NEW MOON IN CANCER: HEARING YOUR OWN COMPASS

The New Moon, Mercury Retrograde, some practical examples of both playing out in real time. Doors to Moon Oracle open on Tuesday's New Moon, you can read all about it here and if you are interested, do join the waitlist for the earlybird special, you'll find it at the bottom of the sales page. 

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Hi, how are you? Missed you. Hope you're really, really well. I wanna talk today about the new moon in Cancer, which is happening on Tuesday. So for much of this week, we will be in this new moon phase. It's What's cheeky about it is that retrograding Mercury is also conjunct the sun and the moon. So it's a real part of the new moon story, which I love. Um, all of this week Oh, it's probably like day nine now. I've been, um, completely solo. My excellent child has been, um, away. And I was just thinking about it during the week. It's so funny, like, I've literally been at home inside. Well, I ventured out into the yard, but for, for, like, nine days. So it's so Cancerian, you know. Cancer, the crab, is its own home, and that's exactly what I've been doing. I've been tending to my sanctuary. I've been really regenerating within my space, and it's been such a restorative week. I've gotten so much done. Um, and something that I wanna really just mention, sometimes when we, we, me, people visualize or talk about or think about Cancer, all the water signs, but especially Cancer, there, there can be this, this sense of... And it's an archetype that we all have, right? We have all 12 of them in our chart. There's this sense of passivity or, oh, I'm just at home, um, lying down. That's what Cancer is. And it's like, not, not at, not at all. Like, Cancer begins here, winter, which is so fitting, and Cancer on the, in the Northern Hemisphere begins with the summer solstice. It begins summer. It's a cardinal sign. The cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn, they're initiating. They're action-orientated. Um, they do it in different elements, like different flavors, but cardinal begins. It gets things done. It's not passive. And so something that I, I just really wanted to mention is that, and that this sort of internal reflectivity, receptivity is not a passive experience. Uh, as I was saying a couple of weeks ago with when we were discussing Mercury in retrograde- it's also not a passive experience, you know? Certainly part of how it plays up is, plays out, sorry, is through memory. Um, and I was saying, 'cause my Mercury's also retrograde in Cancer in my natal chart. I, I, it's always a time that I mark in my calendar because I just find it's very... It just f- it fits my mental temperature. Like, it fits my communicative temperature, and I always find it to be a very creative time, and I've done so much writing and so much, like, writing work, um, for my work, but also journaling, uh, in this time. Another thing that I've really noticed, 'cause I know for quite a lot of people it's been a, a strong one, um, I had been, I would say, ruminating on a particular thing in the week or two leading up to Mercury going retrograde. And then I, it was, like, four or fi- five days into the retrograde and I realized I haven't thought about this thing once, which was beautiful and excellent. It's like it just removed the noise, um, this almost, like, static layer of noise. And it's kind of crept back in, but in a way where it's like, okay, why does this keep- Coming up. What, what's here? What is the action that I need to take? Or, or what am I not sitting with? Like, what am I not seeing about this situation? It, it's like I haven't fully closed the loop on it, or I hadn't fully closed the loop on it, and so it kept reappearing and reappearing so that I'd almost just, like, thread it and, and finish, finish with it. Um, end it. Um, let, let it go, you know, would be another way of saying that. So interested to hear how all of this has been for you So where all of this energy lands in your life is obviously very dependent on where you have cancer. So again, for me, a lot of what, where this is playing out right now is in my 10th house, which is related to work. So it's fitting that I've been at home, um, alone, which is, you know, a luxury for me, um, and is also a big part of how I regenerate my energy. And I've really been plowing through in a f- in a, in an enjoyable way my work and all the things that I'm preparing. One of which is Moon Oracle, which is my intuition course that I've mentioned on here that actually will open, um, on the new moon, or the doors will open. You'll be able to, um, secure your place on Tuesday. And it just feels like, I mean, it's just, of course, it opens on a new moon in Cancer, which is such a natural time of really being aware of how we nourish ourselves, what we need to