We all know how much the world needs healing. This New Moon in Cancer squares Chiron in Pisces, opening up a pathway for healing. Cancer represents our earliest experiences of feeling safe, secure and nurtured. This New Moon can stir up core wounds and can cause some feelings of depression and anxiety even from unconscious traumatic issues from childhood. There are also many of us dealing with feelings of insecurity due to the growing chaos around the world. The healing energy of Chiron in Pisces opens us up to taking the action necessary to make our earthly home safe and secure with healing compassion and Spiritual guidance. This vortex of healing energy will continue way beyond the time of this New Moon, as Chiron will be in the sign of Pisces until February of 2019.

We need to be cautious of volatile actions and reactions now as Mars (co-ruler of Pluto and the sign of Scorpio), the planet of war, is conjunct this New Moon and in a square to Jupiter (expansion) and in opposition to pluto (evolutionary forces of death and rebirth). There is shadow potential here with Mars as it is in the sign of Cancer where it is in its fall. This means its expression is the opposite of loving and nurturing cancer energy. This misdirected energy from Mars can express through manipulation and underhanded ways to get what is wanted. The higher expression of Mars is passion and the lower is anger and ego. Check your motivations and bring passion and light to the table and keep your anger in check. Be conscious and wary when the energy feels dark or oppressive. Move forward in positive ways and keep your own energy at a higher frequency. This is a choice we all share. High frequency emotions promote love, happiness and balanced actions and solutions where low frequency emotions promote and attract fear, hatred and retaliation. We as light workers want and yes, we feel a need to bring healing light into this troubled world.

With the apparent increase in emotional intensity on the planet, it can be tempting to withdraw into the safety of your home or protective shell and to protect your heart by walling it off. The real challenge is to feel ok with being emotionally vulnerable and feeling strong emotions as you allow them to move through you and use their power to ignite the passion you need to take helpful action. These intense energies will continue to ramp up in the next few weeks and it is helpful to know that these are energies coming into you, not generated by you. So use the mothering energy of the Cancer New Moon to nourish your soul and sooth the atmosphere in your home and workplace.

Written by Wendy Cicchetti

PLAN YOUR OWN NEW MOON CEREMONY. Give yourself some quiet time in meditation to see where you need to seed new ways of becoming. List these areas within your life you want to change. What areas do you want to break free from the norm and become more productive and discerning? The NEW MOON is the time to manifest the personal attributes you want to cultivate as well as the tangible things you want to bring to you. Possible phrasing: I now manifest ____ into my life. I am now _______ . Remember, think, envision and feel with as much emotion as possible, as though you already have what you want. Thoughts are things and the brain manifests exactly what you show it in the form of thoughts, visuals and emotions. The Buddha said, and I am paraphrasing, “We are the sum total of our thoughts up to today. ” If we want to be different then we must change our thoughts. “If you always do what you’ve always done then you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” CONSCIOUS CHANGE is the key.