Dear Friends,
on July 2nd or 3rd, we are collectively experiencing the influence of a New Moon in 10 degree and 38 minutes of the sensitive zodiac sign of the Cancer. This stellar event is particularly powerful as coupled with a total solar eclipse and therefor amplified in impact. The Cancer / Capricorn axis is highly vivid this year, so if we are wise we take every chance for a conscious shift in awareness. 

Collectively we will feel invited to examen the themes of self-love, self-care and self-respect on even deeper levels and to make adjustments in this areas, if we find ourselves responsible of neglect. After all, keeping healthy boundaries allows us to truly enjoy the time we share with others.

Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.
Dan Coppersmith

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.
Parker Palmer

Very vivid sensible is the theme of family during the influence of this Cancer New Moon. The question might arise what family truly means to you. If the love we share with the people most present in our life is all there is to give, or maybe humanity in itself can become the tribe we seek. Such profound questions will be front and center of our collective emotional challenges these days.

Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. What is the outcome? Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow man and from nature.
Erich From

You must know that only he who fights the darkness within will the day after tomorrow have his own share in the sun.
Odysseus Elytis

We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
Martin Luther King Jr.

I want to live in a society filled with people who are curious and concerned about each other rather than afraid of each other. I want to live in a world full of brave people who are willing to risk not only adventure but emotional intimacy. I want to live in a world full of explorers and generous souls rather than people who have voluntarily become prisoners of their own fortresses. I want to live in a world full of people who look into each other’s faces along the path of life and ask, Who are you, my friend, and how can we serve each other?
Elizabeth M. Gilbert

Another aspect of this strong New Moon in Cancer many of us might feel the need to take a deeper look at the way our nutrition is structured. You might have forgotten along the way, to adapt some habits that do no longer serve your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual strength. Realizing that a holistic nutrition is much more than just food, you might also enjoy consciously working with the stellar realms these days. If so you can use the prayer below!

The Template Sacred Day ceremony by Juliet Carter
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL, THIS AMAZING MAGICAL MOMENT
I CELEBRATE MY ONENESS WITH THE EARTH AND THE SUN
BRINGING MY FULL AWARENESS INTO THIS MOMENT
I CONSCIOUSLY HONOR MY PHYSICAL BEING AS A COSMIC PORTAL,
A CHANNEL OF DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS IN FLOW
A STAR GATE IN TIME AND SPACE

EVERY BREATH CRYSTALLIZES MY EXISTENCE AS A
CO-ORDINATE IN THE DIVINE IMMORTAL CONTINUUM,
CLEANSING MY EMOTIONAL BODY
MY MENTAL BODY BREAKS FREE OF ITS MORTAL CONFINES
AS I REMEMBER MY QUANTUM GALACTIC IDENTITY,
AWAKENING MY FEARLESS SELF

THROUGH MY CONSCIOUS COMMUNION
WITH THE ALCHEMICAL ELEMENT OF CREATION
MY SPIRITUAL IDENTITY MERGES IN PERFECT UNION
WITH ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF MYSELF

Dear Ones, may you all find balance between the gentleness of your heart and the clarity of the outside world under the influence of this wonderful Cancer New Moon and total solar eclipse. I wish you all the best for a strong start into the new.
Love and New Moon Blessings!
Edith