The New Moon in Cancer will occur at 4:54 am Eastern (9:54 am GMT) July 1, 2011, at 9 degrees of Cancer. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This New Moon, along with the Sun (also in Cancer) will highlight the watery Cancer qualities of imagination and dreams, as well as fourth house themes of family and home. While this eclipse is only a partial eclipse, it does pack a punch, as it forms a cardinal Grand Cross with Saturn, Pluto and Uranus. There is also extra energy due to the fact that Cancer is ruled natively by the Moon.
The previous two eclipses (the June 1 Gemini New Moon/partial solar eclipse and the June 15 Full Moon in Sagittarius/lunar eclipse) have