nourish ourselves, again, in whatever area this falls. Like, I think I was saying, or maybe I was saying it to a friend, with that full moon in Capricorn almost two weeks ago, it was so interesting to just observe how much I personally, and I know a lot of you, were in that sort of action energy, that Capricorn, um, gotta do, this is, this is what the, these are my obligations and responsibilities, gotta put my energy here, really has this ability to override how it's feeling and, and certainly override the need for rest. It learns all of these things. I'm not talking about Capricorns here. I'm talking about the archetype. And for me, it was like I just had this, um- It felt like this swirl of murkiness, murky emotion that I was, I kept overriding, and I didn't know what it was, and so I spent time there um, submerged in it, and it was great. There was so much information there, and cleared a lot of space just by getting to hang out in the, what lived there. There's intelligence there. There's information there. You know, our inner world is the compass. Um, when, when, when we're nourishing our inner world, our emotions When we're tending to our sanctuary, internal and our, our domestic one, we're really, really also tending to our connection with our intuition and the relationship that we have to it. If we're really able to get busy and tend to the outer world, we will feel a disconnection to ourselves. And what Moon Oracle is, and it, and it's happening for August and most of Leo season, and a little bit of Virgo season, it is about that really getting very, very clear on how you best process your stuff, on what you actually need by way of your moon to nourish. Like, what does that look like for you? This sort of one-size-fits-all of, oh, do this type of meditation, or do this kind of morning practice, that will make you feel intuitive, is just It's not a one-size-fit- fits-all. You know, getting to see so many charts is really getting to see how intricate and specific each of our, um, intuitive makeups are, is. Said that weirdly, but I think you know what I mean. Um- So on Tuesday, for so much of this week while we're in this new m- moon phase, it's like how can you attend to your inner home? Because doing that, taking that action, again, it's a cardinal sign. It requires a level of doing. It's not passive. You know? And, and for a lot of us, the, the action, the doing is actually making the time to do the thing You know, to actually go, "Okay, I, I just need 10 minutes for myself," somehow that's a very difficult thing for a lot of us to do, weirdly. But by attending to our inner home, it's always gonna reveal honest, clear signals, which is your compass. You might need to sort of wade through a level of murkiness if there's some sort of, um, buildup of emotional storms that we haven't been tending to. But, you know, the presence, the feeling of the thing, you're, you're able to move through it quite quickly So, and I think, like, again, having the sun, the moon, and retrograding Mercury all together, like, it is very, it feels very internal. Again, it's gonna be different for all of us. What the retrograde element is doing, 'cause the sun and the moon are together, they're, they're comfortable together here, like, they're cohe- they're in coherence with one another in this archetype. So there's a natural desire to, whether it's be more reflective or to be at, within the home, or to be wherever it falls in your chart. But the energy supports this, right? And it's like the, the retrograde motion is allowing us to really get to the heart of what actually needs our attention And in a sense, it's like really relieving us of what doesn't need our attention or what has, what needs to, to, to go. You know, with my example that I gave before, at first it sort of, it, it went and it was a relief. And then when it started to come back, it was like, "Okay, what, what's here? I really, really need to sit with this. I really need to practice a level of, um, discipline as well when, when, when this arises within my mind." I'm sure a lot of you have been through that situation where, uh, you need to, yeah, be in, be in command of the mental space rather than letting it just, um, be willy-nilly. I mean, I'm, I'm somebody who's... has that capacity for great obsession which I, which I am thankfully able to parlay into great focus. But I am the kind of person that will get hooked in, on a song, and it's all I'll listen to for three days, you know? Like, I'm... I will drench myself in a thing. Um, you know, and again, to get back to this action energy, Cancer really teaches us to drink from our own cup first. That's what it's learning. Because it, it's great at giving to the other first, and what it is learning and what it teaches us, if you think of all of these archetypes as teachers, is to drink from our