Viktor M. Vasnetsov 1880 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Cancer! This coming Solar year you may find yourself terribly torn: every time you try to move forward, specifically by expressing your personal power and authority, cooperating with existing authorities, and finding your natural boundaries and roles, you may see your attention drawn to serious and practical matters, or to the need to care-take or provide for others. This can be discouraging, as you may feel you’re not making any headway toward goals, but it really shouldn’t be; you will be acting in your own and others’ highest interests–in fact, you will be acting out your highest values, in ways that will serve to make who you are apparent to yourself and to everyone around you. The chance to show what you honor and find sacred so directly with your choices and actions can be rare, as everyday matters usually obscure the underpinnings of our choices–and this year your social role will be under stress and will inevitably change, opening the way for unusual experiences. This year you can live in an almost Archetypal or Heroic way, dear Cancer–will you take the challenge?

Charles Caryl Coleman (1840–1928) ‘In the Shade of the Vines, Capri’ 1898 {{PD}}

Dear Cancer, this coming Solar year, through to your next birthday, may be a time of fresh new communication and thought for you, and you may be offered new starts in the Houses ruled by Mercury in the natal chart. You’ll enjoy a keen sensitivity, and the intellect will be finely attuned to nuance and shades of meaning–a trait you can use to great advantage in dealing with others and also when considering your own needs. Problems will center on your own ego leading you astray, and in conflict with authorities–but if you make the keynote for the year cooperation you may have few difficulties, if any. If your thinking is on track, you could be slated to gain Love or Money from carefully considered action–and who wouldn’t want that?

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Dear Cancer, you celebrate your Solar Return with a Full Moon, symbolically suggesting a culmination to some important emotional phase in the life. You’re finishing up one thing, getting your bearings for the next–no need to rush. Instead, savor your victory–or if not that, then the completion of a personal era to which you will never return. You’ll likely be on to something that involves partnership, working or living in tandem with another, and attention will go to setting or removing boundaries, gaining some sense of security, and perhaps working privately on some original or unique contribution only you could make, to be made public much later in the year. Until then, work, enjoy, plan for where you want to go next and what you want to achieve–and have a Happy Birthday!

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Edouard Dantan L’Atelier du Sculpteur {{PD}}

Dear Cancer, you may have a tough time deciding what to do this year; it seems all avenues present conflict, even as all avenues seem to offer opportunity. The energy you need to emphasize during this Solar year, through to your next birthday, is purely creative–reach into your Soul and into your imagination and make, plan, create those things that have always lived within–and let the emotions and intuition be your fuel. In everyday areas, though, be practical, constructive, and grounded in reality and the here-and-now–results come later, though keeping respect for those currently in power and keeping your own highest values in the forefront at all times will go a long way toward getting you closer to your goals.

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‘Shell Gathering’ Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) (1760–1849) {{PD}}

Dear Cancer, does it feel like restrictions and pain have been recently lifted off your back, or are you feeling as if lately you’ve gotten yourself into a situation that might be described as ‘a world of hurt’? If so you’re looking at the results of recent choices, and you have the option of re-choosing at this point, if you so desire–and if neither applies, then it seems your vision is fixed firmly on the future, no matter what your past or present. Even if you feel you’re in a bad spot now, you’re on your way to forming a new way of communicating/ interacting within relationships, a new way of thinking about Love and Money, and to working out a way of expressing your own power and Will that will be highly effective–but there’s work to do. Establishing your Path/ goals based on what’s most important to you, on what you honor in the world, and then working out a way to follow that Path is the first step. Look to partners, your own sense of aesthetics, and to skills and real-world experiences gained in the past to assist you and help shape your future. Begin now as if you, and everything else, are new. Happy Birthday, and Good Luck!

