Jupiter’s First Steps
The first degrees of any sign is similar to a child taking his first steps, shaky, unstable, learning how to ground and settle in. Jupiter may be the four-leaf clover of the planetary line-up, but even Jove is not without his growing pains.
Jupiter entered Cancer on June 9th, this is a really fortunate move for goodwill Jupiter. Jupiter is associated with expansion, but also integration. Expansion also has a limit to where we grow and how much we can learn. We must also take the time to incorporate how we are growing and what we are learning within ourselves for a more fully integrated, whole individual.
Peak & Fall of Light
The Summer Solstice marks the point where the Sun is at its apex, its greatest power, the day is the longest and night is the shortest. This apex has been building since the Winter Solstice, a return of the light, slowly but surely. Gemini season wraps up in whirlwind fashion, often quite social, transitional and busy. Maybe you have started traveling more during this season, found yourself meeting up with friends more frequently, greater ease at making friends and seeking out new social circles or activities. Gemini season marks the brightest light of the light half of the year.
On the late eve of June 20th this year, the Sun peaks as he crosses over the boundary of Gemini into Cancer. This is the Sun’s longest arc, and from here on out at 10:43 pm ET the descent into darkness begins. And yet, this also marks the first day of summer and Cancer season, which we associate in the northern hemisphere with long, bright, steamy dog days of exponential growth and stimulation. We don’t associate darkness with the Summer Solstice, and this is ok. Interestingly, Cancer’s planetary ruler is not the Sun, but the Moon. The Moon, as we know, is a reflective light of the Sun, not an original light. For us to see it here on Earth, we need it in position to the Sun, and it refracts it phases back to us by the solar light it gathers.
Final Scramble Out of Cancer Season
Cancer Season is winding down, but it does not dive quietly into the zodiac sea. On the last day of Cancer Season, July 21, we get a handful of impactful transits, including the second Capricorn Full Moon. Reminder, we bookended Cancer Season with the opening Capricorn Full Moon, June 21 and now we cap it with a second and final Capricorn Full Moon at the 29th degree. What makes this blue Full Moon even more intriguing is that it is essentially paired with Pluto. On July 22, as Leo Season opens, the Sun in Leo will oppose Pluto. Other intriguing transits on July 21: Uranus will square Mercury in Leo, Jupiter and Venus gently aspect one another, Mars and Pluto meet through a trine. Each aspect is not in a vacuum, but further paint a more complex picture of this full Moon lunation.
Cancer New Moon
The New Moon in Cancer sits at 14 degrees, Jupiter’s exalatation degree, and is bookended by two Capricorn Full Moons. The Moon, the ruling queen of Cancer, is right at home when she touches her king, the Sun. Together the two luminaries mark a new cycle, but a cycle influenced by Saturn, the ruler of both Full Moons on June 21 and July 21st.
I spoke of this New Moon briefly in my Cancer Season post, and even threw some tarot cards for the season. Oddly enough, or not, I threw an inverted 3 of Cups in reflection to this New Moon in Cancer. What is quite interesting is the degree of the New Moon, 14 degrees, which is directly associated with this tarot card. I would like to dive a little deeper into the 3 of Cups and its relation to this Cancer New Moon specifically.
The Sun’s Lunar Journey
A deep exploration of this upcoming Cancer Season’s astrological transits including a double Full Moon in the sign of Capricorn and Saturn’s retrograde. I also explore through tarot, further insight into what this next month may have in store.