own cup first. And in order to do that, we really, really need to know what fills our cup. Again, what is this nourishment for us specifically? somehow, somewhere, the process of doing that, replenishing ourselves, has been marked as not valuable. And it's like an ally for life. The ability to know what nourishes you, how you best regenerate your own energy How to like sink into, how to like, c- 'cause at the same time that you're, you're doing that, you are tuning your inner ear, like your ability to hear yourself, AKA to hear your intuition, to sense yourself, your own natural, um, intuitive ways, senses. You are tuning that in. You're, you're hearing more of that. You're sensing more of that. So they're always linked. The moon is the ruler of Cancer. Cancer rules the fourth home, uh, the fourth house, so does the moon. This is your roots. It's your inner world, and it's also your domestic sanctuary. Tending to that is tending to your intuition. Again, this is i- i- entirely what Moon Oracle is about, and it gives you a lot of Whoa, it's like you're, you're making that commitment to go, "Okay, for one month, I'm gonna really dial into this. I'm gonna get incredibly clear on what these things are for me, and I'm gonna do them." And then at the same time, what I'll be teaching everyone is, we- we'll have four calls, and there'll be Q&A, time for Q&A at the end of all of that. But you'll get to have a, a range of intuitive experiences. Um, and you'll also learn a hell of a lot about the upcoming nodal shift into Leo and Aquarius, um, which we'll be in until March of 2028 Anyway, enough about that It is juicy. I'm very excited 'cause I've just been writing about it all week, and creating the workbook, um, figuring out the second meditation, doing all of these things. So I'm really excited. Um, but the other thing that I wanted to mention, complete side note is couples therapy. Um, do you watch it? I do. Um, of course. Like, I was just, I was just thinking about it before. It's like my idea of relaxing is, um, analysis and watching people who are great at analysis do their thing. Um, which I, I think Honor is great, and I think her... The person that she goes to is also really great. Um, it's on SBS if you're in Australia. It is an American program. I don't know, I don't know where it is in the rest of the world, but it's awesome. If you like really getting to peer into people's fucking intimate private worlds with each other, and then see it dissected so artfully, and practically, and helpfully, um, I highly recommend. Uh, and it's funny 'cause I'm just about to later today go and see The Invite, the new movie by Olivia Wilde, who I really like, and it's similar. It was... Excuse me. Esther Perel was a consult, um, a consultant for the film, and Penélope Cruz's character is loosely based on her. Um, and it's just four people, two couples in a house. Everything unfolds. Like I'm, I'm so excited. I feel like this is very specific to people who have strong Scorpio, Pluto eighth house placements, um, where it's like there's some kind of fun in analysis or maybe it's like a really cerebral thing, too. Um, but yeah. That's, that's how I'm, I've been spending my off time. Uh, what else did I wanna say? Oh, yeah, and it really made me think of synastry. You know, reading, like observing all of these different couples and then just contemplating like, whoa, I wonder what their, their charts look like, and then what their synastry and composite charts look like. Synastry is when we take two people's charts and we see how they interact with one another. It's unbelievably fascinating and so enjoyable. And then the composite chart is the actual relationship, the chart of the relationship, like the chart of the energy of the relationship. It's, it's trippy. And the way I was taught, and I've really seen it time and time again, is- The relationship, the actual composite chart always gets what it wants. And sometimes that's really in service to one person and could be more jarring for another. Um, it could feel very natural for both people. It's really interesting to see how it plays out. Uh, level two is, of my astrology school is starting at the end of this month, and so I've been preparing for that and putting the manual together for that. And part of, part of how I teach this is, like, going through my own back catalog and looking at, you know, relationships that were laden with chemistry, but difficult dynamics, and then relationships that were so seamless. And yeah. Anyway, that, that's partly how I teach it. And then the synastry of, like, within family. I have an example of that, too, 'cause it's your, your s- your synastry with your family, your synastry with your lovers and partners, always fascinating. It's incredible how we bring people in to teach us, um, or, or reflect things back to us. And, and