Full Moon in Cancer — the article

by Sonja Francis | Jan 12, 2022 | Astrology Articles, Full Moon

On Jan. 17th, at 6:48pm EST the Moon opposes the Sun in almost 28 degrees of Cancer. The entrance of the Moon into Cancer late in the morning of Jan. 15th 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 click here and watch my Full Moon video for more details.

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Lots of planets are involved in this Full Moon chart — Mercury and Venus are both Retrograde, while Uranus is exalted, and will come to a halt only 15.5 hours after the Full Moon becomes exact. Neptune supports the integration of the Full Moon polarity, while Pluto intensifies it; Saturn (the ruler of Capricorn) aligns with Mercury in Aquarius and both square an exalted Uranus in Taurus… and all 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?

Cancer is the first of the water signs and is therefore emotional and mercurial (like a river or a stream). Feelings are real, but may not always seem rational… until we can identify the underlying, unmet need connected to a particular feeling.

We all have needs. For example: we all have a need for love or approval, for control (or not feeling out of control), a need for safety or security, for human connection or a heart connection to a living being, and a need for autonomy or independence.

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, 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. For more info about my Coaching-Healing sessions, click here.

Now, let’s take a look at the polarities involved with this Full Moon…

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Now, 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?

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 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 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?”. This webinar comes with really great handouts that are very useful for understanding your own relationship to emotional maturity.

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Let’s take a look at some other aspects of this Full Moon chart, starting with the most exact ones: The Sun is in a very close alignment with Pluto 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: What am I likely to manifest in my own world, given the energies that are part of my creative process every day?

Pluto in Capricorn challenged us to face our fears, shift our relationship to the material plane, and reclaim our power. We are being asked to bring conscious awareness to how we use our essence and purpose out there in the world. This provides an opportunity to truly align with what brings emotional and material security to our world.

As best as you can, focus on dedication, wholeness and truth — devote yourself to your true passions, to your heart. We are more likely to want to work towards a goal, to achieve things, give form to something in the external world that aligns with those inner values and needs.

Ask yourself: What lies between me and my Authentic Self? If I let go of memories and concepts, and just look here and now, can I actually find an obstacle?

It’s also worth noting: Success and rewards will come in direct proportion to the amount of authentic passion, integrity, and maturity we bring to the world. Ask yourself: Where do I need to commit more deeply to what really matters? How authentic am I when it comes to my long-term goals? How passionate? How truthful?

The Moon is the ruler of Cancer, and is currently in its own sign, opposing not only the Sun in Capricorn, but also Pluto. 

The Moon’s opposition to the Sun/Pluto 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 my 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 feel more empowered? What relationships need to be transformed? What if fear was the only thing holding me back from a fulfilling life?

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.

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

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.

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?

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 also have some more harmonious connections to the Full Moon:

Neptune trines the Moon in Cancer and sextiles the Sun-Pluto alignment in Capricorn. This means that when we focus on the Neptune energies we have a much easier time integrating/balancing the Cancer-Capricorn energies. 

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’s 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?

Surrendering our fears about our position in the world and our achievements gets a little easier when we trust our intuitive heart; each moment can potentially become an unfolding that empowers us to be authentically ourselves out there in the world and nurture ourselves.

Ask yourself: Is it at least possible that combining my imagination with trust in divine guidance would support me in effortlessly reaching my long-term goals? What might be possible if I also heeded subtle messages from my intuitive heart that stir me toward the kind of success that empowers me and others?

What if I brought 5% more self-compassion to every moment while working towards a balance between achievement and self-care? Could I do that just by checking in with myself from time to time?

Some other important aspects worth mentioning are: Saturn (the ruler of Capricorn) aligns with Mercury in Aquarius (currently retrograde) and both square an exalted Uranus in Taurus.

So before we go into this, let’s address the Retrograde phases & Uranus being exalted:

Mercury in Aquarius & Venus in Capricorn are both Retrograde at the time of the Full Moon, indicating that we need to look back before we can look ahead; Retrograde phases 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 planets in retrograde motion.

Ask yourself: What relationships need to be reviewed? What issues are asking to be resolved? What long-term financial goals need a second look? What are my career aspirations telling me? What needs to be brought back into balance in my life? What roles do self-responsibility and self-mastery play in all of this?

Could I permit myself to get in touch with my unique spark? What needs to be addressed with regards to any group experiences, humanitarian causes, or technology? If I knew I actually could make a difference, where would I begin?

Uranus comes to a halt (stations direct) at almost 11 degrees of Taurus on Jan. 18th and ends its 5-months Retrograde phase only 15.5 hours after the Full Moon becomes exact.

