{"id":40499,"date":"2011-06-20T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=40499"},"modified":"2011-06-20T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T20:27:14","slug":"more-than-a-feeling-sun-enters-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astrology-with-len-wallick\/more-than-a-feeling-sun-enters-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than A Feeling – Sun enters Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sun enters Cancer, the sign of the crab, tomorrow at about 1:17 pm EDT, marking a solstice. This one is commonly known as the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and the first day of winter below the equator. An annual event, it is always a\u00a0powerful moment of transition that many people can actually\u00a0feel. Concurrent circumstances make this\u00a0one exceptional.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the natural world, the crab is a creature that lives inside of a shell and moves sideways on the bottom of the ocean. The very word, in English at least, implies a defensive temperament. All of that imagery is somewhat at odds with Cancer’s position as a cardinal sign, initiating a new season. As the very first water sign, ruled in orthodoxy by the Moon and esoterically by Neptune, the nature of this beginning is therefore implied to be a sensitive one. Feelings are a big part of the moment, but it’s more than that.<\/p>\n

As a representation of our consciousness, the Sun is compelled to change direction at a solstice. You can see it for yourself. At this time, we observe the sunrise and sunset as far north along the horizon as they ever get. That corresponds to Sol stationing directly over the Tropic of Cancer. Soon those events will gradually move south. The nature of the experience is a matter of perspective. <\/p>\n

From a linear point of view, it can seem like the Sun turning back. Altering that perception is both the challenge and opportunity of this time. It is a matter of evolution and development. Growing beyond the idea of moving in one direction to a new awareness and appreciation of cycles is the essence of this initiation. That, besides the profound feelings that go along with it, is what this solstice is all about. The sign of Cancer is thus a rite of passage. It leads to a new way of being which is more in harmony with the realities of life on Earth.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n


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\nIn nearly any given June, that sensitive beginning and rite of passage are the essence, the very theme of the month’s astrology. This year, the waters are deeper. The solstice takes place while a sequence of three eclipses is unfolding between one New Moon and the next. The opposed and moving points where eclipses take place are thus introduced to the equation. Those points are the lunar nodes.<\/p>\n

That pair of hypothetical points have a lot in common with the sign of the crab. The nodes are places where the cycles of Sun, Moon and Earth\u00a0align in space. Yet they also represent karma (the consequence of past events) and dharma (the potential to act on the future).\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The Cancer solstice, in turn, is a period of time when solar, lunar and terrestrial energies merge. Yet it is also a place, a turning point, on the globe and on the horizon. When this solstice and these eclipses come together, suddenly there is no separation. That is the depth we are stepping into. On every level, literal and symbolic, tangible and imaginary, what we thought of as different and distinct are becoming apparent as one and the same.<\/p>\n

Space and time are really the same thing. Past and future, here and there, are actually both eternally present. Separation is not reality. It is projection and illusion, conditioned and enforced. Once we get that, we have two big questions to answer. First, how do we be with it? Then, what do we do with it? That’s where the planets come in.<\/p>\n

Just\u00a0days before Sun’s ingress to Cancer, Mercury got\u00a0to the sign of the crab\u00a0first. The planet that represents how we think will be in exact double aspect, to the degree, precisely at the solstice. It will be in a trine to the Pisces Moon, allowing thought and feeling to flow together as one and allowing us to both conceive and feel this new and emerging consciousness. Perhaps more important, our trickster ally will be in a square to Saturn, now direct in Libra.<\/p>\n

The limiting nature of Saturn serves to define. Moving direct once again in the cardinal air sign of Libra, that role is to give definition to mental balance. The square with Mercury implies that how we think is at odds with that. It tells us that the world seems divided on the outside because\u00a0we are first\u00a0divided within. The solution is to integrate the quality of events. When the Sun is connecting place and time while also changing direction, our consciousness has the opportunity to do the same. The question of how requires that we refer to one more aspect.<\/p>\n

Mars has also just changed signs, entering Gemini overnight. Like Mercury it is also squared, to the degree, at the time of the solstice. The aspect is to Neptune, retrograde in Pisces. The tension that goes with it takes us to the heart of the matter. Action is not always doing.<\/p>\n

‘Not doing’ does not mean doing nothing. It means exercising restraint on yourself. It is choosing to refrain from acting on what is. By not doing, ‘what is’ becomes apparent of its own accord and has a chance to become real. If enough of us can be present with that we can realize the potential of what is about to happen. It’s more than a feeling. It can be a new reality.<\/p>\n

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The Sun enters Cancer, the sign of the crab, tomorrow at about 1:17 pm EDT, marking a solstice. This one is commonly known as the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and the first day of winter below the equator. An annual event, it is always a\u00a0powerful moment of transition that many people can … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1714],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}