Full Moon in Cancer — the article

On Jan. 6th, at 6:08pm EST, the Moon opposes the Sun in almost 16.5 degrees of Cancer. The entrance of the Moon into Cancer on Jan. 5th begins the energetic build-up towards this Full Moon.

Relationships of all kinds are highlighted during this time — but with this Full Moon, there is a particularly strong emphasis on family- and business relationships. If you are already a Member of my online community, feel free to also watch my Full Moon video.

Lots of planets are involved in this Full Moon chart — Mercury and Mars are both Retrograde, although Mars is also exalted, as it will come to a halt only 6 days after the Full Moon becomes exact, ending its 2.5 months Retrograde phase that began on Oct. 30th!

Uranus will become more exalted two days after the Full Moon becomes exact, preparing to end its 5-month Retrograde phase (on Jan. 22nd). However, at the time of the Full Moon, Uranus will support the integration of the Full Moon polarity because it is sextiling the Moon in Cancer and trining the Mercury-Sun alignment in Capricorn.

The Moon in Cancer supports the integration of the Moon Nodes in Taurus-Scorpio, and trines Neptune in Pisces. And Mars in Gemini trines Venus in Aquarius! Yay! Lots of harmonious aspects.

The most challenging aspect in this Full Moon chart is a T-Square — with Chiron in Aries as the Focal Point… making Libra the Solution of this T-Square. All of the above-mentioned play an important role, so buckle up! More about the specifics in regards to all of these planets in a moment.

But first, let’s talk about this month’s Full Moon: This Lunation shows us how well we are doing with self-care and any issues connected to family or home — and also where we are in connection to greater emotional responsibility and self-alignment.

Ask yourself: What’s my relationship to self-care and where do I feel most “at home”? What’s my understanding of my emotional needs? How might an emotional connection to myself and loved ones be of benefit to me? How might it shift my priorities?

Let’s take a look at the polarities involved with this Full Moon…

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Let’s take a look at the polarities involved with this Full Moon: The Moon in protective, feeling-oriented Cancer opposes the Sun in practical, accomplishment-oriented Capricorn.

We have a heightened sense that something must be brought into balance and reintegrated; the balance in question is between the experience of our personal feelings and emotional needs (symbolized by Cancer), versus our outer obligations or material, practical goals (Capricorn).

It’s important to realize that we all have limitations and challenges in life — and when we approach those in a nurturing way, taking care of our feeling body and inner baby, and allowing ourselves to receive support from family or “familiar” connections”, we are more likely to overcome those challenges and be realistic about limitations — our own, and other people’s.

Ask yourself: How am I balancing the demands of my outer and inner life? Home life vs. career? Where am I able to be mature and self-reliant — and also contribute? Where am I giving too much? Not enough?

Do I love what I do and where I live? Where do I need to re-evaluate my goals and priorities? Where do I need to set healthy limits and boundaries?

Any Full Moon also has us look more closely at the denser vibrations or shadow components of the energies involved. Cancer must learn about receiving and developing healthy roots; Capricorn, about giving back and sharing the fruits of its labor.

With Cancer, this is also our ability to feel safe from within — but what protected us in the past may no longer work — our needs may have changed over time.

Ask yourself: Where do I have the tendency to hold on to the past? Where am I holding on simply because it is familiar? Where am I resisting change?

The more we disregard our own feelings and needs, the greater the risk that we will violate the concerns and rights of others.

Ask yourself: What happens when I don’t allow myself to feel my feelings or acknowledge my needs? Where do I need to shed my defenses? Where do I need to establish better boundaries? Where do I react instead of respond?

The latter question is so important that I created a webinar around it: “React vs. Respond — Where in the Chart can We Learn about Our Emotional Maturity?”. If you haven’t seen it yet, click here for more info!

This webinar comes with really great handouts that are very useful for understanding your own relationship to emotional maturity. AND it is highly discounted until Jan. 21st with discount coupon: RVR4LESS.

Let’s take a look at some other aspects of this Full Moon chart, starting with the most exact ones: The Sun is closely aligned with Mercury in Capricorn. 

As the third earth sign, Capricorn (at its highest vibration) seeks to create forms that are based on spiritual truths — that all matter is composed of energy, and it is our collective duty to use all energy responsibly.

Ask yourself: Given the energies and “thought forms” that are part of my daily creative process, what am I likely to manifest?

Mercury in Capricorn has been in its retrograde motion since Dec. 29th, 2022, and will remain retrograde until Jan. 18th, 2023. This is an opportunity to re-evaluate our long-term goals, connect from within to a place of integrity and autonomy, and tap into our own authority. Use this time to gain clarity about what’s important to you.

Ask yourself: What needs to be communicated and/or organized differently so I can get better at manifesting my long-term goals?  Is there anything I might want to readdress? Anything from the past that felt out of integrity, unrealistic, or unsustainable for the long term? Anything that is now ready to be cleared or changed?

The Moon is the ruler of Cancer and is currently in its own sign, opposing the Sun and Mercury in Capricorn. 

