CANCER: “I FEEL”
2nd Decan Influence: "SYMPATHY"

July 2nd – July 12th

The second of July this year heralds the entrance to the Second Decan of Cancer. This period teaches us more about Cancer’s "feeling" with Sympathy. This is something more than feeling, however; it is feeling together. It follows on the heels of Intuition because it is an intuitive knowing with regard to other people.

The word SYMPATHY is derived from the root "sym" which means together; and from "path" which is feeling or suffering. Hence "Sympath", feeling together.  Sympathy is the sharing of another person's mental or emotional state, and that too is appropriate to Cancer.

This gift of sympathetically feeling another’s joy and pain takes a special strength to handle while being sensitive to their needs for privacy.  When people's feelings become known, things can become very dramatic. Observe those around you now and search within for your feelings of sympathy. This can be a good time for getting feelings together with your Brothers and Sisters and learn a Cancer lesson doing so.

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For more on the lessons of Cancer see: http://druidcraft.us/astrology.htm
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I've heard it said that there's sense, and then there's non-sense.  Those things that "make sense" are usually connected with the senses.  They are things that we can see, smell, taste, touch, or hear. But then there's non-sense, or the 6th sense, that illogical ability to get information by way of something we can't "make sense" of through the ordinary 5 senses.

This is the "guidance" that I'm referring to as "your own"... even though it is a feeling that comes from somewhere outside yourself.  It is this same intuitive feeling upon which ride the feelings of Sympathy for those we care about, so it is fitting that it follows Intuition during Cancer’s influence upon our Feelings.

Sympathy is “feeling with” or sharing similar feelings with another.  These quiet feelings are most easily available for those have elevated their sensitivity through the daily practice of quieting the chatter in the mind, and relaxing the body during a few minutes of quiet meditation. 
 
If YOU wanted more of these intuitive sympathetic feelings, how do you think you might go about raising your sensitivity to achieve that goal?

It’s worth thinking about…