CAPRICORN FULL MOON
Pain avoided is pain perpetuated. Liquidating investments. Taming the ego.
2025 FULL MOONS // JULY 10TH, 2025
Greetings friends,
Think of the things that have been in your life for a long time. The people, the job, the mindset, the thing that you identify with. The things that are hard to imagine your life without, because, in a way, maybe they’re what make your life feel like it’s yours, like your life wouldn’t be complete without them. Now think of the things that you once had for a long time but have since let go of. How has your life changed? What have you become since their release?
I have been thinking of this quite deeply as we approach this full moon in Capricorn, as the full moons we had in Capricorn last year (we had two) were the facilitators of my nearly three-year-long relationship ending and my move away from my home state. Fascinatingly, that first one we had in June was the same day as the conversation that concluded my relationship, and the second one in July was the day that I signed a year-long lease for my apartment in my new city. Even more interestingly, the second full moon happened at 29º in my 12th house—the final degree of the final house—and with the 29th degree symbolizing “if you proceed, there’s no going back,” signing that lease did indeed cement me into my new chapter.
The past twelve months have taught me so much about change, healing, and my own strength. What I didn’t know last year is that moving here would slowly, but surely, usher me into a completely different identity and state of being, one that I have come to be quite fond of but has been so exhausting at times to become. In the development of this process, many of the wounds that were deeply buried within my psyche have been excavated for me to face more directly. I’ve realized that the healing process, at times, has felt more painful than the original event that inflicted the wound, which has pushed me to soften and open again and again and again. Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better.
This is a focal point of this full moon, as the moon in Capricorn is a master of emotional resilience—their tolerance for emotional pain is typically higher than the other moon signs. However, this is a skill they develop not because they want to but because they have to; their emotional environment is usually one that makes them grow up faster than they wanted to, to some degree. Through this moon, we are being reminded of the importance of auditing our lives, our methods for managing emotional burdens, and our longest-standing investments so that we might ensure we are still honoring the heart’s calling and are not maintaining things out of obligation, fear of loss, or attachment to security. This is a moon in which we are examining how we can make decisions for our future selves, which may involve a bit of temporary discomfort, but we will find that they were ultimately worth the pain when we see the bigger picture. This may be an important time for us to put our sensitivities to the side so that we can have those challenging conversations, make any necessary alterations to our material lives, and re-evaluate where our resources are going so that we can proceed with a clearer path to the future we feel destined for.
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THE BIG PICTURE
This full moon has a couple of interesting factors that don’t necessarily set this moon apart from others in a significant way but are merely influences that are worth noting due to their newness. Before I discuss what this moon is illuminating, I will first note the interesting new activations that are interacting alongside this full moon.
Notes on Additional Planetary Influences
Uranus entered Gemini on July 7th and will give us a brief, four-month-long preview of what it intends to change in our collective through November 7th. While Uranus doesn’t have a direct impact on this moon in any way, it is now fully engaging a planetary formation called a “minor grand trine” over the next several months with Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto. This planetary formation, among other big activations in these next couple of months, is something I outline in a bit further detail in my summer astrology forecast, The Turning Point. Long-term aspect patterns formed through transiting planets are extremely significant, as they usually point to pivotal developments in our collective consciousness and social culture. The primary invitation of this minor grand trine is for more accountability to be claimed by each of us individually so that we can participate in more productive and progress-focused conversations.
At the center of this aspect pattern is Saturn in Aries, conjunct Neptune, which turned retrograde on July 4th. Saturn is the second influence worth noting, as it is the ruler of this full moon, and because it has only recently entered Aries, this is the first Saturn-ruled lunation we’ve seen under Saturn in Aries’s influence since the 90s. With both Capricorn and Aries being cardinal signs, the initiators, we may find that this full moon is less about surrendering to what is inevitably decaying (as we perhaps found ourselves doing under the Saturn-ruled moons when Saturn was in Pisces) and is more about making change happen. This full moon says to us, “Sure, you might notice the things that aren’t working anymore, you might sense what has fulfilled its purpose, but what are you gonna do about it?”
