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Cancer
The Crab, initiating water, ruled by Moon"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are." A
Cancer Moon Child doesn't wonder. She knows. She dreams with the tides.
From memory as ancient as the sea, as fresh as a mountain stream, as
personal as the close comfort of the womb--is born the Moon Child. Matrix
and Mother is Cancer, the creative waters that give birth to all forms of
life. The original Pandora was such a Mother of Life. Her name means
"all-giver." The Milky Way is said to be formed from milk overflowing from
the breast of the mother of the gods.In northern climes, the gateway of Cancer is the Summer Solstice,
the longest day, highest light of the year, where the richness of nature
starts to turn inward again toward night and the dream-world. Deep in their
hearts, in silver reveries, Moon Children remember dreams of childhood and
before, lives before this life, potentials not yet conceived.Once upon a time forever, the Hindu god Vishnu reclines on the
coiled body of a serpent floating on the Sea of Milk. Lakshmi, Lady of the
Lotus, lovely, cream ivory goddess of joy and abundance, rubs his feet. Her
touch brings dreams--of a great , calm lake where time rests still, the
mirror of the water perfectly reflecting the sky. From the silent darkness
of the lake's deep bed emerges a slender green stem. The bud of this lotus
opens in surrender to the warm light of the Sun. This flower is the goddess
herself. From its center, the creator god, Brahma, appears. His four heads,
like the phases of the Moon--new, waxing half, full, waning half--watch
worlds manifest in the four cardinal directions.As the dreaming Vishnu breathes out in a long sigh, these worlds
come to life. He projects himself into his own dreams in a variety of
forms--a boar, lion, turtle, fish and even blue-skinned Krishna--to protect
the worlds from repeated dangers. Cancers are care-givers and defenders of
the human family who actively respond to perceived need. Sensitive to inner
and outer currents, they need a home base, like a turtle, a protective
shell where they withdraw into safety. Like oysters, they carefully hold
and nurture their shining pearls of wisdom.When Vishnu breathes in, the worlds dissolve back into the cosmic
sea. The lotus closes in upon itself. Lady Lakshmi sits in meditation. She
brings her two hands together in front of her, one curved over the other,
with the two long fingers lightly joined in the gesture called, "Increase."
After a timeless moment...she smiles... and begins again to rub the feet of
her Lord. Another world is being conceived. In Dreamtime....Back to Astro-Mythology Mainpage