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The Moon is at ease in the sign of Cancer. This is where she belongs. The sign of our emotions, Cancer encourages us to fully experience every feeling and energetic nuance. As we meet this emotionality, it can feel like an emotional roller coaster. But if we attempt to ignore it, the intensity only amplifies. The new Moon in Cancer is a time to sit with any emotions and understand that the only way to find your way back to your true essence is to hold space for and process what’s showing up for you in the moment.
What’s the Date and Time of the New Moon in Cancer?
The upcoming new Moon phase in Cancer takes place on June 25, 2025, at 3:31 am PT.
What the New Moon in Cancer Means for You
The Moon in Cancer is at home and encourages us to find our unique home frequency. This is our unique vibration, the frequency that makes us feel at ease, fulfilled, and content with life. Our home frequency brings us happiness and reminds us of our true nature, our soul, our essence. It’s the part of ourselves that always remains the same no matter our circumstances.
Our home frequency is known only to us although it directs our behavior and interactions with those around us. It cannot be changed by our fluctuating emotions. Although feelings come and go, some of them linger for too long. We can even become attached to certain emotions, not knowing who we would be without them. But emotions are not who we really are. They are visitors. Even when they overstay their welcome, they are not our true self.
This new Moon in Cancer is a time to sit with your emotions. As challenging as it may be to feel the many emotions that the new Moon in Cancer may bring to the surface of consciousness, this practice holds many benefits. Namely, it teaches us that when we open ourselves to our feelings, we also open ourselves to our intuition.
Cancer teaches us that our intuition is our most significant guiding force. It is connected to the infinite wisdom of the Universe and can see into the past, present, and future. Our intuition comes to us in flashes of insight and hits of brilliance. It is pure and devoid of fear, self-doubt, and judgment.
It is also highly efficient. It doesn’t waste time overthinking and sometimes brings us answers so quickly that we miss them when we don’t pay full attention. It’s often this ease and efficiency that can make us mistrust our intuition as we can’t believe knowing the answer can really be so easy.
But we cannot feel our inner knowledge without first experiencing our emotions. This new Moon in Cancer teaches us that the answers we seek can be that easy to experience when we are willing to have a conversation with our emotions. Experiencing our emotions unlocks the wisdom of our intuition.
It’s also important to point out that when we begin to realize our intentions, we sometimes feel uncomfortable. Breaking through to our next level can bring up fear, insecurity, even imposter syndrome. As we begin to manifest, we need to make certain to take care of ourselves and allow for plenty of rest, nervous system regulation, and compassion. We want to ensure that our body, energy, and mind feel supported so we don’t run back to old patterns of comfort and sabotage ourselves.
Other Astrological Influences on the New Moon in Cancer
The upcoming new Moon in Cancer in June 2025 forms several significant aspects with other planets, creating a complex energetic landscape for your intention setting.
Sun and New Moon Conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
With expansive Jupiter in Cancer joining this new Moon, your intentions have extra power behind them. Jupiter amplifies everything it touches, bringing a sense of optimism, growth, and abundance. This conjunction encourages you to dream bigger regarding your emotional well-being. What would true emotional abundance look like in your life? How can you expand your capacity to receive nourishment and support? Jupiter’s presence reminds us that we deserve more than just the bare minimum. Each of us can call in prosperity in all its forms, including emotional prosperity.
Sun and New Moon in Cancer Conjunct Mars in Virgo
Mars in Virgo brings practical energy to this new Moon through a harmonious sextile. Mars represents our drive and how we take action, while Virgo helps us create systems and pay attention to details. Your intentions aren’t just dreams—they can have concrete steps attached to them. This aspect gives your intentions focus, precision, and the drive to actually implement them. Consider what practical structures would support your emotional well-being. What daily rituals would help you feel more nourished? How can you take targeted action to create more security in your life?
Sun and New Moon in Cancer Square Neptune in Aries
Neptune in Aries forms a challenging square to this new Moon, asking us to examine where we might be deluding ourselves about our needs or rushing into emotional situations without clarity. Neptune can cloud our vision and Aries can make us impulsive.
This aspect reminds us to check in with ourselves about what truly matters beneath the surface. Are your desires for emotional security coming from your authentic self or from external expectations? Use this energy to see through illusions and connect with your deepest truth.
Sun and New Moon in Cancer Square Saturn in Aries
Saturn in Aries also forms a square to this new Moon, bringing awareness to the structures in your life that either support or limit your emotional growth. Saturn represents boundaries, responsibilities, and long-term commitments.
This aspect reminds us that real emotional security requires discipline and commitment—quick fixes won’t create lasting change. What boundaries do you need to establish to protect your emotional well-being? What commitments are you ready to make to yourself? Saturn’s influence helps your intentions have staying power beyond the initial excitement.
Saturn and Neptune Conjunct in Aries
A particularly significant aspect during this new Moon in Cancer is the conjunction between Saturn and Neptune in Aries. These planets represent seemingly opposite energies—Saturn is about structure, limitation, and reality whereas Neptune rules dreams, dissolution, and the intangible. Their meeting in pioneering Aries creates a powerful opportunity to bring dreams into reality and to infuse structures with vision.
The influence on this new Moon reminds us that real change requires commitment. What daily practices will help you stay aligned with your intentions even when challenges arise? How can you create practical containers for your spiritual and emotional evolution? How can you ensure your dreams have the foundation they need to become tangible?
Jupiter in Cancer Square Neptune in Aries and Square Saturn in Aries
Jupiter in Cancer forms challenging squares to both Neptune and Saturn in Aries during the new Moon in Cancer. These aspects create tension between your desire for emotional expansion (Jupiter in Cancer) and the need to establish clear boundaries and realistic expectations (Saturn and Neptune in Aries). This configuration asks you to find balance between optimism and practicality, between dreaming big and staying grounded.
Your intentions will be most effective when they honor both your limitless potential and your present reality. With Jupiter joining this new Moon in Cancer, your intentions have extra power behind them. Jupiter amplifies everything it touches, bringing a sense of optimism, growth, and abundance. This is not the time for small dreams or playing it safe. The cosmic energies are supporting you in thinking bigger than ever before.
Notice where you typically limit yourself when setting intentions. These limitations are like your old shell—comfortable but confining. Challenge yourself to write intentions that might scare you at first but ultimately align more closely with your soul’s true desires.
Your Invitation
The new Moon in Cancer can bring up intense feelings, dreams, and behaviors. It’s a time to ask why your emotions are here and what messages they have for you. And it’s a time to feel, even if that becomes uncomfortable.
The first step of working with the new Moon in Cancer is working with your emotions. This new Moon can cause many emotions to surface, and it’s essential that you take the time to process them, see them, and understand them before writing your intentions. Your emotions can hold valuable information about how you feel regarding your current life situations. They also can hold the key to understanding what your soul most desires.
Releasing certain emotions can be challenging. The only way to let them go is to give them your complete attention. Journaling and meditation can support you. Write out your feelings and what they are helping you understand about yourself. Sit with them for some time and let them reveal your heart’s desires and a path to your home frequency.
Learn more about the new Moon in Cancer, including additional astrological insights and journaling prompts, in the Cancer Season + New Moon workbook, from which the above is excerpted. You can also learn more about discerning what’s intuition versus anxiety with the Feeling Intuition course.
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