For Cancer, the week after the eclipse is emotionally charged but also strangely empowering. Mars is now moving through Cancer, giving your feelings heat, courage and the determination to protect what matters, but its square to Neptune on 17 August can blur the line between intuition, fear and exhaustion, so do not assume every strong feeling requires immediate action. The eclipse in Leo has already shifted your thinking about security, money and what you need in order to feel safe, while the fading Perseid stream and the continuing solar disturbance provide a reminder that the wider Earth system is still restless. You may feel unusually sensitive to everything happening around you, but that sensitivity is not weakness; it is information, telling you what matters enough to defend.
The way through is to trust your emotional intelligence while keeping your boundaries clear, and turn your fierce instinct to protect into purposeful action rather than carrying the whole world’s troubles inside yourself.
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