Lunar News: New Moon in Cancer

Astro vibe check: : A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it

New Moon at 14° Cancer on July 5, 2024 at 4:57 PM MST.

Sabian Symbol: A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it

The Sun and Moon meet in a grand ballroom made of selenite crystals that glisten and reflect some unknown light source. It is now time to address something they have both been avoiding over the last few months. The heaviness of the solar and lunar eclipses that took place in March and April are weighing on the luminaries and we’ll be called on to reflect on the changes that have disrupted and re-ordered our lives since that time. We are now halfway between the eclipses of this year and certain themes from the eclipses might show up in our lives. You can be proactive about this strenuous moment by reflecting on how things went down and figure out what you should have or wanted to have done differently. In the collective psyche, I expect things to feel chaotic this upcoming month as people project lunacy onto the world around them, thus calling on the insanity even more.

A shadowy New Moon delivers nostalgic longing mixed with strong dreams and glimpses of our destiny. The New Moon in Cancer this year is notable because, as was mentioned two weeks ago, it’s in the middle of this portal-like lunar reversal; but beyond that, this syzygy is in a trine to a freshly retrograde Saturn, it’s at the bending of the lunar nodes, and the Moon is at home in Cancer, overseeing all of this dark, fantastical magic.

This New Moon is focusing on the ways we have unraveled ourselves in order to care for, or nurture other people, perhaps even to the point of self neglect. It is calling on us to re-integrate structure and order into our lives—especially the creative, spiritual, and feminine parts—so that we might walk into the second half of this year with a strong propensity for action and intuition. The trine to Saturn makes it abundantly clear to us where our spiritual lives are lacking frame—this might be through light psychosis, nightmares, or destructive delusions. But all of this intense mental fatigue is good for pointing out where we have to build more discipline into our lives. And, a New Moon is the best time to start with a clean slate, build a foundation from the ground up, and seed good intentions and habits. If things are feeling like they are falling apart right now… they are and you should let them disintegrate so that you know exactly what to address. Saturn is brutal this way, but ultimately the best teacher for this kind of lesson. There is a lot of gnarly astrology still to come before the next Winter Solstice and beginning of the Gregorian Calendar year. This Cancer New Moon is an early preparation point on the path to a dark forest of monsters and other obstacles. This is the time to set aside for serious emotional and spiritual work—a time for deep personal inquiry, meditation, and documenting dreams.

Venus is currently making a trine to Saturn as well, in a tighter orb than the syzygy, and this is going to amplify struggles and shaky foundations in personal relationships and finances in favor of acting responsibly, evaluating objectively, and moving toward strong, concrete, attainable goals rather than ideals. In this trinal aspect, Venus is traveling between Saturn at 19° Pisces and Neptune at 29° Pisces. This spectrum between idealist fantasy and practical goals is embodied by Saturn and Neptune and how they are relating to Venus at this time. The best way to make use of these two conflicting energies is to explore and pick apart your fantasies for the purpose of understanding how to use your dreams to fuel your actions to crafting the best life for yourself.

We might feel agitated (which is just an emotion masking fear) at the deep darkness of the night sky without the Moon, but this is just a metaphor; and of course, the Moon is not actually absent either, but rather obscured from view. Ask yourself, what do you feel is absent from your life? Is it really absent, or simply hidden? Is it something you truly want in your life? Are you pushing it away? Also consider reflecting on all the ways you grow and strengthen during these darkest hours of the night. It can’t be light all the time. This is a valuable time to integrate the lessons of the darkness.