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Tonight/Tomorrow’s New Moon in Cancer @2:25BST (21:25EST) accents
deeply emotional reactions to issues that can make one feel defensive
and want to crawl back into the proverbial crab shell. There's also a
tendency to be impressionable, absorbing other's emotions easily.
Psychic interconnection heightens when Sun and Moon are in Cancer - all of which may or may not be a good thing, depending upon how this profound sensitivity to others is used.
Sun & Moon, ‘The Lights’, are also making a several complex
connections in the sky, involving a helpful aspect to karmic Saturn, as
well as being conjunct both, informative Mercury and dynamic Mars; these
'relationship' planets are also in Cancer, sparking off a potential new
and passionate way of communicating how one cares, which is hopefully
with creativity and kindness (perhaps even in reaction to all the
heavier degradation we see around). And even though some interactions
may raise the temperature, the trick is to catch any anger, or
resentement and redirect any hot-headed passion (encountered or
generated) into creative pursuits that make everyone feel secure.
All these planets in Cancer can also bring out a mothering instinct
that kicks into action to relieve suffering, show mercy, and nurture and
look after others as if they were family. This is the way of ‘The
Bodhisattva’, a person who defers Buddhahood in preference to being a
source of unconditional love, for all beings – not just human beings.
This New Moon also sparks the infamous 7-hit Uranus-Pluto square (the
vibration of which lingers into 2018), which has been representing
society’s radical changes, through technology (among other things). Our
own ability to be the agent of our own change and exercise compassionate
in any given situation may seem like a lot to ask for, but the heavens
do tend to incline and not compel.
Lastly, this lunation also
sees one of the year's most important Buddhist Wheel-Turning days,
Chökhor Düchen, on the 20th July. , The 4th day of the 6th month in the
Tibetan Calendar, is a karma-mulitplied day, commemorating the Buddha’s
first teaching on ‘The Four Nobel Truths’. It is also when The Lights
make their first positive aspect to each other enroute to a
heart-healing Full Blue moon, July 31st.
Thanks to unknown artist for artwork of Kwan Yin, 'The One who Hears the Cries of the World' _/♡\_
One
of the main Buddhist principles, that of cultivating ‘loving kindness’,
Metta Bhavana, towards all beings, is epitomized by the empathetic
zodiac sign Cancer, symbolic of familial sustenance and support. Both,
Sun and Moon are now in watery Cancer with a new Moon on Sunday/Monday
7-8th July, at 8:13BST, creating a triple whammy cosmic reminder (as
Moon rules Cancer) to look after all beings, as a mother would her child.
Sensitivity is magnified and emotions heightened as Sun and Moon form
one of two 'Grand Water Trines' currently blessing our heavens. By
connecting to shamanic Chiron in magical and compassionate Pisces and
the destiny-fulfilling North Node in perceptive Scorpio, the lights –
Sun and Moon - spotlight the need to practice loving kindness, with a
focus upon our own hearts and plant the seed of love, with the healing
and well-being of others as our motivation.
Three other
planets, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune triangulate earlier degrees of
water signs, adding to an intuitive pyramid power that inspires
generosity, imagination, and karmic responsibility. This phenomenal and
long lasting emphasis on the water element accents universal
interconnectedness (which may even be reflected environmentally in the
weather, either in a need/or lack of water or overflow). Also, feelings
we cannot put into words and/or overwhelming emotions can, with a
little training, raise intuition, psychic insight, and a direct hotline
to Divine bliss. Even in the face of recent events around the beloved
Bodhi Tree in BodhGaya, developing a warm heart and gently tuning into a
peaceful rhythm of life, helps one to be extend loving kindness beyond
self, family, tribe or nation, to embrace all beings, no matter the
culture, race, gender or background.
“May you be filled with loving kindness.
May you be safe from inner and outer dangers.
May you be well in body and mind.
May you be at ease and happy.” _/\_
With love & new Cancer Moon blessings
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In the Buddhist tradition, due to countless
rebirths, we view all beings as having been our protective gentle
mother, someone who has unconditionally taken care of us as best she
could. Even if you don’t take on board the concept of reincarnation,
this kind of thinking is helpful when dealing with difficult or
frustrating situations or relationships (even if with one’s own mother
in this lifetime). When we recall our Mother’s sympathy and
kind-heartedness as we were growing-up, it becomes easier to generate
the wish to repay such benevolence, by developing compassion, patience
and love towards others.
I mention this now before a new moon
at 26 Cancer (5:23am British summer time, 19th July) which highlights
past memories, as well as emotional sensitivity and family connections,
be it immediate or global family, as Cancer is ruled by the moon,
doubling the intensity of any sentiment.
This new moon, hot
on the heels of yesterday’s powerful ‘Cardinal Cross of the Central Spiritual Sun’, provides intuitive strength and determination to
square-up to and act upon what may appear to be hard and difficult
issues (especially during a Mercury retrograde); while the Cancerian
influence also reminds us to watch hasty moves and show care to self and
others, just as a Mother would her child.
Image is of Tara: The Mother of Perfected Wisdom _(♥)_
