FULL MOON IN CANCER:

On Tuesday December 29th at 10:28 P.M. EST at 8 degrees Cancer 53 minutes the Moon is in opposition to the Sun. This is one of the most sensitive and emotional of placements. The three water signs each represent a different approach to our feelings. Pisces, being mutable and ever changing, rules all moving water including rivers and streams, and the flowing and changing of our emotions; Scorpio, the fixed water sign rules still water such as lakes and ponds, representative of our more fixed and unbending feelings; and Cancer rules the oceans, the beginning of life and its endless tides. This is the sign of ongoing life, the ebbing of the waters and the constant waves always renewing and feeling the flow of life. We give this sign rulership over motherhood, and it can at times be too passionate and overwhelm us with its depth. This is where all life began on Mother Earth and Cancers are known for their rather intense feelings. But don’t be fooled by that thinking this is a weak or easily manipulated sign. Nothing could be further from the truth. Cancer is given the symbol of a crab, with a strong outer shell and the capacity to carry its home with it wherever it goes. And that is an apt and good interpretation of what this sign implies. There is nothing fragile or weak about feeling things deeply. It can, in fact, give you strength of faith that others may envy. There is nobody you would rather have near you when you need nursing than a Cancer (although I do give Virgo a very close second). It can be overly mothering and may emote too theatrically, but that is the power behind the Moon and all it represents.