Cancer New Moon ~ June 2020

The spiritual connection focus of this New Moon gives you an opportunity to spend time developing and renewing your awareness of yourself and what you consider to be Divine.

Those who are water signs (Cancer, Pisces, and Scorpio) or who have Cancer, Aries, Libra or Capricorn in their astrological natal charts, will feel this New Moon significantly. 

Cancerian energy is usually conceptually centred on nurturing, stability and support.  It is considered a Divine Feminine energy – Grandmother or Mother Moon.  As such, your attention will be torn between “mothering” and in shadow form, “smothering”.  This New Moon encourages you to see what type of “Mother” you are – whether you have children or not – because the care, empowerment and action will be turning inwards.

It will be a battle of mothering stereotypes.  The next six months will be influenced by your strength during this New Moon.  Will meek and mild or freakily wild be your strength?  How can you acknowledge and use these (and all the stereotypes in between) to your advantage?

Be willing to look beyond and understand your motivations this month.  Take responsibility for your choices (past and present). Develop personal awareness without becoming your own worst critic. Learning the lesson will help you make changes for a more secure way forward.  Be willing to change.

During the four weeks influenced by this Cancer New Moon, you are being provided with a new cycle of abundance.  Are you open to receiving this?  You will be confronted with your blockages and all that is stopping you from receiving.  However, how you react to those blockages will determine your cycle.  Would you choose to begin to heal them or would you strengthen those fears?  Finding what makes you strong, will provide encouragement and support. 

You may also notice that there are those who turn to you for encouragement and support.  Are you willing to share your knowledge and truth? Not to be ‘better’ than others but to share your understandings to bless others.

A short healing ritual you may like to try either as an individual or in a small group.

Items required:

1. A shell or pretty cup/chalice filled with drinkable water
2. Candle – silver, green, violet or aquamarine – and candleholder
3. Matches/lighter
4. Cancerian Crystals – (see list later in the article)
5. Paper and pen

Sequence:

Some everyday activities which you can use to honour/meditate with this energy.

• Try out a fabulous new recipe for yourself and/or family and friends.
• Visit a Sacred Space (especially near water) physically or in your meditations.
• Be industrious – domestic goddess duties are highlighted.
• Indulge yourself with a sleep–in (but don’t miss important appointments!)
• Visit or phone your Mother or Mothering Figure.  Honour her contribution to your life.  If you are a woman, book a mammogram at this time – or start your monthly ritual of checking your breasts for lumps.
• Visit a nursing home or hospital, your workplace or favourite store – take a basket of goodies to share.
• In the garden, Moon in Cancer is a time of planting as it is the most fertile time!
• Recycle, reuse, repurpose.  Hold a Swap Meet – remember, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
• Enhance your home’s comfort and security with repairs and maintenance.

With the energy of this Cancer New Moon

My shadow self is under the spotlight

I hear it asking: Is this right?

Please help me search within and without

And then remove all my self-doubt.

As above, so below, let it harm none, please make it so.

When the Moon is in Cancer, you may observe people, projects and places require extra support and nurturing.  This is the most fertile sign of the Zodiac as Cancer Moon embodies the Mother aspect of the Goddess.  Be aware of whether the energy is smothering or mothering – one reduces energy and the other expands.  

Particularly beneficial for all forms of Kitchen and Garden witchcraft, this is a perfect time to buy or bless any magickal tools involving cauldrons, chalices or other objects you associate with Water.

The Cancer New Moon is beneficial for magick concerning:

• Divination
• Understanding self
• Consecration rituals, baptisms and initiations
• Calling forth the rain
• Reconnecting to tradition, your land or to a particular pantheon
• Transition rituals related to puberty and especially menopause.

This healing list is FREE for any and all who wish to receive Reiki over the 72 hours commencing on 20^th June, 2020 

The beauty of a healing event is that there is no need to ATTEND, only INTEND to receive its benefit.

A New Moon Healing event uses the energies of the New Moon to further personal and spiritual development. The easiest way to engage with energetic healing is to give your permission. I have a crystal grid set up and the energy has been asked to be sent to and received by any who wish to receive.

Receiving the healing energy simply requires your permission. 

You do this by stating: I allow and receive all healing energy I require.

Simple, yes?

Some people like to take this further by:

• sitting in the moonlight and meditating
• creating their own crystal grid
• writing in their journal
• looking after their own body – water, sleep and recreation
• finding ways to express themselves
• encouraging themselves to be aware.

If you find yourself feeling anxious and fearful, put your shoulders back, breathe deeply and say out loud: “I am the powerful creator of my Universe. I choose my co-creators wisely.”