New Moon in Cancer: The Carriage of Blessings

 

'Goddess of Water' by Arus 'Arch' Angchuan

New Moon in Cancer:  The Carriage of Blessings

Moon conjunct Sun- 7/9/21 @ 8:16pm CDT

 

“Human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.” 

--Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction

 

As the heavy squares of the previous lunar cycle relax, Moon moves into her comfort zone of Cancer for renewal.  The Mead Moon gives way to the Blessing Moon’s beginnings in cardinal water…where what is felt is key to the Collective Soul experience.  We may retreat into our innermost cave, feeling around in the dark for something familiar.  We may find our comfort in family, ancestral roots guiding us toward a feeling of home.  Or we may feel like floating along on a current of creativity with this Moon carrying the blessings of a Uranus sextile into a flowing water trine with Neptune Retrograde. 

However you feel through this experience, this New Moon is gently guiding us to relax with her as she recharges with the Sun.  And couldn’t we all use a little break after the fixed squares amplified some of the harder lessons of this year?  Cancer Moon, like a caring mother, embraces us and says ‘change is good medicine, especially when we integrate it through rest.’

This is a good time to reconnect with water…the water you carry within you and the water you interact with in your environment.  Not only does some form of water cover four-fifths of our world, but our bodies are made up of roughly 60% water.  Water is in our brain, our heart, our lungs…even in our bones.  We are carriers of water…this primordial substance which does not die, but only transforms.  We are immersed in its life-giving blessings from our very beginnings in the womb of our mother. 

Water is so natural to us, that we sometimes forget how integral it is to who we are.  Like the Soul, it is everlasting…and speaks through us and to us in subtle, often quiet ways…like gentle undercurrents weaving through the dizzying din of earthly interaction.  The carriage of our matter holds it for a time, and then releases it to new form…just as Soul carries on through many incarnations.  Both water and Soul carry memory of where it has been…and of what was felt.  The journey of water, just as the journey of Soul, is long and winding.  It is not like the direct path of Spirit…as Soul, like water, takes its time in the depths of experience.  This New Moon in the watery, lunar sign of Cancer connects us with that felt experience that is, as David James Duncan has called it, ‘indestructibly alive and interior’.

We are water lovers here in our family, where we bless water with words of love and gratitude.  You may recognize the animation of Soul within water as well, depending on how deep you immerse yourself in the flow of this restful beginning.  Some of us may even feel inclined to initiate this Blessing Moon with a ritual bath or by sending intentional blessings through our nearest body of water. 

 

Moon and Sun in Cancer 19

Sabian Symbol-  ‘a priest performing a marriage ceremony’

 

'Handfasting' by Lorraine Imwold

Like the couple who wishes to sanctify their union through ritual ceremony officiated by a Priest or Priestess, Moon and Sun join together in this degree through the sacred bond of Soul and Spirit.  But to solidify such a commitment, a sacred container is created to hold it…’till death do us part’.  This sacred container is the Matter (Earth) which brings Soul and Spirit together to be embodied in our world…giving it tangible substance through which this Sacred Marriage can interact with and fully experience earthly life. 

As we experience the blessings of this New Moon, recognizing the sacredness of our emotional bonds with those dear to us may become priority.  We may make vows, either to ourselves or others, that carry on to create something larger than ourselves.  This New Moon is a perfect time for ceremony or ritual (large or small, officiated or not) where we make sacred a commitment that comes from the heart.  If there is something arising within you that you want to commit yourself to during this Blessing Moon cycle, the few days following this New Moon are potent for such initiations. 

 

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi