-sea Be fter a month of being with the highly active energy of Gemini, we are ready to go home. We’ve been out and about, satisfying our curiosity, being social, and think- ing, thinking, thinking about every single thing. With the advent of Summer Solstice, along comes Cancer the Crab to take us inward to the watery realm of our feeling nature. We look inside to find out what is our essence. Who are we, really? It is seductive to con- clude that we are what we have. Possessions, though gratifying in an immediate sort of way, are not who we are. Like the Crab, we We may actually benefit a from melting, simplifying, letting go of the ‘ external baggage from time to time. may actually benefit from molt- ing, simplifying, letting go of the external baggage from time to time. In many Native American ing cultures there is the tradition of the giveaway. This is a practice that can help us to shed what is not our essential self. Practicing generosity in any fonn moves us away from possessiveness toward a more open way of being. We then discover that we may actually feel enriched when we let go of a bit of our mate- rial world and simplify our lives in the process. , Being drawn to looking within may manifest in being called to look back in time toward those who came before us. Our ancestors worked and lived and gave, and now we find ourselves, their descendant, at this moment in time, the here and now. Looking back, we may be able to appreciate what had to happen, what led to this self — the resourcefulness, the creativity and the stories of those who make up the lineage leading to this present moment. We may now be able to acknowledge the efforts of our parents, grandpar- ents and feel their presence with- in us. This may well result in our becoming less fearful, more courageous as we sense that we are not alone. ‘We are part of a family. We have roots. Life goes on, and with the ancestral continuum in mind, our thoughts may now naturally go to... “What am I Parenting? What do I nurture and how do I nurture?” Our sensitivity is height- ened. As it is with our Crab friend, our antennae are tuned in to the energy around us. This intuitive sense is a powerful Cancerian gifi. If we are attentive to the information we receive through our feeling nature, we will be able to know when we are in a safe space — and when we feel safe we are better able to nurture. Nurturing our friends, families, goals, dreams, values, talents brings us out of our shells andinto a place of greater joy. As terrifying as it may be to let go of our" protective shells, we may now be willing to open and to allow ourselves to be nurtured, trusting, in spite of our fears, that we can accept the sweetness and abundance that the world now offers us.,V G10 Daley is an astrologer living on women's land in Huntington. Careerist continued from previous page bring, she tended to drink more than Anne thought appropriate, 4 and Anne was never enthusiastic about the idea. Short of wearing male clothing, Anne took on the role of an English gentleman almost completely. In her role as mis- A tressof Shibden she collected rents from her tenants, managed the finances and upkeep of the land and buildings, and partici- pated in local politics although she could not vote. She was ambitious and had her eye _on a social status rather higher than her income and position really allowed her. As any gentleman in her position would, she sought out an advan- tageous ‘marriage’ to a woman who could bring with her. besides companionship, some wealth and ‘access to the social circles Anne craved to join. As Helena Whitbread (decoder and editor of Anne’s diaries) puts it in No Priest but Love, “In terms of finding a life partner, Anne became what could be termed a careerist.” Anne finally. in her for- ties, settled into an uneasy arrangement with a neighbor of hers, Ann Walker, who was quite wealthy in her own right. The relationship had a passionate beginning, and Ann Walker I agreed to meld her life and for- tune with Anne’s. This entailed both of them writing their wills in favor of the other, living together and managing their estates and business affairs together. These arrangements were very impor- tant to Anne’s ambitions, and she pushed Ann Walker to write and sign her will and see to other legalities. But Ann Walker hemmed and hawed over the transaction. She was oftenill and suffered a lot of guilt over her sexual relationship with Anne. There were further complications in the form of Walker’s brother- in—law, who had expected her for- tune to go to his sons. Nonetheless, Anne and Ann man- aged to work out a marriage-like agreement between them and Lister took on the task of manag- ing Walker’s wealth along with her own. In the end it was the frail Ann Walker «who out-lived her robust partner. Anne Lister died of a fever while traveling through Russia in 1840 without seeing her ambitions and machi- nations come to fruition. Anne was not unusual or remarkable in the early 1800s for being a lesbian. From the time she was fourteen or fifteen, she never lacked for sweethearts, lovers, and flirtatious. The main « difference between herself and other women like her was that she never married. She refused to marry, and ledwhat can only be described as a lesbian lifestyle her entire life. V For more details: Female Fortune: Land Gender and Authority, by Jill Liddington, A Rivers Oram Press, 1998. N0 Priest but Love: Excerpts from the Diaries of Anne Lister, 1824-1826, ed. 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