New Moon in Cancer 2014 is this Friday June 27. Cancer is a water sign – the sign of the crab. As a 
water sign it deals with emotions, feelings. This Mercury Retrograde (which is officially over on July 2nd), has moved from Cancer back to Gemini, then forward again to Cancer. It has given the perfect opportunity to experience how we feel about our lives, about where we are in life and where we want to be in the near future. I know I’ve been doing a lot of that, as have a lot of other people I’ve been speaking to. It feels like a time of re-inventing ourselves – a little closer to whom we really want to be.
Cancer is ruled by the moon. It is a sign of nurturing, as the moon nurtures us. This is a time to nurture that being we are blossoming into and the life we are creating.
Home and family are very important to people born under the sign of Cancer. Pay attention to your family and close friends, and give your home a bit of tender loving care. A lot of people in my neighbourhood have been out painting and cleaning, doing some gardening and enjoying the freedom to open the windows and breathe some fresh summer air. They are getting out and having barbeques, playing their guitars and having long chats with their neighbours. In Ontario Canada, we are coming out of hibernation.
Taking care of our homes and those around us, gives us a feeling of being grounded; so having someone or someplace to care for can keep us stabilized, secure and feeling safe in the movement that is both water and the emotions.
Home is where we can be ourselves, where we can relax with whom we are. It’s a place to share and welcome. It’s a sanctuary from the craziness of the world.
The energy of Cancer also supports us in understanding our early childhood, and how what we learned then, either consciously, or unconsciously, affects us to this day. Understanding this gives us such freedom – the freedom to react differently and to make different choices. Understanding ourselves helps us to be more understanding of others.
Physically, Cancer rules the breasts, chest, stomach, ulcers and tumors.
If you are setting intent this New Moon, here are some samples:
- I am asking to be more understanding of myself and others.
- I am asking to feel safe and secure in my home and family relationships
- I am asking to grounded in myself as life flows and takes me with it.
