Lynda Hill's Sabian Symbols

Ploughing On, Ploughing Through, Ploughing Onwards: June's New Moon In Cancer

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one’s being alone. Henry David Thoreau

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. Leonardo da Vinci

If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be led by the nose. Mark Twain

The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is Alaska. Trivia.net

June's new Moon in Cancer falls on the 23rd in the US and the 24th in Australia. Occurring just after the Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere and the Winter Solstice in the southern, it brings with it a time some changes. New moons always have the potential for ushering in the new, but, falling on the heels of the Solstice, it is even more so. The Sabian Symbol for this Solstice is Cancer 1: SAILORS ON A SHIP LOWER AN OLD FLAG AND RAISE A NEW ONE. This can show, or bring about, the completion of some things in our lives, leading to new situations, possibilities, relationships, realizations, etc. Affirmations made now can be particularly strong as we have a new 'flag' to raise (and, the Karmic Condition of Pluto at the moment is one of 'flags' too, we are being asked to recognise, to see, to realize, etc, who, what or where we are showing our allegiance to). 

These 'new allegiances' can be further shown by Venus and Pluto, in earth signs, in a lovely trine aspect to each other. The Sabian Symbol for Venus is also showing a new birth, a new beginning, new possibilities, new relationships, new realizations. Venus is on Taurus 19: A NEW CONTINENT ARISES FROM THE OCEAN. Whatever is working in your life can be strengthened while whatever is not may need to be let go of now. And, it could feel relieving and refreshing and very real. 

Although this is quite a 'lunar' new Moon (being in Cancer), Mars is very highlighted at this time with a close square to Jupiter followed by a close trine to Neptune, and, in the week after the new Moon, an opposition to Pluto. Mars' message seems to be that it is great to have strong ideals, strong feelings, beliefs, dreams, etc, but, we may need to temper them a little while remembering that not everyone sees things in the same light. Mars/Jupiter in square aspect can bring up issues to do with arguments over politics, religion, beliefs, etc, and, we might be pushed to stand up for, defend or announce our beliefs. As always, it may be prudent to count to ten before launching into any arguments as they could just be time wasting and not at all productive. This is made even more so by the Quest Degree of this new Moon - Cancer 4: A CAT ARGUING WITH A MOUSE, and, the Karmic Condition of Mercury - Cancer 5: AT A RAILROAD CROSSING, A CAR RACES WITH A TRAIN (otherwise often known as the 'car wreck degree' - please note though, if you have Cancer 5 in your chart, it does not have to show car accidents or being 'wrecked'. It is more likely to show how you might 'take on society - go against the normal rules and ways of society', etc). These degrees of early Cancer can be quite difficult unless we are reasonably cautious about which 'battles' or 'fights' we take up. With caution, we may make progress, if we're being reckless, we could leave considerable 'rubble' in our wake. After all, Mars is not all that effective in Cancer; we can find ourselves being emotional, irrational even, when we would probably prefer to be in control of our responses. 

This new Moon, though, does have some excellent aspects - most notably the grand trine between Saturn and Uranus and the Moon's nodes. With concentrated attention, we can make some great progress now, and, find a true sense of direction by not succumbing to the bad or difficult news around us. Through planning and right action, we can achieve many goals that might have long been on the back-burner. 

There's more that can be said about all of this, but, it is covered in the list of Sabian Symbols for the planets below. 

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The new Moon each month marks a time of new beginnings and realisations. It's like a birth after a time of gestation or being 'in the womb'. Here, the light begins to return and we can see new beginnings and possibilities. A new Moon means that the Sun and the Moon are both together - bringing a synergy of their energies together. The new Moon is a perfect time to set your intentions for the future. This period is wonderful for planting seeds of whatever kind. What do you want to manifest in your future? Whether you write it down, sing about it or just hold the thought forms in your mind, doing this at the new Moon can realise some fabulous results around the things that you want to draw into your life. 

The Urge To Find Safe Ground: June's full Moon In Sagittarius

Just as there’s garbage that pollutes the Potomac River, there is garbage polluting our culture. We need an Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up. Patrick Buchanan

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. Romanian Proverb

SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Ambrose Bierce

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi

Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, toward them. If they didn’t, they couldn’t endure. Nella Larsen

The Sagittarius full Moon occurs on June 9, and, it is one that can bring a lot of issues to the fore and give us a chance to clear away the old, outworn and no longer useful things in our lives. This full Moon is in a square aspect with Neptune, which can have us looking at our objectives, where we are and where we want to be going. We may find that some of the things we've been wanting to come into reality are not really good for us in the long run, perhaps not even in the short run. This square from Neptune is exact in the few days in the lead-up to the full Moon, so we can have some good realizations along the lines of what to pursue and what to drop.

