the sun moves into Cancer on June 21st
the sun moves into Cancer on June 21st at 7:58 am PT where it will stay until the evening of July 22nd when it will move into Leo.
In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice signifies long warm days and the start of cancer season. In cancer, the sun refocuses our attention on feeling cared for and at home, nurturing loved ones and making space for emotional security, and connecting with people who feel like family. This Cancer season brings a strong sense of clarity, some unexpected changes and surprises, as well a shift in focus with the nodes changing signs and the start of a Venus retrograde in Leo. As we move through cancer season we will hit some rough waters near the middle end of July, and it will be more important than ever to make sure that the ways we care for ourselves and others are rooted in authentic love and kindness.
June 21: Mercury in Gemini sextiles Mars in Leo (18°)
Mercury and Mars come together, helping us to align our words with our actions, this is a great time to come up with a plan for something you want to take action on or something you're passionate about.
June 25: Mercury in Gemini squares Neptune in Pisces (27°)
When Mercury squares Neptune, we experience some challenges with linear thinking and some miscommunications, this transit can bring up dishonesty, and unarticulated boundaries, but can also help us to communicate in less traditional ways.
June 26: Mars in Leo squares Uranus in Taurus (21°)
Mars square Uranus can be agitating, unexpected, disorienting, and challenging. This transit may bring us to a place where we feel confronted or provoked by sudden changes or surprises. It's important to take a breath before jumping into action, this is new and it makes sense to give yourself the time you need to process it before moving on it.
June 26: Mercury enters Cancer (0°)
In cancer, mercury is compassionate and at times passive in its communication style, it can be a little defensive, nostalgic, sensitive, secretive, and traditional. When Mercury is in Cancer we can feel, emotionally connected to our ideas and how we express them, but we can also be more intuitive, more creative in our communications, and more kind in the ways we address ourselves and others.
June 28: The sun in Cancer trines Saturn in Pisces (7°)
When the sun trines Saturn we may feel some synergy between the way we identify and how we stand with authority, and what we are trying to build long term and the ways we approach laying foundations for these future-oriented goals. Today and tomorrow are great days to invest in something you want to grow over time.
June 29: Mercury in Cancer trines Saturn in Pisces (7°)
Mercury, following closely behind the sun comes into a trine with Saturn as well and it holds similar themes, we have the ability to communicate and think through things that will help us to build something long-term. This is a great day to put your mind and your words to work for you in the name of something you are developing with care.
June 30: Neptune stations Retrograde in Pisces (27°)
As Neptune stations retrograde it will pull focus and this is a great time to reflect on the ways that you dream and feel inspired in relation to the topics of the house that Neptune occupies in your chart.
June 30: The sun in Cancer conjoins Mercury in Cancer (9°)
Mercury’s cazimi is a moment when we have particularly astute access to our minds and we may find that this is a good day to communicate important or sensitive things, handle certain kinds of details, and because of mercury’s emotional understanding in Cancer, we may be able to communicate our feeling very well.
July 1: Mercury in Cancer sextiles Jupiter in Taurus (9°)
Mercury and Jupiter work together to bring the details and the big picture into alignment, this is a great day to communicate big ideas, figure out the small details, and make sure that they’re moving in the same direction. We may feel more open to new ideas and different perspectives.
July 1: The sun in Cancer sextiles Jupiter in Taurus (9°)
When the sun sextiles jupiter, we may feel more compelled to be seen, to connect to our sense of ethics, and to express ourselves.
July 2: Venus in Leo squares Uranus in Taurus (21°)
When Venus and Uranus conflict, we might feel like our relationships or values are a little disturbed, disoriented, and destabilized, by a sudden change or an unexpected turn of events. If this change leaves you feeling excited this can be a time to roll with the changes and be free in this movement, but if it feels difficult to put your feet down and hard to feel safe during this change see if you can find grounding within yourself. Because Venus will station retrograde at the end of cancer season, it will revisit this dynamic with Uranus, so the tensions brought up this week will play out over the next few months or so. It won’t last forever.
July 3: Full Moon in Capricorn (11°)
This full moon in Capricorn is opposed to Mercury, trine to Jupiter, and in a loose sextile to Saturn, offering us an opportunity to release something close to our identities that might be holding us back from heading in the direction we want to go in and from the legacies we want to build for ourselves.
July 6: Mercury in Cancer sextiles Uranus in Taurus (21°)
Mercury and Uranus work together to provide an unexpected insight and change in perspective or some helpful news about what you've been working on.
July 9: Mercury in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces (27°)
Mercury and Neptune, make communication more of an inspired art form than a linear process, this is a great time to work with dreams, make art, sing write poetry, or perform.
July 10: Mars enters Virgo (0°)
In Virgo, Mars is an exacting, detailed, critical, and corrective, editor. Virgo brings a more measured, and conscious approach to Mars’ activity, and this is a great time for practicality, productivity, and problem-solving.
July 10: Mercury in Cancer opposes Pluto in Capricorn (29°)
When mercury and Pluto come up against each, we may find ourselves searching for the deeper or hidden meaning behind everything, we may feel paranoid and compelled to investigate when things feel “off.” Be careful not to get carried away, give yourself some time to sit with information before you jump to conclusions.
