The days following this week’s grand cross (Uranus, Pluto, Mars and the Moon making right angles to each other from the early cardinal signs), which held a lot of pressure and potential for outburst, have witnessed violent and very troubling world events. It’s a reminder that astrology unfolds gradually at some times, suddenly at others. On a personal level, you may have taken the time between the grand cross and yesterday’s New Moon in Cancer to pull in a little in preparation for the Moon’s new cycle and the Sun’s shift into Leo.
That solar event occurs Sunday just past 6:00 am EDT. Between now and then, we have a window of time in which it may pay be open to the unexpected, even if you’re feeling a little raw still.
Right now, the Sun is in its next-to-last degree of Cancer. At 4:53 am EDT tomorrow, it will enter the last degree of this sign. This degree in any sign is called ‘anaretic’, and it is a point that can often come with a sense of urgency or restlessness when the Sun is there. As in, oh, come on let’s just get to the next sign already! It can serve you well, however, to stay present and not jump ahead.
The Sun in the last degree is often ‘void of course’, meaning it will not make any major aspects to major planets before ingressing the next sign. This is the case with the Sun in this last degree of Cancer.
Eric has written about the Sun VOC in the last degree of a sign that, “These are often unusual phases, brief though they may be, where the unlikely seems to have a higher rating in the probability field. With care, they can be used creatively and reasonably safely. It’s one of those times to work from an idea or to let things play out as they will; but either way, to move delicately, as if under water.”
That last bit is especially perfect if you’ve been following the crab metaphor of recent posts. Yet it may feel like a curious dilemma if you had been champing at the bit to move forward with projects now that the Moon is newly waxing. However, moving delicately, working from an idea or letting things play out are not the same as stasis. It’s more like acting with an extra level of deliberateness while still remaining completely open to serendipity. Kind of like how if you’re driving too fast down the highway you may not be able to stop in time to investigate something intriguing or avoid something dangerous. If you travel at the speed limit you can make sudden adjustments and follow the suggestions of your intuition.