Astro-Themes & Insights

NURTURING, HOME AND FAMILY

Cancer Season flows in with a soft, incubating hug. The energy feels a bit different than the last four weeks, as we venture into a new Cardinal sign. Things begin to ease and our desire to pull inward is only heightened as we seek emotional safety. Cancer is lunar by rulership and by nature. It, like the Moon, goes through phases, ebbing and flowing in and out of time, space, and feelings. Cancer is nurturing, yes, but it would be a disservice to not also mention its creative and youthful sensibility. In order to learn to nurture, we must first learn to nurture our inner child. Through Cancer Season we are gifted the opportunity to tune into what we desire and hope for most, and to satisfy the hopes of the child within.

WORK WITH CANCER SEASON

While the Sun travels through loving and nourishing Cancer, we turn our attention to the themes of Home and Family. The craving for ourselves to go within our inner sanctums is undeterred. We welcome the vast ocean that is our softness and our emotions, as we envelop ourselves in the true nature of this Watery Archetype. Below are ways to work with Cancer Season:

1. Lunar Awareness
Tracking the Moon is easy with the Moon Calendar, Digital Calendar, or Planner. Take 5 minutes every day and journal/reflect on the sign or phase that the Moon happens to be in. Then, write or take note of how you feel. Learn to attune yourself to the natural rhythms.

2. Kitchen Witchery
If you have space, connect with what nourishes your body — food, herbs, water, and otherwise. Spend time preparing and nurturing a meal from start to finish. Infuse each step or ingredient with an intention or desire. Consume the meal or serve it to others with the idea that the intention will come to fruition.

3. Mending Mondays
Mondays are the day of the Moon, which rules Cancer. Every Monday during Cancer Season, engage in an activity that you find to be restorative. Focus on your well-being and ways in which you can mend your body, mind, heart, and soul.

4. Domestic Bliss
Make your home or safe space a priority this season! Focus on beautifying your home or engaging in domestic activities that make your space feel more relaxing. Deepen your relationship with your sanctuary. Try burning candles with notes of jasmine or bring fresh flowers into the home!

With softness, I find my strength. My vulnerability is less a weakness and more a facet of myself that deserves to be witnessed and seen. The ocean within me calms as I restore my vessel and nurture it in love, rest, and family (given or chosen). My safety is claimed, and I am gifted unending bliss in that safety.

Read more about the Sun’s transit through Cancer here.

The Moon's Movements 

CAPRICORN FULL MOON

JUN 21 6:08PM PDT / JUN 22 3:08AM CEST / JUN 22 11:08AM AEST

Illumination: My dreams become manifest when I consider the ripple effect of my actions.

CANCER NEW MOON

JUL 5 3:57PM PDT / JUL 6 12:57AM CEST / JUL 6 8:57AM AEST

Reflection: I deepen my emotional intelligence through active participation with my loved ones.

CAPRICORN FULL MOON

JUL 21 3:17AM PDT / JUL 21 12:17PM CEST / JUL 21 8:17PM AEST

Illumination: Releasing control over the outcome allows for wondrous possibilities and collaborations.

Cancer's Medicinal Mushroom & Botanicals

Lions Mane  (Hericium erinaceus)

Main Modern Use:
Immune system support, gut health, cancer treatment support, blood sugar lowering.

Planet:
MOON - Governs fluid rise and fall, blood, lymph, lactation, digestion, body cycles and rhythms.

Sign:
CANCER - Nurturing, soft, unwavering. Cancer is nourishing, deeply receptive, the mothering womb. It governs the stomach, mucous membranes, breasts, lower lung lobes, upper liver lobes and the uterus.

Pairing Notes:
Fluid, soft and nourishing. Moon governs fluid. Cancer as a cardinal water sign rules the fluids of the body, the stomach, breasts, nourishment. This shroom can also be paired with Gemini (rules lung lobes), Virgo (rules liver), Scorpio (governs reproductive system).

Botanicals:
Blue Lotus (Nymphaea Caerulea), Moonwort (Botrychium Lunaria) and Jasmine (Jasminum Spp.). Ruled by the Moon & Cancer, these botanicals accompany you for moon and womb connection, intuition support and mood improvement.

Dive deeper into Cancer's Medicinal Mushroom Turkey Tail here.

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