Welcoming Cancer
On this Summer Solstice day when we have equal hours of light and dark, Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Cancer. Cancer is about nourishment, protection, tending and making things whole. Cancer carries the energy of the mother, holding and caring.
What we talked about in this episode:
DAVID HOCKNEY’S CHART (Time Unknown)
POEM
LOW DOWN NOW
Stop planning. It’s not going to work
this time. There are better ways
to do this and you know it.
Let’s take a moment to pause
and imagine pulling the rug
out from under our own feet.
Can you see me - reaching down,
tugging, grunting, crashing
on my own ass? Ridiculous!
But it’s good. It’s so good
for us to fold, my friend.
Low down now, let’s crawl
a quiet, curving way forward
from our guts — let’s sniff
for what, if we were wild
again, would feed us,
and feed us
to the whole.
~ Brooke McNamaraTELEVISION
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BOOKS
Dangerous Dirty Violent and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground By Zayd Ayers Dohrn
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
TRANSITS
June 21 - Summer Solstice, Sun Enters Cancer
Today is the day of the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The Sun enters Cancer and we enter a new season. Cancer wants to nourish all it touches. It wants to protect, tend, and make things whole. Cancer carries the energy of the mother archetype and wishes to hold, feed, and care for all in its vicinity.
The Sun enters Cancer at 1:24 am PT
June 25 - Venus in Leo trine Saturn in Aries
Venus and Saturn form a beautiful trine, working together to create real opportunities to express and create. Saturn always offers authority and structure, while Venus in Leo wants to make beautiful things or lead the way- heart first. Saturn gives Leo a true opportunity to shine.
Venus trines Saturn at 5:01 am PT
June 27 - Mars in Taurus sextile Jupiter in Cancer
Just before Mars enters Gemini tomorrow and just before Jupiter enters Leo in two days, they have one last lovely conversation. Mars in Taurus celebrates with Jupiter in Cancer, and together they note what has been quietly gestating. A lot has been going on just under the surface, and it’s getting ready to emerge.
Mars sextiles Jupiter at 9:38 pm PT
June 28 - Mars enters Gemini
The warrior writer! The bold communicator! The vigorous and strong connector! Mars now enters Gemini, and suddenly, we have the energy for a multitude of projects. We are suddenly also quite brave in our communications. If there’s something that needs to be said, we say it!
Mars enters Gemini at 12:29 pm PT
June 29 - Mercury Retrograde, Full Moon of Cancer Season, Jupiter enters Leo
It’s a huge day. To begin, Mercury moves retrograde in the sign of Cancer. It will remain retrograde for the next 3 weeks. Review and reflect upon the last few months. Get quiet. Turn in. The Full Moon also occurs today. It’s the Full Moon of Cancer Season. It is also a more internal, maternal Moon. Finally, Jupiter enters Leo and will stay there for an entire year. It is a year of sitting on our inner throne and expressing the fullness of Self.
Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer at 10:35 am PT
The Full Moon in Capricorn occurs at 4:56 pm PT
Jupiter enters Leo at 10:51 pm PT
July 3 - Mars in Gemini conjunct Uranus in Gemini
This conjunction is full of ZING. It is activating and possibly agitating. But the best way to meet the moment is to be willing to change and change quickly. It’s a conjunction of spontaneity. It’s also an electrifying conversation, with an urgency for potent revolution!
Mars conjoins Uranus at 11:05 pm PT
July 5 - Mars in Gemini trine Pluto in Aquarius
Power! Power! Power to the people. Ideas spread quickly, and whole social movements can get underway with a transit like this. Humanity has something to say about current conditions and there will be speaking OUT.
Mars trines Pluto Rx at 6:07 am PT
July 9 - Venus enters Virgo
This is a combination that loves to do excellent and specific work. Venus in Virgo loves to improve and perfect whatever it touches. It also loves to tend to our physical, emotional, and mental health. Devotion is a keyword when the planet of love and beauty enters the sign of spiritual practice.
Venus enters Virgo at 10:33 am PT
July 12 - Mercury Cazimi in Cancer
This is the kind of Cazimi that is more emotionally awakening! There could be some clarity and discovery around what we’ve been feeling over the last few weeks — like we can finally give it a name.
The Sun conjoins MercuryRx (cazimi!) at 6:31pm PT
July 14 - New Moon of Cancer Season
This is an exquisitely beautiful New Moon with Jupiter close at hand. Cancer asks us, “What needs to be made whole? How are we fractured? How can we welcome all aspects of ourselves HOME?
The New Moon in Cancer occurs at 2:43 am PT
July 15 - Uranus in Gemini sextile Neptune in Aries
So many of the outer planets are now moving into exact relationships with one another. These last two weeks of July are incredibly potent. Today, Uranus, the planet of reinvention, is in harmony with Neptune in Aries, which is busy dreaming up some new dreams. This combo is beautiful for its brave, innovative action aligned with new, more loving, uniting dreams.
Uranus sextiles Neptune Rx at 1:59 pm PT
July 17 - Uranus in Gemini trine Pluto in Aquarius
Here again, the outer planets are in conversation. This trine is accelerating the revolution. Big changes are afoot, and they are now shifting into a higher gear. Gemini is ultimately a sign of Love and Wisdom. Aquarius is a sign of the people. Uranus and Pluto want potent substantial changes in power. Let’s see how it all unfolds.
Uranus trines Pluto Rx at at 11:04 pm PT
July 19 - Mars in Gemini sextile Saturn in Aries
Now Mars is sextile Saturn. This combo gets it done. It commits and sets out on the mission. There are new, deliberate beginnings afoot, and Mars will help those beginnings grow. This combination also lends authority to any strong, clear message.
Mars sextiles Saturn at 11:30 am PT
July 20 - Jupiter in Leo opposite Pluto in Aquarius
This day is an extraordinary day because Uranus, Pluto, Jupiter, and Neptune are all sitting at 4 degrees in their respective signs. They are forming a basket shape and creating a container for NEW ENERGY. Jupiter is exactly opposite Pluto, welcoming great courage and helping to end patterns in certain Leo leaders who do not take the good of humanity into account.
Jupiter opposes Pluto Rx at 7:54 am PT
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