Good afternoon and welcome. I just finished my ceremony for the celebration of summer’s arrival, and despite not having all the supplies necessary, I went with what I had. To tell you the truth, I feel okay about that.
It was last minute, but I can work on adding herbs to my collection. I’d like to get to a point where I have everything I need on hand, weather it be candles, herbs, teas, or whatever.
The summer is a time to celebrate love, health, and purification. It’s the peak of fertility, and at noon time today in the northern hemisphere, the Sun was directly overhead.
I pulled the astrological chart afterwards to see where the planets were, and the Sun was on the zero degree of Cancer. It’s nice to be able to correlate the beginning of the summer season with the sun’s entry into the astrological sign of Cancer.
Here’s the chart from astro.com.
As you can see, there’s a beautiful cross in play that involves all the cardinal signs; Cancer, Capricorn, Libra, and Aries. This is powerful and positive energy. It gives us the energy to initiate new things, forge ahead and lead in new directions, and the power to change our environments by personal will.
The Sun, Mercury, and Venus are in conjunction at the top of this chart in Cancer. All three are opposite the Moon and tied into a square with Neptune in Pisces.
People, this is very stressful energy. Oppositions and squares present challenges, but we need them to learn. Sometimes, it’s the most difficult and stressful situations that teach the greatest lessons. As you navigate your way through this time, just know that there’s going to be arguments, misunderstandings, things taken out of context, and so on.
Maturation is what the 19th degree of Cancer is about, and at the bottom of the chart on the 19th degree of Capricorn, we find fortitude and the push to take on difficult tasks. On the horizontal axis, 16 degrees Libra opposite 16 degrees Aries, we are being pushed to rise above perceptions and the petty things that drive us into danger.
Challenge yourself to be a better person, and remember that you’re competing with no one other than yourself. You’re trying to be the best version of yourself, and sometimes taking on new challenges and pushing ourselves forces us to mature.
The full Moon this evening is conjunct the Galactic Center and culminating in the astrological sign of Sagittarius. The first full moon on the first night of summer will be bursting with electromagnetic radiation. It’s a time of endings and new beginnings, and things can end good or they can end bad, but either way, they must end to begin anew.
Be careful, be smart, and enjoy!
Nooz Buffet 