This is Part 1 of a multiple part delineation of the Cancer New Moon on July 20th, 2020. It contains personal reflections and underlies my general astrology outlooks at this time. If you are uninterested in my more subjective perspectives Part 2 will cover more directly the New moon itself.
The area in which I reside in south central Pennsylvania feels hostile to me. The politic largely espoused in this area is not mine own.
Since childhood I have been accustomed to not being representative of popular opinion in my environment(s). As this writing is an interlaced personal reflection and astrology interpretive piece I note that you, as the reader, are also likely accustomed to representing less generally accepted thought.
Recently I have recognized a contingent of local population that is so enraged by alternative viewpoint and/or lifestyle that they appear willing to do anything they deem necessary to staunch whatever/whomever they believe to be offensive.
To be clear, I am speaking of individuals/groups that are so threatened by certain viewpoints and/or lifestyles that they have of recent been actively participating in efforts to “bring to heel” any that they deem a threat.
Tactics commonly employed by the contingent I speak of often include:
(1) the utilization of militant posturing (person is openly armed with assault rifles, knives etc, attired in militant clothing/gear, displaying controversial emblems/flags/symbology etc),
(2) verbal and/or written threats directly stating, or implying, the intent to cause harm to another through the use of physical violence and/or weapons
(3) a usage of language in a form intended to be offensive to others(ie racial slurs, general vulgarity and profanity).
A similar and/or same contingent of individuals and/or groups of which I write may also be apparent to you in your locality also.
I have reason to believe that some public servants and organizations sworn to serve and protect the public (ranging from local to state levels) in my region (Adams County/Gettysburg and the surrounding localities) are supportive of this aggressive faction and share a common theology with them.
Some of these public servants have been openly demonstrating where their allegiance resides though if challenged by anyone to publicly announce their affiliations or agenda’s there is a tendency toward gas-lighting, subterfuge and deflection.
I will also note there are a considerable number of public servants seeming to be signaling approval of these aggressive factions through their negligence to address the issue(s) at hand. While I could, and maybe should, express the many possible reasons I believe so many officials are remaining silent at this time it is too lengthy an enterprise for me today.
***
Returning to my original statement that my environment feels hostile to me; I would like to share a bit on the overall local conditions at this time.
A generalized sense of divisiveness heavily blankets my area in Pennsylvania due to varied opinion in regards to the many issues we are facing in the U.S. at this time. Pennsylvania has been/is one of the states with stricter measures employed in regards to Covid-19.
It appears that much of the general public in my area is defiant of our Governor’s mandates. Some of these individuals are quite challenging to anyone that they believe to be questioning of their personal belief or behavior.
Going about one’s public life can feel a bit daunting now. Even though I am acutely aware of the underlying ill atmosphere I attempt to put to practice my personal moral and spiritual theology as much as possible.
Some days I feel more accomplished than others in that regard.
I live in an area where the majority is extremely conservative. Trump support is high, confederate battle flags are clung to and there is a general distrust of anything outside of one’s direct experience.
A significant portion of the local populace appear to me to be unable, or unwilling, to evolve beyond survival mode and have a tendency to project their pain and anger upon all around them.
I have ceased trying to find common ground with some of my community members.
I give a berth to those I seem unable to find commonality with, and bless, as much as I can. I try to always remember that they too have as much right to their path as I have to mine.
I really do not want to be a part of their journey though. I don’t know what that says of me as to what I espouse spiritually but it is the truth.
I am occasionally concerned that I will regress to a more base version of myself if I remain for too long within this hostile environment.
I am often reminded from the voice within that I, and only I, can choose that reversal.
No-Thing nor No-One can force me to aggressive thoughts and behavior.
I Am, and will remain, my own Master.
I am ready to move forward.
***
Change is here and as with any birth there is pain and effort involved.
I have no desire to wallow in the past or cling to what has long past served any fruitful purpose. I intend to allow what has died to be reborn into newer forms that reflect whom I am today.
I’m unsure how much choice any of us have in the larger scale of this change.
On a very basic level I think either you choose to care about more than yourself or you don’t. I think you choose to honor life or you don’t. I think we are being sorted out.
It is not a punishment, this sorting away, just a result.
It’s ok. We will all “win”.
Even if it doesn’t appear or feel that way at the moment.
***
The Cancer New Moon of July 20, 2020 is our second Cancer new moon this year and was preceded by the 0° New Moon Solar Eclipse of June 21, 2020.
When meditating on this moon the title/theme came to me as “Fortify”.
I have already heeded my intuition over the past months and stocked and sowed as much as I have felt guided to do so. I am fortified in practical and material form as much as is possible.
The fortify that applies for me is on a more internal plane.
I will possibly elaborate more on a personal level within Part 2…Coming very soon!
***
As a side notation: I closely subscribe to Hermetic Principles and as a believer in resonance I feel if you, the reader, are still here with me we are quite obviously on a same/similar path. I will assume that what I give voice to here has some value for you regardless to how you first experience/interpret the content of what I share. I will ask you to be cognizant of my assumption if you choose to share anything within the comments here.
© 07-19-20 Sharon Brodbeck in2themystic.wordpress.com
Into the Mystic 
Leave a comment