We are entering a new lunar phase this week; the New moon. As the Moon changes signs approximately every 2-3 days, we feel her influence over our moods and intuition shift.As the moon begins her cycle in Cancer we are pushed to dive deep into the depths and waves of our emotions. Cancer is one of the most sensitive and intuitive signs of the zodiac. It’s ruled by the moon so when the moon is in the sign of Cancer at any time, you can be sure you’ll be feeling more emotional than normal. The overall energy of this lunation highlights our ongoing struggle to strive for emotional freedom and independence against all odds.
With a new moon in Cancer, you can focus on manifesting a better connection to your feelings. Cancer rules emotions, and you can work on any emotional issues. You can work on manifesting a stronger internal foundation for your feelings, and for who you are as a person. You can work on manifesting being more open with your feelings, walking in other people’s shoes, having improved memory, or focusing on happier memories.
The Cancer new moon connects us with the feeling of home within ourselves, pushes us to develop a new awareness of our emotional nature, and establish a new relationship with our sensitivity and vulnerability. It represents our foundation in life, our home, our roots, and our family of origin or our motherland. So our manifestations can focus on things like our home, and family life as well. The stronger our foundation, the more we can accomplish in the outside world.In this blogpost let’s dive into the depths of what the Cancer new moon can do for you, your life, and your magic.
New Moon What Is It And Why We Honor It?
Every month, the New Moons carry us over the threshold of a new beginning. So, let’s talk about the new moon in general before we go gusting through what the Gemini moon can do for you and your life. The new moon is the time to reflect and cleanse your energy. It is a time to set your intentions for what you wish to attract this lunar cycle. But, remember every intention set requires action and energy from your part as well. You can’t just set an intention and miraculously it is yours. You must also put the movement of energy behind it with action steps.
The new moon energy is there to support you in manifesting what you want. The new moon is a time to allow new ideas and energy to flow with you. It is a time to honor new beginnings, and the turning over of a cycle. Think of these intentions as seeds you are planting for this lunar cycle to be ready to harvest by the full moon. Use this time to rest, reflect, and plant what you will grow just as your ancestors across many cultures did while there was little light in the night sky for them to use.
Each New Moon is unique, offering its own magic within each month. To learn more about the foundations of working with the new moon, and how it affects you, read more here in my previous blog post. And to learn more about the moon in general and lunar magic you can read my comprehensive guide on the topic here. You can also watch my class on Youtube with Divination Academy below!
Themes For The Cancer New Moon
Every New Moon contains its own themes, which are related to the sign that it falls under. This time, we experience the New Moon in the emotional, sensitive, loving, caring, forgiving, compassionate, foundational, sign of the crab; Cancer. The crab is also the sign that represents our family, our childhood, our ancestral line, and our past. When diving into the depths of your soul, with not only the moon as your guide but the crab as well. You are most likely to see themes focused on these topics as you swim among your emotions. The Cancer New Moon is going to bring the spotlight on your personal life, your inner life, your emotional life, as well as on home and family dynamics that we need to address or take care of, maybe in a completely new way. The New Moon in her home sign invites us to strengthen our ability to tap into our intuition and reminds us of the value of giving space to our emotions. Let’s explore some of the themes and energies of Cancer deeper below.
Cancer The sign to nurture your emotions
Cancer is a water sign associated with nurturing, intuition, and empathy. The Moon is at home in Cancer and illuminates our innate desire to focus on our deepest emotional needs. The cancer moon reminds us of the importance of letting our emotions flow, of sitting with our emotions without judging them, without rationalizing them, and without attaching a story to them.The Cancer new moon infuses us with its energy. Making it a powerful time for emotional healing, enhancing psychic abilities, and nurturing relationships. It’s also an excellent time for enhancing empathy, and deepening your intuitive abilities by working with your clairs.
Cancer The Ruler Of Home And Family
Cancer is the ruler of the home and family, so we can focus more on home and family matters. This can be a time to work on projects at home, plan for family gatherings, visit family, or redefine the dynamics in your home by making shift inside of it. When the new moon is in Cancer this is a time to go back to our roots, who we are, where we came from, and work on releasing anything holding us back emotionally that is connected to our generational lineage, our childhood, and our upbringing. Now is a great time to begin looking into childhood wounds and working to start to healing them. Cancer is also the sign of mothering energy, so during this Moon you’ll feel a stronger urge to nurture and care for not only your own family more deeply, but everyone as if everyone was one of your children.
Cancer the sign of Foundations
Cancer is the very bottom of the Zodiac, so it relates to internal foundations. The Cancer New Moon can help us strengthen ourselves internally, and we can naturally feel more secure. It can be a time when we dig deep into the foundation of who we are and are able to use that security to start new things in our life. Especially if we are working on building something from the ground up.
