The following is shared from cafeastrology.com
Tuesday, JUNE 28
Neptune stations and turns retrograde today, and it will remain retrograde until December 3rd. This station can seem to cast a veil over our affairs, and it can be challenging to see things clearly this week.
Still, the retrograde cycle itself is a period of increased receptiveness, even if we’re putting some of our dreams on hold. It can be a time of indecision or feeling in limbo, but it can also be a period of personal discovery. We may feel let down by a matter now with the shift happening. However, this can lead us along a new and improved path.
Jupiter energy is also strong today with its square to the Sun and sextile to Venus. Our quest for pleasure, affection, love, or comfort may be at odds with our other goals, and mild tension or feelings of guilt can result. We can be eager to expand, and our ideas are big, but we may not yet find the proper channels for our urges. We can feel discontent, leading us to seek more meaning, growth, or change.
We should watch for trying to reach too far, overestimating our energy levels or the time we might invest in a commitment. We would do well to remind ourselves that going bigger isn’t always in our best interests. This way, we can enjoy optimism and feelings of goodwill without too-high expectations.
The Moon heads into the sign of Cancer at 7:55 AM, and at 10:52 PM EDT tonight, the New Moon occurs. This lunation brings a fresh start. It’s a time for feeding our foundation — all that we call “home,” including the foundation we’ve built inside ourselves. It’s also a time for recognizing the importance of our family and our personal circle of friends and the security, sense of belonging, and safety we derive from them.
The void Moon continues today until the Moon enters Cancer at 7:55 AM EDT.
Neptune now turns retrograde at 25° Pisces 27′. Each year, Neptune retrogrades for approximately 5 months.
Neptune enters retrograde zone/shadow on March 7, 2022, at 22° Pisces 39′
Neptune stations and turns retrograde on June 27, 2022, at 25° Pisces 27′ Rx
Neptune stations and turns direct on December 3, 2022, at 22° Pisces 39′
Neptune leaves retrograde zone/shadow on March 24, 2023, at 25° Pisces 27′
Note that retrograde times are approximate.
DETAILS
The Moon is New in Cancer on June 28, 2022, at 10:52 PM EDT.
New Moon in Cancer Chart: June 28, 2022
The New Moon in Cancer is a good time to commit to personal goals that express the positive energies of the sign of the Crab. These include honoring our deepest, most irrational and intimate, feelings; recognizing the sense of security and safety we derive from whatever it is we call home; allowing ourselves to accept support and offering support to others; and starting a project aimed at improving our domestic lives or a major long-term venture. With this potent Cancer energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives that will benefit us well beyond this Moon cycle.
It’s time to make some plans and set the stage for reaping the rewards from our new beginnings, as little or big as they may be, in approximately two weeks’ time after the Full Moon occurs. Concentrate on new ways to enhance family life and domestic affairs, and to build up your feelings of security and safety.
Because this New Moon is square Jupiter, we should watch for overdoing, exaggeration, and misjudgment or false starts.
This phase of the Moon occurs at 7 degrees and 23 minutes of Cancer, affecting people with personal planets and points at approximately 3 to 11 degrees of the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) most significantly.
The above chart wheel is excellent for visualizing essential chart patterns as it shows the positions of the major or core bodies. The following chart wheel has additional points such as Chiron, the asteroids, and more, which can be studied for more refinement or additional analysis
Learn more about the symbols at astro.com
On tonight’s stream, I’d like to focus on the New Moon Conjunct Black Moon Lilith which is transiting my Saturn retrograde in the 3rd House in Cancer. I’ll post relevant data below:
Moon Conjunct Saturn Transit
When the transiting moon forms a conjunction with your natal Saturn, whatever barriers and boundaries you have constructed within your relationships will be brought up to your emotional awareness. If you have sealed yourself off to such an extent that you have become somewhat isolated, you will feel your loneliness in such a way that it can inspire you to reach out more to others for social interaction. The trick is that though you may become more aware of how you have become too guarded with others, you still need to actually make the effort to open up and risk sharing your feelings with others. Another way you can feel this transit today is through becoming emotionally invested in hard work and applying yourself diligently to managing important responsibilities. This can also be a good time to assess how you are feeling about your current goals and aspirations, assessing any changes you need to make in order to feel more intrinsically motivated to achieve results.
