Cancer Full Moon/Aquarius New Moon

CANCER FULL MOON/ AQUARIUS NEW MOON

The Full Moon falls in Cancer 14 degrees on January 4. The Capricorn Sun and the Cancer Moon are in opposition. The cosmic principles of Father/ Mother, spirit/ matter, will/ love are in dynamic tension. Their polarities are wanting to be balanced, harmonized and integrated. With the Moon in its ruling sign Cancer it is in its greatest strength and power. Cancer Full Moons occur once a year. It is emphasizing our collective need to connect more deeply with soul and nature. This represents the deeper aspect of our being that needs nurturing and healing. To live one’s life with soul is to simplify and get back to basics. Growing and cooking your own food, hiking in nature, reducing the technology in your life, reading a good book, etc.
The keyword for this New Moon is Revelation. Revelation has to do with turning your attention within and connecting with and trusting your feelings and emotions. They are the expression of your soul. It is a part of you to open up to your inner insights that are important for you to recognize. It is part of your process of awakening. It is time to make it conscious.
Pluto conjuncts the Sun in its opposition to the Moon and together they square the North and South Nodes of the Moon in Libra and Aries respectively. The North Node or Dragon’s Head represents where we want to grow and evolve and improve. The South Node or Dragon’s Tail represents the past and that which we are wanting to let go of. The South Node also conjuncts Uranus activating the Uranus/ Pluto square intensively at this Full Moon. What is formed is a cardinal grand cross which represents conflicts of will. These conflicts concern the past and the future, the outer and the inner and selfishness and competition with harmony and cooperation. It is time for enlightened change.
The New Moon this month falls in Aquarius 0 degrees on January 20. This time for planting the seeds of intention is about recognizing within ourselves and within life the fundamental principles of creative intelligence. We are creator beings–we are wired to create. What we sometimes create could be questionable in terms of value –and guess what–we can even create problems and difficulties. Unfortunately these negative expressions of creativity are very apparent in our world. But it is very important that we discover individually and collectively our creativity. We need to feed and give expression to this very important part of ourselves.
The keyword for this New Moon is Originality. This originality is the expression of our genius and creativity. It is the archetype of the inventor that is manifesting that which is new and different and ahead of its time. Start finding ways and means that you can express more of your individuality through what you do. It can be quite fulfilling.
The Sun/ Moon conjunction in Aquarius 0 degrees is sextiling Saturn, the primary ruler of Aquarius. Saturn is the planet of manifesting and expresses the character qualities of organization, self discipline, patience and perseverance. These are the keys to manifesting. Mercury and Venus are also in Aquarius adding additional stimulation to our creative thinking and feeling. It is time to start something new that is important to you.