The Cancer Constellation
Cancer, the crab, is the dimmest of the 12 zodiac constellations, yet it contains one of the brightest star clusters, the Beehive Cluster. In Greek mythology, the constellation Cancer represents a giant crab named Carcinos that attacked Hercules during one of his 12 labors. The goddess Hera sent the crab to distract Hercules while he fought the Hydra of Lerna, a water serpent. Cancer was able to grab Hercules’s toes with its claws, but Hercules killed it with a kick before it could cause more damage. Hera felt sorry for the crab and rewarded it for its efforts by placing it among the stars as the constellation Cancer.
Cancer New Moon and Duality
Since, I am a grey witch every single energy I work with I look for the duality in that energy and how I can connect to it.
First, let’s talk about the sign Cancer. The zodiac sign Cancer is known for its duality, which is represented by the crab’s hard shell and soft underbelly. Cancer energy is said to be tough and protective on the outside, but nurturing and emotional on the inside. Like the crab this energy allows us to retreat into our shell and home we carry on our back and be grounded safely in it. But, when we need to we can stand our ground and defend the home we carry on our backs and protect it until the end. Even though we will feel protective, this energy also allows us to feel, be sensitive, and to nurture not only others but, ourselves. We may feel resilient and hard on the outside right now, but on the inside the waves of emotions are crashing all around us and we internally don’t feel strong and protected.
Second; the new moon itself is all about duality and illuminating the night sky in both light and shadows. The new moon is all about rebirth, renewal, and the beginning of a new cycle, which puts you in a transitional liminal space and energy. In order for you to be in a space to begin again, to transition, and be reborn you had to just come from and ending and death.
If you want to know more about duality and being a grey witch you can watch my class with Divination Academy about it here.
What To Be Cautious Of This Cancer New Moon
When it comes to the Cancer new moon emotions will be heightened during the Cancer Moon, and it’s easy to become moody if you don’t express how you’re feeling. So make sure to express those hidden feelings that you have allowed to sink to the depths. Another thing to be cautious of with the new moon in Cancer is not allow yourself to build up stronger defense walls. The crab likes to retreat behind the walls of it’s castle to remain safe and protected as the waves of emotions crash upon the shore of your soul. But, don’t let yourself do that by lashing out in passive aggressive ways to those you love and care about. Allow the walls of your castle to soften and come down this lunar cycle instead of allowing them to be reinforced. The last thing to keep in mind is to make sure you don’t allow the nurturing pull of the crab to overcome you. It’s great to care for others and nurture others but, not at your own expense.
Correspondences For The Cancer New Moon
First, what is a correspondence? A correspondence is an item or symbol that is meant to connect you to a specific energy thru it’s representation. It is seen also as an item to respect, honor, and venerate that energy as well whether it be a deity, an archetype energy , or the zodiac energy the moon is currently in like cancer that I will list below for you to use. Remember this is not an all encompassing list and there may be other correspondences to use. Just follow your intuition and use what calls to you.
- planet- The Moon
- Animal- crab, lobster, crayfish
- Element-Water
- Sex-Feminine
- Modality-cardinal
- Symbol- Crab
- colors- sea green, blue, silver
- Motto- “I feel”
- Chakra- Heart
- Herbs- water lily, aloe, passionflower, lemon balm, lotus, sandalwood, lavender, rosemary, ginger, Geraniums, daisy, honeysuckle, chickweed, peppermint, jasmine, hyssop, morning glory, parsley, verbena
- Stones/ crystals- pearl, moonstone, aquamarine, turquoise,Rhodochrosite, rose quartz, ruby, opal, Chrysoprase
- Deities- luna, diana, artemis, lord krishna, deities of the moon
- Themes-Emotional, Family-oriented, Protective, Devoted, Caring, Maternal/Paternal, Intuitive, Domestic, Sentimental
- tarot- The chariot
- House- 4th
- Day- Monday
Ways To Work With The Cancer New Moon
Now, that we have talked about the themes of this cancer new moon and how it is going to affect you let’s talk about how you can specifically connect to and work with this moon. In magical practices, cancer
First, make sure to do all of your staples that your learned in the previous blog post on the new moon and the moon in general like, charging your crystals, making moon water, and resetting your altar. Make sure to make moon water this lunar cycle. The moon rules Cancer, so its energy is particularly strong and potent during this time. This makes Cancer moon water incredibly powerful for spells and rituals involving emotions, intuition, and home and family.
With this moon there are certain spells and rituals that will help connect you this moon in the most effective way. The cancer moon Remember these are just some of the many ideas. Follow your intuition and the energy of this moon. Below is a more extensive list of ideas on how to connect to and work with the Cancer new moon.
- Clean, redecorate, or start projects around the home
- Reestablish a relationship with a relative
- Do inner child work
- Do something nostalgic or sentimental
- Set goals using Smart goals– To learn more about what SMART goals are and how to use them you can read about here in my previous blog post.
