First Quarter Moon in Cancer ☽ Apr 15, 2024

artist: Jun’ichiro Sekino Monday, Apr 15 @ 7:32 pm PST The unstoppable Aries sun squares the emotive moon in Cancer. The moon rules Cancer, so she is “at home” here. At the waxing first quarter moon, we decide what we will keep from the new lunar cycle. Quarter phases help clarify our plans post-new moon. This quarter follows Read More

Full Moon in Cancer ♋ Dec 26, 2023

artist: Susan Polston Tuesday, Dec 26 @ 6:33 pm CDT The first and last full moons of 2023, both in Cancer! The December full moon is called the Cold Moon. The moon will rise at sunset, peak at midnight, and set at sunrise in all time zones. Moon and sun hover between Cancer and Capricorn. Read More

Last Quarter Moon in Cancer ☾ Oct 6, 2023

artist: Alberto Seveso Friday, Oct 6 @ 6:48 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 Read More

New Moon in Cancer 🦀 July 17, 2023

artist: Christian Schussele and James M. Sommerville (c.1859) Mon, July 17 @ 12:32 pm CDT Welcome to Cancer Season, where the New Moon falls in the constellation of the tender crab. Cancer is a water sign representing home, both interior (inner life and emotional security) and exterior (roots and physical space). She is as changeable Read More

Mercury in Cancer ☿ 2023

artist: Seonna Hong June 26 – July 10, 2023 Mercury rules the mind, communication, and throat chakra. For the last two weeks, Mercury has been spinning “at home” in Gemini. This transit brings lots of movement, activity, and travel each year. Many plans were made and executed effortlessly. We connected with new friends or reconnected with Read More

Cancer Season 🦀 Summer Solstice 2023

artist: Changyu Zou June 21 (Summer Solstice) – July 22, 2023 Your sun sign is just one planet in your star soup. Curious about the rest? Contact me for a natal chart reading! Write it down: summer solstice @ 8:58 am CDT on June 21! Every year Cancer season begins on the summer solstice. Can you feel Read More

Venus in Cancer ♀ 2023

May 7 – June 5, 2023 With Venus in Gemini for the last 2 weeks, we have been focusing on family and close friend relationships. In Gemini there is always something to be unearthed, something which must be brought out into the air. A cosmic duality must be reconciled, or at least accepted. What we are Read More

Mars in Cancer 🦀 2023

artist: Isobelle Ouzman Mar 25 – May 20, 2023 Mars: fiery warrior of the solar system, ruler of the body and its carnal urges. Mars channels fresh, invigorating energy into the body, like the first day of spring. We’re coming out of a pretty brutal Mars Retrograde in Gemini, so breathe a sigh of relief that Read More

Summer Solstice + New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer 🦀 June 20, 2020

Artist: Tessa Mythos Eclipse: 11:40pm PST on June 20, 2020 Cancer season: June 20 – July 22, 2020 Your sun sign is just one planet in your star soup. Contact me for a natal chart reading to learn more! The summer solstice demarcates Cancer season each year. This year the solstice coincides with a new moon solar eclipse in Cancer! The eclipse will be annular, covering the sun’s center, Read More

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer ☿ Summer 2020

Artist: Raoul Dufy May 28: Mercury enters Cancer June 17: Mercury stations retrograde July 12: Mercury stations direct Planets in retrograde are not actually spinning backwards – it is an optical illusion as seen from Earth due to the fact that all of the planets are traveling at their own respective speeds around the sun. Read More

Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse in Cancer ♋ Jan 10, 2020

Friday, Jan 10 at 11.09 am PST Artist: Daria Hlazatova Happy full moon! Happy lunar eclipse! The January full moon is called the Wolf Moon. Cold and hungry, packs of wolves would howl through the night around native villages. The moon will rise at sunset, peak at midnight and set at sunrise, and this is true Read More

Mercury Retrograde ☿ Summer 2019

Mercury Retrograde in Leo: July 7 – 19 Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: July 19 – 31 Mercury in Cancer: July 31 – Aug 11 Mercury in Leo: Aug 11 – 29 Planets in retrograde are not actually spinning backwards – it is an optical illusion as seen from Earth. Backwards motion appears to happen when Earth passes Read More

Solar Eclipse in Cancer ♋ July 2, 2019

Tuesday, July 2 at 12:17pm PST Happy new moon and happy solar eclipse!! Eclipses represent rebirth and the dawning of a new age. They take us from light to darkness back to light again. They suggest, by virtue of their potency, a radical shift. Something is subsumed, transmuted. This is all happening in Cancer, the Read More

Supermoon in Cancer ♋ Jan 1, 2018

Monday, Jan 1 at 6.25pm PST This full moon is called the Full Wolf Moon. Cold and hungry, packs of wolves would howl through the night around native villages. The moon will rise at sunset, peak at midnight and set at sunrise. The Sun and Moon in total opposition between Cancer and Capricorn: Shakti and Read More

Super New Moon in Cancer ♋ June 23, 2017

Friday, June 23 at 7.32pm PST Happy Super New Moon AGAIN, third one in a row! New moons can qualify as supermoons because, as stated by Richard Nolle, they may (as may any phase of the moon) occur during perigee, or when the moon is “at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth Read More