the stellar situation by lily hussey

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Cancer Season: It's Not All 😭

Cancer Season: It's Not All 😭

Divining your nostalgia to reparent and find nourishment, connecting with your ancestry, and so much more. Read for Cancer Season 101!

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Lily Hussey
Jun 24, 2024
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As Gemini's chatter and clownery fades, Cancer Season emerges like a vivid dream, bathing us in a sensory pool of nostalgia. For me, it smells like leather tack, dusty horses, and the unmistakable scent of chlorine in your hair. It tastes like diet coke and lemonade, with a side of crunchy egg rolls eaten during a summer storm. It feels like rebelliously staying up past bedtime, sprawled out on damp grass, gazing at the infinite night sky - quickly followed by a nagging worry if I'm "achieving enough with my spare time." It sounds like "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch" by The Four Tops played from a tape cassette.

The beautiful thing about nostalgia? It's hyper-personal. Cancer season is a gate to nostalgia, and therewithin our personal mythology and guide to caring for ourselves. As we swim through my thoughts on Cancer season, our journey will end with a ritual for divining your own Nostalgia Cocktailâ„¢ to support you in reparenting yourself and finding nourishment.

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