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Sun Conjunct Saturn Transit
Any tests and challenges that you are currently experiencing are about to be amplified. It will be important to take responsibility and respond directly to whatever issues demand your attention. Word of the wise: be thorough, patient, and consistent. When the transiting sun forms a conjunction with your natal Saturn, you may realize there is an obstacle you must face that feels frustrating as well as exhausting. This may be regarding the effort required to work through restrictions and limitations. Ultimately, and by resiliently working through difficulties, the hard work you exert will lead you to create supportive structures that can become a stabilizing foundation for your life going forward. Another way this transit can manifest is through increased awareness of your shadowy depths. You may become aware of fears or things you have been repressing that need to be brought into the light. As you deal with self-inhibiting thoughts that have been previously restraining you, you will eventually be able to focus more directly on the positive growth you wish to cultivate.
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The Black Moon Lilith and Saturn
Where Lilith is found shows the area of life where it is wise to take a meta-stance (depersonalize) and learn to lighten seriousness and adherence to rules.
Struggle for Perfection
Lilith brings a struggle for perfection that pairs with Saturn’s need for structure and boundaries. The two pair very well. But in stressful aspects with Saturn, she can bring conflicting emotions and a super drive for purity.
Obstacles
Whenever Saturn and Lilith are combined there is a drive for inner clarity but obstacles in the way of getting it. There is a struggle to bring into the light, our shadow self. When lifestyle or choices make this difficult, depression can be the result.
Wisdom
But even with all these difficulties, a combination of Saturn and Lilith bring depth, wisdom, and intense intelligence with sharp wit.
Touch of Skepticism
With aspects between Lilith and Saturn, nothing is believed or accepted without a touch of skepticism. On the positive side, you aren’t fooled very often, on the challenging side, you look for ways in which things aren’t true or how you are being fooled. This can distort facts and hinder progress through needlessly searching for “what is wrong here” when there is nothing to be found.
In Fire Signs
When Lilith is in a fire sign or fire sign ruled house, you can be a constant worrier with an ongoing pessimistic attitude. Fire and Lilith/Saturn creates a need to be involved in life’s trauma-drama and stay stuck in the shadow self. Lilith in the fire sign brings a stronger reaction than being in a fire ruled house.
In Water Signs
In water signs or water ruled houses (sign is stronger than house), pessimism is rampant with a touch of defensiveness. If Saturn is in an earth sign, aggressive defensiveness rules. If Saturn is in a water sign, you may often think of suicide.
In Air Signs
In air signs or air ruled houses (sign is stronger than house), details and endless systems and organization are the challenges. There is often such clear perception that the spirit or soul of any creative project gets lost in a maze of sterility and detail.
Seriousness
Wherever Lilith lands, if it is in aspect with Saturn, there is an underlying brooding and seriousness in whatever matters the house and sign rule.
Detachment
Lilith, in past life, karmic astrology is about detachment. Whatever we have formed strong attachments to in past lives that hold us back from spiritual progress, must be detached from and experienced in universal light. Lilith brings these things to a point of such discomfort that we can no longer ignore them. It is depersonalize or continue to experience Lilith’s intensity.
Tough Love
Look to house, sign, and hard aspects for the nature of Lilith’s tough love. Any tie in with the Moon’s nodes, 8th, and/or 12th houses are clear signposts for what Lilith is trying to tell us to let go of.
For example, Lilith in Leo in the 1st house conjunct Mars in Leo in the 12th could show a past life of fame that led to such ego involvement that you began to believe you were above the rest. It could indicate such an attachment to fame and recognition that nothing else mattered. In this life, you might yearn for fame but it brings you only misery or that fame is ever a breath away but never comes into reality. Detach and fame can come in a healthy, productive way.
Lilith, Adam’s first wife, has much to tell us about ourselves, our past, and how to construct a productive, spiritually evolving present and future. Look at it carefully and discover much about yourself.
