Here we are at the summer solstice and the official beginning of Cancer season.
It seems like just yesterday it was the winter solstice and I was standing in the front yard watching Santa go by on a fire truck. Today I’m in the front yard tending – and talking to – pumpkin plants and petunias.
I felt waterlogged most of this week. The moment Venus and Mercury entered Cancer on Monday, the shift from the air of Gemini to the waters of Cancer found me taking as many as two naps a day.
Because Cancer has caretaking qualities I’ve even find myself looking up recipes online, which normally isn’t my thing.
The best way to understand a sign is to compare it to its opposite, which in this case is Capricorn.
With the Capricorn full moon happening tommorow, this is a perfect time to reflect on what has been happening in the Capricorn area of your life since the winter solstice.
Because I’m an introverted intuitive type and tend to focus on the future, I have developed an appreciation for the winter solstice and its promise of increasing light that builds up to the summer solstice.
Now that the summer solstice is here, which correlates with hexagram 15: Moderation, I want to slow down. I like using astrology as a way to process the present and better understand what is unfolding moment to moment.
A noble one is inwardly as self-sufficient as a mountain and firm as bedrock; she has quietly built up the inner resources to sustain an intelligent, centred generosity. She reduces exaggeration and brings things back to a state of equilibrium, weighing up what is needed from moment to moment, and always referring back to that inner balance point.
I Ching: Walking Your Path, Creating Your Future by Hilary Barrett
That quote is a wonderful way to describe the energy of Cancer in constrast to Gemini season.
Which inner resources are you quietly building up?
As fun as the exaggerations in Gemini may have been, which ones will you start reducing and bring back to a state of equilibrium?
What does your inner balance point feel like in your body?
WHAT I OFFER:
Consultations:
Astrology Consultations (including a package deal option)
Writing:
Subscribe to the Reading in Depth monthly newsletter
Get Blog Posts by Email
Index to my popular blog posts about personality typology
