DandylionAstrology

    Summertime commences with a gorgeous full moon in Capricorn, the first of two during this Cancer season. Normally while the sun moves through each sign, there will be one new moon in the sign of the season (in this case Cancer) and one full moon in it's opposite sign (refer to the tiny moon pictured to the far left, opposite to the setting sun on the right). This year we get a double dose of full moon energy in the sign of Capricorn, and since Cancer is ruled by the moon, its influence is more potent than usual.     Every full moon is a time of illumination and reflecting on the past so we can release anything no longer serving our current goal or highest good. This moon cycle also happens to be the exact midpoint to the year so we are being called to look back at where all the time has gone this year and all the past versions of ourselves that no longer align with who we are now, or who we are working to become.     Cancer and the moon both repres...

       Change is always in the air isn't it? Even when we can't feel it, we know the air around us is swirling, even as we just breathe in and out, it's spiraling quietly in all directions all the time. Funny how it's only when there's a big shift in the breeze that we can actually feel and sense it's change in direction. Gusts of wind suddenly blowing our hair out of our eyes long enough to breathe, lift our arms and maybe even feel weightless. And just the same, when it's whirling all around us making dust devils in the pollen that gets dirt in our eyes, we feel overwhelmed and curse it for pushing us in too many directions at once.     Gemini is the most adaptable and change oriented sign of the zodiac, making this new moon all about embracing the shifting winds of change instead of fighting against it, being taken along with it or attaching to any one situation, idea or moment. This New Moon is asking us to slow down and observe the changes occurring a...