnings and making strategic decisions.

Exploring your chart during this time can provide profound insights into your personal and professional ambitions, helping you harness the practical, disciplined energy of Capricorn. In our astrology session I can help you embrace this moment to set intentions and build a solid foundation for your future, aligning your goals with the supportive, transformative energies of your unique astrological blueprint.

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GEMINI NEW MOON: Embrace Curiosity

Have you felt the buzz of all this energy in Air? Since Jupiter moved into Gemini, I feel like everything has sped up a little. We are more in our heads now, and as we approach this New Moon, we are reminded that there is currently very little earth energy to ground ourselves with and we may indeed be feeling quite ‘buzzy’. This is a wonderful opportunity to open our minds, satiate our curiosities, connect with others and find our voice; however, be reminded to keep your feet on the ground, especially the days on either side of this New Moon. Nevertheless, this is a great invitation to navigate the spirit of inquiry, to celebrate and ask questions and set intentions around how we wish to be heard and hear others in the world.

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There's quite a lineup of energy gathered in the sign of Gemini during this Gemini season, which will peak on the 6th of June at 10.38pm in Eastern Australia, occurring at 16 degrees of Gemini. Being a mutable sign, this New Moon energy will most significantly stimulate the mutable signs of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. However, with so many planets now aligned in Gemini, the buzz is palpable for everyone. This New Moon energy is fueled with themes related to our mental and cognitive curiosities, our ability to perceive and digest information, to gather and share ideas and facts, and to embrace the human need for connectivity and communications.

Venus joins the Sun and the Moon in Gemini, while Saturn in Pisces squares it, and the ruler of Gemini, Mercury, is busy at home in the sign as well. This promises to be a dynamic energy that may have us overthinking, overanalyzing, and potentially overdoing our mental capabilities over the days either side of the New Moon. There is very little earth energy in the sky at this time, so we need to ensure we don’t get carried away with the mental realms and remember to consciously ground ourselves, to breathe, and remember to pause as this can be a very high nervous energy period. Saturn, our planet of grounded reality in aspect to this Sun and Moon, will offer a more stabilizing energy now and perhaps provide us with a little bit of structure to ground our thinking and ideas.

That said, we can use this time to really ignite our curiosities and energy for exploring new ideas, discovering new things, making sure we have our facts straight, and directing our creative energies toward linking ideas and communicating what we need to say. In other words, this is a very good New Moon to set intentions around what and how we wish to cultivate our minds and how we want to express our voice.

With Venus being in Gemini now and sitting alongside the Sun and Moon, our need for a love of connection with others, of communication, language, words, and ideas is amplified. We may be more drawn toward interesting conversation and interactions that stimulate our wit, sense of fun, and engagement with others. Gemini is a dual-natured sign; it needs to interact with the world around it, and this is the perfect time to do so. We might also be more stimulated to express our affections, desires, and values through verbal or written cues.

As with all New Moons, this is a time to set new intentions, and this time it's all about what we might like to learn, how we might like to change our communication or even social skills, how we want to enrich our minds, use new technology, or indeed stretch ourselves to consider ideas that may feel alien to us.

During this New Moon, we can think about what kind of information brings us joy that we would like to share or even just dive into more deeply. We can set intentions around how we might like to expand our knowledge or indeed share what we know with others. Is there a new way you could disseminate what you have been wanting to share with the world? Use this New Moon to brainstorm all sorts of ideas as to how you might like to find your voice in an area you are passionate about. This is a perfect time to think about what areas of our lives we would like to act as both a teacher and a student. This is the time to start that new course, go on a retreat to learn something new, or explore your community in a new way.

We can also use this New Moon to set intentions around finding new opportunities to connect with others, to push ourselves outside of our social comfort zones, and forge real connections with people who we might find have something to teach us. Use this time to think about how you can expand and enhance these connections.

This New Moon reminds us that communication is a two-way street and that listening is just, if not more, important than talking. Where do you need to listen more, what can you do to cultivate more proactive listening in life? This is the time to set some intentions around becoming more mindful in our communication exchanges and to take a proactive approach to really hearing what the other has to say.

As a mutable sign, Gemini energy also reminds us to be adaptable, flexible, and open in our mindset. Where might you need to cultivate a more flexible mindset, how rigid are you in your ideas and in convincing others of the need to be right? Use this time to make a conscious effort to open the mind, to really understand and appreciate that we are all different with our unique realities and perceptions. A closed rigid mind and unwillingness to hear and consider the truths of others are part of what is so troubling in the world right now. With Jupiter in Gemini, we have the opportunity during this New Moon to surrender our need to always be right.

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SAGITTARIUS FULL MOON. Ignite your passions and shoot for the stars.

This my friends is a beautiful, abundant, generous and energising Full Moon in Sagittarius, reminding us probably more than anything else to allow ourselves to think big, broadly and abundantly, to find gratitude for even the smallest of things that bring us joy, to focus on the positivity of life and to let indeed go of negative beliefs that may be holding us back from expanding our perceptions in the world, broadening our horizons and shooting our arrows into the future we would like to see unfold for ourselves.