The Moon’s opposition to the Sun/Mercury alignment in Capricorn urges us to pay the same attention to our inner world as we pay to our responsibilities in the outer. Ask yourself: What are my physical- and feeling-bodies telling me? What is “Life” trying to tell me?

What do I need to change to be better aligned with my needs? Do I need to move? Pursue another vocation? Heal something from the past? Where do I need to learn something or readdress something? What long overdue conversations need to be had?

This opposition also asks us to balance a loving, caring connection with ourselves and others against our desire to achieve our long-term goals out there in the world.

When we understand the Cancer energy fully, we have learned about self-care and receiving — not just giving or helping others — while with Capricorn, we eventually learn about giving back, not just accomplishing for personal gain or reaching a higher status; in other words: a combination of self-nourishment and contribution out there in the world.

Ask yourself: Where might the balance lie between self-nurturing and self-care versus achieving my goals? Are those things really in conflict? Am I doing what I want to do or what I think I “should” do?

Am I more connected to what nurtures me — or to my “shoulds”? Does my current environment/home support my inner & outer growth? Does it provide nourishing bonds with others? How does all this affect my contribution to the world? My standing in society?

The most challenging aspect in this Full Moon chart is a T-Square — with Chiron in Aries as the Focal Point… 

We most likely will experiences a tremendous amount of stress around anything connected to our insecurities concerning the masculine energies (such as impatience, frustrations, annoyances, shame, anger, etc) or our passions, so ask yourself:

What if I simply accepted the validity of my own desires? Of any feelings of anger? Might this acceptance support a more natural expression of those desires and feelings?

What if I became 5% more conscious of anything connected to a childhood wound that feels triggering to me? What might be possible if I practiced being kind to myself around those triggers? What role does my thinking play in all of this?

The Solution with all T-squares is to focus on the empty leg; in this case, the empty leg lands in Libra; we are thus invited to focus our energies on collaborations and win-wins, and on achieving a healthy balance with ourselves and our environment.

Ask yourself: Where is the balancing point? What if I channeled my energies into projects that benefit me and others? How might others contribute to my healing process around the “masculine” energies? What if I didn’t have to do it all by myself?

Keep in mind: as we heal our personal history, we become a source of light and support for others.

Ask yourself: How does my inner life inform my outer? Where is there still room for healing when it comes to my own personal history?

And of course, as always when Cancer and Capricorn are involved: take baby steps (or if you prefer, “take it one day at a time” 😉 Ask yourself: Why would I sprint if walking got me there at the perfect time?

Check to see where any urge toward rushing or “getting there” comes from — is that coming from a place of fear or love?

We have some more harmonious connections to the Full Moon:

The Moon in Cancer trines the South Node in Scorpio and sextiles the North Node in Taurus. This means that when we focus on the Moon energies, we have a much easier time integrating/balancing the Taurus-Scorpio energies.

The Moon represents our feelings, moods, and needs, our emotional conditioning from childhood. Our feelings reflect whether our needs are being met. Feeling happy, peaceful, and open indicates that our needs are being met. When we feel “negative emotions” (e.g. stressed, depressed, angry/frustrated, etc.) it’s clear that at least one important need is not being met.

If you are feeling any of the latter emotions, ask yourself: Which of my needs is not being met at this time? Am I lacking (and therefore “wanting”) approval, love, control, safety, or security? Am I wanting to feel connected and closer, or do I want to be separate? And whichever one it is, could I let go of “wanting” that, just for this now moment?

In other words, could I let go of the idea that I am lacking something? Would I (in other words, am I willing to) let go, just as best as I can, just for right now? When? (This last question is an invitation to let go right here, right now).

By the way, if you enjoyed those questions or are intrigued, they come from The Sedona Method – a set of processes I use extensively in my coaching work that are very subtle and powerful.

Here are some more coaching questions in connection with this beautiful combo…

Ask yourself: When I name my feelings and needs, does that help me become aware of anything that feels disempowering and no longer relevant in my life? Might it be easier to release old traumas, so I can thrive and feel abundant? Might it be easier to know what I truly value? What deserves my attention, appreciation, and care?

How am I doing with owning previously denied or rejected parts of myself? What parts of myself still operate from survival strategies? Where am I still left feeling disempowered in my life? Is there a cycle in my life that is ending? What might a new beginning look like?

The Moon in Cancer also trines Neptune in Pisces:

Neptune symbolizes unconditional love and unity consciousness; intuition, creativity, and compassion, as well as inspirational energy through art, meditation, and/or time in nature are all connected to the Neptune energies as well.

Ask yourself: Could I look beyond the mind and tap into the larger field of energy all around me? What nourishes my soul? Could I make time for silence, surrender, and self-reflection? Even if it seems impossible… just a few minutes every day?

When we are in a state of “flow” and connect to others from the heart (Neptune in Pisces) we relax, and that in turn supports our ability to take care of ourselves (Cancer) and achieve our goals out there in the world (Capricorn).

Ask yourself: How might self-compassion support my practices of self-care? How might nurturing myself support true self-acceptance and self-kindness? Might it also help grant acceptance and kindness toward others? And even the world at large?

