Cancer Season 🦀 Summer Solstice 2023

artist: Changyu Zou

June 21 (Summer Solstice) – July 22, 2023

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Write it down: summer solstice @ 8:58 am CDT on June 21!

Every year Cancer season begins on the summer solstice. Can you feel it? Gemini’s wind giving way to Cancer’s sweet rain? Mercurial Gemini sinks below, the ocean rises.

Cancer is ruled by the moon. Every day the moon rises at a different time and place with a different shape and color. The crab, too, shifts from day to day, moment to moment.

Cancer nurtures all forms of life. She is tender, nostalgic, forever yearning for the sweetness of the past, of home and childhood. Take a walk down memory lane. Revisit your roots. Cancer needs her family, or friends who feel like family. Home, roots, and family clarify like a compass.

The crab surrenders to the tides of her heart with total abandon. These tides are certainly not always calm; as such, this season is awash with many moods. Cancer absorbs everything, including other people’s thoughts, moods, and vibrations. For those who are already sensitive, make a point to fortify your bubble every morning during this solar cycle.

The crab is a slow-moving creature. In Ayurveda, Cancer is best represented by the kapha dosha. Kapha individuals need more sleep than the average person. They are soft, gentle, dreamy, romantic, introverted, creative, intuitive, empathic, and sentimental. There are lots of free, legitimate tests you can take online to determine your dosha. Search for “dosha test” or “prakriti test.” I highly recommend finding out what your dosha is – this can be a HUGE help in deciding which foods are best for you to eat.

June 28: Sun trine Saturn Retrograde in Pisces. Chill vibes. Fostering a healthy connection to food, nature, body, and mind.

June 30: Sun conjunct Mercury in Cancer + Mercury trine Saturn + 1st day of Neptune Retrograde in Pisces. Highly productive, communicative, active. Make time to rest and recharge as well.

July 3: Super Full Moon in Capricorn 🐐

July 17: New Moon in Cancer 🦀 + Mercury in Leo square Jupiter in Taurus

July 20: Sun trine Neptune Rx in Pisces + Mars in Virgo opposite Saturn Rx. Super water day, creative vibes. Slow and groovy. High likelihood for indigestion; keep the body moving.

July 21: Sun opposite Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn. Heavy, restless, tense, strange vibes. Focus on spiritual/emotional/psychological growth and change. Watch for stress & arguments. Get lots of rest; take precautions against nightmares.

July 22: 1st day of Venus Retrograde in Leo (beginning just 17 minutes before the sun enters Leo)