An article about Black Moon Lilith is here.
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What Does Saturn in Cancer Mean?
Saturn is the planet that rules our life cycle, and in particular phases pertaining to nurturing and security. Saturn is an archetypal symbol of getting old, and growing up to be a responsible person.
Based on these premises, Saturn in Cancer gives us certain personality traits that make sense given these symbolic connotations:
Saturn is not the strongest or most powerful planet. However, Saturn in Cancer’s placement blesses them with a set of traits that makes them one of the most influential people in your life.
In the tropical sign of Cancer, Saturn’s qualities may be amplified. Although Cancers can appear moody and vague sometimes, they’re usually quite grounded, protective, conservative, and traditional.
This placement is one of great discipline and emotional reserve. These people are wonderful, as long as you don’t push their buttons. Saturn teaches the Cancer to organize his or her life, and create a safe nest from which to operate.
It is good for Cancerians to study financial management, or the family business – or even nursing! This placement is great for building up one’s own health and that of family members – the whole word of Cancer lives in a cotton-candy cocoon.
Saturn in Cancer Woman
The Saturn in Cancer woman is usually a strong, reliable and chic individual. A deep understanding of her emotions can potentially make her much more powerful, and she is able to predict in advance what might happen to her or those around her.
She is also a great organizer; on the downside, she can be stubborn at times and has difficulties expressing her feelings.
This placement is moody and stubborn, teaching you to protect yourself from the world by putting up a wall. The Saturn in Cancer woman is honest and loyal, sometimes bordering on possessive.
She’s terribly shy around strangers but she’ll open up when you get to know her. This is a woman that lets you in through the front door but doesn’t let you see her bedroom.
She is one of the most intriguing women in zodiac. This placement can be both a blessing and a curse.
With Saturn, planet of restriction, boundaries and responsibilities in Cancer, she will always be conflicted between her need to be cared for and her desire to care for others. It is a constant internal battle between her actions, values and feelings.
The Saturn in Cancer woman is seemingly shy at first. But this is only to keep you from feeling intimidated by her high intellect and sharp wit.
She may be cautious, but once you gain her trust, there’s no stopping her. She likes competence and works hard to acquire an education and achieve long-term goals.
Stable, faithful, and compassionate, the Saturn in Cancer woman is a natural caretaker. She loves to cook, clean, and listen to people’s problems.
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What Does Saturn in the 3rd House Mean?
Saturn in the 3rd House makes you considerate, patient and serious about your education.
This placement is often bestowed to those who have great depth and understanding of the world around them.
They have a desire to gain wisdom, but at the same time it is often difficult for them to learn from mistakes that they make.
These people are usually on their way to achieving success in their careers. They are serious, witty and have great wisdom that they would like to share.
Your 3rd House Saturn gives you a pessimistic outlook on life and leaves you suspicious of others, even if you don’t realize it. You see the worst in people and situations, which can cause problems in your personal life.
They can be very reliable when it comes to organization, responsibility and recognition of responsibilities toward family and friends.
They are capable of doing a good job handling business arrangements, accounts and records.
When you have Saturn in the Third House, worldly success comes to you through skill and proficiency. You’re very good at organizing and managing people, places and things, which gives you a sense of stability.
This placement indicates a well-known individual, whose actions and deeds become the subject of gossip. These natives are endowed with a great deal of patience and fortitude.
They are ambitious to excel in all spheres of life. They are impartial and just, and have a very correct sense of belonging and duty.
Saturn in 3rd House Woman
This woman typically has some very striking personality traits due to the placement of Saturn in the third house of a birth chart. The third house is all about friends, siblings and travel. It is all about experience, and most importantly education.
Most Saturn in 3rd House women have a serious and responsible nature, a personality that is down to earth and sincere. Such women are calm, rational and patient despite their quiet exterior.
She is far less dramatic than her Saturn in 7th House sisters, but still, she is one who can stand up to others.
Even though you might think she doesn’t seem to have a backbone of steel, when it comes to confronting other people, she will. This lady doesn’t take anything lying down.