The planet’s energy is “louder” because it is moving so slowly; it will be exalted until Jan. 30th, emphasizing the Square to Saturn — this Square will not be exact again this year, but the two contrary energies of Uranus and Saturn will remain within 10º of each other for all of 2022.

It’s time to make a real – in other words, not merely cosmetic — change in at least one area of our life. Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury, increasing our access to innovative thinking and alternative solutions; its Station phase could also coincide with revelations, reversals, or other unexpected events, such as earthquakes, or severe weather.

Collectively, Uranus in Taurus adds even greater emphasis to the urgency of changing our relationship with the Earth — from domination and exploitation, to stewardship and co-creation.

Ask yourself: Looking back over the past 5 months, what have I learned about honoring my body? What about my material and financial resources? Or my talents? In what ways have I disagreed with other people’s values? Am I ready to honor my own unique approach? Where am I ready to take a big leap forward?

Now let’s get back to Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn. Saturn is currently in Aquarius, and Uranus, the ruler of Aquarius, is currently in Taurus. Uranus still squares Saturn most of 2022. A Square always invites us to find creative solutions and to stretch ourselves and grow beyond our past capabilities.

As the Saturn/Mercury alignment in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus at the time of this Full Moon, the next two weeks may find us becoming quite eager, both collectively and individually speaking, to make some essential changes in our lives.

We are invited to stay detached in our social dealings with others and honor our own individuality without making anyone else wrong for being different.

Since this is a Closing Square, we are looking for practical solutions; change needs to proceed from a level of maturity that is informed by our experience of what didn’t work before.

It becomes very clear with this combo that humanity’s evolution and survival lies in equality, collaboration, and respect for the Earth and all its inhabitants.

How quickly this shift happens depends on the choices each one of us makes on an individual level. It is helpful to remember that as the “old” falls away, progress is taking place, always — even if not visible to the naked eye.

Ask yourself: If I wanted to put a solid foundation under my effort to inspire collaboration in my various communities, where would I lay the cornerstone? Could I give other people’s “choosing” the space that it needs, so I can honor what’s important to me, without taking things personally?

What might a co-creative process with our planet and the Universe look like? What is my unique value in all of this?

Again, it is helpful to remember that as the old falls away, progress is taking place. Envision the world in which you wish to live and move steadily towards that.

Another big evolutionary shift that happens on January 18th, only 20 hours after the Full Moon becomes exact: the Moon Nodes will move from Gemini-Sagittarius to Taurus-Scorpio, where they will remain until July 17th, 2023!

The Moon Nodes represent our Soul’s Journey – collectively and individually speaking. This shift thus constitutes a new Soul’s Journey, one that emphasizes making more of an effort to honor ourselves, our bodies, possessions, talents, material and financial resources, our planet and its resources — in short, anything we value.

We are also invited to release or redefine our relationship to trauma stemming from our past — and also redefine our intimate relationships, death and rebirth, endings and beginnings — in other words, the cycles of life.

After Jan. 18th, ask yourself: How can I best align myself with this new collective Soul’s Journey in the Taurus-Scorpio polarity? What do I truly value? What deserves my attention, appreciation, and care? Which of my values stem from social conditioning? Which need to change?

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?

In our next Monthly Forecasting Forum on Saturday, Jan. 22nd, we’ll be taking a look at the Moon Nodes in Taurus-Scorpio, in relationship to our own birth charts.

For example, we will investigate what old traumas we are looking to release or become aware of, over the next 18 months. What feels disempowering and no longer relevant? What needs to be transformed, so we can thrive and feel abundant?

If you want to align yourself with this evolutionary shift, join us live, or get the mp4-video presentation of the live event. Either way, if you are not yet a Star Member, register now!

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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 kind, gentle, compassionate, and accepting of yourself — this will help balance the Cancer/Capricorn polarities.

Ask yourself: 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.

Ask yourself: What if I trusted the timing of things just 5% more? What might result from closing my eyes for a minute or two, now and then, to take a moment with myself, to tune in and center myself?

During these next 2 weeks, 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 the following:  26-29 degrees of Cancer, Capricorn, Aries, Libra, or 0 degrees of Leo, Aquarius, Taurus or Scorpio? 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).

Sonja Francis

Sonja’s passion is for connecting with people and helping them transform their lives. This led her to train as a life coach, in addition to her lifelong study of Astrology. With her Readings, her coaching and her Soul-Based Astrology Courses she aims to empower and support people in fulfilling their life’s potential and aligning with Soul Purpose.

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