Venus & Mars in Cancer: Calm After the Storm

The sign of Cancer always makes me think of mud. In Ancient Egypt, the rise of fixed star Sirius when the Sun was in ♋️ announced the flood of the Nile, a season of renewed fertility & abundance. Now that Venus is in Cancer, co-present Mars, what does this restorative time mean for us?

Venus’ ingress into Cancer comes on the heels of a particularly intense, emotionally charged time: the lunar eclipse in Scorpio on May 5. This eclipse was ruled by a fallen Mars in Cancer, which is a little like wielding a sword through mud; feelings of impotence & slowness. Mars & Saturn, the two malefic planets, are currently in water signs: insidious feelings & silent rage emerge. Since March 7, and even more since March 26, you may have felt like undergoing a confusing, slow-moving battle which isn’t easily translated into words. Ruling this Scorpio eclipse, fallen Mars May have brought these internal battles to the surface, but largely leaving you speechless, like your pain or intensity cannot be translated into the right words.

With Venus in Cancer, we feel the tide turning…

Venus is a harmonious power which harmonises, unites, repairs & loves. Coming after the dull anger of Mars, Venus comes to soothe, and more importantly to connect us with our inner world & outer help to help us make sense of the intense events brought by eclipse season. I feel as if sometimes anger & loneliness are an inability to be heard. When others around you cannot or will not hear our pain, we rightfully feel an anger that still cannot be expressed safely.

Mars in Cancer feels a lot like that.

The house Cancer occupies in your chart can feel like a place where fear, shame or anger moves you recently but couldn’t be communicated (finances, family/relationship problems, your body…). I am hopeful that Venus’ passage in Cancerian waters will be deeply restorative 🤍 I especially look forward to May 24 & the lovely Moon-Venus conjunction in Cancer, an amazing time for regeneration & relaxation after these intense times.

I will make talismans to mark this moment, you can learn more about this magical conjunction here: