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Cancer season is here! This astrological season, it’s important to focus on your home and family life. It’s easy to take your family members or close relations for granted, but making others feel appreciated can go a long way to strengthening your relationships with them, especially during this time. As we dive into Cancer season (June 22 – July 23), the focus shifts to doing some of your favorite family activities or catch up on your list of things that need to be done around the house. Discover more about this special time, and some of the best crystals for Cancer season to use in your healing practice…
When considering which tasks to focus on this season, consider doing more than just your regular house chores by giving your home some extra TLC. Repair broken things, replace anything that has been worn out, or even take time to add a coat of paint to freshen things up! Putting some positive energy into your home moves you into alignment with Cancer Season and the positive energy you create will stick around for many seasons to come.
Working with the following Cancer-aligned stones aligns you with the current celestial energies and is an excellent way to enhance the positive aspects of this astrological phase while balancing its challenges.
Cancer Season Correspondences:
- Dates: June 22 – July 23
- Symbol: The Crab
- Ruling Planet: Moon
- Modality: Cardinal (Outgoing – related to imagination, resourcefulness, and talent)
- Element: Water (Click Here to learn more about working with Elemental Crystals)
- The Body: Stomach/Belly, Navel, Chest/Breasts, Ribs, Torso
- Keywords: Emotions, Family, Imagination, Peace, Tenacity
- Cancer Season Gifts: Creativity, Domestic Life, Empathy, Enterprising, the Home, Intuition, Inventiveness, Love, Loyalty, Protection
- Cancer Season Challenges: Defensiveness, Distrust, Excessive Emotions, Insecurity, Moodiness, Negativity, Over-Sensitivity, Reactivity, Shyness
Best Crystals for Cancer Season:
During Cancer season, select crystals that amplify domesticity, nurturing, and vulnerability. It’s important to note that Zodiac crystals are a little different than birthstones (more on that here). You can work with the following crystals to enhance or balance the energies of Cancer season. Whether enhancing positivity or addressing challenges by balancing out the more difficult energetic aspects of Cancer, these stones are the best companions for the celestial journey ahead.
- Amazonite
- Amethyst
- Angelite
- Aquamarine
- Green Aventurine
- Buddstone
- Golden Calcite
- White Calcite
- Carnelian
- Chrome Diopside
- Garnierite
- Hiddenite (Green Spodumene)
- Red Jasper
- Larimar
- Moldavite
- Rainbow Moonstone
- White Moonstone
- Morganite
- White Pearl
- Rose Quartz
- Rhodonite
- Ruby
- Selenite
- Serpentine
- Sunstone
- Blue Tourmaline
- Unakite
Top 3 Crystals for Cancer Season:
Angelite: This stone supports you as you call upon your angels and guides to ask for protection of your home and family this season. Angelite can help you tap into your intuition and emotions simultaneously, allowing you to gather information from your feelings to inform your intuitive insight. This also allows you to pick up on how others are feeling so you can better support them, creating more balance and harmony in the home.
Larimar: This stone is the blue variety of Pectolite and is very aligned with the watery energy of the Moon (Cancer’s Ruling Planet) and with Cancer Season as a whole. Work with Larimar to let go of anything that is no longer supportive in your home, both emotionally and physically. Your inner energy is a reflection of your outer environment, so Larimar can be a great companion for you as you declutter, reorganize, and improve your space.
Rainbow Moonstone: A favorite of many crystal workers, Rainbow Moonstone can be worked with during Cancer Season to enhance your intuitive insight and hone your psychic skills.
Best Crystals for Cancer’s Ruling Planet (the Moon):
Each sign of the Zodiac is represented, or ruled, by a planet. This Ruling Planet is the planet that is held to have a particular influence over its corresponding sign of the zodiac, house, aspect of life, etc. The Moon is the ruling planet of Cancer and is associated with beauty, business acumen, changes, cycles, emotions, family, habits, imagination, instinct, irrational behavior, nurturing, patience, society, stubbornness, and unreliability.
The following stones correspond to the energy of the Moon:
- Amethyst
- Aquamarine
- Clear Calcite
- Blue Chalcedony
- White Chalcedony
- Labradorite
- Lapis Lazuli
- Apricot Moonstone
- Black Moonstone
- Coffee Moonstone
- Peach Moonstone
- Rainbow Moonstone
- Strawberry Moonstone
- Sunfire Moonstone
- White Moonstone
- Black Obsidian
- Snowflake Obsidian
- Boulder Opal
- Black Ethiopian Opal
- White Ethiopian Opal
- Black Pearl
- Pink Pearl
- White Pearl
- Clear Quartz
- Selenite
Cancer Season Crystal Ritual & Meditation:
Ritual Overview:
- Work with Larimar to tune into the energy of each room in your home.
