Each New Moon is a start or a restart and has an energy that is like a seed that is planted or a realization that starts to form, ready to be manifested. The energies are usually felt 2-3 days prior to the day of the lunation and continue to flow for a period of two weeks until the Full Moon.
A complex New Moon in Cancer took place on June 28th.
The New Moon takes place with the lights of two planets (Jupiter and Venus) at the 7th degree, all forming a small triangle between four Zodiac signs. Because this New Moon is particularly complicated and multi-faceted, I have chosen to describe its energies in a more symbolic way.
Looking at Her chart is like seeing a tapestry of disconnected images, but all painted by the hand and imagination of a single artist.
It’ s about everything that has to do with feminine principle and motherhood. It’ s a sensitive and wild moon. It has exuberance and a fighting spirit as well as intense introversion.
She harbours anger in her Mars square Pluto, but she also wants to be nurturing. She involves the clash of the feminine side full of intuition with the masculine force of brute will. It’s dreamy and nightmarish at the same time. She has love hidden in the whispers of the night only for those few who would keep their ears open.
The central image is that of a pregnant woman. She’s in her 7 month and she protectively wraps her arms around her bulging belly — every New Moon in Cancer is about motherhood and nurturing. The woman’s need to protect the life she carries inside her is so strong, that she will not hesitate to defend her baby if it is in danger at all costs.
Next to her is an image of a Black Madonna, and on the other side there is a half-naked woman-warrior wearing the skulls of dead enemies around her waist like a belt. These are images of the dark Lilith, which in conjunction with the New Moon symbolizes two opposing energies at the same time.
On one hand she is the emancipated Woman and Mother who does not submit to social norms or to male patronage, and who defies every authority that tries to control her. It is the hidden power that every Woman has inside her when she feels her baby is threatened and that can transform her within seconds into a fearless fighter ready for anything.
On the other hand, Lilith is the raw feminine force and, in her attempt to throw off submission in the name of her liberation, can choose to reject motherhood and the traditional feminine roles altogether, turning to an unconventional lifestyle that is unruly.
Jupiter square the New Moon exaggerates the feminine energies. Everything takes on a dramatic, hypersensitive character. A woman’s tear joins the cry of a baby, every need is overemphasized.
You crave to feel cared for and safe, as you feel so unprotected that you could break… On the other hand, you thirst to feel the power of your unbridled Lilith, as you feel her calling…
Another symbolic image.
A procession.
A priest leads a small group of young women. In his hand he holds a banner with number 7 on it, and he seeks a place worthy and sacred to protect the women.
The women are 7, dressed in long dresses, and in their hands they each hold a small vial of essential oils. They draw the eyes of men as they walk, and they exchange brief words with them, a little on the sly, a bit flippantly.
Their inner conflict is whether to stay in their emotional shell, traditionally seeking security in a future family, versus daring to leave the procession and enjoy the fun and flirtation that the outside world offers.
You have 7 wishes, 7 desires, 7 realizations. This New Moon takes you to the past…
It flows from the river of unconsciousness and waters the fertile grass of what you dream of becoming. Memories, nostalgia, the smell of the wood floor and the light coming through the window of your childhood become one with the dreams you have today.
You have 7 different feminine aspects and the dreams you see will be significant with this New Moon… They are numerous, they are wild, they are untamed. Indulge in them without worrying that the boogeyman will come out of the closet. Follow the path of memory back… and rediscover your past. Discover how critical and important your innermost feelings are, and why they shape your future.
Make sure you control your emotions under this Moon. Discover your feminine power and choose tenderness instead of wasting your energy on something not worthwhile.
Take care of yourself and your sensitivity first. You are the feminine, complex, multi-faceted… no one can describe you. Only you!
Andrew Ifandis
Astrologer
www.cosmosofastrology.com
