Soul
Astrology
New Moon in Cancer
3 July - 30 July 08
Getting
up-to-date
At the last
New Moon, in Gemini, Mercury, the planet of thought, understanding and communication,
was retrograde. On 3 July at this New Moon, Mercury is travelling forward again
over that same degree. It is as though June was about re-examining attitudes
we had taken for granted, and discovering that present situations have arisen
from out-of-date thinking. It may be that the effort you put in during June
was less effective than you expected, because you were dealing with situations
that had their roots in the far past. Whatever you were going over during June,
you are likely to spend July expressing fresh ideas about it, and even applying
your conclusions.
A communication
glitch leads to healing
During July
3 to 6, three Mercury contacts have a ripple effect, which we may feel in our
communications with each other. It may be a need to talk about something painful,
or an area where we feel vulnerable (Chiron). Around the 4/5 July, we may simply
reject the opportunity to reveal it, but it would be more rewarding to go for
it, even though we think we are receiving the fearful rejection (Uranus). By
6 July, the ripple concludes with a deeper understanding and acceptance (Neptune).
Life would have us go for this healing (North Node) because it is a gift we
have all been searching for, and we will heal more than just ourselves in the
process.
It may be
that some ideas have to be thrown out, that some things you say are rejected.
There may be changes of mind or heart that need to be faced. But after the first
awkward realisations, things should get clearer, so that you can move forward.
It is important not to get stuck on judging as wrong whatever has been revealed,
for that was the springboard for the honest communication that brings about
the healing. Go for the closeness, and let the rest wash away.
Action!
The planet
of action, Mars, has just moved into Virgo. We are all now ready to do something
about whatever needs changing. We have been feeling the need building up, and
may have had to do some of the work already (Saturn in Virgo), but now the desire
and energy are also lined up to the task, to sort things out, to do the necessary
work to make things better. It will take organisation, but we are ready for
it. Virgo is also about health, so there is need to pace oneself, or the flow
of energy could use up the body’s reserves.
It’s
all about love really . . .
Cancer is
the Moon’s own sign. It is represented by the sea in all its moods, the
sea of humanity, the sea of emotions, the collective unconscious. The Moon pulls
the oceans about as Earth turns on its axis, and when the New Moon is in Cancer,
we feel the pull of irrational impulses from our unconscious. We might find
ourselves doing things we consciously thought were impossible, or even things
we already consciously decided not to do. Sometimes that pull will come from
our own hidden desires left over from childhood or even a past life. Sometimes
it comes from a national surge of feeling, or simply humanity claiming the natural
right to be individually valued.
This New Moon
is not far from Venus, so the desire within our spontaneous acts this month
is most likely the giving and receiving of love and caring connection. Love
is often the disguise for possessiveness, holding on to someone or something
because we feel that they make us who we are. The person who is held on to feels
crushed out of existence, even though we may be telling them how important they
are to us – it is not who they are that matters to us, only that we have
some control over them. Any gift that is freely given, gives freedom to the
recipient. Trying to affect what they do with our gift is not letting go of
it, and both sides end up shackled by the ‘gift.’
Emotional
intelligence gives central balance
Cancer is
a water sign and tells us about our emotional life: how the moods swing in and
out like the tides, and up and down like waves on the sea; how we need to follow
the mood down patiently in order to come up again the other side; how we need
to keep our central balance like standing on a raft as our emotions change,
and come and go. We need to remember that, even though the moon waxes and wanes,
in truth it’s a steady globe-shape, showing us a beautiful dialogue between
light and shade. Just so is the Cancer nature apparently up and down, while
the truth is loving, caring and sweetly generous.
Another symbol
for the sign of Cancer is the mother and child together, as one blended entity.
As babies we need that unconditional acceptance and nurture. As adults we need
to realise that no physical person can supply the life blood that our mother
gave us. To be whole, as a human being, is to be our daily self held tenderly
in the arms of our Greater Self. In this acceptance of self, we are nourished
with the life that is spirit, flowing throughout Oneness.
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Enjoy
the 10-minute video clips on www.youtube.com
when you type Eckhart Tolle in the search box!
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Contemplation
for this New Moon in Cancer
Take
care of yourself.
In
this moment
feel
into your body –
where
is there tension, hunger, tiredness?
Inwardly,
talk to those places in you that need care.
Promise
to do what’s needed, and keep your promise.
Feel
into your emotional body –
where
is there disturbance, hurt, pleasure, resentment?
Acknowledge
and accept your feelings just as they are
and
let the swirling colours settle more peacefully.
In
this moment focus on your thoughts –
check
what rises to consciousness first,
and
second, and third,
and
put each thought firmly to one side for a while.
Now
there is nothing left
between
you and your soul
that
sweet space that surrounds you wherever you go,
always
present, always still and alert
and
immensely loving you.
Take
care of yourself.
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With love,
Margaret