- Abundance spells-You can learn how to connect to abundance with my in depth guide here
- Meditation and Visualization
- Heart Chakra Energy Work
- immerse yourself in water
- Spend time with your mother and connect to maternal energy
- Set intentions and Manifestation work-new projects/ ideas, communication, shifting your perspective, learning something new, creating new connections with others
- Divination– Try divination associated with the element water; one of my favorite is by practicing water scrying.
- Self reflection– You can do this through mirror magic. To learn more on how to do this you can read about it here, https://modgepodgemystic.com/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whose-the-most-magical-of-them-all-a-guide-to-mirror-magic/and watch my previous class taught with Divination here
- Cleansing
- Ritual bath
- Womb healing– To learn more about this practice you can watch my class all about here and book me for 1:1 guided sessions here
- Protection magic and spells– To learn more about how to do protection magic you can watch part 1 and part 2 of my classes with Divination academy on YouTube
- Burn Bay leaves with intentions written on them
- Work with your intuition– sit with your intuition, listen to your intuition, work on developing your psychic clares. To learn more about how to do that you can purchase my ebook here
- Hydrate
- Make a spell jar-to connect to Cancer. To learn how to make spell jars you can purchase my ebook here
- Work with the element water in your magical workings and spells- You can learn more about how to do that here
- Connect to the energy of July– You can learn all about the magic of July in my previous blogpost here.
- Shadow work– If you would like to learn more about shadow work you can purchase my eBook here; https://www.paypal.com/instantcommerce/checkout/2S3QJZ4UPDRG6 you can book me for a 1:1 session as your guide here; https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555318986253 and you can watch my free class previously taught on it through Divination here.
- Make a simmer pot-for peace, calmness, emotional healing or clarity
- Journal– focus on your emotions, emotional healing, family life, family dynamics, childhood, ancestors
- Affirmations–
I go with the flow of my emotions
I let my emotions guide me
I trust my intution
I am clear on my needs
I allow myself to feel vulnerable
My sensitivity and empathy are strengths not weaknesses
Meditation for an improved home
Our home is not only where our hearts live but, it’s our homebase and physical container we come back to. At times it can become hectic, or unstable for all kinds of reasons. Use this meditation below to bring more peace, harmony, and stability into your home with the crab, the ruler of our home and foundation.
Get into sacred container while focusing your intentions and energy on visualizing exactly what you want your home environment to be like with a clear quartz in your hand.
Next, light a white candle for purity, peace, and cleansing energy. Continue to focus on visualizing everything about your home, from what it looks like, what it feels like to be in it, who is in it etc. Once you feel set in that image take a pen or paper and either write out your intentions for your home or draw out your home if you can.
Once you are done putting your intentions down on paper, hold your crystal in both hands visualizing all unwanted energy and things not written on that paper leaving your home and being sucked into your crystal. When you feel all unwanted energy and things have entered your crystal, blow out your candle and take it outside and bury it in the earth away from the threshold of your home. Take your list of intentions written or drawings and place on your altar to be seen until the next new moon.
Spell for emotional healing
Cancer is the sign of emotions and nurturing which makes it a very potent time to go within and do some emotional healing. Especially with family wounds, childhood wounds, and scars from the past. Use the spell below during the cancer new moon to bring emotional healing to your life.
What you will need:
- a bowl of water
- pink candle
- oil
- Lavender, pink rose petals, rosemary, cinnamon
- rose quartz
How to perform spell:
Get into sacred container by taking some deep breaths and visualizing pink, loving, and nurturing energy surrounding you. Once you feel set in sacred container take the herbs and grind or mix them together. Once done take your oil and anoint your pink candle with it focusing on loving pink energy open you up to emotional healing. Next, take your candle and roll it in the herbal blend you mixed. Next set it next to your bowl of water asking to connect to the energy of the crab and the depths of your soul. Once your items are set light your candle. Take your rose quartz and hold it in your hands while reciting the spell below staring deep into your bowl of water.
” Water wash over my heart and soul to soothe what needs to mend, healing energy to me please send. Heal the inner scars and wounds you touch and I wish to longer carry. Heal my heart, and soul so here on out I can be merry.”
Repeat the spell as many times as you feel you need to. Until you feel your emotional wounds mend, heal, and be released. Leave the candle to burn until it goes out on it’s own. Take your bowl of water and give it to the earth outside thanking it for absorbing your emotional wounds as you do so. Carry your rose quartz with you for as long as you need to bring you love and emotional healing throughout the day.
Wrap up
However you choose to connect to this new moon and work with its energy be prepared to experience the sensitive, emotional, and nurturing energy of the crab. The New Moon in her home sign invites us to strengthen our ability to tap into our intuition and reminds us of the value of giving space to our emotions. Under the cancer new moon, your intentions will manifest through emotional healing, enhancing psychic abilities, and nurturing relationships. Listen to cancer this New Moon and focus on manifesting those seeds you have been sitting on in the depths of your soul for a long time now. This is a sign of foundation and the time to start and build something brand new from the ground up!
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