SOFTNESS WITHIN CHAOS: Nurture yourself into the new! Full Moon in in 24° Cancer 00’ on Jan 13 at 11:26pm CET
Full Moon in Cancer 2025: Change, doubt, reflection and self-care
The Full Moon in Cancer is an invitation to take care of ourselves, nourish ourselves and strengthen our resourcesin the midst of uncertainty and doubt.
Mars' current retrograde phase in opposition to Pluto will be replaced by Venus retrograde in late February / early March. The calendar year starts slowly, but not relaxed. Rather, you may still or already be undergoing intensive processes of change.
Or better said: you are once again reaching a new level and depth in your long process of transformation, rebirth, de-conditioning, awakening, self-awakening... in short, the return to your true self and the expansion of your cosmic and earthly consciousness (*easy*).
Cancer Full Moon + Capricorn Sun: Take good care of yourself.
You may have the feeling of being on a threshold or in an intermediate realm - you don't want to and can't go back to the old, but new paths and solutions are neither recognizable nor tangible.
Cancer Full Moon and Capricorn Sun ask you:
Can you lovingly nurture and care for yourself in your current uncertainty and excessive demands?
Can you determine with self-responsibility and clarity what you really need in the long term?
Right now it's about observing, trusting, being patient... instead of falling back into old patterns out of fear and pressure or settling for “half-baked and half-true” illusory solutions...
Be sober and clear. Be honest with yourself.
The full Moon invites you to reflect and be gentle with yourself.
The Full Moon is conjunct Mars, which moved from Leo back into Cancer during its retrograde phase on January 6.
Mars Retrograde is about reflecting on what we really want, where we want to direct our energy and how we deal with our willpower and energy.
With Mars, we make decisions and (courageously) pursue our goals. And this is exactly where you could be in doubt or despair right now...
Perhaps you are facing unresolved issues in certain areas of your life?
Maybe you are doubting your entire being or doing? Maybe you feel “stuck”, overwhelmed, burnt out and tired?
Mars has been retrograde since the beginning of December: it may well be that you can already clearly sense what you DON'T want anymore, where things are getting stuck and how you no longer want to use your energy. But you don't have the solution...
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Your honesty and wishes: What do you really want?
The Sun in Capricorn is conjunct our inner, wise strategist, Pallas Athena:
Be sober and clear. Be honest with yourself. Perceive without judgment:
What are your true, long-term goals?
How do you *really* want to live, love, work and feel?
What is not working (anymore), even though you want it so much?
Maybe you've been fighting for certain goals for years and are now realizing that the plan is not working.
Even if disillusionment and self-honesty hurt, they may be necessary for you to reach a new level, to step through the portal and become a truer, happier, more fulfilled version of yourself.
Realizing “it can't go on like this” can be a key to no longer settling for half-true compromises and bogus solutions.
What if your life, your health, your business and/or your relationship were not just somewhat okay, but really GOOD!
What if you could feel exactly how you want to feel!
And what is standing in the way of this GOOD life?
Perhaps the current situation is the opportunity to become aware of deep-seated beliefs and conditioning that you have inherited from your ancestral lineage or society.
What inner beliefs are preventing you from living the way you want to?
But what are also systemic problems that have less to do with you and more to do with the structures of our dissociated, capitalist meritocracy? How can you find new perspectives and YOUR own path within structural limitations?
And before you start brooding in despair again... take a deep breath, feel your feet on the ground and read on...
The Full Moon in Cancer and Mars are also in trine to Neptune and the North Node, which moved from Aries into Pisces just a few hours before the Full Moon. Pisces is about trust and faith...
Can you trust that everything will unfold in divine timing?
What if you didn't have to solve your problems alone?
What if you are helped by greater forces?
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What if just observing and being honest with yourself and your body is enough right now?
What if you let go of tense control and surrender to the flow of life just a little bit more?
Integration during the Full Moon in Cancer: How can you nourish yourself, hold yourself and strengthen your resources?
Cancer is about inner security, safety, maternal energies and the (protective) needs of our inner moon child.
How can you nurture and hold yourself in the midst of uncertainty and strengthen your resources?
Or is it important to take responsibility for your own emotional needs and ask for support?
How can you invite more softness and self-compassion into the 'hardness' of your current situation?
The Cancer Full Moon reminds us that a feeling of inner security is also a prerequisite for change.
When we feel insecure, we tend to cling to the familiar, even if it no longer serves us.
Often we are also unable to recognize solutions and new perspectives because our nervous system is in a protective reaction such as fight, flight or freeze. In this case, it can be essential to practice “safety first” and cultivate more calm in the system with the help of somatic exercises or professional support.
The sextile of the Full Moon + Mars to Uranus in Taurus cosmically embodies that resting is a necessary act of rebellion.
Even though our meritocracy constantly pushes us forward and tells us we can only survive through hard work and constant hustling, rest and retreat are often what our burnt out bodies and overwhelmed nervous systems need most... to act with clarity and awareness.
Speaking of calm and clarity…
The Pisces-aspected Cancer Full Moon is an important step towards more clarity and a good opportunity to listen to your intuition - with the Capricorn Sun and Virgo South Node reminding you of healthy boundaries and retreat.
Take time for reflection and introspection at the Full Moon:
What do you really need?
What do you want?
Can you sense that the current chaos is “perfect” and part of your path?
Can you feel and recognize with your third eye that solutions and “keys” are already on their way to you?
Trust, relax and receive.
