The Moon enters its Full phase in the sign of Cancer at 8:52p PST on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014. When it does, it brings us into profound awareness of our core emotions in a way that may be rather uncomfortable for many of us – on the level of our basic emotional needs.
Our basic emotional needs bring us back to our connections with our family members. loves ones, and our early emotional experiences and imprints. Sometimes, these connections help us. Yet other times, they may hinder us.
When your familial and familiar connections are “the good kind of good”, you probably won’t have many if any self-imposed emotional challenges arising during this time. You may feel even more supported and nurtured by your loved ones than usual, or find that you need to take on the support or nurturing role for others close to you.
When they are the “not-so-good kind of good”, your familial and familiar connections may have given you a false sense of emotional or material-financial-physical security or stability which has led you to become dependent or reliant on them to always be there for you in one or both areas of your life. When those roots dissolve or disappear, it may leave you in quite a predicament as you may never have learned to (or wanted/needed to learn) how to care for yourself in this/these ways. Now, you may find yourself in a position of having to learn whether you want to or not.
When your familial and familiar connections are “bad”, this could be a blessing or a challenge. On one hand, “bad” experiences may have led you to develop a belief that you cannot depend on anyone but yourself, which has led you to become self-reliant. This autonomy could be good for you in that you don’t depend on anyone else but yourself so you take responsibility for getting yourself where you need or want to go. However, you could also depend on no one else but yourself to a fault, not being able to receive or accept support or assistance from others. The latter may find you getting yourself into a challenging position when you find there is something that you really cannot do alone or when you can no longer do something alone.
“Bad” emotional connections may also lead you to develop interesting expressions of your emotional energy. In the sign of Cancer, this often shows up as a strong mothering behavior, and you may find that you mother the people you care about most in whichever area of your life/chart Cancer resides in. In some cases, you may seek that nurturing from the people around you – receiving rather than giving. Yet the “bad” connections may have had you develop patterns of co-dependency or escapism, in which you developed an unhealthy need to give nurturing care to or receive nurturing care from other people. You may be constantly seeking out people you perceive as weak or needy in order to make yourself feel good about yourself. You may also be playing yourself down in order to garner care and support from others.
This 2014 Full Moon in Cancer opposite the Capricorn Sun gives you a chance to notice and address anything that may be unresolved or repressed about your past emotional experiences that may be coming up for you now. When facing these emotional residuals for yourself, you may find that you are a bit more emotional or emotionally sensitive than usual about what you’re dealing with, especially as you begin pursuing the goals you set for the beginning of 2014. In fact, you may notice that as you take steps to advance toward your goals, your emotional responses or reactions to things are intensifying.
Be aware that your emotions are helping you recognize what is really important to you and if you have what you need to see your goals through as you begin this journey into 2014. Are you pursuing the goals you have chosen because you really want to or feel called to pursue them, because you feel like you need to please or accommodate someone you care about, or to fulfill another emotional need you may not be willing to acknowledge or admit? And can you see what you’ve chosen to commit to through to its end result?
What is your heart telling you about your chosen goals and ambitions? Now’s a great time to listen and find out.
This growing emotional awareness is somewhat intensified by the fact that there are no major aspects/transits to the Moon or the Sun during this Cancer Full Moon phase – the opposition stands alone this time around. Therefore, anything you may be experiencing right now in this regard cannot really be attributed to anything else other than your emotional past and present and their effects on the experiential present and future you are committed to creating. We often comment that we don’t want to put our past in our futures, yet you may be doing just that in your own life by allowing your emotional past to go unaddressed and unresolved.
During this Cancer Full Moon cycle, this is an opportunity for you to make sure that you are committed to results that will emotionally fulfill you and that you have the support and encouragement you need to follow through on your intentions. Not only that, but make sure that your New Year’s goals and intentions are fulfilling to you for “the right reasons” – because they align with the truth of who you really are and/or who you are committed to becoming through them. If anything you are doing or anyone you are relating with is taking you away from your path to fulfillment, ask yourself why you choose to continue that connection and if it serves you to do so.
Sometimes, you stick with something that no longer serves you or supports you well simply because it is familiar and comfortable – it’s what you know. In these cases, there’s a good chance that the emotional attachment is your own. It’s important for you to identify whether or not what you know is truly making you feel good about yourself and what you are doing or if you’re afraid of going without it/them. Either way, if you don’t feel good about it or them, or about yourself with it/them in your life, now’s the time to choose to let it go. Notice where people or things may be holding you back, and realize that you are responsible for cutting the cords. This Cancer Full Moon under the current Capricorn 8 energy will help reveal these powerful attachments to you so you can begin preparing your release.
By cutting away what weighs you down, you will finally be able to use your wings to fly and follow your heart into your true life and expression. As you allow this clearing away process, you may find that you’ll fly higher than you ever imagined you could.
Thank you for reading and sharing Signs & Numbers. Until next post…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
