Summer Solstice And New Moon In Cancer Guided Practice

The Summer Solstice and New Moon Eclipse in Cancer are a powerful time to set intentions for the coming 6 months. Join Sara to reflect and journal on the themes of this New Moon and set your intentions for the 2nd half of the year. Do have paper (or your journal) and a pen close by.

Transcript

Welcome dear friends,

This is Sarah and I'm so happy to be back with you again.

This is a guided and interactive practice for the summer solstice and the new moon solar eclipse in cancer.

This year the solstice is on Saturday the 20th of June,

It's in the evening,

We're in about 10.

45 UK time.

And the new moon and solar eclipse is the following day.

In this practice we're going to consider all of the themes around the solstice and the astrology and the themes of the new moon.

And how we can use them to create intentions for the coming six months.

So if you're here,

Grab a seat,

Find a comfortable space to sit down,

To lie down.

Grab your journal,

Grab a pen or just make sure you have a quiet space where you won't be disturbed.

And just contemplate all the themes as we go through them.

If you're in your quiet space and you're ready,

Let's just take time to take a breath together.

Let's just breathe in.

And let's just see if we can relax as we exhale.

Let's see if we can drop the shoulders.

Let's see if we can unscrunch anything that feels a little bit tense.

And just settle in.

There is so much chaotic energy at the moment.

So let's see if we can just bring ourselves to here and to now.

And see if we can create this solid and calm foundation and this place that we can grow from.

And we can let our intentions bloom from this place.

Summer solstice is the height of summer.

Flowers are in bloom.

The days are long,

The weather is warm.

And it's a time to celebrate all the parts of ourselves that we wish to shine a light on.

And it's also the time of year when we start to think about the harvest.

And with this new moon and the summer solstice we have this opportunity to think about what we want to harvest in autumn.

And what we need to do now so that we may have a bumper crop.

The energy of this new moon will be really powerful.

We have two new moons in a row in the sign of cancer.

The July new moon will be there too.

And this new moon on the 21st is also a solar eclipse.

And it's at 0 degrees and 21 minutes of the sign of cancer.

So we're right at the beginning of our journey through cancer season.

The next new moon will be in the very last degrees.

So it gives us this opportunity to use this coming cycle to journey through all of the themes associated with the sign.

And to think about how we want them to influence the next six months of our lives.

The energy of cancer is feminine energy.

It's nurturing.

It's compassionate.

And it has that mothering element to it.

And that's not about whether you have biological children or not.

It is about how you mother yourself,

Other people and everyone.

The energy of cancer is also a reminder that the foundation that we should build everything from is love.

And that we must show compassion to ourselves,

To others and to society as a whole.

All the energy recently has been about revealing truths.

It has been about dismantling structures.

It has been about recognising what no longer serves us both personally and collectively.

And recognising values,

Attitudes and belief systems that need to change.

And now as we go into the second half of the year,

We have this opportunity to start to make these changes with this eclipse.

And to make them with love as the guiding principle.

So let's take some time now to just reflect on these themes.

And let's start to think about compassion.

And think about where we can show compassion for ourselves and for others.

And how we'll do that going forward.

Building from this foundation of love.

What does compassion mean to you?

How does it show up?

How will you show it?

If love is your guiding principle for the next six months,

What will that look like?

Take some time to write down everything that comes to mind.

Or just to sit in quiet contemplation.

And you can meditate on the concept of love and compassion.

I'll come back to you in two minutes.

There's one minute left.

There's one minute left to go.

There's one minute left.

And let's start to think about the coming months.

And using love and compassion as our guiding principles.

Let's spend some time writing down what we want the next six months to look like.

If your foundation was a place of love,

Nurturing,

Safety,

Security,

Comfort,

Contentment,

All those cancerian themes.

How would you want your next six months to look?

Write it down.

Words are spells.

We speak into existence.

Everything that we want to co-create.

So let's take the sun energy,

This new beginning,

This solstice celebration.

And let's create a beautiful second half of the year.

Write down who you will be,

Where you will go,

How you will feel.

Take some time now to write all of that down.

Be specific.

Think big.

Make your new moon wish.

I'll come back to you in two minutes.

Thank you.

You have one minute left.

Thank you.

Take that vision now of how the next six months will look.

And turn it into your list of intentions.

Write down,

I am statements.

So you might choose a statement like,

I am calm.

I am loved.

I am peaceful.

I am energized.

I am creative.

And write these down as your guiding principles for the next six months.

And we'll take time together to really feel into these intentions.

Let's take two minutes to write them down.

And I'll come back to you.

I'll keep an eye on the time for you.

Remember how powerful your words are.

Choose positive statements.

And remember that I am.

There's the most powerful statement that we can speak.

There's one minute left.

Thank you.

Take your list of intentions.

Pick out the most important words,

The most important ways that you wish to feel.

And turn them into your mantras for the month.

And you can repeat your mantras whenever you like.

You can use them in mantra meditation.

You can say them out loud as affirmations.

You can use them to bring yourself to a place of calm.

You can use them to focus.

You can repeat them at the beginning of the day and set your intention for how the day will go.

But the most important thing to do is to feel them.

So if your mantra is calm,

Practice saying calm.

Out loud or in your head.

And really feel it as you say it.

If your mantra is love.

Take a deep breath in and feel and say the word love as you exhale.

If your mantra is creativity.

Meditate on creativity and what it means to you.

Repeat your mantras this month and take those small steps towards feeling,

Experiencing,

Creating and living from your intentions.

This is a wonderful,

Special new moon in solstice.

So make a wish.

End with a thank you.

And say it is done.

Thank you so much for being here with me.

Talk to you soon.

Reviews

Thank you for your beautiful meditation, I started the day with you very gently and deeply relaxed. It is wonderful to hear your words, you have a very loving and gentle voice.

Such a beautiful practice, exactly the steps and clarity I was seeking to set intentions for the new moon and new year 💕🙏🏻 thank you

Thank you, good for intention setting 🌻💛🌞 Happy summer!!

love this one. I will repeat it and make sure I have my journal beside me next time

Beautiful meditation. Thanks so much. Great voice and music too ❤️

my daughter and I did this together it was so nice. thank you.

Beautiful, inspiring meditation. Thank you. 🙏💙

I am filled with gratitude for this guidance. Namaste.

lovely, thank you 🙏☀️💦

Perfect! Thank you!!!

So much inspiration from this session. Thank you💛

Thank you for this powerful intention setting practice 🙏✨❤️

Thanks for the calm amid the chaos. Have a blessed Solstice.

A beautiful offering for honoring this series of special celestial events. Greatly appreciate your offerings here and always look forward to them.
Many blessings 🙏

Exquisite and beautiful. From your voice to the music, the practice was beautiful. The focus and intention was a wonderful stream of meditation and journaling. Thank you! I have this page of intentions earmarked to read for the remainder of the year

Really lovely meditation, thank you 🙏

Loved this. Very powerful with the intention setting for the coming 6 months

thank you for helping me find peace 🙏

A peaceful and thoughtful process to set my intentions. Thank you.