If she is confronted on something or feels as if she has been insulted, etc., she will immediately defend herself and put the other person in his place―if necessary. She is also very calm about all of this―it’s just another day at the office for her.
Strong, independent and self-reliant, this placement makes you a modern, quick-witted woman who loves adventure and change. You’re not one to take no for an answer.
You know how to prioritize and juggle it all — work, home, kids and more. And although you have a challenging side, you also manage to stay lighthearted and optimistic.
She is a born worrier. She has many different moods and even more fears.
Such a woman may develop a rather murky character, for fears loom over her wherever she goes. She has lack of confidence in herself and tends to be very insecure.
A person with Saturn in the third house has a serious personality and is very responsible. She may become too serious and set her goals too high. She may find it difficult to express herself and may be reclusive.
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The sun in Cancer will effect your imagination, sensitivity, and need for security. This transit makes us into dreamers, makes us more romantic, more inspired, and focuses particularly on the home and family. This atmosphere will enchant the Water signs (Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio) and Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn), but causes tension for Libra and Aries, who will be obliged to get used to the sensitivity in the air and various mood changes.
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The Moon orbits the Earth about once a month. From the viewpoint of Earth, the moon appears to move across the night sky, "transiting" or moving past an astronomical object or constellation. From an astrological point of the view, the moon sets the emotional tone as it transits through the Zodiac signs. It changes signs every two and a half days. You can work with this rhythm to "go with the flow" of the Moon. You can use it to know the general feeling tone to expect.
What to Expect When the Moon Is in Cancer
When the Moon is in Cancer, we all become homebodies. We want to retreat to the place we feel most at home. This can bring out a sense of "homesickness" if we're far from home or estranged from others. It may also be a time for reaching out to those who know us best.
This Moon makes us quick to tear up and have sentimental moments. We might get absorbed in memories of a long-lost lover or friend. It heightens emotions, and we might experience mood swings, from dark lows to blissful highs. We are more sensitive to the moods of others.
This Moon makes us want to retreat, to refill the well. But it's about being enriched by close ties—and the safety of home, too. It's not necessarily mellow, but there's a sense of wanting to be enclosed, private, in familiar environs. We might reach for our favorite foods, or show love by baking or cooking. The trappings of home include aromas that are comforting. It all ends with cozying up in bed, maybe even being tucked in.
You may also get lost in an imaginative project. You can add emotional depth and nuance to what you're working on. Whatever you do, it's with more feeling.
It's a time of sensitivity when we're more empathic in general. This can cause us to absorb the clouds of others, but it also leads to great compassion, perhaps extending out to include all of humanity. You might discover what soothing balm you can contribute. You have a greater instinct for what's nurturing for people and the culture at large.
How to Enjoy Your Time When the Moon Is in Cancer
Now is a good time to enjoy activities that relate to nurturing, closeness, and water. These activities may relate to your own spiritual growth, connections with other people, or connections with growing and living things. You might choose to:
Take some time to enjoy the peace and serenity that come with time at the beach, at a lake, or even in a warm tub.
Spend quality time with family and friends.
Enjoy nurturing your own creative spirit through painting, drawing, singing, acting, playing music, or writing.
Nurture others by bringing gifts, treats, or even plants to brighten their day.
Volunteer your time to help others in settings such as food pantries, nursing homes, or daycare centers.
Consider starting seedlings or working in a garden.
The New Moon in Cancer on 28 June at 7 degrees is one in which there’s a collective sense of luck and growth. Everything about this lunation points to expanding our capacity to feel, to heal and to empathize. Cancer rules the archetype of the Inner Child, as well as the Nurturing Mother. These are both important archetypes to cultivate within, so that when our own Inner Child asks to be held, seen and made safe, we’re right there to make it happen. Being fully present is the key to creating long-lasting feelings of security.
Speaking of feelings, they’re likely to be experienced in a big way, not only because Cancer is a deeply emotional sign, but also because this lunation is linked to the largest planet in our Solar System, planet Jupiter. Mathematically speaking, there’s a square aspect between these three planets, and it’s a Partile Square – meaning that the degrees are all exactly the same. This makes the aspect stronger, amplifying the effects of Jupiter on this New Moon.
