[mercyandlove]
THE LUNAR VOID AWAITS US WITH LOVING CLAWS, READY TO GRAB AND CLING TO THE THINGS THAT HELP US FEEL CONNECTED AND THRIVING AGAINST A THRASHING CURRENT. THIS LUNATION IS AS FIERCE AS IT IS NURTURING— A KALI MA, SEKHMET, COATLICUE TYPE OF MERCY AND LOVE. UNDERNEATH THIS MOON, WE LEARN TO UPHOLD STRONG BOUNDARIES. WE LEARN TO LOVE OURSELVES MORE THAN THE APPROVAL OR APPLAUSE. THAT THOSE THINGS DO NOT MAKE US. IN TURN THEY CAN BREAK US, LOSING TOUCH WITH OUR SELVES AND THE REALITY WE AUTHENTICALLY WANT TO CREATE. WHEN EXPECTATIONS GRADUALLY MELT AND WE SUCCUMB TO THE EMOTIONS THAT SEEM TO POOL INSIDE OF US, IT MAY FEEL LIKE DESTRUCTION OR GIVING UP, BUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND IS THAT TRYING TO FORCE THE WATERS TO MOVE IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT WILL LEAD TO DISAPPOINTMENT. WAVES MOVE IN THE DIRECTION THEY DESIRE. YOU EITHER FLOW WITH IT OR DROWN TRYING.
SO HOW DO WE ANCHOR? WHO CAN WE ANCHOR WITH? IN WHAT SPACES DO WE FIND SOLACE?
THIS MOON CYCLE HELPS US TO LEAN INTO CREATURE COMFORTS, DANCE WITH INKLINGS AND URGES. LISTEN TO THE PARTS OF US THAT ARE BEGGING TO BE HEARD AND HELD. HONOR THE PARTS OF US THAT NEED RESTORATION OR HELP, ECHOING THE CAPRICORN FULL MOON THAT JUST PASSED. THE CANCER LUNATION REMINDS US THAT IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN AGAIN. THAT YOU BEGIN STRONGER, MORE POWERFUL WHEN YOU SEEK POWER IN REST.
USE THE CANCER ENERGY TO CREATE A SANCTUARY OUT OF NOTHING. MAKE THE MUNDANE MAGICAL AND SACRED. RITUALIZE SELF CARE IN A WAY THAT MAKES TRUDGING THROUGH THE EVERY DAY BOTH SAFE AND MEANINGFUL.
REMEMBER: THIS ISN’T SOMETHING YOU FORCE. YOU LET IT EMERGE, LIKE THE CRAB ON THE SHORE, PEEKING OUT WHEN IT IS READY. MOVE INTUITIVELY. SHIFT LIKE THE MOON.
[WHERE IS THIS AFFECTING YOU IN YOUR CHART?]
Check your rising sign. These are based off of Whole Sign Houses.
CANCER- 1ST
LEO - 12TH
VIRGO - 11TH
LIBRA - 10TH
SCORPIO - 9TH
SAGITTARIUS - 8TH
CAPRICORN - 7TH
AQUARIUS - 6TH
PISCES - 5TH
ARIES - 4TH
TAURUS - 3RD
GEMINI - 2ND
THIS MONTH’S LUNAR MUSE: SOLANGE
“Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important.”
THIS CANCERIAN CROONER HAS LEFT HER HEART ON THE TABLE AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR ALL TO WITNESS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF HER CAREER. WITH PLENTY OF REASONS TO BE POTENTIALLY LEFT IN THE SHADOWS— DIVORCE AT A YOUNG AGE, EARLY MOTHERHOOD, A SLOW TO START CAREER OF HER OWN WHILE WORKING WITHIN THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF HER FAMOUS SISTER— SHE STILL SHINES ON HER OWN. HER PAIN AND TURBULENCE TURNED TO A BRILLIANCE A LONG TIME COMING BUT PERFECTLY ON TIME.
HER VULNERABILITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN HER SUPERPOWER. HER ABILITY TO BE OPEN ABOUT HER JOURNEY HELPS HER TO CONNECT WITH HER DEPTHS AS WELL AS OTHERS. HER GENIUS IS ROOTED IN INTUITION, MOVING ACCORDING TO HER OWN WAVE-PATTERN AND NOT SOMEONE ELSE’S. EARLY ON, SHE SEEMED TO HAVE LEARNED THAT IT DOESN’T SERVE HER TO BARK UP THE WRONG TREES OR HOWL AT SOMEONE ELSES MOON. SHE HONORS HER OWN INSTINCTS, LETTING THE ANSWERS SHOW THEMSELVES TO HER, EVEN WHEN THINGS DON’T MAKE THE MOST SENSE. BUT IT’S NOT ABOUT MAKING SENSE. IT’S ABOUT FULFILLING YOUR PERSONAL PATH. SOLANGE IS ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS THAT SEEMS TO HAVE THIS BOILED DOWN TO SCIENCE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. AND YET, THERE IS NO PUTTING ON A SKIN OF PERFECTION. WE HAVE SEEN HER MULTITUDES, THE PROCESSES AND AWAKENINGS IT TAKES TO GET TO WHERE SHE IS.
HER CREATIVITY LIES IN BYGONES AND YESTERYEARS. SHE DOESN’T MEARLY BORROW, CREATING CARBON COPIES OF THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXSITED. INSTEAD SHE INFUSES THEM WITH FRESH ENERGY, GIVES THE PAST A NEW LIGHT THAT BOTH ILLUMINATES HER IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT AS WELL AS WHAT THESE PLACES, PEOPLES, THINGS, HAVE ALWAYS MEANT. THROUGH HER ARTISTIC ARCHIVAL, WE LEARN FROM ANTIQUITY, NOT TO REPEAT IT BUT HOW THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION UPON NEW EXPERIMENTATIONS.
"One of the things I'm most proud of about myself is my ability to fail in front of the world. You have to have that attitude when you want to experiment in art, in music, in writing, or in fashion."
