New Moon in Cancer II, Shared Abundance
July 5’s New Moon in Cancer has a warm, abundant feeling. It suggests those sweet summer evenings when you gather around the table outside and share a meal with friends or family—the evenings where the light seems to last forever, and you talk long after the meal has ended. This energy of this New Moon will be felt over the next two weeks. This sweet, loving energy is a lovely seed for creating a safe space to build connections with the people who are dearest to you.
What makes this New Moon so lovely? It is in its home sign, offering a deeper connection to our capacity to nurture and be nurtured by others. Venus, the goddess of beauty, love, and receptivity, is with the New Moon, adding warmth and connection to our interactions with family and friends.
July 5, 2024, New Moon Chart
The New Moon is in the middle decan (10 degrees) of Cancer, where the sign's energy is balanced and creates a sacred space to nurture new creative ideas. The sign of Cancer has a protective quality; think of the mother who fends off forces from the outside world so that her child may grow and thrive. This energy is at its maximum in Cancer II, symbolized by the image of a “walled garden.” Austin Coppock, 36 Faces (Three Hands Press, 2014).
The Tarot card associated with this decan of Cancer fleshes out its symbolic meaning to capture the joy created in these safe spaces: the Three of Cups “indicates joy, celebration, and above all, sharing the wonder of life.” Rachel Pollack, 78 Degrees of Wisdom (Harper-Collins, 1997). The card shows the women so intertwined that it is difficult to tell whose arm is whose; “in bad times as well as good, the card shows a sharing of experience.” Id.
Rider-Waite Tarot, 3 of Cups
This positive, containing energy is fortified by a lovely connection with Saturn in the sign of Pisces. When Saturn, the god of limitations, maturity, and structures, is in deep, watery Pisces, he helps ground us in the unseen forces of nature. He urges us to see and articulate what is at the edge of our consciousness.
Combining these energies, this New Moon is a perfect time to gather with your people, whoever they are. The energy is ripe for meaningful, supportive connections. You may find as you gather and talk about what matters to you, new and creative ideas emerge. The New Moon energy has a protective, safe quality that should allow you to support and nurture these new ideas together.
The theme of gatherings is especially strong in this chart, given that the Sabian Symbols for the New Moon and Saturn contain images related to dinner parties. Sabian Symbols are images associated with each of the 360 degrees of the Zodiac. Cancer 15, where the New Moon falls, is the image of a group gathered after a meal, feeling full and content. D. Rudhyar, An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and Its 360 Symbolic Phases (Vintage Books, 1974).
The symbol for Saturn at Pisces 20 is even more interesting; it is the image of a table set for an evening meal. This indicates “that in the end and at the appointed time, the individual's needs will be met among those to whom he is linked by a spiritual (or biological) web of energies.” Id.
It is not much of a leap to imagine the fruitful energy this New Moon offers you and those you connect with on a spiritual level. So, get together with folks who make you feel safe and warm. Create a space for conversation. See what new ideas bubble up. Support and celebrate with your people and imagine the possibilities that lie ahead for them and the world. And take in the support and connection you receive in return.