The New Moon occurs at 23:57 (BST) on July 5, 2024. The Moon and Sun will be at 14CAN23.
It’s time for a fresh start at home – a new home, a new extension or new sofa. Or maybe it’s a new-feel room, swept clean, windows washed, sweet scent of the sea. Here is safety, mother, belonging, family, the past, the deep and distant past, the world you inhabited before language where the body only knew food and rest and cuddles. The sign Cancer is all that formed you emotionally from the bottom up, from then until now, your history, your memories.
Yearning to go back
Retreat
into the shell
Into safety.
Mother’s arms
carried away from threat
Up the stairs
To the land of nod
Soft song
Sea
Shhhhhh
In Cancer territory, we’re asked to explore these aspects of self, the old familiar stories, the things that feel safe to you, and where you might be holding on to that which is ‘safe’ to the detriment of personal growth. Great Mother Ceres opposite this Moon suggests that somewhere along the line, we forgot to take care of business. Here is the forgotten child, waiting endlessly for her parents to come home. Here is the abandoned child who no longer waits or hopes. If we struggle to care for ourselves, then this lunation brings an opportunity to come back home. Give yourself permission to acknowledge and tend to your needs. Sing yourself a lullaby.
Around this lunation, you might want to consider one or all of the following practices.
Bless your home.
Bless your food.
Cook comfort food.
Ask yourself, what is my gut saying?
Practice affirmations that support feelings of safety and belonging.
Call a family gathering.
Meditate on the moon.
Work with moonstone.
Study your Moon position and Cancer house in your own chart.
Heal the root chakra.
The New Moon in Cancer through the houses for the signs.
Read for your Rising Sign/Ascendant if you know it or Sun sign if you don’t.
Your Cancer house is the house where you need emotional security. This is a part of life that draws you to emotionally invest (and sometimes to regress). You may be very sensitive around the matters of this house and vulnerabilities here teach you about habits, instincts and needs.
Aries
4th house of home, family, roots and childhood.
Taurus
3rd house of local transport, mind and communication, neighbours, and siblings.
Gemini
2nd house of money, personal resources, and self-worth.
Cancer
1st house of outlook, appearance, attitude, and self-awareness.
Leo
12th house of spirituality, the unconscious, charitable service, and self-sabotage.
Virgo
11th house of friends, networks, groups, society, and future dreams.
Libra
10th house of career, profession, status, and reputation.
Scorpio
9th house of international travel, study, religion, and beliefs.
Sagittarius
8th house of intimacy, transformation, shared resources, and mysteries.
Capricorn
7th house of one-to-one relationships – both business and personal.
Aquarius
6th house of the office, routines, health, and pets.
Pisces
5th house of fun, dating, children and creative self-expression.
Painting - Lullaby by Helene Schjerfbeck
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