Cancer Birthday Reports 2005

 

Happy Birthday, Cancer!

An unusual constellation of forces is gathering in an effort to compel change that may seem long overdue, but which is really right on time. Your solar return chart this year has an unusual grouping of planets in your birth sign, consisting of Venus and Mercury in a conjunction with Saturn. These are joined by the Sun.

With this constellation of planetary forces working for you and building its energy as I write, there is no stopping you. Or rather, you are the only one who can do so, and the way you are most likely to do that is through fear. Therefore, deal with the fear first, which really has two aspects. One is listening to it. The other is giving yourself moments where you truly live as if it were not there; as if all that you fear is an imaginary figment that has nothing to do with reality.

Think of all the times in the past you were afraid of absolutely nothing at all. Yet now you have an opportunity to more than make up for wasted time or lost opportunities. There is something about you that is coming together, and coming together in a big way.

When you combine the presence of four Cancer planets (plus the wildcard Varuna, also in your sign — one of the most meaningful minor planets in use) with the effects of this week's Full Moon in your opposite sign, the message is to break free, be yourself, and relate to others eye to eye. Then, they will relate to you in this way. If you are feeling confidence, be assured it has nothing to do with any form of falseness or feigning. By all rights, you are feeling solid and capable; present in the world, and accomplished as well.

But if you're not, try living as if this is so. Try it for a day. Try it for an hour. See how it feels — and make room for the feeling.

In your dealings with others, allow yourself to be direct. You have plenty to relate with, and a great deal to offer the world, though in some ways you may feel it's all still trapped inside you; but don't worry. What is inside you is bound to be expressed in the world in the most creative and fulfilling ways, and in ways that last (because Saturn is involved).

You are now in a culmination moment of all that you've been building toward, day by day and week by week, as Saturn has worked its way through your sign. This has not been easy, but it's been moving: the Earth has moved, you have moved, and you shall soon see the strength and purpose of what you have built for yourself. Much that has occurred during the past two years of Saturn in Cancer will begin to make sense in the next few weeks and months.

You will see, if you are looking, that what you've accomplished has a value that can in fact be assessed with a dollar amount. This in no way detracts from your human gifts, your compassion or your sensitivity — or what you have shared with others where money is no factor at all. But you have earned your right to both survive and thrive on the gifts you have to offer the world. Go ahead — be the first person on your block to put these two things together.

And when you relate in an intimate way to others, or in a business setting, make sure that people affirm your value rather than detract from it. Stick with the people who pay you fairly. They benefit from you as well — most people do. The question is who makes sure that you get what you need. This sends your psyche an important signal. You're still quite susceptible to the impressions of others and you have to choose your witnesses and your accomplices carefully.

In these seasons of your life, you're finally positioned to collect on the efforts of your hard work. Yet there is a caution to be thorough rather than quick about these changes, even those that only involve becoming self-aware. Patience has served as an asset for this long — and it will continue to serve you as you complete this one phase of your life and finally, but for real, make your way into new territory in love, in work and in who you feel you are.

Friday, July 1, 2005

Happy Birthday Cancer!

It's most auspicious to have a New Moon around your birthday. New Moons are moments of completion, beginning and seeding the future. We could all use a little bit of that, and for Cancer, it's coming on strong and solid for you this year. I'll focus on these themes, which to some extent apply to everyone born under Cancer as well. And because Cancer, the sign of the Moon, is one of those signs that really applies to everyone in a big way, we all can look for clues, signposts and resources in this chart as well.

For added clarity, those with birthdays before the lunation can focus on the closure aspect primarily, those with birthdays after on the beginning aspect, and those very close to the lunation, on both aspects. However, it's not always so clear, as the new phase can have all of these properties in the week or so that it's in effect. For example, the last days before the New Moon are quite useful for planting seeds. But they are also a time when wrapping things up and getting ready to move along is generally a lot easier.

So hang loose with interpretations and feel how we're at this moment of a whole cycle renewing itself.

For many reasons, this New Moon represents a particularly strong turning point. For example, it's positioned in a square aspect to the lunar nodes, which represents a rather significant reassessment of your direction in life. There are strong markers along the lunar nodes for both profession and your location and the quality of your home. But what they both have in common is a quality of breaking free of your past influences of family, heritage and in particular your parents.

You are — it is true — positioned to do better, to think bigger and to live more securely than they do.

It is true that with Mars currently so well placed in your solar chart, you have considerable energy for climbing the mountain of life, and Jupiter says you've got a good reason for feeling a secure base beneath you.

But the real key to activating both is —in capital letters — BEING YOURSELF.

Part of BEING YOURSELF involves unhitching yourself from the influences of what everyone else wants you to become. And part involves being daring about pushing your best qualities out in the world, working or walking through the fear that often arises when creativity is activated, and developing yourself into the person you know you are inside. It's important to see the ways the past holds us back, and it's important to catch up with ourselves, find the present and take a few bold steps — soon.

Now, how could you go about BEING YOURSELF more effectively? There is a powerful shortcut suggested in the meaningful conjunction of Venus and Mercury in your 2nd solar house —the house of self-esteem, selflove, what you're worth and your most valuable personal resources. What you need to remember all the time is that you have plenty, you are plenty and you give people many good reasons to both work with you and support you.

I don't suggest you take these for granted; rather, I suggest you really meditate on them in a cognitive way and get clear about the emotions that might be holding you back from aligning with your self-worth. Learn something from your doubt. Learn why you don't always listen when you hear that your doubts are unfounded.

Later in the year there will be a time of reassessment of your personal stocks, so I suggest you begin an inner resources inventory now. You need to assess what you have within you, how it's used, what you feel is most valuable about you, and how you apply these resources. It would be reasonable to make this an ongoing project for the entire year, starting now. If you can do this, I think you'll make a series of discoveries and breakthroughs that will enhance your life in personal and economic ways, but more to the point, give you many reasons to feel good about who you are.

It's also a time to keep a little more for yourself rather than giving everything away so generously.

Saturn's change of signs in a few weeks will come with a genuine sense of pressure-drop and a sense of added freedom. Saturn has changed you, and you would be wise to assess the ways in which that is true. This is particularly true in your most personal relationships. The time has arrived to base those encounters on one thing only — a real meeting on the level of values. This, and this above all things, will restore a sense of balance to your life.

One last note related to the essay above. Varuna is prominent in your birthday chart this year, and prominent in your life over a period of several important years. The Sun and Moon making an exact conjunction on Varuna, near your Sun, offers you a chance to strengthen your ability to make and keep commitments. You have a chance to be the equal of others who once seemed so powerful.

There is a promise of balancing out your ability, somewhat unique for a Cancer, to be both receptive and assertive; to give and to receive; to service in your environment as an activating factor, and as one who is counted on to be available and in the background. You are both — but then, you do very well at being many things to many people.