Last Quarter Moon in Cancer ☾ Oct 17, 2022
artist: Sheri Howe
Monday, Oct 17 @ 10:15 am PDT
The Waning Last Quarter Moon rises at midnight, peaks at dawn, and sets at noon all over the world. Each year when the sun is in Libra, the new moon will always be in Libra; the full moon will always be in Aries; and the quarter moons will always be in Cancer and Capricorn. These geometric relationships in the zodiac are fixed and unchanging.
Last quarter moons are turning points or crossroads, clearing the way for the new moon / new lunar cycle. This phase prepares us for a New Moon Solar Eclipse in Scorpio on Oct 25.
Libra is the goddess of love, Cancer the great mother spirit. Moon phases during Libra season are significant in a social sense, bringing change to our interpersonal relationships. When the moon is in Cancer, we reflect on our relationship to our mother and matrilineal line. We see the way our ancestors spiral across time, the way they nestle in our heart and spirit and shape who we are becoming, moment to moment. The way we were mothered in turn determines the way we mother. Does it feel easy and natural? Painful?
Together Cancer and Libra encourage self-care (Cancer) and open communication (Libra). We turn inward like the crab, into our shells, into the womb, so that we may then once again turn outward on the wings of Libra’s breeze, out into the world, fearlessly, with a song on our lips.
Speak with elders. Seek support.
At this moon phase a couple years ago, my partner and I traveled back to our Midwestern childhood roots. From the top of Sleeping Bear Dunes, we gazed down, quietly observing Lake Michigan as she lapped peacefully on the shore. All around us, a sea of rainbow leaves and dark tree trunks, starkly streaked with rain water. We munched on wild grapes and smoked herb with nothing but the wind filling our ears.
wise counsel ~ family ~ motherhood ~ balance ~ harmony
Great news: this moon phase forms a supportive trine to Neptune Retrograde in Pisces. Neptune brings compassion, gentleness, and understanding, carrying us silently and blissfully into our dreams at night.
The power flower for this moon phase is the rose – and the thorn. In meditation, focus on the heart chakra. Open your heart with Cancer Yoga. To find your personal moon sign, click here.