Full Moon at 16º of Cancer. 01/06/2023
The first Full Moon of the year acts as an emotional catharsis for us to let the cosmic waters wash away the pain of the realizations and truths about love and care we yearned for, about the safety we require to be ourselves, about home that has to be created within, as it hasn’t been found without. Full Moon in Cancer in the opposition to Mercury retrograde is about the state of being that is deeply observant, that notices our internal workings so much more acutely, that is sensitive enough to notice the smallest signs of needs we have been suppressing for the longest time. The emotional component of this lunation with the slowness of the moment provides us with a perfect recipe for seeing with our hearts and knowing within our bones. Acting should not be a priority right now.
Cancer archetype is about the receptivity to our ancestry, to the idea of home and to the idea of the mother and nurturing. What has been internalized and stored in our subconscious self at an early age, now has an opportunity to come through into the light, so we can engage with the concepts of nurture, home and safety from a more conscious, thus empowered place.
Mercury retrograde in applying conjunction to Sun in Capricorn is about to begin a new cycle that will come to a culmination by mid March on the conjunction in Pisces. Moon in Cancer can be prone to making emotional decisions, but with Sun and Mercury Rx in Capricorn we are asked to regulate our emotional state with grounding practices and conscious planning. Otherwise by the time Sun and Mercury come together in Pisces (March 16th) untying the knot of choices we are making right now will be very difficult.
This lunation forms a rumbling sextile to Uranus in Taurus. The support in breaking through the long standing emotional binds lies in realization that freedom and peace is found in the place of accepting the limitation of others in what they can provide, and acknowledging the bountifulness of what we can provide for ourselves. Cancer Moon in conversation with Uranus finds healing and power through radical compassion for the self that is leaving, and for the self that is emerging, compassion for the limitation of our caregivers and their caregivers is the only way.
The long standing ancestral practices might be going through some major changes for many people. Finding balance between preservation and change is the task of this time. It is a highly volatile process to grow into a conscious and aware ancestor, with both respect for the past and determination for change. Take care of yourself, you are someone’s memory for the ages.