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When the Moon is in Cancer, as she is today, the instinct is to huddle underneath one’s blanket, coming up only for hot chocolate and other comfort foods and beverages. This is the let me stay home energy. And why not? Cancer is the Moon’s home realm, after all. Insular and protective, the Moon morphs into Greta Garbo, asking to be let alone. Enter Pluto. He may have a hand in ensuring that she gets some time out. It may not be quite the idyllic break she was hoping for, though.
The Moon’s opposition to Pluto intensifies the desire to be alone – and yet it can just as easily add an obsessive or needy energy to feelings and emotions. Part of Pluto’s plan is to bring festering feelings that have been hiding out underground into the open, so they can be aired and released. Oh well, at least the Moon favours a good cry when she’s in Cancer. Kleenex, anyone?
Michelle Piller, Starstruck Astrology