New Moon in Cancer: Imagining Radical Care
As the sun and moon both sit in the sign of Cancer this new moon, you have an opportunity to imagine what radical care might look like for yourself, your loved ones, and your community. While the cardinal water sign of Cancer is often associated with emotions (as all water signs are), it is also linked to love, caregiving, mothering, family (whether chosen or biological), and home.
New moons are a time of curiosity, imagination, and receptivity. We live in an overculture that devalues the role of caregivers and mothers and often views self-care as something purchased. There's no idea too big or "out there" when it comes to how you reimagine caring for yourself and others. The core theme of this moon asks, "What does radical care look like?"
Keep reading for themes, ritual suggestions, and prompts for the new moon in the sign of Cancer.
As the sun and moon both sit in the sign of Cancer this new moon, you have an opportunity to imagine what radical care might look like for yourself, your loved ones, and your community. While the cardinal water sign of Cancer is often associated with emotions (as all water signs are), it is also linked to love, caregiving, mothering, family (whether chosen or biological), and home.
The theme of feeling safe and comfortable in your home is reflected in the crab, the animal associated with the sign of Cancer, with its protective exterior shell. Unlike the crab, you get to decide what home, family, and caregiving/mothering mean to you, and you get to change your mind as often as you want.
This new moon is an ideal time to be aware of your relationship with and feelings about themes of family, mothering/caregiving, and home. Whether or not you're a mother or live with your family of origin is irrelevant. This new moon invites you to investigate what it means to care for yourself and others, what family means to you (even if it's not your family of origin), and what it means to feel at home (even if it's untraditional).
New moons are a time of curiosity, imagination, and receptivity. We live in an overculture that devalues the role of caregivers and mothers and often views self-care as something purchased. There's no idea too big or "out there" when it comes to how you reimagine caring for yourself and others. The core theme of this moon asks, "What does radical care look like?"
Keep reading for themes, ritual suggestions, and prompts for the new moon in the sign of Cancer.
New Moon in Cancer Themes
Themes: radical care, love, family, home, caregiving/mothering, tuning into your relationship with these themes, being aware of what home means to you
Sign: Cancer
Element: water
Modality: cardinal
Quote: "The ethos of mothering involves valuing in and of itself a commitment to the survival and thriving of other bodies. It presents a fundamental contradiction to the logic of capitalism, which un-moors us from each other."
― Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
New Moon in Cancer Ritual Support
What better way to sink into a Cancer new moon than to create a radically cozy and caring space for yourself? The ritual support for this new moon is simple: take radical care of yourself, get curious about how you might create more care for yourself and others, and consider using the prompts shared below to explore these themes more deeply
This ritual can be sweet to do with a friend or a loved one. Consider swapping foot or back rubs, doing each other's nails, or giving a scalp massage. As always, adjust this ritual as needed to make it work for you.
You'll need:
30-60 minutes of uninterrupted quiet time
Cozy clothes and anything that makes you feel cozy
Optional: candle, crystals, tea, snacks, and anything else that feels supportive
1. Begin by preparing yourself and your space to create a cozy atmosphere. Consider wearing your favorite and most comfy clothes, grab your favorite comfort beverage and snack, and set the space with items that make you feel cozy. Take your time with this. If this feels difficult, imagine setting up a space for a beloved friend or family member who is visiting and needs some love.
Invitation: Before you decide to purchase anything to set up your cozy space, consider stretching your imagination and creativity to discern if you can create an ideal environment with what you have on hand or by asking a friend or loved one.
2. Take any time to cleanse the space energetically or call in spiritual support in a way that aligns with your practice.
3. Look over the prompts outlined below or notice what themes of home, family, and mothering are arising within you. Consider journaling or pulling cards to explore these themes.
4. Pamper and care for yourself and/or a friend or loved one for as long as your heart desires.
5. Remain open and curious about the ways that you might extend more love, care, and coziness to yourself, your beloveds, and your community.
6. If you opened this ritual in any specific way, consider closing with intention and gratitude.
New Moon in Cancer Prompts
Utilize these new moon in Cancer-inspired prompts to journal about or with your favorite tarot or oracle card deck.
What people and places make you feel most cared for and comfortable?
What does home mean to you?
How do you mother and/or care for yourself? How do you mother and/or care for others?
What would radical care look like for yourself, your loved ones, and your community?