The moon in Capricorn has the endurance to carry itself through the discomforts of emotional turbulence; it carries itself not because it wants to, but because it must. These were the children who were raised by neglectful, emotionally immature, busy, tired, or unempathetic parents, the children who had to process big emotions on their own, before they were developmentally ready to do so. With the added influence of Saturn in Aries, we are being reminded that there are some things that no one else can do for you; if you want the work to be done, you have to want it badly enough to get out of your comfort zone and do it. This may be a time in which we are becoming more innovative in the way that we approach these uncomfortable or daunting tasks, which may prove to be beneficial to us later on. With the subtle influences of these new energies we’re navigating (and will be navigating over the next several months), this full moon reminds us that with the changing energetic landscape, we too must adapt. We must be the ones to chip away at the cement that we willingly stepped into at one point for stability but are now being imprisoned by. And while it may be nice to receive help, we cannot demand or expect it from others.
Whether that applies to a material goal you’re trying to accomplish or emotional healing from wounds that are long overdue for attention, this is an important time for us to realistically observe our current priorities and actions and consider how we may be the very thing that is perpetuating our pain. It will be important that we examine whether or not we are truly giving ourselves every opportunity for advancement or if we’re deflecting those that put us into spaces of vulnerability but could be the very thing that accelerates us forward.
The Capricorn Full Moon
Capricorn naturally governs the tenth house, which is often associated with career, but this house is, in my opinion, more accurately described as the house of having “made it” in life—the house of success. This is the house of our public image and reputation; it is where we build an empire and describes the legacy we will leave behind after we’re gone. Capricorn is naturally equipped to accomplish the matters of the tenth house—or biggest aspirations, long-term goals, and broader life plans—due to its enterprising and determined nature, and because of its natural governance over the tenth house, we will notice tenth house themes infused into the house that Capricorn governs in each of our natal charts.
This full moon may have us looking at matters we’ve invested many hours and much effort into, things that we’ve made significant sacrifices for in order to maintain their presence in our lives. Through Capricorn, we are equipped to do what is necessary to achieve the goal, even if that means we must give up our personal agendas, comfort, safety, and resources. Capricorn is talented at pushing through when things get dicey; it's not going to abandon ship just because there’s a storm ahead, but this mentality can also make them the “captain that goes down with the ship,” which is why they must learn to recognize when things cannot be salvaged and they must start anew. Through this full moon, we’re being made aware of how we, too, may be clinging too tightly to this “going down with the ship” mentality. We’re being urged to identify how it may be having more of a detrimental impact on our lives, even if we may feel empowered and impressed by our resilience. Full moons are a time for us to celebrate completion or to release things that have served their purpose, and under the influence of this full moon, we may be either celebrating results that feel like they’ve been a long time coming, or we are being asked to examine the things we’ve spent many hours investing in so we might assess whether the sacrifices are still worth making.
There are a couple of things we may be clinging to that this full moon is inviting us to reassess: pain and status. And we may be observing the way these things can become entangled.
The Hamster Wheel of Hustle Culture
Through Capricorn, we glamorize pain; we praise those who have willingly endured the pain that has led them to their eventual success, and socially, we view this heightened pain tolerance as a sign of power and status. We admire the person who never skips a gym session, pushes to failure on every set, and can devotedly say no to dessert, but only when their abs reflect it. We celebrate the person who lived on instant ramen and sleepless nights as long as it’s led them to a multi-million dollar company. And we commend the person who forgives the unthinkable when it results in a golden anniversary. We may not realize we are saluting these endurance races of pain because our culture tends to be so results-focused; we are so fixated on the face of the matter that we hardly take the time to recognize the bones that are holding it up. We are so hungry to have the product that we seldom consider the amount of effort, endurance, and resilience it took to acquire it. And strangely, when the results are not visible, or when they are visible but we don’t deem them impressive enough, we still might consider the whole investment a flop. This full moon may be highlighting the way that hustle culture has weaseled its way into your life, causing you to associate pain with the promise of success. We might think that the more difficult something is, the more rewarding it will be to achieve—the harder the task, the sweeter the reward. But this is not always the case. Sometimes pain is just pain, and we are not as heroic as we might think we are for repeatedly submitting ourselves to it.
