the new moon in cancer is exact on friday june 27th at 1:08am PDT. as new moons are times to plant seeds, set intentions and start new things in our lives- this new moon is a lovely one for anything related to home, family, roots, foundation, safety, security and dealing with emotions from the past.
the new moon itself is quite lovely- making a sweet aspect to the two Goddesses that govern relationships venus and juno in gemini as well as a sweet aspect to mystical, romantic neptune. both venus and juno are in square aspect to neptune this week and next week- bringing a lot of idealism and fantasy into relationships- past and present. with the new moon connecting to both, it is effectively softening the square between these two and is supporting us to get in touch with our emotions, desires, feelings and needs and then honestly admit that or share that with ourselves and others.
venus is the lower heart and neptune is the Higher Heart so the potential for Divine Love, unconditional Love, and deeply healing Love is present with this new moon cycle. first and foremost this Love should be experienced within- as until we have truly reached the Source of Love within us we will always be searching for it outside of ourselves and then setting people up to fail us (as no one can complete us or heal our hearts- that is our own work to do).
it is interesting to note that the sun/moon conjunction is opposite the asteroid orpheus- who was an amazing poet and musician in greek mythology. his music and prose was so great he could stop men and gods alike in their track. yet one of the things he is most known for is his deep grief and loss of his beloved, his soulmate. they were so in love and she died shortly after they married. he went all the way down to the underworld to retrieve her and even enchanted hades into giving her back- but he was not supposed to look back as he led her back up to the upper world otherwise he would lose her forever. turns out at the last minute he looked just to be sure she was really there and she got taken back down. he lived with deep pain and grief at the loss of her his whole life- and upon dying he reunited with her as she was waiting for him to come back.
the orpheus story can speak to where we are really dedicated body, mind and Soul- but it can also point to where we have deep grief, pain and a sense of loss to confront and deal with so that we can let go of the suffering we hold onto, that indeed holds us back. with the new moon in emotional, sensitive cancer opposite orpheus- there may emotional losses in relationship or in childhood experience that we need to face, own and heal at this time.
in the background of this new moon chart we have the mars/uranus opposition separating (it was exact on wednesday the 25th)- so the energy of sudden changes, reversals, accidents, aggression and explosions in relationships and the world around us is still present. mars is incidentally conjunct pandora- so really anything could come up this week (but likely already has as the new moon is the aftermath so-to-speak). if intense things did come up or sudden events brought radical shifts into your life- then this new moon can help you get onto a new path with your emotional well-being in tact.
jupiter is at the last degrees of cancer- he will make his way into leo on july 16th. on the same day as the new moon jupiter squares the nodal axis- bringing us all to a pivotal point of choice in our journey. when planets square the nodes we are given a choice to choose the old karma’s and patterns we keep playing out ad nausea (and keep getting what we have always got) OR we can choose a new uncharted path that requires we go beyond our comfort zone and push beyond our edge. with the north node in libra this is definitely focused on relationships and the balance of give and take, self and other. curtailing our independent, aggressive, conflict-oriented streak- or our ‘i have it all figured out and know it all’ stand is key. of course we don’t want to be wet noodles and allow bad behavior to continue – or unhealthy relationships to keep on going. ultimately we want to stand between both nodes allowing both to work for us but knowing that one of them is where our growth lies- and that is the north node.
we also have retrograde mercury trine the north node- an aspect that has been made once already and will occur one more time due to mercury’s retrograde journey (he will be stationing direct again on july 1st). mercury/north node brings in insights, aha moments, sudden awarenesses and important information/communication that sheds Light on things. paying attention to what we think, hear, say, read or write is important this week/at the time of this new moon!
one thing i find very interesting is that all the lunations this year aspect neptune! i went through all the new moon charts and every single lunation aspects neptune by either a semisextile, a conjunction, a sextile, a square, a trine, a quincunx or an opposition. this occurs because the new moons this year are in the first degrees of their respective signs- and neptune is transiting around 5-7 degrees of pisces this year. so the neptune vibe of idealism, dreams, intuition, magic, creativity, romance and mysticism is a dominant theme all year long. yet the shadow side is also present: the desire to avoid and deny reality, the tendency to turn to addictions to deal with pain, engaging in codependent and enabling relationships with others, and playing the victim or the martyr. the shadow of neptune is very murky- and the funny thing is when we are really in the neptune fog we can even lie to ourselves and not even see the Truth! so keeping that in mind this year and really being ready, willing and able to honestly face the Truth in ourselves, others and the Truth in the world is key right now. luckily this lunation is trine neptune- so more of the lovely side is present at the moment. so make the most of it! ;)
have a lovely dark moon and new moon in cancer!
sending many blessings and Love from sedona…
~divine harmony