The Sun entered Cancer on June 20, 2012. And I am a procrastinator. It is the 21st of July now and we
are officially in Leo. Time got away
from me. Here are my excuses. I blame the universal time and our fast paced society and the fact that I have absolutely no planets in Virgo :) I think I should blame my own disorganized self. Perhaps I should learn to balance my family, my work, my friends, astrology and "me" time. I know I should but for the most part it always seems like my life is this big avalanche of all of these things combined and I am a snowboarder trying to escape it. I think this time I am going to call my Virgo friends to the rescue.
Really, isn’t it kind of ironic -
Cancer is a sign that rules our home, our family, our downtime and yet, during
these busy months we don’t get enough time to
enjoy our home, our family and we don’t get the time we can just spend
on our own doing absolutely nothing. We
crave this time, we idealize it – at least here in the Northern Hemisphere where
Summer is the time when children are off school, people are on holidays, they spend
time camping, going to the beach, travelling. We want to read a book or two, we want to cook a nice meal and be
outside, enjoy the summer days, relax, meditate and return to our primal
purpose of our being. During the month
of Cancer we all crave peace, safety, security, time with family and time spent
at home. We retreat to our safety haven
and then go back in time to relive our memories from the past. We long for the past. Are you all feeling this time crunch? Do you dream about the past? Was it better then? Was the time going by a lot slower? Are the summer days of your childhood and
your youth the days you want to go back to? Things seemed to be simpler and and a lot more relaxed. I do miss the way things were, the slower paced life. Well that was then and now is now, we can't change things. Enough on that.
Happy belated birthday my Cancer friends. As an astrologer I do not like to say “belated” but I have done it once again – time has vanished and it is
nowhere to be found. Cancer is a water
sign, caring, sensitive and reflecting.
Think of Pisces and the ocean comes to mind, think of Cancer and what
you see is a beautiful reflecting lake in the mountains, crystal clear,
peaceful and quaint. Mountains surround
this lake and they provide safety and security - a true Feng Shui haven. Cancer is a cardinal sign - the beginning of the new season, it is ruled by the
Moon and therefore strongly connected to our emotions and feelings. Cancer people are the nurturers and
dreamers of the Zodiac. They will be there to weather
the storms with you. They are sentimental
and they often idealize the past. Their connection to their past is always there - may it be through the family of their origin, their roots, their memories, they do seem to go back and forth between now and then, floating flawlessly between the two time entities.
Here is my little intermezzo. It wraps all of the Cancerian characteristics
into one specific trait – the longing for the past is very well depicted in the song Round Here by George Michael.
George Michael was born on the 25th of June, 1963. His Sun sign and his ascending sign are both
in Cancer. There is a certain flair of
nostalgia in all of his songs. His music as a solo artist and as a lead
singer of the pop group Wham! will always evoke these nostalgic feelings of
things long gone.
Here is his Round Here from 2004 album
Patience.
George Michael - Round Here
"So come with me, let me show you where I've lived
I want to put my hands in this earth again
Music fell like rain to the streets
The Specials and The Jam, to The Beat
Even though I think I've seen everything there is to see of this world
I gotta be thankful that this crowded space
Is the place of my birth"
I want to put my hands in this earth again
Music fell like rain to the streets
The Specials and The Jam, to The Beat
Even though I think I've seen everything there is to see of this world
I gotta be thankful that this crowded space
Is the place of my birth"
Happy dreaming, happy Saturday, Sunday or whatever time zone you might be in. I will give you a short astrological update in my next post. Until then, take care of yourself and try to create more time. For yourself, your family, your loved ones.