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Gauguin {{PD}}

Even if adventurousness isn’t usually your thing, dear Cancer, this year you might roam far afield, or you could do it mentally, by embarking on a new course of learning, or teaching (which is a learning experience itself!) or on a new religious path–whatever it is, you’ll either want to see something new and exotic, or you’ll want to bring the exotic home to you. You are primed to see the healing of your reality situation–by that I mean something in your life that has caused prolonged distress or pain, regret or stress, will come to an end–and your openness to ‘something different’ at this time may be the thing that facilitates that healing. Wisdom is easily tapped this coming Solar year, through to your next birthday, and gathering resources or intelligence in order to take action is favored and should result in the success of important efforts down the line. Happy Birthday!

This unearthly photo shows the interior of the Los Angeles Infirmary, 1908 {{PD}}

Dear Cancer, you may find yourself in the midst of a life review that should be about major healing–if you will let it. Of course you want to heal any psychic injuries you’ve suffered–they are often what stands in the way of us making the most of our lives and choices–but there is a danger that emotionalism could have bound you so strongly to your wounds that you may feel to lose them would be to lose a part of yourself. If so, that’s unfortunate. But, if you’ll take the challenge and heal your life, you can command the reality picture in such a way that a situation can be created that takes advantage of your most unique skills–and that means some impressive potentials for success that only you could attain. Wisdom and avant garde sensibilities are yours for the having this Solar year, through to your next birthday, and taking a few risks and unanticipated roads could elevate your choices from good to great–but again, only if you’ll embrace that healing possibility, and let it happen.

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It may feel like your horse has died under you, but it’s really just time to get a new horse. Henry F. Farny (1847-1916)

Dear Cancer, lately you’ve been attending to ambition and desire fulfillment; what now? Your birthday naturally brings forward a review of recent happenings for how effectively they’ve taken you toward your goals–and if my guess is correct, you’ve had a few successes, but even more fails. Now it’s time to re-group and apply your innate wisdom and practicality (which may have been ignored of late) to real-world circumstances–’cause you can’t get ‘there’ unless you know where ‘here’ is. This coming Solar year is prime time for you to move away from past methodologies (you may have been too focused on just throwing the dice, rather than planning and working) and toward finding a way to apply your original point of view and unique abilities to some form that brings you Love, Money, or both–good luck, and happy birthday!

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‘Woman with a pearl necklace in a loge’ Mary Cassatt 1879 {{PD}}

Happy Birthday, dear Cancer! This coming Solar year you need to aim directly to fulfill goals, dreams, and desires–and it won’t necessarily be easy. The needs of others, particularly the mate, as well as your own tender nature, may cause you to turn your energy and resources toward alleviating their problems, and though this may be kind, it won’t necessarily be the best thing for either of you. Cooperation is called for, but not at the expense of moving you forward in important ways. Be practical, do what’s wise rather than what’s easy, and talk things through before giving or giving in–if you don’t, resentment may be the result, and you could reach your next birthday feeling you’ve been spinning your wheels. Watch the matters of the House(s) with Gemini on the cusp: these have the potential to be both costly and rewarding, depending on how you approach things; though you need to stay rock solid with home, family, and values, don’t let what you contribute in those areas preclude your own original and unique expression, with the best arenas for Self-expression found in the House with Aquarius on the cusp or the House through which Uranus is now transiting. Good luck!

Basket of Apples, by Levi Wells Prentice, 1895 {{PD}}

Dear Cancer, it appears you’re in a period of deep introspection brought about by certain material experiences of late–and these are direct reflections of inner issues you have not really wanted to face. Now is the time, and you have the personal strength with which to deal with things–so why hesitate? If you want to move forward, this is the way to proceed, by looking at and resolving those things you’ve been avoiding. You owe it to yourself to pursue those ambitions you’ve been putting aside in favor of handling more mundane problems–but the only way to successfully overcome those everyday issues is to deal with what you’ve been turning away from–I know, it’s around in a circle, isn’t it? But if you do deal with all you’ve been avoiding, the way will then be clear for you to think about and pursue what you need and desire–and it’s about time.

Focus on Solar Return aspect: Moon in Libra. With the Lunar essence by sign at odds with your natal Solar light, you could be in for a tough year emotionally. The good news is that the partner will be a fine source of support (no matter how it seems at the moment) and that you will have a good handle on both the best means of earning and the best way to go forward in relationships. Happy Birthday, and good luck!