This new moon (24 Cancer, July 17 2023 at 11:32 AM PDT) occurs in opposition to Pluto retrograde in the last degree of Capricorn. Pluto works to deepen, intensify, reveal, that which it touches. Pluto relates to power and power dynamics, forces of nature, life and death, and alchemy/transformation. One of the first things that comes to mind for me thinking about this new moon in Cancer opposite Pluto in Capricorn is the inherent regressive quality (going back to childhood) that can show up in relationships with authority figures, experts, or powerful ‘others’. It is my understanding that this is utilized in psychotherapy – that at times, the therapist themselves will trigger the client’s parental material and become a projection screen for unresolved dynamics with either or both parents. This is also material that arises in intimacy and close connections – our attachment style and how this has been informed by our early life conditionings and traumas. As I write this, I get an image of a Russian doll. I’m reminded of the reality that different versions of ourselves in time stay on with us. Our personality is not always acting from our present moment and age. Sometimes we respond […]