What barriers prevent you from caring for yourself and others in the way you want to?
Imagine three ways you could creatively create more care and comfort for yourself and others alongside these barriers.
What feelings arise for you as you tune into these themes?
In an over-culture that consistently devalues the role of mothering and caregiving, this new moon is a loving reminder that everyone needs care and a place that feels like home. It's our sacred task to imagine what a radically caring world looks and feels like.
In radical care,
Cassie
New Moon in Libra Ritual: Sacred Connection
The new moon in Libra offers you an invitation to be open to bringing more beauty and connection into your world. New moons are always a time for being open to new ideas and ways of being in the world, our cosmic clean slate if you will. As a cardinal air sign, Libra energy is one of balance and initiation. The planetary rulership of this sign is Venus, bringing in the energy of love and beauty.
The new moon in Libra offers you an invitation to be open to bringing more beauty and connection into your world.
New moons are always a time for being open to new ideas and ways of being in the world, our cosmic clean slate if you will. As a cardinal air sign, Libra energy is one of balance and initiation. The planetary rulership of this sign is Venus, bringing in the energy of love and beauty. Learn more about Libra energy here.
The energy of Libra within a new moon calls you to explore themes of beauty, reciprocity, and connection. Here are some questions to focus on for this new moon. What areas of your life are calling out for more beauty? How can you allow in more beauty? In what ways can you be in more sacred and aligned reciprocity with yourself, those around you, and the world at large?
Themes for the New Moon Libra
Themes: Justice, balance, beauty, love, connection, and reciprocity
Planet: Venus
New Moon in Libra Ritual for Sacred Connection
The best time to perform this ritual with the new moon in Libra is the day of or the two days after the new moon.
You’ll need:
15-30 minutes of quiet and uninterrupted time
Piece of rose quartz
Optional: rose scent (incense, dried rose, etc.), guided meditation to connect with your guides (free for newsletter subscribers, click here to receive).
1. Ensure that you have 15-30 minutes of uninterrupted quiet time. Create a sacred space in a way that feels good to you, for example, burning incense or herbs mentioned above, calling in the four directions, or casting a circle. Root into the space by connecting with your breath and body. Notice your body and how it feels. Begin to breathe more intentionally, sending your breath deep into your low belly.
2. Bring an area of your life to your mind that you feel needs more love and beauty. Holding your rose quartz in your hands, close your eyes, and visualize that area of your life being filled with love and beauty. Continue to hold your rose quartz as you meditate.
3. Close your eyes and prepare to journey to meet one of your guides to help you bring more love and beauty into this area of your life. State aloud or in your mind, “I’m ready to receive guidance around __________ and be in sacred reciprocity with a guide, please, make yourself known to me.” Click here to be taken to a free guided meditation to connect with your guides.
4. As you meditate, focus on your breath and your body. If you can visualize a beautiful location in your mind, do this now, as this can create a space to commune with a guide.
5. Be open to guidance, suggestions, and wisdom from spirit. Trust what comes to you.
6. If a spirit guide presents itself to you and offers guidance, ask what you can do to reciprocate the information shared with you.
7. Close your meditation by thanking any guides who came through. Consider writing down anything that came through to help process and remember.
8. If your guide made a request for reciprocity, be sure to act on it. If they did not, consider creating an offering on your altar to show your gratitude for the connection and wisdom shared.
9. Leave your rose quartz out the night of the new moon to carry with you afterward as a reminder of how to bring more love and beauty into your life.
If you enjoyed this ritual, please consider sharing it with someone else who may enjoy it too. New moon blessings!
New Moon in Virgo: Aligning With Your Heart
The new moon in Virgo brings you an opportunity to connect with your heart space and find clarity around how you would like to be of service in this world. New moons are always a time for being open to new ideas and ways of being in the world, our cosmic clean slate, if you will. The energy of Virgo season is unique because it’s a beautiful blend of earth energy, as an earth sign, and air energy from its planetary rulership of Mercury. When earth and air combine, it yearns for a balance of spirit and physical in the heart space.
The new moon in Virgo brings you an opportunity to connect with your heart space and find clarity around how you would like to be of service in this world.
New moons are always a time for being open to new ideas and ways of being in the world, our cosmic clean slate, if you will. The energy of Virgo season is unique because it’s a beautiful blend of earth energy, as an earth sign, and air energy from its planetary rulership of Mercury.