Uranus will become more exalted two days after the Full Moon becomes exact (on Jan. 8th), preparing to end its 5-month Retrograde phase (on Jan. 22nd). However, at the time of the Full Moon, Uranus will support the integration of the Full Moon polarity because it is sextiling the Moon in Cancer and trining the Mercury-Sun alignment in Capricorn.

This means that when we focus on Uranus in Taurus we have a much easier time integrating/balancing the Cancer-Capricorn energies over the next two weeks. It is best to focus on originality and innovation when it comes to our physical resources.

Ask yourself: Am I connecting to a larger vision for my financial future? How do my individual values and comforts connect to a larger contribution for society?

This is also a great time to work with your own astrological chart, or seek other ways to elevate your consciousness, create your own reality, and experience freedom from within.

Ask yourself: What does “my unique value” mean to me? Where might I locate this energy within me? If I found it, what might I do with it? What small (or large) steps could I take to bring my unique vision or preferences to the world?

Remember: what you do for you, you do for everyone… and what you do for everyone, you do for you!

So now, let’s address the Retrograde phases & Mars being exalted:

Mercury, Uranus & Mars are all Retrograde at the time of the Full Moon. I already mentioned Mercury’s Retrograde phase earlier on. In general, retrograde phases indicate that we need to look back before we can look ahead; they also give us a chance to go within and see if the outer aligns with the inner and vice versa.

We are also getting a chance to resolve any issues connected to the planet’s energies in retrograde motion: Mercury, is the planet of communication and processing information; Mars is the planet most connected to the “masculine”: passion, independence, taking actions, and going after what we desire; Uranus is the planet most connected to our individuation process and our desire to have space and freedom to be.

Ask yourself: What communications need to be reviewed? What long-term goals need a second look? What are my career aspirations telling me? What issues are asking to be resolved? What needs to be brought back on track in my life? Where do I need to individuate? And how? What needs more space in my life?

Mars is also exalted, as it will come to a halt only 6 days after the Full Moon becomes exact, ending its 2.5 months Retrograde phase. Whenever a planet stations retrograde or direct, its archetypal energies are intensified.

When a planet turns direct (as it is the case with Mars), it feels like we get a green light to move ahead with anything we needed to review during the Retrograde phase. On January 12th Mars turns direct at 8º08’ Gemini, ending its retrograde which began on Oct. 30th, 2022 at 25.5º Gemini, asking us to move full speed ahead with anything we have learned or want to share with others from a passionate place.

After January 12th, ask yourself: What has changed since last October? Where do I need to do things differently? What am I ready to share?

Until January 12th, remember that Retrograde phases are best used for reviewing and revamping our lives, and for completing, integrating, or eliminating what no longer serves our growth.

Planets appear to move very slowly when stationing retrograde or direct. As a result, Mars remains within 10º of trining Venus in Aquarius for two weeks, from January 3rd to January 17th, asking us to connect with like-minded people who share our passionate thinking and visions for the future. What might be possible with a bigger network of like-minded people?

To sum it all up: Honor your feelings and needs, so you can build something of value, and share the fruits of your labor with the world. As best as you can, be flexible, innovative and creative — this will help balance the Cancer/Capricorn polarities.

As best as you can, steer by your own inner compass, and bring your authentic self to the world in a spirit of integrity and responsibility — and keep in mind, as we heal our personal history, we become a source of light and support for others.

Ask yourself: What would self-responsible self-care look like? What if I brought 5% more compassion and love to every moment while working towards my achievement? Could I do that just by checking in with my physical and emotional needs from time to time?

Before we can release the old, we must become aware of it, and finish feeling any lingering emotional residues — rage, shame, hatred, jealousy, judgment— whatever has been stored in our unconscious.

This Full Moon holds a major breakthrough energy: if we are able to keep breathing, keep feeling, keep witnessing, and remember that we are all participating in an unprecedented, evolutionary shift, we can drop centuries of old programming. We are divine beings remembering who we really are. We are learning to choose from love rather than fear.

During these next 2 weeks (after Jan. 6th), self-care definitely deserves our attention… Make sure you get plenty of rest, affection, water, and healthy amounts of nutritious foods 😉

As a reminder, feel free to also watch my Full Moon video.
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Do you have your Ascendant, Career Point (or personal planets) in 14-19 degrees of Cancer, Capricorn, Aries, or Libra? If so, you are more affected by this month’s Full Moon. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Leo or Cancer  (the Sun rules Leo; the Moon rules Cancer).

Again, in our FIRST Forecasting Forum of the year on Friday, Jan. 6th at 5pm EST, we’ll be taking a look at all the planetary and Nodal changes of 2023!

For example, we will investigate what shifts Saturn in Pisces will bring over the next 2.5 years, and what Pluto in Aquarius will show us from late March – mid June, as it gives us a preview of what’s to come in 2024 and beyond. How will the Moon’s Nodal shift in July into Aries-Libra impact our collective Soul’s Journey, not to mention Pluto’s involvement in that collective journey…

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