Well, here we are in 2026 - a WATERSHED year that comes in like a lion or I guess I should say mountain goat :)
January is HUGE and sets up February which is pretty much unprecedented! First up is this important (Cancer is the Moon's home sign) FULL MOON IN CANCER.
On Saturday, January 3rd, 2026, at 5:02AM EST, the Cancer moon opposes the Capricorn Sun at 13 degrees - this is tightly conjunct the United States 14-degree Cancer Sun (which also means we can look at what is COMING TO LIGHT in the United States and how this applies/reflects what is coming to light in our own life/situation) - giving us this month's Full Moon and our annual Full Moon in home, family and security-oriented Cancer.
Let's unpack the chart!
The Moon at 13 degrees Cancer opposes the Cappy Sun who is tightly sandwiched between Venus and Mars. The Moon opposes Pholus and is tightly conjunct asteroid Hades and the U.S. natal Sun. Juno is tightly conjunct Mercury, also in Capricorn, and they are inconjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The Moon stands alone applying to her conjunction to Jupiter indicating something is GOING TO GET BIGGER. The Moon trines the North Node - separating. Asteroid Borasisi - heralding the possibly dystopian tech future continues to sit/watch/wait at 0 degrees Aries where Saturn will meet Neptune in just a few weeks.
The Moon opposes the Capricorn Sun, who is tightly sandwiched between Venus and Mars. What we want (Venus) and what we are willing to do to get it (Mars) is fully illuminated now.
With the Sun, Venus and Mars piled together in Capricorn, the Moon is outnumbered/outmanned/opposed suggesting our feelings may be running counter to authority, tradition, hierarchy or “how things are done.” Maybe someone else is calling the shots. Maybe the rules are clear, but our feelings are not being consulted. Our maybe they are being made to seem INCONVENIENT, but this is a Full Moon, so they/we will refuse to stay contained. The wolves aren't howling for nothing folks!
Full Moons bring culminations, manifestations, peaks and endings. In Cancer, the question is simple and primal - do I have what I need or am I telling myself I should be fine without it?
Keep in mind what comes to the surface now is not meant to be fixed immediately. But it IS meant to be acknowledged. Felt. Taken Seriously. FED.
The Moon is conjunct asteroid Hades and the U.S. natal Sun, and opposes Pholus, suggesting that buried material (Hades is the Greek version of the Roman's Pluto) i.e. old griefs, ancestral patterns, emotional undercurrents can no longer remain underground. Small emotional triggers/stories may open much larger stories. This is not new material, but it is newly unavoidable.
Pholus speaks of small things/situations that have BIG impacts. This can be applied to whatever is happening/spotlighted now and echoes the Moon's upcoming meeting with Jupiter.
Meanwhile, Juno is tightly conjunct Mercury in Capricorn, bringing contracts, commitments, vows, and power dynamics into focus/our thinking/our conversations. Especially our relationships with power and what we will do to remain in these relationships. This is Cappy so a lot about work, marriage and long-standing agreements. Mercury/Juno are inconjunct Pluto in Aquarius signaling a mismatch (rock and hard place) between these old agreements - that likely kept us safe/stable even if maybe we didn't want to look at them too closely - and the future we are rapidly moving toward.
Something about the terms are no longer working BUT maybe the solution is not yet clear.
The Moon stands alone, applying to her conjunction with Jupiter amplifying emotions, the past, longing and our need for protection, care and reassurance. She has just separated from a trine to the North Node, maybe suggesting we know the direction forward even if emotionally we are still catching up/not ready for it.
When a Full Moon joins a nation’s Sun, the country is emotionally exposed. The identity of the nation -how it sees itself, how it believes it protects its people - comes into public feeling and awareness rather than remaining an abstract ideal. The U.S. Sun in Cancer carries a self-image of protector, provider, homeland, refuge AND we know since doing the Kirk (assassination) charts, the U.S. natal Sun is conjunct asteroid Patsy (so some feelings/awareness of the 'patsy' energy is coming to light now, too). Under this Full Moon, the United States image is tested emotionally, not rhetorically. The question becomes less about what do we stand for? and more about who is actually being held, fed, housed, protected?
