New Moon in Cancer on Saturday July 14th

The next New Moon forms on Saturday, July 14 at 5:04 AM PDT at 22º Cancer. New Moons are always good times to envision our future and set new intentions. A New Moon in Cancer invites us to reflect on the current level of sustenance in our lives. Are we taking good care of our body? Are we conscious of our thoughts? Our feelings? Our soul desires? What are we yearning for? This New Moon reminds us of the importance of monitoring each level of our being.

What we need changes. Like the crab, we must periodically molt and let go of what has defined and protected us, in order to grow. What was once beneficial later becomes constrictive and even toxic. We outgrow clothes, jobs, relationships, and paradigms. The crab offers further analogies. If we have too thick a shell, we become isolated and imprisoned in our own little world. Too thin a shell, and we are unable to meet life’s challenges. Too far from the water, too removed from our emotions, and we shrivel rather than thrive. Where this New Moon falls in your chart is where you are requiring extra nourishment and preparing to go to the next level.

Pluto at 27º Sagittarius is very close to the Galactic Center (exact on July 17th); such a conjunction, which only occurs every 240 years, represents the closing of an era and the dismantling of the beliefs and structures that supported it. This is the second of Pluto’s three exact alignments to the Galactic Center (GC) at 26º56’ Sagittarius. The first was on December 29, 2006; the third will be on October 26, 2007. Like remodeling a house, things can get quite messy until the new constructs are in place. Pluto also represents the shadow and the necessity to confront all that has been suppressed in order to ascend to a more unified level of consciousness. The mythic Lord of Death and Rebirth reminds us that, just as there is no real death but only transformation, there is no real darkness—only places where light (i.e. consciousness) has not yet shone. Pluto’s conjunction with the GC activates our cellular memories of other times and dimensions, holding open a door to a much more expanded awareness of who we really are and why we came to planet Earth.

It’s never been easier to move beyond our wounding and into our wholeness. Our feelings will guide us, like a Geiger counter, toward what we need now. Listen to your body, watch your day and night dreams, and remember: "You grow only by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.” (John Irving)

Namaste,

Stephanie Austin
Stephanie@EcoAstrology.com
www.ecoastrology.com