This connection between pain and status is hardwired into us from an early age; from the moment we enter educational environments, we are taught to crave the gold star. We’re congratulated for taking the harder courses, loading on additional extracurriculars and sports, and still making time for a social life or a part-time job. Eventually, we enter the workforce and find ourselves in environments that emphasize the dollars you’re missing out on, the sales you aren’t closing, the promotions you’re not getting, and the success you’re not finding because you’re not pushing hard enough. And it’s even worse in entrepreneurial spaces.
So many sales models in entrepreneurial endeavors are designed to sell to pain, and in turn, they teach those in pain to dig their fingers into others wounds in order to bandage their own. You find your target, identify the pain point, exaggerate its discomfort, and strike, framing yourself as the savior with the solution (that you can get through the link in their bio for $499.99—but don’t worry, they have payment plans available!). This is the fundamental structure of the hustle culture that Capricorn can so organically represent. In this framework, we learn that slowing down or pausing entirely will result in loss, we equate hours invested with movement toward success, and with the vision of affluence and the admiration of our peers in the backs of our minds, we learn to never stop grinding. Immersing ourselves in these spaces can be a tricky endeavor, as the more and harder we work—and the more we are applauded for it—the harder it is to stop. We can unintentionally fall into a toxically self-sustaining system of chasing security from a place of scarcity and, despite the effort we’re putting in, never feeling accomplished enough, which only causes us to push harder, reinforcing the very system exhausting us. It is through these systems, in pursuit of honorable desires—a deeper sense of purpose, a dream, stability, fulfillment—that we train ourselves to always hunger for more, and so, we will always be starving. When we’re never satisfied, we forget what it’s like to be full.
These qualities of devotion and resilience can serve us well and can be nourishing assets to our lives if we choose to wield them appropriately. The moment they become harmful is when we become a slave to the dream, rather than maintaining our role as the dreamer. There may be long-term investments that have grown stale that this moon is pointing your attention to, and you may find that the only reason you’re resistant to letting them go is because of how much you’ve sacrificed for them. After all, pain is justifiable, even celebratable, when we have something to show for it, right? Pain can be beautiful if it means something. In a way, we have to maintain this perception to some degree, as some seasons of life will inevitably involve hardship, and great ones at that; in some cases, determination, grit, and a tolerance for pain are the only tools that will get us through them.
But what about when you endure pain and there’s no reward at the end? What does that mean? What was all of it for? What it was for may change over time, depending on the vantage point that we are viewing the pain from, but considering Capricorn governs linear time, in the face of present, rewardless “failure” or pain, we may see our investment as a waste of time, emotions, resources, and effort.
Whether we are pursuing matters to garner the respect (or envy) of our peers, curate a luxurious lifestyle, access a deeper sense of purpose, experience that feeling of having “made it,” or acquire some other inflated novelty that is only accessible to an exclusive few, this full moon asks us to seriously and realistically check ourselves. It asks us to identify whether we would still be as invested as we are if we didn’t have so much history with these matters. We may find that upon this type of assessment of our long-term investments, whether they’re material or immaterial in nature, we are uncomfortable with the idea of abandoning them due to the vulnerable position we would put ourselves in by doing so. We risk being wrong or the potential success we could have if we were to continue. Releasing investments, especially long-term ones, can make us feel like we’re being pushed back to square one, which may be a heavier starting point than the previous one due to us knowing what is required at times for progress to be made. But this is where the ego comes into play.
