Welcome to 🌊 CANCER SEASON
Your monthly deep dive into the current astrological season.
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Like a true Virgo rising, I spent a lot of time going back and forth on how I wanted to format this offering for you. Ultimately I decided to begin our “month” at the start of each sun season. My monthly newsletter will hit your inbox the day the sun dances into a new sign ❊ So here we are, the first day of Cancer Season.
It feels fitting that I am launching this new endeavor on the summer solstice. The longest day of the year. Peak yang/fulfillment energy. This day is a celebration of solar energy and that which creates, generates, and fulfills.
I’ve recently been studying practices within the Wuxing & Taoism philosophy. I’m interested in exploring how the elements and seasons are expressed in our physical bodies and the world around us. Through this system, summer is represented by the element of fire. Which makes a lot of sense. It is peak yang energy, activating, motivating, and a full expression of sorts.
One of my favorite ways of moving through the astrological seasons (aries to taurus to gemini to cancer and so on…) is to pay attention to the shift from yin to yang. Yin is more downward moving, grounding, cooling energy. While yang is activating, uplifting and heating energy. Water and earth are considered yin. Fire and air are considered yang.
The zodiacal year starts with yang Aries fire, then grounds into yin Taurus earth, it picks back up with yang Gemini air, and then cools down with yin Cancer water. Then the cycle repeats again and again. Moving us through the seasons keeping our energy balanced through the yin and yang cycles.
So here we are. The peak of summer heat, but in the beginning of a water season. Interesting. I love to think of the magic of Cancer season as hydration. This cooling, nostalgic, nurturing energy that reminds us to tend to our inner waters while we embrace the heat of the sun and longer days around us.
Major Lunations of Cancer Season:
🌕 Full Moon in Capricorn #1 (6.21)
🌗 Last Quarter Moon in Aries (6.28)
🌑 New Moon in Cancer (7.5)
🌓 First Quarter Moon in Libra (7.13)
🌕 Full Moon in Capricorn #2 (7.21)
This month we have a rare double full moon in Capricorn. This happens when the first full moon occurs right as the sun moves into a new sign, giving the moon time to make an extra lap within that sign.
With this happening in Capricorn, there is an emphasis on creating a strong foundation for our goals…more on that coming in your weekly email.
All of the major lunations this month are happening in Cardinal signs, giving us a lot of good energy for starting new projects, initiating change, and taking leaps of faith!
Top Transits of the Cancer Season (June 20 - July 21) :
Saturn stations Retrograde (6.29)
Neptune stations Retrograde (7.2)
Mercury enters Leo (7.2)
Venus enters Leo (7.11)
Mars conjunct Uranus
Mars enters Gemini (7.20)
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Each month, paid subscribers will have access to a monthly recorded movement practice. This month the practice will be open to everyone to celebrate solstice and sacred seasons 🌀 We will be doing a balancing flow to cultivate an awareness between yin / yang + water / fire within the body.
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What is Sacred Seasons:
SS is a monthly + weekly newsletter bringing you insight into the energetic, physical and astrological cycles around you. I offer tools, practices, and resources to help you stay grounded and glowing through the changing seasons. thanks for being here <3