APRIL 29 - MAY 1: CHALLENGING CANCER MOON

MOON IN GEMINI until 5:38pm EDT on Saturday, April 29. SEE APRIL 27 FOR GEMINI INFO. At this time it goes VOID OF COURSE and remains there until MOON ENTERS CANCER at 9:48pm.  Important actions initiated during the V/C period tend not to work out as planned. It's best to use this time for inner creative work or planning future action. MOON REMAINS IN CANCER until Monday, May 1 at 4:23pm when it goes VOID OF COURSE for the rest of the day. LAST ASPECT OF MOON; Moon Square Uranus in Aries. This Last Aspect is likely to reflect some emotional upset that occurs during this period. Cancer Moons can indicate a sensitive time when we take things personally and hang on to resulting hurt feelings. Try to move through the bad mood and stay in the Present as much as possible. The Moon in its own sign reflects the archetype of THE FEMININE. Mothers and daughters are center stage. The drive to protect those we love is strong. It's quite possible that our inner dependence, perhaps on family, is at odds with a need for freedom. Try be straightforward and speak your truth with care and consciousness. If you can express Uranus in Aries in its most optimum way, with courage, clarity and strong sense of self while simultaneously honoring family, you may be able to resolve the tension of willfulness and separation this square reflects. Otherwise actions initiated during this Moon period will tend to have CHALLENGING results and Cancer's cocoon of safety and nourishment is broken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uopLUlluf-I

SCENE FOR THE DAY: Bend It Like Beckham, 2002. Director: Gurinder Chada. Keira Knightly and Parminder Nagra lead a spectacular cast in this now classic independent film. This scene demonstrates what's possible when Jess (Nagra), an independent soccer-playing daughter of a traditional Indian family speaks her Truth. She loves her family and wants to honor them, but is also driven to live her own life. Her choice may seem willful to those close to her, and it will cause her to separate from them, but she is able to find her way to honorable individuation.