The daycare drama/corruption in Minnesota fits perfectly here (and there is going to be more to this story than meets the eye because the Moon is very illusory, too). And all the Juno/Mercury inconjunct Pluto, Moon/Hades (which is another Pluto), play out, too. Nothing happens in isolation. So, there are challenges between old agreements and the emerging future. Who owes what to whom? There are breakdowns in trust between governing bodies and the people they are supposed to serve. Long-standing emotional wounds around safety, belonging, and who gets to call this country “home” are all stirred up.
The story rising to fullness/coming into the light under this Cancer Full Moon involves public funding intended for care, specifically children and families (Cancer ruled) possibly being diverted through systems that failed to safeguard it. While media attention may focus on a particular location or community, the astrology suggests something MUCH BROADER - a structural vulnerability.
Cancer rules children, caregiving, nourishment, and emotional safety. Capricorn rules institutions, funding mechanisms, oversight, and authority. When a Cancer Full Moon opposes a heavily loaded Capricorn Sun, especially one conjunct Venus and Mars, we are shown where care has been monetized, weaponized or mismanaged and where systems designed to protect the most vulnerable instead became transactional.
This is not only a story about who received funds. Although obviously that matters if crimes have been committed. It is a BIGGER story about how care is administered when it becomes abstracted, outsourced and governed primarily by hierarchy rather than relationship.
(this is all going to pull us rather nicely into Erika Kirk's natal chart this weekend because it is all about Scorpio and conditioning vs nurturing and I think I can see why it has been languishing with me - this post needed to come first).
Let me give a couple examples of this Full Moon -
1. THE RESPONSIBLE PARTNERSHIP. Imagine a long-term partnership that functions extremely well on the surface. Bills are paid on time. Roles are clearly defined. Conflicts are minimized in the name of stability. From the outside it looks like a successful, mature relationship. But over time one partner or both partners begin to feel a need for something else. They aren't unsafe. They aren't mistreated. Nothing is overtly wrong, but maybe they are feeling emotionally unseen, managed rather than held - this is really the story of Capricorn doing the job of Cancer.
So, under this Full Moon cycle (the next two weeks) the truth/what has been stuffed comes out -
"I am grateful for everything you do AND I am lonely". That sentence pretty much sums up this lunation!
2. Or let's use an actual daycare example. Imagine a family that relies on a childcare program that LOOKS PERFECT ON PAPER. The schedule is efficient. The policies are clearly written. The billing is automated. The reporting requirements and health inspections are met. The place is neat and clean. From the outside everything appears responsible and professional (Capricorn!). But over time the family starts to notice small things - their child cries more at drop-off, their child's emotional needs seemed to be handled with 'scripts' instead of attunement, staff turnover is high, and it's explained as 'normal for the industry'. You get the idea. Nothing is technically wrong, but the family feels an unease because STRUCTURE IS REPLACING CARE. The child is being managed and not held.
Capricorn can manage Cancerian things, right? But it cannot BE Cancer.
Structure isn't bad/evil, but it cannot replace presence.
THE BOTTOM LINE WITH THIS FULL MOON is that somewhere that we have accepted "good enough on paper" in place of "felt" safety is where something is going to surface and need to be seen AND even if it seems like a small thing it could actually turn out to be a VERY BIG DEAL (Pholus plus the Moon's applying conjunction to Jupiter).
Cancer Full Moons can expose where the heart or in the case of the United States the heart of the nation - feels abandoned.
Let's take a look by sign.
ARIES | ARIES Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 4th house - this Full Moon lights up tension between public life/reputation/career and home/family/private emotional needs. You may feel pushed by authority, deadlines/pressure while craving reassurance, home or just the space to feel. Conversations about responsibility, commitment or leadership can stir old wounds. The work is to act without abandoning your emotional reality.
