Love For The Lunar Eclipsed: A Venus In Cancer Gift
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Dear Lovers,
In the name of the Beloved, the most loving and most kind, the most compassionate and most divine, and the bestower of all grace and mercy.
I’ve been ruminating about the power of the North Node (Rahu) and South Node (Ketu) in astrology, especially, in the context of “flipping the script” of our embodied and ensouled life experiences.
For instance, my life totally changed and flipped the script when I arrived home in Malaysia on the morning of 19th April. I celebrated Eidul Fitri with my immediate and extended family, went to my baetch best friend’s wedding of the year #MahaRaj, and reunited with multiple besties + close friends. Right now, I am recalibrating my intention and energy post-eclipse, without the need to force anything into fruition.
In some ways, I felt like I was re-connecting with parts of me that I have left behind, in other ways I was also re-defining those parts of me in relation to those constructed identities and identification with past roles.
For example, growing up - one of my favorite bonding activities with my mother is to help her prepare kuih raya (treats/cookies) for eid, here’s a *process photo* of a few trays of crescent-shaped Bangkit Kelapa (a coconut-based cookie) we made together. It has been years since she made this traditional cookie - and ooh the nostalgia. I tweeted a short poem that night to remember our shared moment:
crescent coconut rise oh rise childhood dream,
tearing ~ whispering ~ laughing,
some heart-truths are only shared when our hands are busy,
tongue becomes an unfiltered honesty,
stories of resilience, stories of prophecy,
the oven timer ticks, suddenly everything clicks,
we take a bite of lunar love, and we tell a different story.
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Also, I wrote 7 Notes from Liminality on my recent homecoming experience - to describe my state of being. Alhamdulillah, I am immensely beholden to be home, and as much as my past-self was trying (actually going to the extremes!) to resist *this* reality because I had *other plans*, I feel soul at peace to be held, to be embraced by the loving force of cosmic time and divine plans. THIS FEELING & SENSATION is one of the many indications that we are in alignment with our rhythms.
The feeling is ineffable to others but only felt deep within the oceanic space of mystical time, both the feeling of being lost and being found with the deepest parts of oneself - both calm and chaos co-exist without trying to alter the other. [perhaps a great nudge to re-read my Time Is A Longing Mystic: 8 of Cups - Saturn in Pisces (Face I - Saturn) article]
Fast forward to the recent Scorpio lunar eclipse weekend, I had a feeling it was rather ominous for most folks since the lunar eclipse is un-aspected by any benefics Venus in Gemini and Jupiter in Aries. The eclipse ruler Mars in Cancer is fallen yet has triplicity dignity - indicating “access to community support” as pointed out by Kira Ryberg.
On Saturday morning after the exact eclipse, I told my soul-coven-mate Nickey the Quantum Fairy, that I could somehow deeply feel and tune into the soul tears of the cosmos - the 12th House Scorpio Moon eclipse is making a grand water trine to my Pisces Mercury (4th) and Cancer Mars (8th).
Some of my loved ones are going through harsh or unexpected times in their lives =( such as… their lover moving abroad… a bestie experiencing a miscarriage… a nephew suddenly going into minor surgery due to an insect-bite infection… and much more untold suffering and disappointments. On my end, I was expecting an immigration lottery decision later that night, and somehow I reached a different level of surrender and knowing, especially in my relationship with spirituality and divinity. If you were one of those people who were facing grief, sadness, and confusion - my tender heart is with you. May the earth and the sky, and all the heavenly angels - send much support and love your way.
In Islamic cosmology, we believe that “Allah does not burden [or trouble] a soul beyond that it can bear” (Qur’an 2:286). This is such a tender Quranic verse for me because it could be interpreted in multiple, perhaps less helpful and more harmful, ways such as the idea that we are individually *responsible* for all our circumstances (including suffering) in life, and the insensitive way of viewing suffering as something to be taken lightly or perhaps gaslighting suffering altogether. For me, with a fallen Mars in Cancer as the ruler of eclipse, I believe in the story of “burden” as part of the journey of unraveling the resourcefulness the richness of our souls - through the presence of community and belonging (Cancer is the exaltation place of Jupiter). To submit your sense of agency and urgency towards something or someone more than just yourselves to carry - to embrace our perception of *failure* as a loving hug. I remembered writing how Mars in Cancer is a place that understands intimately, the wounding of any creation story. Recently, I was also imagining South Node (Ketu) as a perpetually empty (or emptied) cup ~ because whatever Ketu touches it disappears. In Scorpio, we are emptying our intense desires to control (something Mars loves to do).
[lunar eclipse in scorpio] clear all desires especially those rooted in a sense of control and survival, never underestimate the power of an empty cup, a cleansed cup is also free from poison, an empty cup becomes a useful cup when the thirst comes later. be an empty cup.
With that said, I hope and foresee that transit Venus in Cancer would provide remedies to the lunar eclipsed part of our charts (lives), especially since the transit Cancer Venus would be in an overcoming trine position to the Scorpio house.
One of my spiritual gifts as a diviner is to help people in times of crisis, I do consider myself a cosmic crisis worker. I would love to support you through these harsh and confusing times at a discounted rate. You are welcome to book the 30 Minutes, 60 Minutes, and 90 Minutes tarot session at half price throughout the month of May until June 4th, with the discount coupon code: ECLIPSED (if you are Malaysia-based just use the NEGARAKU code, and pay the amount by half). To honor my love capacity, there are only 10 active coupon codes - so if you feel the calling to have a session with me due to recent events, this is the signal and invitation! Take care ~
Your Love Devotee,
Shahir