July 10: Mercury enters Leo (0°)
In Leo, Mercury is confident, bold, at times loud, creative, and decisive. This transit may have us thinking and communicating in more expressive, playful, and charismatic ways but we may also find that we focus on self-promotion, and our communications can lean in a prideful or dramatic direction.
July 14: The sun in Cancer sextiles Uranus in Taurus (22°)
This transit brings our identities, egos, and self-expression some help from an unexpected, disruptive, or surprising source. This is a great opportunity to work with something you've been wanting to change, or a moment to integrate a sudden change into your sense of yourself.
July 17: Mercury in Leo squares Jupiter in Taurus (11°)
This transit may overwhelm us with details or make the meaning feel hard to pin down, we may feel challenged to fit all of the smaller pieces together into a big picture, and it might feel difficult to put things together in a way that makes logical or linear sense.
July 17: New Moon in Cancer (24°)
Sextile to Uranus and in a loose trine to Neptune, this is a good time to set radical new intentions, commit to an innovative, or dreamy new approach, or manifest something exciting and inspiring. This new moon may encourage us to demonstrate care, loyalty, leadership, and intuition in unexpected or spiritually connective ways. This new moon is coming in the midst of some tough astrology so while it is supportive, the energy around it may be too challenging to manifest with.
July 17: North Node enters Aries & South Node enters Libra (29°)
The north and south nodes move from Taurus and Scorpio into Libra and Aries respectively, this shift brings a new axis into focus and places more attention and pressure on cardinal signs. We will feel some relief in fixed signs, as aries becomes the new center of insatiable growth and increase and Libra balances it out as a point of drain, decrease, and release.
July 20: The sun in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces (27°)
When the sun trines Neptune, we may feel some generative synergy between our sources of inspiration, connection, and escapism, and our sense of identity, authority, and expression. This is a great time to lose yourself in the process, whether that's a process of making art, meditating, or connecting with a loved one, we have the chance to get into a groove with it.
July 20: Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn in Pisces (6°)
This is a challenging transit that may have us feeling stuck between a rock and a hard place. This astrology can feel immovable and frustrating, and we need to be careful not to overextend ourselves or push our bodies too hard.
July 21: The sun in Cancer opposes Pluto in Capricorn (29°)
Another challenging transit, when the sun comes up against Pluto, we may be drawn to taboos, compelled to investigate things that pique our interest, and prone to paranoia. This transit can provoke control issues, and unhealthy power dynamics and can uncover instances of manipulation and unlimited authority.
July 22: Venus stations Retrograde in Leo (28°)
Venus stations retrograde in Leo and our connections, our values, our creative pursuits, and our relationships with beauty and money as well as our relationships with ourselves and our own egos, will be under review. This is not the time to try to move forward but a time to reassess, reconsider, and decide if we want to eventually move forward in a different way or different direction.
Welcome to Cancer season!
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June 21st (7:58a) the Sun enters Cancer (0°)
June 21st (8:22a) Mercury in Gemini sextiles Mars in Leo (18°)
June 22nd (4:40a) Juno enters Cancer (0°)
June 22nd (12:14p) Vesta enters Gemini (0°)
June 25th (3:35p) Mercury in Gemini squares Neptune in Pisces (27°)
June 26th (12:50a) First Quarter Moon in Libra (4°)
June 26th (2:22a) Mars in Leo squares Uranus in Taurus (21°)
June 26th (5:24p) Mercury enters Cancer (0°)
June 28th (6:42p) The sun in Cancer trines Saturn in Pisces (7°)
June 29th (11:23p) Mercury in Cancer trines Saturn in Pisces (7°)
June 30th (2:06p) Neptune stations Retrograde in Pisces (27°)
June 30th (10:05p) The sun in Cancer conjoins Mercury in Cancer (9°)
July 1st (12:10a) Mercury in Cancer sextiles Jupiter in Taurus (9°)
July 1st (3:25a) The sun in Cancer sextiles Jupiter in Taurus (9°)
July 2nd (7:33a) Venus in Leo squares Uranus in Taurus (21°)
July 3rd (4:38a) Full Moon in Capricorn (11°)
July 6th (9:54p) Mercury in Cancer sextiles Uranus in Taurus (21°)
July 9th (4:47p) Mercury in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces (27°)
July 9th (6:48p) Last Quarter Moon in Aries (17°)
July 9th (11:52p) Pallas enters Virgo (0°)
July 10th (4:40a) Mars enters Virgo (0°)
July 10th (1:47p) Mercury in Cancer opposes Pluto in Capricorn (29°)
July 10th (9:11p) Mercury enters Leo (0°)
July 14th (4:02p) The sun in Cancer sextiles Uranus in Taurus (22°)
July 17th (5:48a) Mercury in Leo squares Jupiter in Taurus (11°)
July 17th (11:32a) New Moon in Cancer (24°)
July 17th (12:59p) North Node enters Aries (29°)
July 20th (6:06a) The sun in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces (27°)
July 20th (1:38p) Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn in Pisces (6°)
July 21st (8:52p) The sun in Cancer opposes Pluto in Capricorn (29°)
July 22nd (6:33p) Venus stations Retrograde in Leo (28°)
July 22nd (6:50p) the Sun enters Leo (0°)