some relationships will do that in a way that is Like, easeful and beautiful, and then some will do that in ways that are stark and, and, and difficult. Um, but yeah, it's really uh, yeah. I'm kind- I'm sorry. I'm laughing to myself 'cause I'm like, "All right, dude, you haven't, you haven't really spoken to that many people this week. It might be dangerous for you to have, uh, just sit here with a microphone and chitchat 'cause, um, this could go on for a long time." So I'm gonna, I'm gonna end it here. If you are, um, really feeling that call to, to nourish yourself, like, if you're somebody who finds it easier to get busy than to tend to your inner world, and you think that some structure and a, and the commitment, like, going like, "All right, for the next month I'm doing this thing, and I'm in devotion to stepping outside of my normal life interactions and really getting into the juice and, and amplifying my relationship to myself and my intuition," then I highly recommend Moon Oracle. You know, especially if you're like, "Oh no, I'm too busy for that." No, it's, it's for you. I'm that person as well. Like, yeah. If you're somebody that really has learned to read the room first, and you're... it's easier for you to answer how the other person is than to go, "Oh yeah, this is how I feel," it's for you. Um, it's for you if you're, if you find that you get an intuitive hit, and then you suddenly analyze it 20,000, from 20,000 different angles, and then it completely loses its charge, and you're like, "Was that even intuition?" It's for you. If you're somebody that picks up your phone straight off the bat, and you've, you've joined the collective waves um, a- and, and whirlpool of the day before you've even checked in with yourself, it's absolutely for you I'll link all of it below. Um, but yeah, I'd, I'd recommend that you join the wait list. There's always some kind of early bird spesh for people who are on the wait list. Uh, but outside of that, whether you join or, or, or do not join, Tuesday's new moon and then this, this week, which has a, a strong flavor throughout it, really until like... Wait, what time is the new moon? I think it's in the evening. So that would be into like Saturday morning that we'll be in the new moon phase. And we're in Cancer season, right? Like, just utilize the natural energies. How can you spend more time with yourself? How can you check in and be like, "What do I actually need?" Let me give you a practical example. Um, part of what I was analyzing within myself this week was I joined the gym a while ago. It's very close to my house. And while I've been going, it's just not that enjoyable. And for somebody who has a background as an, an athlete and, and trained 11 times a week, like I was all in, I was incredibly strong. I've always identified with being incredibly strong even when my body's like, can't bench press the same amount that it could when I was 16. But in my brain I'm like, "Oh, hell yeah, I can." Um, and it's something that I've been really wanting to do for a long time, right? And I realized like, "No, dude, you need to be in group classes or with a PT." Like, I love going to my Pilates classes 'cause there's, there's a sense of community, and I'm somebody who spends a lot of time by myself. I work by myself. I'm mostly indoors in my home when I'm doing that. You know, it's like I... And, and I also, with a Virgo moon, with that earthy energy, I need to kind of... I don't know. For me, it's like I want to be held accountable. Um, I wanna go like th- it- this is locked in every Tuesday at this time. This is when this happens. Um, so just being aware of myself and being aware of this part of myself that I was also kind of looping on trying to figure out, today I was like, "Cool, I'm gonna email this person. I've locked it in. I've paid. I know what time I need to be at this place for the next few months," and I feel great about it. And I canceled the gym. You know, so it's like it- it's, it's not always going to be profound, um, mystical insights A lot of the time it's gonna be really practical stuff, and that's rad. Um, and that's what this was for me today, and it felt very much like even though we're a couple of days out from, from the new moon, felt like a very symbolic new moony kind of thing to do. Like, this is what I need. I'm, I, uh, I'm aware of how I best work in this situation, so I'm gonna stop fighting. I'm gonna stop trying to make myself do it another way, and I'm gonna do it in a way that really works with me I hope that gives you a, a sense of a way to play this. But yeah, I hope it's a great one. She's real chatty today. Um, next week I'd really love to give you a sense of the rest of this year astrologically, 'cause it's really starting to change flavor. Um, and, and I'm e- I'm excited about it. Okay, have a great week. Bye.