When earth and air combine, it yearns for a balance of spirit and physical in the heart space.
Virgo energy brings a grounded approach to being of service and strives to be in flow with the current needs of the world. This energy also invites sensuous acts of devotion to both the world and the divine. Wrap all this up with the fresh energy of the new moon, and you have a delicious opportunity to gain insight into how best to devote yourself to being of service to yourself, the world, and all of its inhabitants.
Themes for this new moon: Devotion, service, organization, groundedness, the heart space, balance between spirit and physical.
Elements: earth and air
New Moon in Virgo Ritual
You’ll need:
15-30 minutes of quiet and uninterrupted time
Pen or pencil and paper
Found pieces of plants or minerals like twigs, stones, leaves, or flowers (about 10-15 pieces.)
1. Take a few moments to prepare your items in front of you. Create a sacred space, ground into the moment by connecting with your breath and body. If your body allows for sitting, sit either in a chair or on the ground with a straight spine. Otherwise, lying down works fine too.
2. Tune into your breath, lengthening each of your inhales and exhales to be in equal balance. Visualize a golden cord coming up from the earth and connecting to the base of your spine, then visualize a golden cord coming down from the sky connecting to the crown of your head.
3. Visualize these two golden cords slowing moving towards your heart space and eventually meeting in the heart space to form a brilliant ball of golden light. Imagine that with each inhale, this ball of light grows bigger and brighter until it eventually encompasses your entire body and fills the space of the room.
4. In this space, ask aloud or in your mind, “What does my heart desire most for the lunar cycle ahead?” Continue to breathe and allow this question to marinate in your energy field. Notice if anything comes to mind. Next, ask yourself aloud or in your mind, “How can I move into greater alignment with my heart’s desires?” Continue to breathe, giving space and time for suggestions to come to mind.
5. Stay in this space of golden light, continuing to focus on your breath for as long as you’d like. When you feel prepared to come back, slowly open your eyes.
6. With the objects in front of you, take 5-10 devotional minutes to arrange your items from outside into a design or mandala. Focus on your gratitude for the earth, your body, and any ideas that came to you about being better aligned with your heart.
7. When you complete your design, take a few moments to write down any messages or ideas you received about being in better alignment with your heart’s desires.
8. Close your ritual by thanking any guides or ancestors who came through to offer guidance.
9. Place your paper with any ideas somewhere you’ll see it daily for the next couple of weeks. Leave your devotional plant design out until the full moon. When you decide to disassemble it, dispose of it in a way that feels aligned to you. Some options are to burn, bury, or release it into a body of water.
If you enjoyed this ritual, please consider sharing it with someone else who may as well. New moon blessings, Cassie.
New Moon in Leo: Cultivating Joy
The sign of Leo calls for full self-expression, play, creativity, and showing your full and true self to the world. Every new moon is a time to be open to spirit for new opportunities, guidance, and growth.This new moon is an invitation to tune into spirit around how you can step more fully into expressing yourself in a way that feels joyful and aligned. Read on for a ritual I crafted for you to enjoy anytime during the new moon.
The sign of Leo calls for full self-expression, play, creativity, and showing your full and true self to the world. Every new moon is a time to be open to spirit for new opportunities, guidance, and growth.
This new moon is an invitation to tune into spirit around how you can step more fully into expressing yourself in a way that feels joyful and aligned. Read on for a ritual I crafted for you to enjoy anytime during the new moon.
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New Moon in Leo Ritual Support
1. Create a sacred space. Sit, close your eyes, connect with your breath and body. Root into the moment.
2. Optional: Light a red, yellow, orange, or white candle. Hold it in your hands, infusing it with the intention of being open to spirit for guidance in the lunar cycle ahead.
Additional resources:
Learn more about candle magick here.
5. Using your favorite tarot or oracle card deck, ask the following questions:
How am I being called to express myself?
What’s blocking me from expressing myself more fully?
How can I move past what’s blocking me from fuller self-expression?
How will me living more authentically change my life and the lives of others?
Additional resources:
Shop the Journey Tarot here.
6. Close your ritual by connecting with your breath and body again. Thank any guides or ancestors that came through to offer guidance. Consider journaling to process any.
If you enjoy this ritual, consider sharing it with someone who might also enjoy it.