the astrology of the full moon in capricorn | July 10th, 2025 - results, reality checks and obligations we are not ready for, making mature and stable choices as important timelines and long-term trajectories are activated

On Thursday, July 10th, 2025, at 4:37PM EST the Moon reaches 18 degrees Capricorn, opposes the Cancer Sun and gives us this month's Full Moon - our annual Full Moon in sober-as-a-heart-attack Capricorn.

The Full Moon itself is peak energy, something comes to light or to a conclusion. In Capricorn, this is about authority, our career, our goals, our reputation, our Cappy house theme, our father/paternal line. The Full Moon is the Moon's final aspect in Capricorn, so the Moon opposes the Sun and then goes void/goes offline/needs a break.

Let's unpack the chart!

The Moon reaches 18 degrees Capricorn and opposes the Cancer Sun. The Moon widely trines Mars - separating and squares Saturn and Neptune - also separating. The Moon opposes Jupiter in Cancer - separating. The Moon sextiles the North Node in Pisces - applying, and the Sun trines. The Full Moon squares Ceres in Aries - separating. The ruler of the lunation, Saturn, is in Aries, strong at station and tightly conjunct Neptune and asteroid Borasisi. 

The Moon in Cappy has already squared Saturn and Neptune in Aries. 

Capricorn is sober/serious energy and the squares - bringing tension and frustration - are designed to push/pull us into emotional MATURITY via obligations and responsibilities we are not ready for. This is our reality now, but we can't expect ourselves to be perfect/have all our ducks in a row. Reality checks now might require sacrifices, might exhaust us, might require us to fight/stand up for our dreams or ideals. 

The Moon has opposed Jupiter in Cancer. Some kind of over-blown or imbalanced home/family/security issue has been pulled into the open or an issue of family vs work/career, private vs public life, mom vs dad, etc. 

The Moon's square to Ceres speaks of the nurturance of ourselves at odds somehow with the nurturance of our public life, our career, our goals, our reputation, our father. Ceres speaks of life's natural cycles - what we give birth to, what we nurture, what we must let go of. Situations timed to life's natural cycles are part of the Full Moon's story. Ceres in Aries is raw/primal. Can be messy and require courage. Ceres is retrograde, so this is part of a longer process, but Aries is cardinal fire, so the relationship between us and what we are nurturing is fast moving, instinctual, might be short-lived.

Being about Cancer (home, family) and Capricorn (work, responsibilities in the world, father wounds) or our own needs and the needs of other people - any imbalances here will probably show up now for us to see what is happening and to allow us to re-align what isn't working - as Saturn stations retrograde and starts to reverse course over the next days, weeks and months.   

Imbalances with authority and authority figures and the way we use and misuse our own authority/responsibility can also be highlighted as well as career and reputation RESULTS.
 
The Capricorn Full Moon throws a light on what power can do and also on the finality of the choices we've already made. 

This Moon pulls us back to the Capricorn New Moon at the end of December that we talked about HERE and the work and ambitions we set into motion then (ie New Year's resolutions) - so, how is that working for us? What has reached its peak? What is ending? What needs those re-adjustments and re-alignments as Saturn goes retrograde at the end of this week?

Both Cancer and Capricorn are concerned with issues of SECURITY. Both value TIME and are guardians of the legacy of our ancestors.

The Sun's trine to the North Node of Fate tells us to PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ARE GIVING OUR SOLAR ENERGY TO. Any Full or New Moon interaction with the Moon's Nodes of Fate says we are tuning into a longer trajectory, timeline adjustment and need to CHOOSE WISELY. 

Bring your best self to your situation. 

We want to keep in mind this is a Capricorn Full Moon. Sober. Serious. We won't be babied. 

The Moon rules Cappy's opposing sign of Cancer, so the Moon is considered in her detriment here. Cappy is concerned with all kinds of practical and worldly things the Moon doesn't like to concern herself with. 

AND it is the Sun in Cancer that gets the smooth trine. I read this as the success of this Full Moon/where we go from here - is dependent on what we do with our Sun. This means both the Sun in Cancer in this chart AND our natal Sun. The Sun's trine to the North Node says SOMETHING IS FALLING INTO PLACE when we do our Sun. The North Node is in Pisces - this is about compassion, spirit, God, faith, art, music, healing, water. 

The Full Moon is making a sextile to that same North Node and is trining the South Node. The Full Moon's trine to the South Node in Virgo tells us we will easily bring our practical skills/our past to bear on the situation. Health matters can be front and center as well as healing modalities. The skills and abilities we already have allow something to fall smoothly into place. 

They bring us to the OPPORTUNITY this Full Moon is offering us. 

Saturn is the ruler of this lunation. He is parked at 1 degree Aries, strong and still and preparing to turn around. Saturn is conjunct Neptune and asteroid Borasisi (the technocracy dystopia warning/the only one of the 1000 or so most commonly used asteroids whose number begins with 666 - cue that emoji with the chattering teeth). Neptune is already moving backward and Saturn and Neptune (yes, joined by Borasisi) will be as close as they are going to get in 2025 in just a few days. The need for all of us to go back into Pisces because WE MISSED SOMETHING. To get a better ending. To re-member (put ourselves back together) who we really are - a spiritual being having a spiritual experience. We need to find the dream/the ideal that is ALSO REAL so that we can later fight for it or take action with it as needed. Maybe we need to deal with the old Gods or connect with God before we can take on the new 'wannabe' ones. 

The Moon is the apex of a Kite formation that includes a Grand Water Trine - remember this is a sober Cappy Moon that requires us to GROW UP. The Kite pulls in Juno, also strong and still and preparing to station DIRECT tomorrow. This is about our closest partners and alliances and contracts. Also, the people and situation we get our power through and what we will do to keep that link to power. In Scorpio commitments are real/life and death. We have been back and forth with something here and the review period is over. This story is moving forward. The connection to the Full Moon will require us to take this seriously. 

I hope something here is helpful with your current situation. 

xo all