TAURUS | TAURUS Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 3rd house, so this Full Moon is about tension between your long-standing beliefs and your current reality. News, conversations, or policy matters challenge your sense of what provides real security. Emotionally, this Moon asks whether your comfort comes from what’s familiar or from what actually sustains you now. Don’t confuse endurance with nourishment. With Uranus finishing up in your sign it might be a time to ask yourself if safety and stability are still the same thing?
GEMINI | GEMINI Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 2nd house - the Full Moon highlights your money, resources and values vs your debt, shared resources and emotional obligations. Conversations reveal imbalances around who holds power/who carries risk/who pays the emotional cost. Mercury/Juno brings contracts and commitments into focus and what was previously agreed to may not feel equitable anymore. Emotional honesty matters more than clever framing - there may be power dynamics you can no longer talk your way around Gemini.
VIRGO | VIRGO Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 11th house, so this is about friendships, group dynamics/collective responsibilities or your relationship to tech. You might find yourself asking who benefits from your reliability. You may notice how often you’re the one holding things together while others claim credit or authority. Conversations around obligation and loyalty clarify where your contributions are valued and where they’re merely expected. Choose reciprocity over obligation Virgo!
LIBRA | LIBRA Rising - Full Moon in Cancer in your 10th house - this is about your career, public life/reputation, your parent/parents. Public roles, career dynamics or reputation matters peak emotionally. You may feel caught between maintaining harmony and honoring your private needs. Relationship conversations reveal whether partnerships support your ambitions or quietly constrain them. The question for Libra isn’t “how do I keep the peace?” but “what kind of structure actually supports me?”
SCORPIO | SCORPIO Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 9th house might bring some kind of truth that reshapes your loyalty. This Full Moon challenges belief systems, moral frameworks or narratives you’ve long trusted. It can also bring a culmination to a 9th house matter - media, higher education, travel, legal situations, religion, weddings, etc. News or conversations may expose the deeper power dynamics at play. Emotionally, you’re asked to sit with discomfort rather than try and control outcomes - not easy for Scorpios! Let yourself feel what no longer aligns even if it disrupts your certainty.
SAGITTARIUS | SAG Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 8th house might show entanglements you are ready to untie. Shared finances, emotional debts, or intimate power dynamics come to a head. You may see clearly where agreements benefit one side more than the other. Mercury/Juno highlights conversations around fairness, consent and obligation. Emotional freedom now requires re-negotiation, not escape.
CAPRICORN | CAPPY Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 7th house with the Cappy pile-up in your house. With the Sun, Venus, Mars, Mercury and Juno all active in your sign, this Full Moon illuminates how much responsibility you shoulder and at what emotional cost. Relationships, contracts and leadership roles demand clarity. Others may project authority onto you and maybe this is a good thing or maybe not, but the deeper work is deciding which obligations are really yours now Cappy!
AQUARIUS | AQUARIUS Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 6th house could bring some peak energy with work, health, your day-to-day schedule, pets and routine. This Moon exposes the emotional toll of systems you operate within but don’t fully control. You may feel restless, disillusioned or maybe hyper-aware of invisible hierarchies/the power behind the curtain (that pile-up in your hidden 12th!). Pluto in your sign suggests deep inner transformation is happening and a long-term project - especially around how you engage with authority without becoming it is in play. Observe before acting Aqua!
PISCES | PISCES Rising - Full Moon in your Cancer 5th house speaks of peaks and culminations with creative projects, children, romance or vulnerabilities that stir strong emotions. You may feel called to nurture. Just avoid slipping into savior mode Pisces. Group dynamics or institutional pressures test your boundaries. The Moon reminds you that compassion doesn’t have to mean depletion.
I hope something here is helpful. BIG month ahead folks.
xo all
(and keep in mind, still, in the background of everything, asteroid Borasisi, a harbinger of dystopian technological futures, continues to sit at 0° Aries, waiting for the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in late February, reinforcing the sense that we are standing at the edge of a new reality ...)
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