My June 2024 Forecast shares:
June 20 Sun enters Cancer, 4:51 p.m. Eastern U.S. time. Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. The Sun in Gemini exactly squares Neptune earlier today, so this shift into Cancer feels extra palpable, as we return to more harmonious water energy.
June 21 Full Moon in Capricorn, 9:08 p.m. Eastern U.S. time. The Sabian Symbol for this Full Moon is “(CAPRICORN 2°): THREE ROSE WINDOWS IN A GOTHIC CHURCH, ONE DAMAGED BY WAR.” Dane Rudhyar adds a “KEYNOTE: The necessary realization by any individual making a violent use of collective power that it will lead to the inevitable destruction of some of the values ensuring group-integration.” This is the same symbol as the Capricorn New Moon on December 23, 2022. Issues that arose back then may resurface now. At the time of the Full Moon, the transiting North Node in Aries quincunxes Black Moon Lilith in Virgo. Reactivity runs high, but war is not the answer. The Sun, Mercury and Venus in Cancer urge us to honor emotions and find ways to nurture each other and ourselves. Some things are worth preserving.
The Cancer-Capricorn axis forces us to grapple with tensions between:
family vs. career
home vs. office
mother vs. father
feminine vs. masculine
nurturing vs. ruthlessness
over-empathy vs. rational assessment
staying in our shell vs. stepping up to lead
a need for protection vs. the call to protect
Even though Capricorn likes a tidy black or white assessment, some weird energies at the time of this Full Moon remind us to explore nuance and other possibilities. Think both/and rather than either/or.
The 1+ Cancer Sun point of this Full Moon quincunxes Pluto at 1+ Aquarius. This deepens and intensifies (Pluto) whatever feelings (Cancer) or information come to light (Sun) around the change of Seasons and the Capricorn Full Moon. A quincunx demands we integrate signs that seem to have nothing in common. Cancer is a Cardinal Water sign, while Aquarius is a Fixed Air sign. The Sun is bright and optimistic, whereas Pluto rules both Shadow and the Underworld.
How do we integrate these differences?
Both Cancer and Aquarius are signs of group energy with Cancer representing familial ties, and Aquarius covering friendships and political parties. Around the time of this Full Moon, alliances (Aquarius and Cancer) may transform (Pluto) in radical (Aquarius) ways that challenge the old guard and status quo (Full Moon in Capricorn). We’re asked to reevaluate traditions–both cultural and familial–as we try to make sense of continued downloads and revelations. Strangers could begin to feel like “family,” and we might learn that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Also at the 1+ Cancer Sun point is Asbolus–a prophet who correctly predicted the war between Lapiths and Centaurs. No one believed his warnings, and a devastating war ensued. Given the Sabian Symbol of this Full Moon, we would be wise to heed such warnings. “(CAPRICORN 2°): THREE ROSE WINDOWS IN A GOTHIC CHURCH, ONE DAMAGED BY WAR.” The Sabian Symbol for the Sun-Asbolus point offers a clue as to how we might avoid this predicted war. “(CANCER 2°): A MAN ON A MAGIC CARPET HOVERS OVER A LARGE AREA OF LAND. KEYNOTE: The ability to expand one’s consciousness by stabilizing one’s point of view at a higher level.“
Indeed, magic permeates and overwhelms the solitary Moon in Capricorn with a tight square from Neptune in the final degree of Pisces. This Anaretic degree exaggerates all elements of Neptune–the magical, mystical, highest vibration of love, dreams, and inspiration, and the biggest deception, illusion, delusion, martyrdom, and porous boundaries, including boundaries between worlds.
Circe–daughter of Helios the Sun and a nymph, she’s a minor goddess of enchantment and magic. Circe exactly squares the Full Moon axis from 1+ Aries. Although she changed men to beasts and created monsters that killed many men, she also used spells, herbs, and potions to heal and help humanity. A master of subterfuge and illusion, her presence reminds us that magic is powerful and can be used for good or ill. Exiled by her own kind–the fickle gods–she eventually allied herself with some humans.
Alongside Circe at 1+ Aries is the Trans-Neptunian Object Borasisi, named for the solar god of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. Alex’s Astrology notes about Borasisi: “Astrologically, Borasisi represents deception of all types, though especially those perpetrated by or in the name of religion. It relates to illusion and delusion, particularly conscious self-delusion, as well as the dangers of technological excess.” In context of this Capricorn Full Moon, we’re reevaluating organized religions and their fallout. How many wars have been fought for religions that teach hatred of anyone of different faith? By whose authority (Capricorn) do so many people get brainwashed (Neptune/Circe/Borasisi) into killing others and destroying those who hold alternate worldviews?
In addition to the Sun and Asbolus, Venus and Mercury are also in the first decan (ten degrees) of Cancer. Venus sits at 5+ Cancer in the same degree as two out of the three Fate sisters. We’ve got Klotho (also spelled Clotho), “the Spinner” of one’s Fate through life, and Atropos, aka “the Inflexible,”–cutter of the cord of life. The only one missing at 5+ Cancer is the middle sister, Lachesis, aka “the Alloter” who determines one’s length of life.
Love, personal values, grace, and self-esteem (Venus) buffer and perhaps delay the harsh activity of Fate, but this Full Moon feels heavy (Capricorn). Regardless of magic and intention, some things cannot be changed. On the other hand, love stirs the pot. I’m reminded of Jimi Hendrix here: “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” As seasons change and we explore the complex issues of our times, will we lean into the love of power or the power of love?
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