#330 - Weekly Energy Update for June 16, 2024: Summer Solstice, Cancer Season, and Capricorn Full Moon

This Thursday, the 20th, marks the start of the summer, with the Summer Solstice and the beginning of the Cancer season. And there is a full moon in Capricorn the very next day. It's a big, wonderful week!

We talk a lot about the cycles of the moon and the other planets, but the sun is the center of everything, and the solstice is our day to honor it. Since the sun is 400 times larger than the moon, we can think of the solstice as 400 times more powerful than a full moon. We can think of it as a Full Sun.

The tone for the entire summer is set by what is happening in the sky at the time of the solstice. At the exact time of the summer solstice, the sun will enter Cancer, starting Cancer Season. Cancer is nurturing, intuitive, compassionate, and a natural caregiver. Cancers are also homebodies, who love nurturing their homes and caring for their plants, pets, and people.

Cancer season is just lovely. The next few weeks are ideal for lounging around with friends and enjoying the summertime.

Adding to this week's magic is the Strawberry Full Moon on Friday, which falls only one day after the Solstice. It’s called the Strawberry moon because this is the time of year when the strawberries are ripe, not because of the color of the moon.

The extraordinary thing about this full moon is that it’s the lowest full moon we’ve seen in years. Since the Moon happens on the solstice, the very day the Sun is absolutely at its highest of the year, and a full moon is opposite the sun, this full Moon is the very lowest full Moon, the lowest we’ve seen in years.

This full moon is the first of two consecutive full moons in Capricorn. These two full moons are setting the stage for a fun summertime and accomplishing goals that may have been on the back burner for the last few years.

What I love about this time is that the solstice, when the sun is at its highest, and the full moon, when it’s at its lowest are in perfect balance, helping us balance our lives. We can relax AND get things done. It isn’t either/or. It's both. 

Allow yourself to sink into summer this week. Once you're enjoying the juiciness of summer, set your intentions for what you want to accomplish. Relax and flow first, then work.