The Sun and Moon conjoin in the lunar realm of Cancer on July 17th at 1:31 p.m. CT. After another journey through the zodiac, the Moon arrives home ready to conceive a new cycle. New Moons are seeds full of life ready for planting. It’s up to us to tend these seeds and co-create new growth. Â
Cancer is the feeling of home. A sense of belonging. A tether to our lineage. The New Moon asks what is beginning? To know what’s beginning we must reflect upon the cycle coming to an end.  How has our feeling of home, sense of belonging, and tether to lineage evolved since the Cancer New Moon on June 28th, 2022? What was illuminated by the January 6th Cancer Full Moon? What do we leave behind, and what do we take with us as we move forward in our journey of belonging?
Last June my partner and I were packing up our lives in Chicago. Composting six years of community, growth, and memories. I was detached, isolated, and no longer felt a sense of belonging. The grief of ending a season of life swallowed me whole. It was always my dream to live in Chicago, and fulfilling that dream changed me forever. Now it was time to leave and keep the memories with me. The seed of our new life in Milwaukee was ready to be planted.
Here I’ve found a profound feeling of home, and it’s been easy taking root. There is an undeniable knowing that I belong here. A place where four generations of family lived before me. Although I didn’t understand why I needed to leave Chicago, I trusted my intuition when it was time to say goodbye. Now I know my ancestors were calling me home. It was time to tether to my lineage. To become the child, grandchild, great grandchild, and great great grandchild who carries on the stories, hardships, and joys of those who came before me.
My love of the land, water, humans, and more than human grow each day. Our fates are intertwined, and I’m devoted to our collective wellbeing. There is still much for me to learn. Painful colonial histories to sit with. Ancestral and environmental wounds in need of healing. For now, I’m grateful to have found my way back. I’m finally where I belong.
Flower Moon is a semi-regular newsletter written by Emily Hall of Mystic Magnolia Astrology. Emily is a Taurus Sun, Gemini Moon & Leo Rising. Her ever-changing titles include astrologer, creative & writer, for now. Book an astrology reading here.