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The Full Moon in Sagittarius occurs in Australia on May 23rd at 11:53 PM. It falls at 2 degrees of Sagittarius, so check where this degree falls in your chart to determine which area of your life will be most influenced. This Full Moon is particularly significant, aligning with expansive and opportunistic aspects that pave the way for Sagittarius' ruler, Jupiter, to move into Gemini a few days later. This event echoes the themes of the upcoming Jupiter in Gemini transit: balancing the expansion of new ideas, information, and communication within the context of our personal truths and broader, deeper spiritual understanding.

Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter, embodies the archetype of the philosopher and the explorer, urging us to transcend our current limitations and pursue higher understanding and meaning in our lives. This Full Moon calls us to reflect on our personal beliefs, values, and the broader vision we hold for our future. Are we living in alignment with our highest truths? Are we open to new perspectives and experiences that can expand our horizons?

When was the last time you pushed yourself out of your comfort zone to understand a different perspective without judgment, allowing yourself to listen, understand, and seek perhaps a new meaning or philosophical perspective? We are often so tied to our belief structures, constantly echoed back to us by the media we consume. This Full Moon sets the path to let go of limitations and broaden our experiences, thinking, and beliefs.

With the Moon opposing not only the Sun but also Venus and Jupiter, we can explore ways to seek a harmonious balance between broadening our horizons and engaging in detailed information. Sagittarius is a truth seeker, influencing how we structure our belief systems, philosophies, and ideas, and how we approach personal growth. This Full Moon energy asks us to examine our belief systems, our relationship with spirituality, our perspectives, and fundamentally, what we believe to be true. Each of these broadens the mind, aiding in understanding the world and our place in it.

This period calls for letting go of what no longer serves us or what is no longer accurate in our belief, philosophical, and truth systems. It can be a time of facing things we've been afraid to confront or actions we've hesitated to take for fear of others' judgment. This is a time for expanding our vision, ideas, and philosophies, opening up to new possibilities and allowing ourselves permission to grow—whether through education, travel, or other means exposing us to new and exciting ideas.

We are blessed during this Full Moon with a sextile to Pluto in Aquarius, offering an opportunity for transformative growth by embracing new ideas and social changes. Pluto, the planet of transformation and rebirth, forms a harmonious trine with the Full Moon, amplifying its transformative potential. In Aquarius, Pluto's energy is directed toward revolutionary change, innovation, and breaking down old structures to make way for new paradigms. This aspect invites us to delve deep into our psyche, confronting hidden fears and releasing outdated patterns that no longer serve our growth.

Pluto's influence encourages a deep, introspective journey. We are called to face the shadows within ourselves, embracing the process of transformation as a pathway to greater authenticity and empowerment. This aspect supports us in shedding layers of conditioning and societal expectations, allowing our true selves to emerge.

Neptune, the planet of dreams, intuition, and spiritual transcendence, forms a supportive sextile to the Full Moon. In Pisces, Neptune's energy is at its most mystical and compassionate, enhancing our ability to tap into the collective unconscious and our own inner spiritual guidance. This aspect encourages us to integrate our quest for truth and adventure with a deeper sense of spiritual wisdom and compassion. It supports us in developing our intuition, enhancing our ability to perceive subtle realms and connect with the divine.

Use this time to allow new ideas to emerge without forcing the situation. This potent energy aligns us with our dreams and the messages they bring. It’s a beautiful time for letting go of self-imposed boundaries or restrictive thoughts that keep us from connecting with our higher selves, inner truths, and spiritual desires. This energy also inspires creative visions, helping us overcome any creative blockages.

A significant feature of this Full Moon is its opposition to Venus in Taurus and especially Jupiter in Taurus at its very last degrees. Jupiter sits at 29 degrees of Taurus, known as the anaretic degree, a fated point where the energy is expressed with heightened urgency and intensity. This is important as it signifies a culmination of what Jupiter in Taurus has meant for us, regarding both the lessons we've learned and how we might ground the Full Moon's energy to bring something new to harvest on the material plane.

Jupiter in the last degrees of Taurus during the Full Moon in Sagittarius highlights a period of culmination and intense focus on material and financial growth, stability, and sensual enjoyment. It’s a time to reflect on the lessons and gains of Jupiter’s transit through Taurus and prepare for a shift towards intellectual expansion and communication as Jupiter moves into Gemini.

To make the most of this Full Moon reflect on your personal beliefs, values, and the broader vision for your life. Identify any limiting beliefs or patterns that need to be released to embrace your true potential. Use Pluto's transformative energy to confront and release deep-seated fears and outdated conditioning. Embrace transformation as a pathway to greater authenticity and empowerment.

Cultivate your intuition and spiritual awareness through meditation, dream work, or other practices that enhance your connection with the divine. Allow Neptune's influence to guide you toward deeper compassion and understanding.

Find ways to integrate your quest for adventure and higher truth with stability and practicality. Ensure that your pursuits are grounded in everyday reality, honouring both your need for growth and your desire for security.

Use this time to contemplate outdated belief systems that you don’t want to bring with you as we transition into Jupiter moving into Gemini.