Next, the Moon will conjunct Saturn, so some decisions can be made along these lines. Soon after the full Moon, the Moon trines the Moon's north node, giving us an extra shot in the arm when it comes to making those steps that we want to make, and, it can bring some interesting and useful moves forward and contacts with others into our lives. Then, very soon after, the Moon trines Uranus, giving us those breakthroughs in understanding. It can also bring some big 'aha moments' where pennies just seem to drop, giving us the urge to pursue the new while dropping the old. So, even though this full Moon has a conjunction with Saturn, it does have some 'outs' in that the energies are lining up for us for some much needed changes. 

Jupiter is stationary direct, which means that it is just about to go forward again after being retrograde since early February. If you've been feeling tired lately, like laying on the lounge and vegging out and not doing much, Jupiter could have been contributing to that. Either that, or, you might find that you've been working too hard, thinking too much, going and going a lot lately and now you need some time out. This shows up because Jupiter has been sitting for several days on Libra 14: THE NOON SIESTA degree. Jupiter appears to want us to slow down, to take some time for ourselves, to rearrange our priorities perhaps. Certainly, it can point to burn out and the need to regroup one's energies. This prograde movement of Jupiter is ensuring that some of the things we've been wanting to pursue are now beginning to manifest more and more - we can have the wind at our back to push us forward in the coming weeks. 

Venus is now in Taurus. This is a lovely placement for Venus, however, this full Moon can be about mourning, or, letting go of the past as Venus goes onto Taurus 5 very soon after the Moon is full - Taurus 5: A WIDOW KNEELS AT AN OPEN GRAVE, READY TO RECEIVE THE SECRET TO ETERNAL LIFE. This, again, brings up the issue of releasing things that are not working out for us. It could be a relationship that has reached it's conclusion, a realization of what is and what isn't possible (or desirable) now, or, it can have us breaking free of constraints that have been placed on us emotionally, mentally, physically, etc. Is it time to really bury the past now? It can be as simple as imagining yourself conclusively dropping any stories that are no longer relevant. Venus here can work wonders to move us into a new life, a new reality, a new sense of relationship, a renewed sense of worth, etc. 

Further pushing us to analyse how things are working out is Uranus on Aries 28: A LARGE DISAPPOINTED AUDIENCE. This can have the feeling that things are
 too hard, difficult, or, that things are not panning out as you would like them to. However, it is by changing the messages you pay attention to, or those that you give out to the world that you can move through any sense of 'disappointment' and change your 'audience' into having a better vibration. This feeling of disappointment can also come from world events where we feel as though we are witnessing things we would rather not. I think that for many, less watching of the news and more listening to things that calm and soothe and inspire is the better agenda. Uranus is on this 'audience' degree until June 28, so we may be experiencing this for some weeks. It's all good, though, as we are, again, being shown where we might feel let down and where we can change that tune. 

Worldwide, it seems we have the issue of 'fake news' versus 'real news'. Mercury on Gemini 5: THE RADICAL MAGAZINE DISPLAYS A SENSATIONAL FRONT PAGE may be pointing us towards making those decisions around what is really worthwhile listening to. Decisions made may also have to be announced to others in some way. Mercury can have things overstated on this degree, so it pays to be discerning about what you both hear and say. 

Adding to the feeling of needing to watch our thoughts is Neptune on Pisces 15: AN OFFICER DRILLING HIS MEN IN A SIMULATED ATTACK. This degree, especially with Neptune sitting stationary retrograde on it, can have us worrying about what might happen - it can be a 'the sky is falling' type of energy. It also shows the attacks (on many fronts, in many ways) that are happening on a world level; it can show terror attacks, gun violence and general mayhem. Ramping up the fear is coming from our media, and, we have talk of things such as tighter control of the internet and more and more loss of our individual freedoms. We can, of course, rise above this, and, this is largely the message of Neptune on this degree: Not listening to the monkey-mind of concern and fear is a good way forward with this placement. 

Getting organised and freeing up our energies is shown with Saturn and Uranus in a grand trine with the Moon's north node - all in fire signs. This can bring a sense of liberation and renewal, a regaining of belief and inspiration, and, plans can be implemented and one can become more organised with this energy, especially if you're following your true heart's desire. This is, of course, always important, but, especially now. 

There's more that can be said about all of this, but, it is covered in the list of Sabian Symbols for the planets below. 

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