creation is a cancer rising, part two: the sun in leo in the second house
grandfather sun, resourcing, & divine vision
hi friends.
i come to you today fresh off a surprising and serendipitous weekend in the woods of my recent ancestors, at the cascadian midsummer festival in southwest washington. i played in the same creek my grandpa did when he was a kid and visited many family graves, while deep in the embrace of community and friends. i was fed, and cared for, and am very grateful to be embraced at home in cascadia.
i’m in an eighth house aquarius profection, ruled by saturn in aquarius. the theme of the dead has been large for me this year, and researching my ancestry (especially the settler ancestry!) has been a big theme. i connected with my grandmother martha, who brought the matriline here to washington seven generations ago. she became a tree, and i was lucky enough to visit her over the weekend.
one of the strongest aspects in my chart is a trine between my ascendent ruler, the moon in libra, and saturn in aquarius. currently, jupiter in gemini is transiting between these two points, forming a grand trine—bringing me home (aspecting the fourth house moon), into relationship with my dead (eighth house saturn), with my friends (jupiter is also opposite my natal venus, who rules my eleventh).
caleb was one of those friends there, and we talked about how the weekend really felt like what we had expected from the jupiter-uranus conjunction back in april, in terms of radical good feeling, faith, and uplift. but here in late june, jupiter and uranus are only thirteen degrees separated from their conjunction in april. in cosmos & psyche, tarnas himself says you usually see the archetypal complex come to outward fruition as the aspect is separating, especially as it gets between ten and fifteen degrees of separation.
the jupiter-uranus conjunction was in my eleventh house; the place of friends, community, and good spirit. i have made so many new friends this year, and i feel so so lucky.
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i have another installment of creation is a cancer rising for you today, but first i want to take note of a few events coming up:
i’ll be reading astrology charts at psychic sister during/after olympia’s pride parade on sunday! take a break from the sun and crowds and check in with yourself, your spirits, and your stars. you can book a reading ahead here or walk into the shop on sunday.
we’re going to hold our new moon circle a little early this cycle, so i can spend the new moon in my first house refreshed and in the moment with the nchiwana, the big water (columbia river). the new moon in cancer circle will be held next tuesday, july 2, from 2 to 4 pm pacific time. you can find out more information and register here.
my schedule is open for virtual astrology readings for the rest of summer. i’m currently offering:
birth chart readings
ancestral constellations
place-based relations
fertility astrology
after our recent reading, my client elizabeth reflected, “i received a lot of clarity and felt empowered to go forward in my life after this reading.” click here for more information about astrological readings and to check the summer schedule.
ok, i think that’s it for the news and wrap-ups. love you all.
onward, to the sun.