Moon into Cancer: Heightened Sensitivity

Wednesday morning through Friday morning

The Moon has moved into Cancer, her home sign and a place she loves to be. Moon transits through Cancer can be times of appreciating home, loving to cook, taking care of loved ones, and nesting. This time, though, other energies about could emphasize the emotional sensitivity of a Cancer Moon, making everyone a little touchy, a little edgy, and needing to feel loved and secure.

stay calm :)

Mercury is still retrograde in Leo, and we've been feeling the effects. If we haven't made space in our lives for calm and reflection, Mercury retro in the sign of the passionate Lion can create emotional waves all his own. Add the possibility of communication disruptions and travel delays, and we could be entering this Moon-in-Cancer time already frazzled.

Mars is also in Cancer, a transit that does not seem to be a happy one. Mars is uncomfortable in this sensitive sign, which can create emotional outbursts, even violent ones, as the warrior tries to cope with feelings. The Moon will join Mars in Cancer Thursday morning at 9am, her last classical aspect in Cancer, beginning a long void-of-course period colored by the Moon-Mars conjunction.

Meanwhile, the Sun and Venus are now in Virgo, a sign with sensitivities all its own, and a tendency to notice all the little things that might be wrong, and feel a need to bring those to the immediate attention of whoever might be best placed to correct them. Right away. As in, now.

So, we can see opportunities for misunderstandings, emotional outbursts and hurt feelings. Having seen, we can choose to move through the next few days with extra calm, extra patience, and a willingness to let things go, realizing that everyone might tend to say more than they mean, or speak with extra vehemence, during this time.

Just after the Moon entered Cancer this morning, Venus in Virgo opposed Chiron in Pisces, signalling a time when old wounds might be reopened––but with the chance for healing, understanding and transformation.

I'm just completing a wonderful class on Chiron with Joyce Mason, Chironic expert and astrologer extraordinaire. We're all in a new place of understanding the choices we have to stay in a place of woundedness, or do the tough work to reach understanding and release, and today's Venus-Chiron connection opens up one of those times.

The Moon is now moving into sextile with the Sun, and soon after with Venus. This Cancer-Virgo connection brings together three powerfully personal energies in a mix that can lead to criticism and hurt feelings ... or create the drive and focus to clean out the garage, organize the basement, and get school supplies purchased, labelled and color coded. If you feel yourself slipping into a bad or sad mood, clean something.

This is also a time to begin connecting with the energies of the upcoming New Moon in Virgo. Release what you no longer need, clearing space for the cosmos to bring in wonderful new stuff when the next lunar cycle begins.

Wednesday afternoon, we enter a time of upheaval, when patience and calm might well be called for. The Moon square Uranus in Aries, then opposes Pluto in Capricorn. Venus forms a quincinx (something needs to adjust) with Uranus. Tonight, the Moon sextiles Jupiter, making whatever we're experiencing bigger.

In the early hours of Thursday, Mars squares Saturn, the Moon squares Saturn, the Moon joins Mars, and the void-of-course period begins. We might wake up feeling out of sorts, or remembering challenging dreams. Write the difficult dreams down, even if you need to wait a bit before dealing with them.

With the Moon void all day, Thursday will be good for patiently and consistently tying up loose ends, completing work in progress, and staying under the radar. If possible wait at least until the Moon enters Leo at noon on Friday before beginning anything new and, if possible, until after Sunday night's New Moon.

During this Moon transit through Cancer, feel your way into a sense of peace and security. If difficult emotions arise, acknowledge them calmly and release them. It's all part of the process.