DECEMBER 4-6: CHALLENGING CANCER MOON

MOON ENTERS CANCER at 3:37pm EST on Monday, December. 4 after being VOID OF COURSE since 2:13pm and remains in Cancer until Wednesday, December 6 at 12:56pm. LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Square Mars in Libra. Ruled by the Moon, this Cardinal Water sign is highly emotional and, with the Square to Mars, is likely to encounter some conflicts due to actions initiated during this time. Willfulness and perhaps passive aggression may be the source of these conflicts. The Cancer Moon takes things very personally, clings to them and often becomes moody as a result. Issues around home and family are usually the subject of these feelings. While the Full Moon is waning we may still be affected by its leftover intensity. Actions initiated during this Moon period tend to have CHALLENGING resolutions. 

Note: We're still in the 3-day cautionary period after Mercury turned Retrograde on the 3rd, so check and double check communications, information, travel plans and vehicles. The entire Retrograde period is a time to go inward and access your imagination. Sourcing creative ideas as well as re-thinking previously held beliefs or reconsidering and, perhaps, retracting previous communications is an excellent use of this period. Take a deep breath, plan a meal you'll enjoy, don't expect others to necessarily acknowledge you for it - and anticipate the coming Leo Moon to brighten your day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED7_y4jETo0

CANCER SCENE FOR THE DAY: American Beauty, 1999; Director: Sam Mendes; Writer: Alan Ball. This dysfunctional family dinner scene is a culminating moment of built up Full-Moon-like tension. The release of Mars anger between Kevin Spacey's Lester Burnham and Annette Bening's Carolyn bookending their daughter Jane (Thora Birch) would be a relief if it wasn't so indicative of dinner conversation around so many dining room tables. This family has barely been holding it together while secrets and lies line their pandora-esque box. If you haven't seen this film, it's a Must...think of it as the 90's evolution of Redford's Ordinary People (1980). Not only is America not the 'greatest country' anymore (See The Newsroom scene in the recent Aries post) its slipping integrity is wreaking havoc on our digestive systems...food for thought.