New Moon in Cancer: Healing Emotional Ties
With the New Moon in Cancer on June 29th, 2022, many of us are feeling like we are entering into an uncomfortable state, where some of us feel held by the supportive and fierce wave of Cancer and some of us feel this change happening underneath the surface with dashes of play, fun, and open-heartedness with the summer time vibe rolling in.
The New Moon energy is a time of pure yin, where the Moon no longer reflects the Sun’s light onto Earth and we see only darkness. Within this time and abundance of darkness, many of us can feel suspended within liminal space. This liminal space or sometimes called a void can feel uncomfortable. However, we are meant to work alongside nature, not against the flow. To go with the flow of this New Moon energy, we have to understand it better by putting on the universal glasses of the Cancer crab.
During Cancer season (June 21st - July 22nd), the entire world is experiencing the universal wave of Cancer where we may experience, take on, and learn more about the qualities of this zodiac sign.
When understanding this zodiac sign and the qualities that we are meant to embody, learn and integrate into our lives most intimately during this time of the year, we can look to the animal representation of the sign, the Crab.
A water bearer, the one who sits at the bottom, the one who hides, the one who is strong, yet sensitive. A shelled force within the water. Smart and intelligent. Caring, yet fierce. Intuitive, with the ability to tune into the nourishing and nurturing qualities of the Mother archetype. Opposite to the mountain goat of Capricorn, it has the determination and patience similar to the goat but is motivated by relationship, emotional well-being, intuitive knowing, and nurturing service. A shelled force, yet fragile and sensitive. Sometimes the best thing for a crab to do is to reach beyond into the unknown, in order to overcome its fears and insecurities.
The sign Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which rules your emotions, your stomach and digestion, and what foods and activities nourish us. Many of these factors may be highlighted, called to pay attention to, or changed depending on the Moon’s relationship to its natal sign and the transiting New Moon.
Universally, we are experiencing activation of this energy and a call to integrate the parts of this energy that need to be healed, looked at, paid attention to, or changed within ourselves and in the environment.
In this photo, we can see that the transiting Sun and Moon are moving through the 6th house compared to the natal chart.
Individually, we must look at how the planets in Cancer interact with the placements in your chart. One simple way of doing this is by comparing the transiting chart to your own natal chart, then looking to see where the placements fall. We’ll explore how this New Moon in Cancer will manifest in each area of life. We have to also understand that there are many other factors that come into play when these energies manifest in reality — the aspects, the placements, the signs, and the house placements of the natal chart all take affect to the results of the Moon transiting your chart.
I invite you to see how this can inform you to make nurturing and loving intentions for yourself and others throughout the month.
Transiting Moon in the 1st House
With the New Moon moving through the first house, you may experience more focus on the physical body, eating habits, mental-emotional thoughts, and perception. There may be a need to go deeper into any of these things and how we forwardly express ourselves in the world — the mask that we wear may undergo a change and it can be for the better if we intend to.
Transiting Moon in the 2nd House
With the New Moon moving through the second house, you may experience more focus on the emotional process and ties to your resources which include your money, energy, time, and physical resources. Depending on the aspect, this will indicate if it there is more challenge, synergy, or integration needed.
Transiting Moon in the 3rd House
With the New Moon moving through the third house, you may experience more focus on the material you are currently learning and focusing on, the conversations that you’ve had with siblings, and the rudimentary base emotions at the root of complex emotions.
Transiting Moon in the 4th House
With the New Moon moving through the forth house, you may experience more emotional charge surrounding family, emotional internal work, home environment, business, maternal and ancestral relationships, and personal life.
Transiting Moon in the 5th House
With the New Moon moving through the fifth house, you may experience more focus on the emotional relationships between creativity and your true self, heart-centered relationships, child-like behavior, and recreational activities.
Transiting Moon in the 6th House
With the New Moon moving through the sixth house, you may experience more focus on the service that you are meant to provide, dietary and habital changes, and cleansing protocols, especially for emotional healing.
Transiting Moon in the 7th House
With the New Moon moving through the seventh house, you may experience more focus and emotional charge in partnerships, intimate relationships, marriages, opposite dynamics, enemies, and politics in terms of how things are meant to operate in relation to others.
Transiting Moon in the 8th House
With the New Moon moving through the eighth house, you may experience a more in-depth look into your psyche and psychological inner workings. This can bring up urges to change within the realm of sexuality, creative expression, passion, spiritual practices, and ritual.
Transiting Moon in the 9th House
With the New Moon moving through the ninth house, you may experience a spark or motivation to change belief systems, philosophies, or values subscribed to. The deeper reasoning behind this change may be because there is a need to go beyond what one knows and explore the unknown.
Transiting Moon in the 10th House
With the New Moon moving through the tenth house, you experience a release or emotional charge within the realm of career, outward appearance or public identity. There is an important shift happening here with the New Moon transiting within this space — listen intuitively to what you are being presented now.
Transiting Moon in the 11th House
With the New Moon moving through the eleventh house, you experience a focus on community, humanitarian projects, technology, meditation, healing modalities, and self-expression. There can be a shift in the way we emotionally connect to an 11th house area.
Transiting Moon in the 12th House
With the New Moon moving through the twelfth house, you may experience a deeper, more hidden, and subtle shift that may not be revealed until after this season passes. Within the realms of mental health, spiritual development, limiting beliefs or environments, and dreams, we may need to pay more attention to the hints from our emotions that we feel within these areas.
With love,
Linh Le
