The Solstice And Cancer Season
June 21, 2023, 10:57am ET
Cancer Season Meditation For Emotional Wellbeing
Attend To Self-Care
After the Gemini season intellectual focus on curiosity and communication, Cancer season ushers in a time to slow down, find flow, and attend to self-care. At its core, self-care refers to the relationship you have with yourself. As you understand and act on your own physical and emotional needs, it ripples out into your immediate relationships and community.
Emotional Wellbeing
Despite its reputation for softness, water sign Cancer is fierce about the need to pay attention to the deeper emotional layers of the human experience. Cancer reminds us to prioritize self-care, so that we may address and heal our emotional wellbeing. Rather than just being a buzzword, self-care implies community care, which opens possibilities for generational healing. In addition, as you clear inner turmoil, you recover access to one of your most important sources of intuitive wisdom. During this Cancer season, take some time to reflect on water’s ability to hydrate, cleanse, cool, and flow. Make it your mission to seek out flow state activities. Incorporate enough fluids to stay fully hydrated. Spend time near your favorite body of water. Notice what feelings you may have been ignoring, or what emotional bonds with others need nurturing.
Cancer Season Overall
Overall, Cancer season offers a yin moment to look within and ask yourself what you need to nourish. As the season begins, words align easily with actions, perhaps allowing you to bond with someone out of the blue. You may find yourself floating on a dream of confusion or of cosmic enlightenment, depending on your point of view. Something that you expected to just be a side show may suddenly take centerstage. With Mercury moving with lightning speed, watch for the tendency to jump to conclusions. The Full Moon on July 3 ushers in a serious note, followed by time to muse over the previous week’s unexpected jolt. By July 10, your actions become more practically focused, which helps you get grounded. A clear glimpse into hidden motivations has the power to cause you to change direction. By the time the Cancer New Moon occurs on July 17, the need for emotional care takes on a spiritual impetus. Questions arise about what this means in practice, in both your personal life and in the profit-over-people culture at large. The steps that you take toward self-care prepare you for the inward focus of the Venus Retrograde cycle, which begins in the final minutes of Cancer season.
Contemplate What Kind Of Self-Care
As you contemplate what kind of self-care you might need during Cancer season, ask yourself where you need some extra attention. Using your Rising (or Sun) sign, read below to gain insight about which part of your life might specifically be impacted.
Aries: How do you need to nourish your family and your roots?
Taurus: How does your self-care connect to how you communicate?
Gemini: How can self-care help improve your feelings of self-worth?
Cancer: How can self-care support you in proceeding toward your life goals?
Leo: How can a retreat support your self-care?
Virgo: How does your self-care link to your community?
Libra: How can you bring the tenets of self-care into your workplace?
Scorpio: How does your self-care connect to a having a balanced worldview?
Sagittarius: How does your self-care enable you to create better boundaries with others?
Capricorn: What impact does taking care of yourself emotionally have on your partnerships?
Aquarius: How can your daily routines and practices incorporate self-care?
Pisces: How can you include self-care in your creative pursuits?
