Good morning! Are you enjoying your week? I hope it started off with a bang! Today we’re having the first hurdles of our solar eclipse in Cancer transit. Growing pains and karmic conundrums, here we go!

The first quarter moon is the phase in which the seeds we planted, or in this case the shifting sands beneath our feet, begin to show the first signs of struggle and change. We’ve been building up energy in order to tackle the problems to come, and this is our first big problem in regards to the eclipse, making this a very important first quarter moon!

Here we have the Sun in Cancer conjunct the North Node in Cancer, giving us a glimpse as to what’s in our future. The consequences of our actions and the rewards for our hard work are being shown to us now through a looking glass. With the Moon in Libra squaring off with the sun and the lunar nodes, however, we may not feel emotionally ready for this, causing a “crisis” of sorts.

You’ll never learn if you don’t tackle problems that challenge you, and this is where the first problems for us to solve come in. We may feel that life isn’t being fair to us with the First Quarter Moon in Libra, and this can create a dysfunction in which we decide to tackle our idea of “fairness” and how we can go about creating it. Everyone has a different perception of what is “fair,” so keep this in mind when you move forward.

On the other side of the lunar nodes, conjunct the South Node is Saturn retrograde in Capricorn. He is taking great karmic stock in the past and is adding up the numbers. Imagine a young girl whose family is simply not listening to her and her desires. She wants to run off to become an actress, but her mother and brother worry about her safety in a big city, and her father has a list of receipts in which this young girl hasn’t been responsible in the past and he’s had to bail her out several times. She has dreams, but isn’t willing to make the required sacrifices or do the work required to chase them. She feels entitled to them.

This can be a huge crisis to her, but also a big wake up call. Does she instead go into a safe career and pursue a degree her parents pay for, or does she realize that she hasn’t put enough work and effort into her dream and really applies herself in order to prove to herself that she can do it?

Failure is our greatest teacher if you’re willing to accept it and learn from it.

“I will set a wonderful example and be a true role model for you.”

~Beautiful Creatures Tarot~

The Lion of Fires reversed warns us that now is not the time to be showing off or bragging to try and make ourselves look good in front of superiors or elders. Be humble and compassionate as we move forward into these karmic energies. We all have our own baggage to deal with, and it’s heavy in its own way. Be generous with your love and light without allowing yourself to become a doormat.

~Thank you for reading! Blessed be!~

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