Return to the Waters: A New Moon Homecoming
- Divinely Sah’Rah🪶
- Jun 25
- 6 min read
“When you soften into the current of your feelings, you remember the way home. The waters do not drown you—they deliver you back to yourself.”
The upcoming new Moon phase in Cancer takes place on June 25, 2025, at 3:31 am PT.
What the New Moon in Cancer Means for You
The Mother Moon returns home to the waters of Cancer—where she wraps herself in her truest form and calls you back into yours. This is not a time to fix or flee, but a time to feel. Let the river of emotion rise within you. Let it cleanse. Let it speak. Let it show you who you’ve been… and who you are becoming.
There is sacred intelligence within your tears. They are not signs of weakness, but carriers of remembrance. When you feel, you remember. When you allow, you align.
This new Moon in Cancer is an invitation to soften your shell and rest in the sanctuary of your inner tide. The world may tell you to stay strong, to keep going, to push through. But your spirit is whispering, Be still. Return home. Come sit in the silence of your soul.
Your emotions are not mistakes. They are messengers. They are not obstacles; they are oracles. And they will keep returning until you sit beside them like old friends and ask, What are you here to teach me?
A Time to Listen
The New Moon is a holy hush. A womb of possibility. A place where the unseen takes root. When she meets Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, and Saturn, she is not just whispering—you are being sung into a deeper version of yourself.
Jupiter expands your emotional realm—feel it all. Mars says take action—begin again with devotion. Neptune brings the dreams—discern the truth beneath the illusion. Saturn grounds you—build something that can hold you for lifetimes.
These are not casual energies. They are ancient guides reminding you: You came here to live from the inside out.
Your Intuition is the River Beneath the River
If you dare to trust what you feel—beneath the story, beneath the reaction—you will touch your knowing. Intuition does not shout. It does not demand. It waits in the still waters of your soul.
Let this New Moon be your ceremony of reconnection. Draw the bath. Light the candle. Press your palms to your chest and say:
I allow all that I feel. I trust the current of my emotions. I return to my home frequency—steady, sacred, and true.
Wisdom from the Waters
The Medicine of Cancer is not just emotion—it is devotion. To home, to heart, to family, to the body as a temple, to the waters as teachers.
Ask yourself now:
What is my inner sanctuary asking for?
What emotions am I still carrying that no longer serve the future I’m calling in?
What boundaries will nourish my peace, not just protect my pain?
What daily acts of love will anchor me as I bloom into more of myself?
A Ritual for the New Moon in Cancer
Anoint your heart with rose or jasmine oil.
Write down one fear, one feeling, and one desire.
Offer the fear to water (a bowl, a stream, a bath).
Speak to the feeling aloud—give it name and space.
Bury the desire in earth, pot it in soil, or seal it in your journal with prayer.
And then rest, beloved. Rest into the arms of the Divine Mother within you. She is here. She has always been here.
May this new Moon bring you home to yourself. May your feelings be the bridge to your knowing. And may you remember that the deeper you feel, the truer you become.
With moonlight and medicine,
~ The Voice of the Ancients
The Invitation of the New Moon in Cancer
~ A Return to the Waters Within ~
This moon calls you not outward, but inward. She does not ask you to perform, to strive, or to impress. She asks only this:
Can you sit beside your own soul and listen?
This New Moon in Cancer invites you to:
Come home to your sacred self.
Feel without shame, grieve without guilt, and dream without limit.
Tend the inner waters—the emotions you’ve ignored, the needs you’ve buried, the softness you’ve denied.
Anchor in your home frequency—that unique inner rhythm that knows what peace feels like, what truth sounds like, and what love is.
She asks you to release the need to explain your feelings and simply feel them. To welcome every sensation as a sacred messenger. To understand that your vulnerability is not a crack—it is the doorway.
This is your invitation to remember:
Your emotions are not a burden—they are a compass.
Your tenderness is not weakness—it is wisdom.
Your intuition is not a whisper to fear—it is the voice of your becoming.
The Medicine of the New Moon in Cancer
~ Soul Nourishment through Sacred Feeling ~
The medicine of this moon is water. Not the crashing wave, but the sacred tide within your being.