- Move room by room, observing the energy of the space and listing ways to improve the space.
- After your list is complete, choose three projects from the list to do by the end of Cancer Season.
Ritual Supplies:
- A Larimar stone (you may substitute any of the Cancer Season stones from the list above)
- A notebook or some paper
- A pen or pencil
- Optional: Something to write on (like a clipboard)
- Optional: A small cushion to sit upon
Gather your supplies. Beginning at the main entrance of your home, walk to the center of the room and place the Larimar stone on the floor in front of you. Sit down and make yourself comfortable (on your cushion if you’ve chosen to include one), and close your eyes. Hold your hands above the Larimar stone and allow it to help you tap into the energy of the room. Does this space lift you up and support you? Does this space drag you down? Or is it somewhere in between? When you feel ready, open your eyes and look around the room, taking time to notice the colors, textures, objects, empty space, etc. What stands out or calls your attention that needs a little attention and TLC?
Write down any observations about the space along with how it makes you feel and why. Be sure to include a list of at least three things that you could do to improve the energy or aesthetics of this space to better suit you. Gather up your supplies, go to an adjacent room, and repeat this process (starting with putting the Larimar stone in the center of the new space). Once you’ve gone through every room (on all stories…don’t forget hallways and stairwells), choose at least three tasks from your list of TLC projects to complete during Cancer Season.
Crystals for Cancer in Your Chart:
In addition to working with crystals during Cancer season, you may also want to work with the following stones if you have Cancer energy in your birth chart.
Each of us has many astrological influences that affect our energy and the way we interact with the world around us. The energies that have the biggest influence on you are your Sun Sign, Moon Sign, and Rising Sign. These are sometimes called “Your Big 3.” These can be determined by calculating of your natal chart using the full date, time, and place of your birth.
The Big Three
- Your Sun Sign is the astrological sign that the Sun was in during the time of your birth (also known as your Zodiac sign). The Sun is the center of all life and represents your personality and spirit.
- Your Moon Sign is determined by the sign that the Moon was in during the time of your birth and influences your Soul expression. Your Moon Sign represents your emotions, moods, and your innermost-self.
- Your Rising Sign, also known as your Ascendant, is the planetary influence that was on the Eastern horizon when you were born. Your Rising Sign is the starting point of the first house in your birth chart and has a good deal of influence on the characteristics of your personality (sometimes even outweighing those of your Sun Sign because your Rising Sign is the part of yourself that you share with others).
If Cancer is part of your Big 3, you can use the stones suggested below to enhance or balance its energy. Sunstone can always be used in place of a Sun Sign Stone (or you can use any of the Cancer crystals listed at the beginning of this article), and Moonstone can be substituted in place of a Moon Sign Stone.
- Stone for Cancer as Your Sun Sign: Selenite or Golden Calcite
- Stone for Cancer as Your Moon Sign: White Pearl or Amethyst
- Stone for Cancer as Your Rising Sign: White Moonstone or Rhodonite
Working with Crystals for Your Big 3:
To work with your 3 Astrological Crystals (Sun, Moon, and Rising Signs), you can craft a crystal energy pouch with corresponding crystals and symbols.
Starting with your Sun Sign, write out the name of your sign and draw its symbol on a small scrap of paper (you may even want to draw the symbol of its ruling planet for a boost of energy). These symbols will charge up your crystal with the energy of your Sun sign. Place this paper along with your Sun Sign Stone into the pouch. As you place the stone and paper into the bag, think about what energy your Sun Sign represents and brings into your life.
Next, write out the name of your Moon sign and draw its symbol on another small piece of paper. Place this paper along with your Moon Sign Stone into the pouch. As you place the stone and paper into the bag, think about what energy your Moon Sign represents and brings into your life.
Finally, write out the name of your Rising sign and draw its symbol on the last small piece of paper. Place this paper along with your Rising Sign Stone into the pouch. As you place the stone and paper into the bag, think about what energy your Rising Sign represents and brings into your life.
After adding all the stones to the pouch, focus your intention on strengthening your positive traits and balancing the negative aspects of your unique astrological blueprint.
Explore the exciting energies of Cancer season with these crystals, bringing family support, nurturing, and vulnerability into your life!
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