Summer Solstice, 2:44 PM PDT, Sun and Moon at 0˚21’ Cancer, Saturn at 0˚40’ Aquarius, Mars at 25˚49’ Pisces, Pluto, 24˚19’, and Jupiter, 25˚07, conjunct in Capricorn, 11:41 PM PDT, June 20th.

HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE and New Moon eclipse everyone! Sun enters the sign of Cancer, June 20th, 2:44 PM PDT. Solstice is followed by an annular “ring of fire” eclipse that night, 11:41 PM. At 0˚21’ Cancer, the New Moon is asking what beginning do I see for myself that is nurturing and healing not only for me, but for my clan, my tribe, as summertime begins – a yummy meal in restaurant I love, a time of bonding with my family and friends, all while our collective voices call out for social justice and implementing REAL systemic change.

The Sun and Moon conjunction form a tight quincunx - 150˚ aspect – of creative tension with the reality check of task-master Saturn at 0˚40’ Aquarius. Saturn is retrograde and will reenter Capricorn soon for most of the remaining year. In fact, Jupiter and Saturn will be conjunct at the same 0˚ Aquarius in December, so what we are processing under retrograde planets at summer solstice will return.

But we all feel like we are at a threshold NOW, a taste of what is to come…learning how to be in a new world. The quincunx with Saturn in the air sign Aquarius, is helping us process these radical ways of being, new ways of relating, since the 2020 pandemic began. Activism of Black Lives Matter awakens in all of us a spirit of universal Aquarian love, duty and justice!

I love that this eclipse falls at 0˚ Cancer. It is like the cosmos is asking us how do we balance and honor the Cancerian needs of our home and hearth, our inner most sanctum, our own place within, while recognizing Saturn’s delays, frustrations, limitations and pure hard work in what feels like we are birthing anew. As always, it is critical to consider where in your birthchart early degrees of Cancer and Aquarius fall. Mercury now retrograde in Cancer underscores a time for reflection.

Meanwhile Mars, at 25˚49’ Pisces, is still in a waning sextile with Pluto, 24˚19’, and Jupiter, 25˚07 Capricorn, saying we CAN create a vision that will empower collective change. We can all be active players in building a just and compassionate new world – look to see where in your birthchart late Capricorn falls.

Wishing everyone a great Solstice eclipse and New Moon!