The Moon enters its Cancer home about 8:30 pm EDT tonight. Shortly after Midnight EDT Thursday morning, Luna catches up with the Cancer Sun for the monthly conjunction of the luminaries we call the New Moon. All conjunctions represent a symbolic merger and the literal beginning of a new cycle for the participants.
Of all the lights in the sky, the Sun and Moon are brightest and most important to life on Earth. Hence, the start of a luminary cycle is considered preeminent, with an initiative that carries over to the whole zodiac. Since this week’s Cancer New Moon takes place in the cardinal sign distinguished by elemental water, its image of initiative is amplified to that of a headwaters, originating a long and voluminous flow.
When the Sun enters cardinal signs, a new season begins. Other objects in cardinal territory emulate the Sun, initiating something of their own. It is thus worthwhile to observe what other events are functioning as tributaries to the headwaters of this week’s Cancer New Moon. Any such observation must necessarily begin with Uranus and Pluto.
The cardinal square between Uranus (holding forth from fiery Aries), and Pluto (manifesting from earthy Capricorn), dominates our era. Within this era is an epoch of peak intensity, lasting nearly three years, marked by seven occasions when the Uranus-Pluto square is exact. We entered that epoch less than a month ago with the first such occasion. Concurrent with this week’s Cancer New Moon, Mars gets into the act, implying a further pinnacle of energy within the epoch.