Could you use a breather and an emotional reset?
That’s what the energy indicated by today’s New Moon in Cancer invites us to do.
As a small example of this, last week my local community received the abrupt news that this will be the final year of our local July 4th festival, which has run every year for almost 60 years.
Immediately a grassroots effort began to save the festival. Many residents didn’t know the festival is run by volunteers and that there is a dire shortage of them. That, combined with lack of funding, caused an Obstruction.
It has been heartwarming to see many people in the community come together to volunteer and raise money to save this charming festival, especially during these times when there is so much polarity at the national level.
It is the epitome of a Cancer type of activity – a community banding together to preserve one of its important traditions.
Today’s New Moon in Cancer occurs in the Obstruction part of Cancer, which is hexagram 39 of the I Ching.
Through introspection an external obstacle becomes “an occasion for inner enrichment and education. … An obstruction that lasts only for a time is useful for self-development. This is the value of adversity.” (The I Ching, Richard Wilhelm translation).
The New Moon in Cancer creates a brief, nurturing pause before the action-packed Mars-Uranus conjunction in Taurus perfects on July 15.
I admit I’m not looking forward what some of the headlines will be like during those several days.
But the reflections and intentions set during the New Moon in Cancer can be grounded in Taurus’s earthy energy, which will provide emotional resilience and practical readiness.to face the Mars-Uranus conjunction.
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