You Are Your Biggest Obstacle
As I mentioned further up, this is the first Saturn-ruled lunation we’ve experienced under Saturn in Aries’s rule since the 90s. Saturn in Aries intends to teach us about how restricting our impulses can actually lead not only to more fulfilling but also to more sustainable experiences that keep us inspired and excited for longer than just a quick moment. It talks about harnessing impulse so we might use it as a vehicle. It speaks to a multitude of other things as well, but as the ruler of this full moon, it addresses big-headedness and invincibility and the detrimental impact both can have on our ability to see a path toward success and our acquisition of our bigger desires. This moon might be pointing out that we are actually the main antagonists in the difficulties we’re facing, conflicts we may be engaged in, or obstacles we can’t seem to get over. This moon might be highlighting how many of us are so focused on winning, coming out on top, and conquering that we are perhaps developing inflexible perceptions about ourselves that are preventing us from self-examining in a productive way. While this moon is not intending to discipline us through force, as moon activations tend to be more like suggestions than blatant instructions, we may find that we are coming face-to-face with the consequences of any lack of authority over ourselves and our decisions, even if we may not outwardly reveal such realizations. And if you struggle to make decisions, it points out that not making a decision is still a decision.
Perhaps the reason you are not making progress toward your goals is because you are trying to figure it out on your own and have closed yourself off from external suggestions. Perhaps the reason the conflict between you and another party has not been put to rest is because you are refusing to own your role in the conflict’s creation. This is an important time for us to take accountability for the role we have played in our own dissatisfaction; trying to push off responsibility by blaming external forces or other people is a cheap escape that will only preserve your reputation for so long. This moon points out that it’s better for us to claim it on our own terms now than to continue to avoid it, as it will eventually catch up to us, and when it does, it may have bigger consequences and a more painful sting.
We have to remember that it takes two opposing forces to create tension—it could be you and another party, it could be you and a material matter, it could be two opposing aspects of yourself. If you are in a relationship you are dissatisfied by, but you do nothing to get out of it, you are perpetuating your own unfulfillment. If you are at a job that you hate, but you are not looking for alternative employment, then you are contributing to your frustration. If you want to be a full time artist, but refuse to show your art to the world, then don’t be disappointed when you don’t have any leads. This is not said to make you feel bad about yourself, but this is a reminder that there are moments in life when we have to realistically look at ourselves and ask, “How much do I actually want this? What am I truly willing to do to make this happen? How am I contributing to my problem?” Sacrificing time, effort, and resources is easy. It’s risking being seen in a way that you don’t wish to be seen—that’s the hard part. In a way, this moon is reminding us, in tandem with its invitation for us to release outdated definitions of success, that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Perhaps it's time for us to observe if we really have exhausted all of our options to help ourselves accelerate forward.
This full moon may facilitate an ego check for some, making them realize how they’ve constructed a false sense of confidence by firmly defending a meticulously developed reputation and image. It’s important that we allow any of these false structures to fall away, as, if we cling to them still, we may find that the Mercury retrograde in Leo initiating later this month will tear them down for us. We may be afraid of being wrong, not having it all figured out, not having thought of the solution, or not being the more mature party. Perhaps we’re examining how we’ve covered up our immaturity with a fake “mature” exterior, and this moon will have us examining these masks in private, identifying how we can infuse more humility into our speech and actions.
This moon reminds us that the best famous figures never forget their humble origins, the most respected conquerors never forget what it’s like to lose, and the wisest people are often the first to admit that they’re wrong. There’s something much more admirable about fully owning your failures, missteps, and flaws than fighting to uphold an impeccable, out-of-reach illusion of a reputation. Showing your imperfection and vulnerability may be the very thing that grants you the respect you were trying so hard to receive.
