CANCER - The Full Moon of Security

CREATING SECURITY: Feeling safe and secure in the moment, in your life, in the present and in the future. The next two weeks are the perfect time to unite the energy of the Full moon in Cancer with the Hand Analysis skill set of living your life in balance.

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Full Moon in Cancer - June 30, 6:49 am PST

The Cancer full moon is the time to turn inward and examine which aspects of your life feel the most secure... and which do not and why.

Contrary to popular belief, feeling secure is not dependent on your finances. Nor is it dependent on the state of your love life. Really. No matter how much money you have, you feel only as secure as your life is in balance. And, no matter how happily partnered you may be, you feel only as secure as your life is in balance.

Fortunately, Hand Analysis offers a skill set for this balancing act. It is based on the Rules of the 24-hour day. Living on this planet, we are all subject to the same time constraints: There are only 24 hours in one day.

During that time, your body needs:

• eight (8) hours to sleep,
• eight (8) hours to work, and
• eight (8) hours to balance out the rest of your day.

The skill set is shifting the areas that are out of balance for a more even life experience.

If you feel these rules do not apply to you, and you have no problem living on 5-1/2 hours of sleep for your 12-hour work day (include your commute time in that), then take advantage of the next two weeks to make a few mental assessments. Consider various aspects of your life: your home, job, future, relationship, car. Then ask yourself, on a scale of 1 –10, "How secure do I feel about (x)…?" Just notice.

From the astrological perspective, the phrase associated with the Cancer moon is, "I build a lighted house and therein dwell." The Cancer energy offers this thought: "True security comes from allowing the light of the soul to flow through your physical and spiritual home." The Cancer full moon is an opportunity to ask if your "house" is lit: what areas of your life are you avoiding, neglecting, casting into the shadows? How can you allow more of your soul's light to pour through your life? Now is the time to feel into your darkened, fearful, stuck places and illuminate them.

We often feel that these dark, habitual places are safe and secure when in fact the "light" of the soul and our stance in that light is the only true security. A Cancer deeply wants to live in the light but will easily retreat back to the dark waters if he feels unsafe. Encourage yourself to stay with the fear.

The key to a life in balance is in the breath.

Try this during the next two weeks: BREATHE

Think you already know how? Follow these steps:

Step 1: Exhale through your mouth.

Step 2: Keep exhaling. You think you're done, but you're not. Keep going until all the air is expelled.

Step 3: Inhale fully. Purse your lips as though you are sucking through a straw. Start filling up your belly, then your chest with air. See how much of your lung capacity you can access.

Repeat from beginning three times for three full breaths.

Take three full breaths at the beginning of every hour. It takes less than two minutes, but it can change your life. This is completely an experiential exercise. Just thinking about doing it will not result in the desired effect.

The oxygen flow tells your body that it is safe, causing your system to slow down and regulate. When this happens, you automatically start to redistribute your energy to areas in your life that need attention.

• Breathe and notice that you are safe even as you face this fear.
• Breathe and notice what it is you really want to care for and nourish.
• Trust that only by facing the fear, reactivity or crinkly place can you break through to offering your gift of healing and nourishment to the world.

Coming up on the horizon:
In the next LUNAPHASES, we jump into action with the energy of the New Moon in Cancer and the Hand Analysis skill sets of Self Care.

GEMINI - The New Moon of Right Relationship

New Moon in Gemini
June 14th - 8:14 PDT

The new moon of each sign is a time to act and to begin. It’s a time to state our intentions clearly and move forward.

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Astrology

Heidi Rose Robbins, Astrologer
heidi@lunaphases.com

After collecting and meditating upon the energies of Gemini at the time of the full moon, the new moon gives us the opportunity to act upon the Gemini message.

This particular new moon finds Pluto opposing the moon and Mars sextile the moon. This is a time to LET GO of habitual relationship patterns. You’ll have some new energy and drive to GET OVER old behaviors.

We can use the energy of this new moon to explore relationship.

* How might we forge stronger, deeper relationships in very concrete ways?

* Who or what needs to be connected?

* Practically speaking, with whom should we network or build bridges during these next two weeks?

Very simply, think along these lines:

Bridge, relate, connect, teach, learn and experiment. And with this particular new moon, let go of old modes of relating. Try something new.

And even more simply, check out The Hello Love Experiment as an interesting practice for this Gemini new moon period. This practice reveals the love that underlies everything and that’s what Gemini is ultimately all about.

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Hand Analysis

Lynn Jordan, Certified Hand Analyst
lynn@lunaphases.com

Hand Analysis offers the perfect skill set to help you let go of habitual relationship patterns. We call it EMOTIONAL AUTHENTICITY. Over the past two weeks, as the moon has been waning, we focused on the first two steps of this skill set: Identifying your feeling internally and Displaying it on your face or in your body – bringing it to the surface. Now it’s time to incorporate the third step: COMMUNICATING your feeling at the appropriate level with the other person as close to the moment as possible.

HERE’S HOW: You’ve identified and displayed your feeling – now – let a sound come out of your mouth. It doesn’t have to be in English. It doesn’t have to be a word. It just needs to be heard. Create a verbal signal to the other person that you are having a feeling. This provides the opportunity for you to be seen. Being seen is what allows for connection.

You have a 10-second window to utter a sound before it becomes a stuffed feeling.

OR – LET GO OF THIS BEHAVIOR:

Intellectualizing Your Feelings
Beware of the trap of TOO MANY WORDS – when you are monologuing about how you feel, or if you are explaining your feelings – YOU ARE IN YOUR HEAD. Take this as a cue to STOP TALKING. Feelings are simple. No matter how brainy you are, you cannot intellectually figure out your current emotional condition. Frustrating, but true.

WHAT TO DO: Revert back to monosyllabic expression. "I feel…mad, sad, hurt, glad, love, scared, happy" (all right, this one is two syllables, but that’s okay). I guarantee that expressing yourself with the vocabulary of a two-year-old is the way to deepen emotional connection. I mean it.

TRY THIS: Over the next two weeks, when you are alone – like in your car – just start an ongoing commentary: "How do I feel? I feel…(X)…How do I feel? I feel…(X)…" See how long you can keep it up. This is a great exercise to sensitize your feeling instrument.