The Cancer Moon wants to nourish and mother the new King born within each of us at this Winter Solstice. Being a mom and having a Cancer Moon, I can tell you it's not an easy job. Cancer moons "feel' what people need and have a great desire to give it to them. But because we are off-balance due to the patriarchal view that all things masculine are more worthwhile than our feminine talents, our mothering can become smothering. Or it can be a cold disregard for the true needs of the child. Being a mother is the hardest job in the world! And often there is no gratitude for the things we do, because all of us see nurturing as our due. But it wouldn't hurt to be grateful to the Great Mother more often for all the ways we are nurtured -- by each other, by our food, by Mother Earth. Learning to be grateful is good for us. Gratitude makes life holy, because a grateful heart gives value to everything and everyone. When we live in that awareness, our creative imagination opens up - another of Cancer's gifts -- and we know how to nurture life.
This Cancer full Moon asks us to look at what is happening to our world and nurture a new way of being in ourselves and in our world. To do that, we have to discern when to literally help, when to offer advice, when to stand silent and be a witness to new ideas and growth without entangling ourselves where we are not needed. A good mother gives what is necessary for her child's growth and consciousness, and sometimes this entails "not giving' them what they think they need.
When your own mother, or
your inner mother, cannot give you the love you deserve and need, turn to the
Goddess, for she is the Great Mother of us all.
And don't forget to be grateful for her love.
Prayer to our Lady of Guadalupe:
Have you forgotten?
I am your mother.
You are not alone.
You are under my protection.
Anything you need, ask me.
Do not worry about anything,
Am I not here --
I who am your mother?
Have you forgotten?
I love you, and you are under my protection.2
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