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Every 29 days, we meet the new Moon. It’s a night that brings us many stars but no Moon to light the way. It is the darkest time of the lunar cycle but also one of the most powerful. In the darkness of the upcoming new Moon in Cancer, the veil between the subconscious and conscious is lowered.
Each new Moon furthers our growth and illuminates wisdom inside us. The new Moon in Cancer is an inspirational time that opens up a portal to our highest intuition, a time full of emotional experiences and deep self-reflection. Cancer’s energy teaches us to feel deeply, encouraging us to shed our emotional armor and allow ourselves to fully experience every emotion, energetic shift, and physical sensation. As the new Moon meets this nurturing energy, it can indeed feel like an emotional roller coaster, bringing up intense feelings, dreams, and behaviors.
When Is the New Moon in Cancer?
The new Moon in Cancer takes place on July 5, 2024.
What Does the New Moon in Cancer Mean for You?
The Moon is a feminine energy, representing the side of us that seeks knowledge internally instead of looking outside ourselves for answers. The new Moon in Cancer is even more divinely feminine through the influence of yin energy, which is soft and receptive.
Cancer reminds us to feel. The Moon is at ease in Cancer, urging us to find and feel our own frequency. This concept involves identifying a state of being that makes us feel at ease, fulfilled, and content with life. It brings happiness and serves as a reminder of our true self. When we come home to ourselves, we return to our soul—the part of us that remains constant regardless of how our external circumstances have unfolded.
Our home frequency or vibration can sometimes be obscured by the plethora of emotions we experience daily. Emotions are transient—they come and go and sometimes linger longer than they should, leading us to become attached to them without realizing who we would be without them. It is crucial to remember that these emotions are not who we are. They are merely visitors within the sanctuary of our inner being.
As challenging as it may be to face the varied emotions that this new Moon brings to the surface, engaging in this practice is incredibly beneficial. When you allow yourself to fully experience your emotions, you open the doors to your intuition. You cannot truly access your inner knowledge without first navigating the complete spectrum of emotions residing in your energy.
This Moon is also about receiving information from your intuition. Your higher elf is connected to the wisdom that extends past the present moment. You are connected to the infinite knowledge of the universe, including everything that has occurred in the past and future. There is no limit to how much your intuition already knows. This is a receiving Moon. Receive what you already know and let it guide you to your intentions.
Also know that your intuition is also extremely efficient, providing answers so swiftly that you might miss them if you’re not paying attention. The ease with which intuition offers solutions can sometimes lead to distrust, as part of you struggles to believe that answers can actually come so easily. When you listen to your intuition, you reclaim your power by making yourself your own inner authority. Cancer, the first water sign of the zodiac, generates water energy, reminding us that we have the power to generate energy and vibrations that can change our lives and the lives around us—all from our intuition.
As you sit with the vibrations of this new Moon, ask yourself if you have lost your power in some way. Did a past event take it from you? Do you spend too much energy thinking about the past or trying to suppress it? Wherever our attention goes, so does our energy. If we are locked into the past and its events, our energy is being drained by it. We are sending our power to the situation or cycle that caused us trauma and not harnessing that power to manifest our intentions.
This new Moon is a day to feel your intentions. It’s a time to extend your energy into your visions to embody them, feel for any blockages, and start to materialize them. The new Moon in Cancer helps us understand our emotions around our intentions and how they affect their manifestation.
Feel your ability to reclaim your power. Notice where your thoughts go when you allow them to wander. Notice what emotions come up when you sit with old pain. Are you still suffering? You may never be able to change the events of the past, but you can take away their power to create continued suffering.
Your Invitation
Some signs will show us paths forward, while others may show us paths inward. The new Moon in Cancer calls for inner contemplation. It is about our subjective experience with the world, meaning the way we interpret things, the conversations we have with ourselves, and how much we allow ourselves to open to the magic of the Universe. It is less about doing and more about understanding our relationship with being.
This new Moon in Cancer invites us to trust in the simplicity of intuitive answers and to understand that the answers we seek can be straightforward when we are willing to engage with our emotions. Your emotions are the key to unlocking the profound wisdom of your intuition. Give yourself space and time to process any emotions, asking why they have surfaced and the spend time to release, clear, or transform them.
The new Moon is indeed a time to dream, but it’s also a time to receive visions. These visions inform our intentions and help us understand the evolution of our energy this lifetime. We gain greater access to our desires, our fears, and our intuition. We can see the visions of our lives more clearly and understand our future paths. With no light to shine on us, we become more vulnerable. The darkness of the new Moon softens us. It helps us drop our defenses and feel more deeply. In doing so, we can access the part of ourselves that is connected to all Universal knowledge.
During the new Moon, we can feel into the void that began everything. We can feel the connection between us and the vast energy field that makes up the Universe. We can reprocess the past, see the future, and feel into our souls through this connection. We can gain knowledge about what our souls are here to accomplish this lifetime and what we truly want for our lives.
This new Moon in Cancer is an opportunity to deepen your inner exploration and allow for a life that truly resonates with your intuition and soul. Let this be a time of powerful emotional honesty and intuitive clarity, a sacred moment to align your external life with the core of your inner being.
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About Our Contributor
Jill Wintersteen is the founder of Spirit Daughter, a lifestyle brand devoted to helping you live your best life through understanding the energy of the Universe. She also writes workbooks on each full Moon as well as other astrological events. Follow her on Instagram @spiritdaughter.
