Brooke MacQueen from Various Friends

21 June , 2025

THE COSMIC THREAD

Cancer Season

June 21 – July 22
Theme: Comfort

Cancer season begins with the Sun at its lowest point and the self turning inward.
The solstice is a threshold, the longest night, the shortest day. A sacred stillness. Here, we honour the return of the Sun, the slow lengthening of light, and the promise of renewal. 

 

We arrive here windblown from Gemini’s restless air, only to be met by the quiet pull of water, memory, and what lies beneath. Where Gemini danced between possibilities, Cancer wants us to come home not just to a place, but to ourselves. 

 

This is not a season of speed, but of soft return. Cancer gathers what the world discards. It doesn’t seek attention but fierce belonging. Governed by the Moon, it teaches through tides how to hold, release, and move with the rhythm of what is felt but unseen. There is no straight line, only the ebb and the flow.

SEASON OF HOMECOMING

Cancer knows that emotion is not weakness, but wisdom. There is a strength in sensitivity and power in being attuned. Here, we descend from intellect into instinct. We tend to what is unspoken. We carry what cannot be named. To feel is not to falter, it is to be alive.

"honour the sanctuary within"

This is a season of homecoming, of touching what still hurts and being able to regulate emotionally. This is not a time to push forward but to withdraw with intention. To notice where you feel safe and where you don’t. To build enough security. To hold what is yours with care. To cry if you need to. To protect what matters most. To follow your intuition. To honour the sanctuary within. To hold space for others to grow in their own direction.

 

To live in the spirit of Cancer is to tend to your emotional home. To know that growth begins in safe places, that tenderness is strength, and that true belonging begins by choosing yourself first.

CANCER SEASON & YOU

CANCER SEASON SELF CARE

Cancer season calls us home to the spaces where we can exhale and undress from the expectations of the world. This is a time to nourish your emotional body with softness and security, to create a haven where your inner world feels safe to unfold.

Comfort may arrive through familiar meals, quiet rituals, or the tender presence of those who know how to hold space for all of you. But just as you offer care outwardly, Cancer asks that you extend it inward, too.

Make room for your own emotions. The more you tend to your emotional ecosystem, the more gently you’ll be able to hold others.

 

"Cancer wants us to come home not just to a place, but to ourselves."

 

 

A Cocoon of Safety

A ritual for Cancer Season

Begin by preparing a gentle space that feels like a true sanctuary. You may wish to turn of your phone, put on some gentle music, lay down soft fabrics, light a candle, burn your favourite incense or smudge, and gather these items. 

  • A bowl of water (from the ocean, rain, spring, or filtered)
  • A small crystal
  • A journal and pen
  • Optional: Shemana perfume elixir of choice, a ritual mist, bath salts, a warm drink, or a shawl to wrap yourself in 

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A Cocoon of Safety

A ritual for Cancer Season

Begin by preparing a gentle space that feels like a true sanctuary. You may wish to turn of your phone, put on some gentle music, lay down soft fabrics, light a candle, burn your favourite incense or smudge, and gather these items. 

  • A bowl of water (from the ocean, rain, spring, or filtered)
  • A small crystal
  • A journal and pen
  • Optional: Shemana perfume elixir of choice, a ritual mist, bath salts, a warm drink, or a shawl to wrap yourself in 

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FULL RITUAL

MOON MOMENTS:

New Moon in Cancer – 25 JUN 8:31 PM AEST

 

Create comfort by swimming in self-care. The Cancer New Moon invites us to begin again, not through words, but through feeling. It’s a moment to come home to yourself, to soften the edges, and let the quiet truths rise from beneath the surface. This lunation wraps you in the warmth of emotional honesty, asking you to water what’s quietly alive and to nurture the biggest dreams that live in your chest, not your head.

 

Full Moon in Capricorn – 11 JULY 6:37 AM AEST

 

The Capricorn Full Moon illuminates what you’ve built and what’s been built on shaky ground. It’s a moment to take inventory, to return to integrity, and to realign your ambitions. Let this be a time to honour your limits and to choose steadiness over spectacle. You don’t need to do it all. Full moons bring release, so let go of the pressure to prove. What matters now is not how much you carry, but how consciously you choose to hold it.

PLANETARY MOMENTS:

RITUALS FOR GEMINI SEASON

Deepen an alignment to the moment with this seasons intentional rituals

Ritual Breathwork

Morning Memos

Hand Massage with Intention

Conscious Conversation

Aroma Reset

Nervous System Wind-Down

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Mercury enters Leo – 27 June.

 

Your voice wants to be heard. Mercury in Leo reminds you to speak with heart, to declare your truth without shrinking. This is communication as self-expression, bold, radiant and unmistakably you.

 

Venus enters Gemini – 05 July.

 

Connection becomes an exploration. Venus in Gemini flirts with curiosity, inviting playful intimacy, intellectual chemistry, and lightness in love. Let relationships feel like a conversation that never quite ends.

 

Neptune stations retrograde – 05 July.

 

The veil lifts gently. Neptune’s reversal blurs illusions and clears false comforts, offering a subtler kind of truth. What was once a dream now asks to be felt with open eyes.

 

Uranus enters Gemini – 07 July.

 

The mind becomes the lightning rod. Uranus in Gemini sparks revolution through thought, speech, and ideas. Expect breakthroughs, disruption, and a collective hunger to rewrite the way we know, learn, and connect.

 

Saturn stations retrograde – 13 July.

 

The structure turns inward. Saturn’s retrograde is a return to the drawing board, a reassessment of discipline, responsibility, and the architecture of your ambitions. What you commit to now must have soul.

 

Mercury stations retrograde – 18 July.

 

A pause between the words. Mercury’s retrograde in Leo retraces the path of pride, ego, and expression. Speak gently. Listen more. There’s power in reflection before revelation.

The Cosmic Thread

Align with the stars and navigate the unfolding cosmos—each month, Shemana’s resident astrologer Brooke MacQueen of Various Friends offers insight 
into the planetary transits, lunar phases, and zodiacal shifts guiding your path.

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