It teaches that:
Feeling is alchemy. Emotions arise to be felt, moved, and transformed—not judged or suppressed.
Healing is not linear. It flows like water, sometimes still, sometimes wild, always honest.
Your intuition is activated by presence.
When you dare to sit still, the soul speaks clearly.
This moon brings you the medicine of:
Emotional sovereignty — honoring your truth even when others don’t understand.
Womb wisdom — the sacred feminine power of gestation, release, and rebirth.
Energetic nourishment — rituals that feed your nervous system, heart, and spirit.
Sacred boundaries — not walls, but rivers that guide the flow of love and protect the sacred garden within.
It reminds you:
You do not have to heal everything at once.
You only need to listen, love, and stay with yourself.
You are not broken. You are blooming.
May you take only what serves you. May your tears be prayers. May your silence be sacred. And may this moonlight guide you back to the temple of your heart.
“Return to the Waters” Tea Ritual
A Ceremony of Softening, Feeling & Remembering
Purpose:
To gently return to your emotional center, honor your inner tides, and restore your connection to the sacred waters of intuition and womb-wisdom. This tea is a warm embrace—a reminder that your feelings are sacred, your softness is strength, and your tears are teachers.
Ingredients for the Tea Blend:
Infuse each herb with intention and reverence.
Chamomile – soothes emotional overwhelm and invites peace
Rose petals – opens the heart to unconditional love and inner tenderness
Lemon balm – calms the nervous system and softens emotional reactivity
Milky oat tops – restores emotional resilience and nourishes the spirit
Mugwort (optional, for dreamwork) – awakens intuition and inner vision
Fresh basil or tulsi – purifies, protects, and brings clarity to the emotional body
Ritual Instructions:
1. Prepare Your Space Create a small altar or sacred space with a bowl of water, a candle, and a symbol of the moon (a crystal, shell, or image). Breathe deeply. Let silence wrap around you.
2. Brew the Tea As your herbs steep, hold the cup and whisper your intention:
“May this tea return me to the waters within. May I feel what I need to feel. May I trust my tides, and come home to myself.”
3. Anoint & Sip with Presence
Gently anoint your heart or womb with rose or jasmine oil before your first sip. Drink slowly, in silence or with soft music. Feel the warmth return you to center.
4. Reflect or Journal
As you sip, ask yourself:
What emotion is asking to be felt or freed?
What am I learning about who I am becoming?
How can I be softer with myself today?
5. Offer a Blessing to the Waters
Pour a small portion of the tea into your bowl of water as an offering. Say aloud:
“To the waters that hold me. To the feelings that free me. To the soul that knows. I return.”
Sacred Bath Blend for the Cancer New Moon
“Mother Waters Ritual Soak” A womb-like bathing ceremony to release emotional heaviness and return to your home frequency.
Ingredients:
2 cups Epsom or Dead Sea Salt – clears stagnant energy, soothes the body
1/2 cup Baking Soda – energetic reset, draws out emotional toxins
Dried Lavender – calm and spiritual cleansing
Crushed Rose petals – self-love and sacred softness
Blue lotus (optional) – deepens meditative and intuitive states
A few drops of essential oils:
Clary Sage – invokes feminine wisdom
Ylang Ylang – soothes the heart and uplifts the spirit
Frankincense – calls in the Divine Mother and ancestral presence
Ritual Use:
Run your bath under moonlight or candlelight. Before entering, whisper:
“I return to the sacred waters within. I release all that no longer serves my soul.”
Submerge slowly. Place one hand on your heart and one on your womb. Breathe deeply. Let the waters hold you as the Mother would. Stay until you feel a shift.
You may place a bowl of moon water nearby, or offer a small crystal or flower to the bath as a sign of gratitude.
Final Blessing for the New Moon in Cancer
May you soften into the waters that rise within you.
May every tear become a thread that weaves you closer to your soul.
May your heart remember its rhythm,
your spirit return to its sanctuary,
and your body rest in the knowing that you are already whole.
You are not too much.
You are not lost.
You are returning.
Back to the womb of truth.
Back to the stillness of wisdom.
Back to the sacred waters of you.
With moonlight and remembrance,
~ The Voice of the Ancients
NEW MOON MEDITATION
Return to the Waters: A New Moon Homecoming
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