Collage with Mono Silver Zeug cutlery set.
(Beth Hoeckel / for The Times)
June is a feeling that floats through the minds of every Angeleno at some point or another in the previous months. Whether it's the flickering memory of dancing old cumbias in the backyard roast For your best friend's birthday, or the solar warmth of those first hot days embedding itself into your skin on a Sunday in Topanga while you watch the surfers, June can be an ocean of comfort for the winter-weary mind and soul. The energy of Cancer, which presides over the second half of this lunar month, tells us that sometimes the secret of comfort is also the secret of happiness, and that it involves three things: bathing in the sea, enjoying home and forgiving. your mom.
It's no surprise that this time of year brings some of our deepest feelings to the surface: it's the only astrological sign ruled by the moon, whose gravitational pull is in constant interaction with the 60% of the human body that is made up of water. . Not only to water sign, but he A water sign, some would say, Cancer has liquid depths that serve to remind us that the heart is both delicate and meant to be felt, not known.
The energy of Cancer tells us that sometimes the secret of comfort is also the secret of happiness, and that it involves three things: bathing in the sea, enjoying your home and forgiving your mother.
Could it also be that the heart is meant to be consumed? We see a powerful metaphor for the fourth sign of the zodiac in the Mono Silver Zeug cutlery set: a brilliant handful of tools for that sacred source of comfort: eating. The stainless steel set has a softly brushed exterior, a combination both forceful and tender, appropriate for a Cancer. Called zeug After the German word meaning “things,” the utensil mediates the intimacy of the gesture of putting one's hand to one's mouth. A Cancer, like this set of utensils, is sharp. As the protective maternal figure of the zodiac, Cancer distributes moments of tenderness with those he deems trustworthy in environments where he feels safe (and his safety standards are high and nuanced), and barbs of cold, sharp moonlight with those those they perceive as a threat to themselves, but more often to their homes or someone they love.
All of us, like knives, need to be held tight and tight. An icy dip in the ocean under a full moon while you say a prayer. A mother figure friend who kisses the top of your head while she pours you a homemade soup that revitalizes the soul. A lovingly purchased brushed steel spoon that you can hold between your finger and thumb and use to collect all your tears for everything, for everyone, everywhere, because why is everything so hard? Why doesn't the world protect softness? Ultimately, you must protect yourself and your loved ones. It is a sacred vocation, since vulnerability must be protected at all costs. It is what makes us not only human beings of flesh and water, but also souls. This Cancer season, allow yourself to dive into deep, full bites of the comfort your heart craves: treating yourself like a delicate alloy of light and spirit will make you strong.
Goth Shakira is a digital conjurer based in Los Angeles.
