On Tuesday, December 26th, 2023, at 7:33PM EST, the Cancer Moon opposes the Capricorn Sun at 4 degrees giving us this month's Full Moon - our annual Full Moon in Cancer.
The Moon is the ruler of Cancer, so with nowhere else to go - no secondary ruler and no multiple dispositors to work through - the Cancer Full Moon is always very potent. Full Moons are peak energy/culmination points - often endings. Emotions run high.
We have the Moon (where we've been, what we feel, feminine energy, being) and the Sun (where we are trying to go/be, masculine energy, doing) as far apart in the sky as they can be from our earthly perspective during a Full Moon. The Moon now, at home in Cancer - so very strong. The Sun, quite comfortable in serious Cappy is answering to Saturn in Pisces who is himself answering to Neptune in Pisces.
Cancer/Capricorn is the polarity of traditional female/male roles. Home and family vs work and the world. How we care for ourselves (and others) and meet our needs for safety and security vs how we push ourselves out in the world toward meeting goals to obtain safety and security. Really two sides of the same coin. Sometimes on some level this is - love/comfort vs money/comfort. Mom vs dad. Food as currency for love. Lots of family patterns and soul group energies in this polarity - the Cancer/Capricorn axis - that come to the surface now ripe to be FELT, the child will not be seen and not heard. Nobody puts baby in a corner (except maybe baby herself).
Let's unpack the chart!
The Moon, at 4 degrees, 58 seconds of Cancer opposes the Sun in Capricorn. The Moon trines Saturn and sextiles Jupiter. The Moon is conjunct asteroid Astraea, the Sun EXACT with asteroid Ixion.
After the New Moon two weeks ago that seemed to just fizzle out with that final square to dreamy/escapist Neptune - not totally inappropriate or unwanted with the holiday season, this Full Moon, even with its closing opposition to Pluto, is much more stable and expansive.
(that closing opposition, and you might remember me saying this last summer at the Cancer New Moon, too, is the FINAL Full Moon in Cancer with an opposition to Pluto, in our lifetime. Am I saying over-the-top familial power struggles, that have come to feel "normal" since 2008, will lessen - YES, yes I am)
The Full Moon trines Saturn. This offers emotional maturity. Stability. Patience. Saturn is in Pisces, so this is a Water Trine. This is a strong pull of emotions that leads us comfortably into familiar situations. There will be responsibilities/things we have to do, limits, but they will feel comfortable/soothing, not so heavy.
The downside with this BIG emotional Full Moon in Cancer in a trine to Saturn in Pisces would be some kind of undermining inaction because we are just so damn comfortable or wanting to be. But, mostly this energetic is a good thing.
The trine precedes the Full Moon, then the Moon opposes the Sun - we get the big, beautiful Full Moon in the sky, and keep in mind the Moon is home in Cancer, so strong and VERY LUNAR. Emotional. Maternal.
Then the Moon sextiles Jupiter. This is an opportunity for expansion, growth, luck. At this point Jupiter is still retrograde, but very strong and still and preparing to station direct in just a few days (Saturday).
There is a kind of 'gathering of our momentum' starting and this is pulled into the Full Moon story. Jupiter is in an earth sign, so there will be physical, real-world reasons to feel good.
Chiron stations direct in the sign of our physical self. Our vulnerabilities will not be easily hidden in the Moon's bright light. With many people at family gatherings and dealing with people they might not deal with so often, the painful familial patterns we carry for our tribe (and keep in mind everyone in your family has another piece of this puzzle) will tend to come up to be seen/felt. The supportive energies from Saturn and Jupiter will help.
The Moon is conjunct (applying) asteroid Astraea. We have talked about her mythology before, but not often. Astraea was the Greek Goddess of Innocence and Justice and Preciseness. She stayed on Earth during the Iron Age after most of the Gods had long left and was known as the last immortal. She ascended to the skies when she could no longer handle the density on Earth and promised to return when humanity was ready for her, to welcome in a new utopian golden age. She is thought to represent that new golden age, but also staying too long in intolerable situations and difficulty letting go of things that have outgrown their usefulness. She could be said, in the Full Moon chart, to speak of both Saturn's warning - don't get too comfortable - and Jupiter's promise of something better/more expansive.
The Sun is exact on asteroid Ixion. We've talked his mythology, too, which was particularly potent in the Epstein chart we looked at HERE (he is back in the news now). I see him primarily as a warning about blowing second chances AND with Pluto about to re-enter Aquarius AGAIN plus we have a New Moon at 20 degrees Cappy in just two weeks, so tightly conjunct 'time runs out' from January 2020 (also Epstein's natal Mercury) - so almost certainly something here about smarter fresh starts.
I won't go into all the planet's aspects, we talked about everything else in the weekly HERE. Certainly the Mars/Mercury squaring Neptune will have some impact on the Full Moon period and bring some challenges mid-week. It would be a good time to avoid unnecessary conflict and plan light since things could tend to drift off course. Take your vitamins.
Like 2023, 2024 is going to be another pivotal/transitional year as all the outer planets move into new signs over the next couple years - something that has not happened this quickly since the 1530's! We have been comfortably and uncomfortably centered in a patriarchal paradigm for centuries. And by 'patriarchal' I am not talking about old white men or men at all. This has really been more about the kind of society where we could ask for absolute truth and get it. Where we expected limits and boundaries and definitive, even authoritarian, leadership and it was there. This new emerging paradigm can't work like this if it is to function in a healthy way. It will need to be more collaborative and responsive to life/change and accepting that no one will have all the answers. This starts in our own lives.
Mercury stationing direct on January 1st gives us a nudge forward right out of the gate. As the Sun leaves Capricorn on January 20-21, so will Pluto - so we get Pluto moving into Aquarius (second time of three) WITH the Sun. That will be huge. In late February, Chiron catches up with the North Node in Aries - standing on our own two feet/being ourselves, dealing with these old wounds and vulnerabilities. Late March and into April is massive with Eclipse season kicking off, Mercury retrograde in Aries and Jupiter catching up with Uranus in Taurus, for arguably the biggest aspect of the year. BIG CHANGE. Also in late April, Jupiter leaves Taurus for Gemini, paving the way for Uranus next year. Jupiter in Gemini will be fast moving and all over the place, but will have multiple touchstone/limiting squares to Saturn in 2024 to slow things down. In early June, Jupiter will trine Pluto in air signs. Some will see amazing success. The future will be pulled into the present. In the fall, Pluto moves back into Cappy for a final few weeks and we get our second Eclipse season - Eclipses in Libra and Aries this year - and by December, Mars, ruler of the North Node, will start his retrograde in fiery/egoic Leo, following much of Venus's path from last summer. By the end of the year Pluto will be back in Aquarius, for good, and sextiling the North Node, before in, January 2025 the North Node moves into Pisces. Our prayers, our dreams, our compassion and connection paving our way forward. For 2024 though the North Node is still firmly in Aries requiring us to take action, start, sometimes fight, always be ourselves.
We'll dive into all this and more this week as we start talking about 2024. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. Mine was very lowkey which was a good thing. :)
xo all
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