However this moon shows up for you, know this. There are some things that are worth sacrificing everything for—the heart will tell us which things those are. Success is what you define it to be, not what you’ve been conditioned to think you should want. And your attempts to maintain a polished reputation may be inhibiting your progress—in connection, material endeavors, personal growth, fulfillment, and success—more than you realize. What are you willing to sacrifice to become who you wish to be? Are you willing to sacrifice your pride? Being “right?” Winning? If you had to look a fool in front of the entire world to achieve all of your goals, would you do it? And when you say you want something, how well do your actions reflect your wanting?
We are reminded in this Cancer season and under the rule of this full moon in Capricorn that while we may think of life in linear timelines, believing that the ending of this means a total start over in that, there are all sorts of different life cycles happening around us simultaneously. Some things are just being planted, some are germinating, some are breaking through the surface, and others are in full bloom. The closure of whatever you are releasing through this full moon may be what nourishes the development process of something that has been taking root beneath the surface for quite some time. You never know what comes next, and you never know how things of the past tie into things of the future. Don’t allow your clinging to the corpse of what once was to prevent you from opening your arms to what is to come.
Wishing you a lovely full moon.
xx, Aspen
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UNDER THE SURFACE: MERCURY RETROGRADE JOURNALING CHALLENGE — STARTS JULY 17TH
Mercury retrograde is a lovely time for us to look internally and assess how well our inner informational processing systems are operating. It is in these periods that I find journaling to be a terrific tool to create a structure for this reflection process to happen.
This journaling challenge is intended to be started at the beginning of Mercury retrograde and utilized throughout the entire retrograde period. In this challenge, you’ll receive 27 daily themes and a set of journaling prompts for the morning and evening to accompany each theme. This challenge is an approachable structure for you to infuse more curiosity, presence, and inspiration into your retrograde experience. Get it below!
Note: Check rising sign for primary messages, sun and moon signs for auxiliary notes.
ARIES, this may be an important time for you to examine your long-term investments and ask yourself whether or not they still feel worth the effort and patience that may be required to actualize them. Or perhaps this full moon is a celebration of a goal completed, which is opening up space for new investments to be adopted. This moon asks you to consider how your attachment to maintaining a level of status or reputation may be influencing the way you pursue your long-term future. Are you trying to maintain a certain image? Are you trying to prove something to yourself or others? This full moon encourages you to embrace any pivots in long-term plans, however that might translate, although this may involve your career or other big life structures in some way. You might have to release expectations for your life to look one specific way in order for you to open yourself to make the necessary adjustments for true fulfillment to be found. This may be a valuable time for you to identify which things you are still pursuing only because of the resources and time you’ve invested in them.
TAURUS, this moon may ask you to examine longstanding beliefs and assumptions about your potential and authority over your future. You’re invited to examine what or who you are viewing as an authority figure and where you are placing your authority. Perhaps you are unintentionally cementing yourself into a rigid identity or rigid belief systems by neglecting your own authority over your life, which may be what is holding you in exhaustive cyclic patterns. This may be an important time for you to identify how you can be more proactive in the curation process of your life—how you can consciously participate in today to set yourself up for a better tomorrow. There may be uncomfortable conversations to have that will urge you to be accountable for mistakes you’ve made that have harmed you or others. This is not a time for you to think of who or what is to blame but to examine things from a more practical perspective so that you can identify how you have perhaps added to or perpetuated your own pain by avoiding responsibility. Consider how you might look outside of yourself to see yourself from a more objective point of view; this may reveal both self-imposed obstacles and the solutions to remove them from your path.
