3rd Quarter Moon in Cancer

October 17, 2022 | 10:14 am (PST) | Keyword: Impressions

The Moon is winding its way through the sign of Cancer emphasizing the bonds of family and home. The influence can bring the strong inclination to integrate spiritual values into family life in order to cultivate a peaceful atmosphere in the domestic environment. But a tendency toward inertia may also necessitate a review to create more cleanliness and order in your surroundings.

Cancer is a sign associated with business and dealing with the public. The Sun is currently coupled with Venus and the most fortunate star, Spica. Together, they will highlight a talented person or create the circumstances to attract gifted people into your network of friends. Perhaps you admire someone or are highly respected yourself for excelling in your profession. Those with Cancer strongly featured in the natal chart (sun, moon, rising sign) will be key to upcoming events.

Memories and the past also fall under the domain of Cancer and you could be prone to impulsive reactions, even volatility, when encountering situations that trigger emotional memories. You have a need to experience others on a profound and intensely emotional level which is reflected in the people and situations that you’ll attract during this cycle. The Aries Point is featured prominently in an area connected to resources and personal income and will bring persons unknown to you into such affairs. (This may be a continuation from the last cycle which also held this significant point.) With the Part of Private Enemies sitting atop this moon chart, those who’ve been working against you are likely to be made public. The relationship axis is at urgent degree and hooked into the cluster of stars known as the Pleaides which suggests “something to cry about” or matters borne out of sadness. Concerns can be the result of a death or ending to a life cycle. This might include issues surrounding financial responsibility related to someone who has passed that may be overwhelming to deal with or the end of probate. It could also denote excessive tax burden or inheritance issues. For some, it’s the end of a monetary cycle and the approach of a new one after focusing on relief through bankruptcy, pulling out of debt, or real estate matters.

Perhaps you feel overly possessive about property or desire to have greater control over something jointly shared. Financial power struggles are indicated and you or your partner may fight over how to handle money or pay the bills and debts may go up or down. If you share funds with a spouse or some other person, the amount of money you receive will change either positively or negatively. It’s possible that your own personal resources are likely to decrease leaving you with a greater sense of inequality and dependency. However, this can be due to valid circumstances you’ve consciously chosen. Generally, the influence implies a negative answer to questions and warns of approaching misfortune, particularly with regard to health and travel. When inwardly directed, it also foreshadows a time of depression or disappointment.

Persons who are highly developed psychically can use their heightened intuition to guide decisive action to overcome the stasis of past conditioning. With Pollux intertwined with the moon, there’s a desire to bring reform or change through knowledge. As you become more aware of your own emotional needs, you’ll gain insight concerning the psychological influences in others as well and the ability to perceive the subtle motivations behind their actions. It may be that someone in your immediate circle is in need of counseling. In some cases, the help needed fails to arrive. Your knowledge may come through a formal study of psychology or an understanding that comes with simply associating with persons who’re disturbed on some level. Perhaps you’re starting a practice as a professional therapist, counselor, or astrologer or exploring less popular or less mainstream modes of thinking. This may coincide or connect with a period of heavy propaganda or people who tend to put a spin on information.

These emotional encounters provide the opportunity for you to understand power struggles and manipulation and how these may play out through interactions with those whom you’re involved. Either you, or someone in your midst, is a persuasive personality and a master at getting their needs met. A gamut of issues can complicate relationships such as ambivalence, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, jealousy, guilt, unexplained anger, helplessness and unconscious feelings that undermine conscious actions. These situations tend to cause you to carefully consider the ramifications of any decisions, especially if you feel responsibility toward others. Intense encounters may place you in a delicate position that requires tact and diplomacy, particularly if you’re counseling professionally. If so, you’ll come to rely on a growing intuitive and psychic awareness that influences your conscious approach. The realization is that while one cannot direct events, there’s power over perception and the choice of reaction to challenging periods that are temporary. Through cultivating acceptance, emotional stability, and the understanding that all serves a purpose, burdens grow much lighter.

The keyword for this cycle is impressions which may underscore those who are especially impressionable and/or those who hold the power to make an impression. Persons who are psychic in nature can readily absorb the thoughts and suggestions of others and must remain vigilant in protecting self while avoiding negative states of mind or low vibrational thought.

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