Jupiter is generally thought of as the ‘lucky’ planet, the planet of good fortune. We may all be feeling like we can push our luck at the moment, like we can take some risks and set some larger-than-life intentions. However, we’ll need to exercise moderation. Square aspects tend to be blocks, obstacles and hindrances, even when they come from Jupiter. We could take unnecessary risks, feeling over-confident that we can do it all.
Making decisions based on these larger-than-life feelings is not advised, no matter how tempting it is. No matter how much good fortune we think we’re running into, we need to pull back and have just a little caution. We’re not as lucky as we think, and we’re far more reactive than usual.
We could think of this New Moon as a child jumping up and down for some more candy, knowing full well that we’ve had enough, and to have more will only add fuel to the fire. Our Inner Mother must step in and gently, kindly and authoritatively teach our Inner Child to self-soothe and emotionally regulate through loving habits rather than indulgent, regressive behaviors.
So, with any new endeavor, whether it’s related to changes at home and family – the domain of Cancer – or within the realm of emotional security and safety - also Cancer-ruled – we’ll need to practice restraint. Jupiter lends us some luck, but biting off more than we can realistically chew isn’t advised. Reckless emotions, reckless behavior, these are all things to watch out for during this emotional New Moon. Because the truth is, we’re not clear on what we really need right now, yet on some level, we may still be trying to force it. Sitting with powerful feelings and watch them come and go is a wonderful spiritual practice to cultivate during this time.
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NEPTUNE RETROGRADE MEANING
If you were to chance upon a text regarding Neptune's role in astrology, you would likely be inundated with its soft-touch spiritual themes, ranging from its ability to inspire heady artistic visions as well as pitch us into mystical whirlpools of healing. In part, this is true: Neptune has a nebulizing effect that can snap us out of our ego-identities just long enough to let a little universal love pour in.
There is much more to Neptune, however, and not all of it so rosy.
In the foggy realms of Neptune, boundaries tend to disappear altogether, leaving us open to deception and delusions. While part of Neptune's tendency is admirable, in so much it generates a well-intentioned desire to serve without reward, the danger with planet Neptune is to dissolve entirely into the 'other,' sacrificing our ego-identity as we search for salvation.
If Uranus seeks what's new while Pluto seeks what lies beneath, Neptune seeks the ideal. The placement of Neptune in the natal chart by sign, house, and aspect can describe an area of life where we seek to be redeemed from the disappointing reality of human existence. This process is usually unconscious—by throwing ourselves into work or relationships past all point of separation, we may be seeking much more than a happy marriage or a pay raise.
Somewhere deep down, we may believe that this area of life will lead us to deliverance and that by sublimating our personal, ego-based needs to the greater good, we will somehow manage to atone for our sins and be welcomed back into Eden.
Neptune also involves a fair amount of fantasy. There's something of Dionysus in Neptune: music and dance, diversion and indulgence converge into one, leading us from this plane of existence into sacred, non-linear consciousness. As a higher octave of planet Venus, highly personal affections of romance are transmuted by Neptune into collective, unconditional love.
NEPTUNE RETROGRADE EFFECTS
Being the Master of Illusion means working in mysterious ways. The fact that it is retrograde about 40% of the time, also means that Neptune's effects are subtle, and even sneaky—very sneaky. When direct, Neptune will put a veil on our eyes, helping us hide anxieties and unwanted realities. Once it is retrograde, Neptune loses its powers, and this illusion is slowly but surely stripped away; sometimes leaving us face-to-face with a harsh and painful reality. The rose-colored filters are gone, and we must face reality.
Neptune has been called the Greatest Malefic, perhaps because we do not see her coming until she is there. But ultimately, Neptune retrograde can help us find deeper meaning, not only in our dreams, but also in our entire existence.
Because Neptune moves through the zodiac so slowly, transits from Neptune to a natal planet may last several years. This is one key reason the Neptune retrograde transits are important—very easily, Neptune transits can dominate entire years of our lives. If one of our natal planets is caught in the cross-hairs of Neptune's retrograde stations, the effects may be particularly intense and long-lasting.