Summer is finally here and we are just a few days into Cancer season. The Summer Solstice was about five days ago, indicating the start of the season and the longest day of the year. It also marks the midpoint of the year as we know it. We made it through the first six months of 2021! Pat yourself on the back because we have worked hard to make it through this year, last year, and the eclipse season that just ended.
School is officially out, the weather is warm, and the outside is back open. For the first time in a long time, things are starting to get back to normal. I just got back from a well-deserved birthday vacation in Puerto Rico! The journey there was quite a bumpy ride, and the flight back was just as irritating but I handled it with pride. Now that I am twenty-eight, I am starting to see how much I have grown in terms of patience and learning how to engage in healthy detachment. The eclipse did what it was supposed to do!
At the time of this post, we will be one week deep into Cancer season. I discussed Cancer energy in previous posts, detailing the various ways it expresses itself. The sun in Cancer brings a lot of those modalities into one. Combining the functions of the crab with the light of the sun produces the energy that is prominent right now.
Sun in Cancer themes
🦀race
🦀mothers
🦀emotions
🦀comfort
🦀the breasts
🦀nurturing
🦀sensitivity
🦀familiarity
🦀femininity
🦀moodiness
🦀ancestry
Cancers is a cardinal water sign, which means they are a season initiator (cardinal) and focus a lot of their energy on their emotions and sensitivity (water). They are infamous for their tough exterior needed to protect their sensitive interior, their quite protective nature, and their constant mood swings.
Cancer can be a difficult sign to get to know. They are not very open or welcoming of anything unfamiliar. They thrive on nostalgia and security and are deeply connected to their home. I love Cancers as I was meant to be a Cancer born in late June/early July but came out a few weeks earlier making a Gemini. My thoughts and communication style reflect my natal Mercury in Cancer - driven by complex emotions, I tend to teeter on the cusp of self-protective and defensive quite often.
This Cancer season will be saturated with heavy Leo energy. Mars entered Leo in early June and will remain there until the end of July. Mars in Leo gives us a bit of bravado and drama in expressing our feelings. On June 27, Venus will transition out of Cancer into Leo, intensifying the fire energy already present.
As Cancer embodies feminine energy, and Leo embodies youthful energy, this July will be equal parts feeling and expressing. The combination of femininity and emotions (Cancer) with the effervescent expression of fun, pleasure, and youthful energy (Leo) helps us balance internal needs with outward proclamations.
Two women that I feel bring this energy into human form are the superstar sisters Solange and Beyoncé. Could there be anything more Cancerian than sisters! Solange was born on June 25, 1985, making her a Cancer sun and Mercury with a Venus in Leo. Beyoncé was born on September 4, 1981, so she is a Virgo sun with a Leo Mars and a Cancer north node.
Solange is very comfortable in her Cancerian energy as it is where her ego resides. Her consistent attitude and declarations of unity for the Black community - Black women specifically, love for her family, her private nature, and her emotionally driven bodies of art are all clear examples of her Cancer vibrancy.
Solange's music brings us into her inner world, with her last two albums being the most poignant. A Seat at the Table (2016) and When I Get Home (2019) are love letters to things most important to her- Black women, Black unity, Black love, Texas, and self-preservation. She infuses her watery mind with her fiery heart and flamboyant style.
With her Venus in Leo, she loves out loud and is proud. Venus in Leo is warm like the sun, loves a party and having fun, enjoys the spotlight, and greatly appreciates drama, theater, and all forms of creative expression! She is no stranger to big hair, eye-catching headdress tied, and individualistic trendsetting fashion. She is a prime example of a carefree Black girl.
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| Solange embodying her Cancer sun + Leo Venus energy |
Beyoncé, on the other side, has a Cancer north node. The lunar nodal placements are the most important placements of the natal birth chart. The south node is the energy in our lives that is over-developed. They are skills and activities that have been present in previous lifetimes and tend to be our default mode. The north node is our current lifetimes 'soul purpose', a karmic destination point.
The signs that reside on the nodes are complementary to one another. For example, if your NN is in Scorpio then your SN is in Taurus, or if your NN is in Leo then your SN is in Aquarius. We tend to reside more in our south node energy when we are younger but as we get older this can become problematic. As we age and mature we are meant to grow into our north node energy. We learn to balance the old with the new.
Beyoncé has a Cancer north node and a Capricorn south node. Where Solange naturally resides in Cancerian energy, Beyoncé has had to grow into it. Stepping into your north node takes years and happens gradually over time. As it is a karmic destination and your soul's purpose, it is no easy feat.
Beyoncé started to fully embrace her north node publicly with her visual album Lemonade. Like her sister, it is very on par with Cancer's themes of family, emotions, forgiveness, ancestry, race, and Black womanhood. She again taps into this energy when she publicly embraced her pregnancy with her twins, Sir and Rumi Carter.
At the 2017 Grammys, she capitalized on this energy with her performance of Love Drought. She wore a gold outfit and gold halo headdress (gold represents Leo), with her belly as the star of her performance. She incorporated her pregnant belly into her performance, showing herself in a new light. She is not only Beyoncé the performer but also Beyoncé the mother when she embraces her divine feminine.
Though her Virgo and Scorpio energy makes her very private and always in control, the Cancer NN amplifies it. She allows small glimpses into her personal life with documentaries, pictures, and the occasional IG video. Always in control of her narrative, and everything must be screened and approved by her first.
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Beyoncé embodying her Cancer NN + Leo Mars |
We are given the opportunity to tap into some of these energies all July! On July 10th there will be a new moon in Cancer. A new moon represents a new lunar cycle and symbolizes new energetic beginnings. We can utilize this energy by reflecting on old goals to help set new ones. With the moon in Cancer, this energy could be utilized by reflecting some of the emotions we have been experiencing over the past six months and trying to gain clarity to gain on those feelings.
The following day on July 11th Mercury enters Cancer! As stated before my natal Mercury is in Cancer, so this is a modality that I am not only comfortable with but excited to experience with the collective. With the Sun and Mercury in Cancer the likelihood of feeling drowned sea of emotions will be present. Some might find this energy to be alleviated by the expressive energy of Venus and Mars in Leo. Others might feel a bit of emotional heaviness of the crab combined with the dramatic Leonean ego.
No matter how you experience this transit it is important to just ride the wave. Sun in Cancer + Mercury in Cancer + Venus in Leo + Mars in Leo = comfort, fun, intensity, expressions & emotional release. I am currently in the process of creating a quick playlist that captures the high-spirited energy of the transit. It is still a work in progress but until then enjoy the spirit of crying and yelling!