GEMINI, this moon may be highlighting emotional structures that you have relied upon in order to protect yourself from being perceived as weak or vulnerable, or perhaps, in a more material sense, you are releasing an investment, which may result in financial payoffs. This may be an important time for you to consciously choose to embrace emotional discomfort in order to make intentional advancement toward a dream or desire. There may be things that arise that intimidate you and cause you to want to avoid them, but you’re encouraged to stand your ground. You might find your sense of security is threatened, but the feelings that might arise from such situations may hold valuable information on how you can make progress toward your true desires in material and intimate matters if you can observe them from a grounded and authoritative perspective. There may be cycles that are able to be closed through this lunation if you can be accountable for the ways in which you have perpetuated them. This is a favorable time for you to identify emotional patterns, material possessions, coping mechanisms, and intimate connections that have served their purpose and are ready to be let go of.
CANCER, you may be letting go of feelings of obligation and responsibility in relationships and commitments through this full moon; perhaps you’re recognizing how certain structures have only been upheld because of your increased efforts and are returning to a place of soft deservingness, which is naturally having some matters falling away. This may be the closure of a chapter in a relationship; the way that a previous connection or some other type of long-term commitment was sustained may no longer be compatible with you, which means that it’s reconfiguring to fit your new frequency. You may find that it’s important for you to practice trust in the process unfolding before you, as your attachment to a desired future may be what prevents you from accessing more nourishing exchanges between yourself and others, as well as other matters of devotion you’ve invested time, effort, and resources into. You may also find that this is a time in which you’re auditing your long-term investments as a whole, which may mean that you’re re-evaluating your plans for the future to assess whether or not they are still what you want. Don’t uphold agreements out of obligation; honor what you authentically feel aligned with and let the rest go.
LEO, now may be an important time for you to consider which routines and daily structures have started to have an inverse effect on your life. How might you be creating an illusion of productivity by being consistent with matters that are really just providing you with an escape from making more meaningful change? This full moon asks you to break out of your comfort zone by considering how you can take intentional actions toward your true goals, which may mean that you have to abandon certain habits, work methods, and routines that have perhaps created the illusion of advancement toward your goals. This is not said to discount the progress you have made through the routines you’ve found a sense of comfort in, but you are encouraged to consider how you have perhaps used your routines to avoid making bolder choices that could accelerate you toward your ambitions with more power. This is an important time for you to examine which methods of productivity, work matters, and personal rituals have grown stale. This may be a time for you to full send yourself into a new direction with less calculation; listen to your instincts.
VIRGO, this full moon may ask you to examine what identities you have donned in order to maintain an appearance of authority, mastery, or maturity. Perhaps this will translate over to personality traits you’ve adopted or creative boxes you’ve constructed around yourself in order to control how others perceive you. This moon encourages you to soften the exterior you maintain in order to deflect others from seeing your vulnerabilities or insecurities. Perhaps this will be an important time for you to self-examine from a less organized place so you can observe how the “messy” aspects of your inner psyche are being defensively protected to preserve a specific image, which may seem sustainable to your ego, even though, ultimately, it is not. You might find that this moon points out how you find it easy to own your unhealthy patterns or “shadow qualities” when you are able to approach them at your own pace, but you are perhaps quite avoidant of them when they’re presented to you when you least expect it. If situations of this nature arise, you’re encouraged to embrace the potential opportunity for advancement in your character development by receiving outside feedback from a neutral place.
LIBRA, there may be longstanding traditions that are infused in the foundations of your life and identity, which may feel comfortable for you to maintain, but they may be starting to hold you in rigid patterns instead of supporting you to operate from a more authoritative place. Or perhaps they are all you know, which is why they are challenging for you to release them. This moon may have you dissolving long-standing patterns that have influenced the way you create and maintain security in your future, but also in your relationships. Perhaps you feel as if you’re totally scrapping an approach to working, making progress toward success, or establishing emotional security in interpersonal connections. This may feel a bit disorienting, as you may find yourself making room for new things to spring up in spaces that have been occupied for quite a long time—this could apply literally or conceptually. You may be releasing a familiar way of operating through the world, something that feels like home, or expectations for the future so that you can prioritize curating foundations that can support you as you evolve, instead of maintaining those that have only been compatible with a certain identity.
SCORPIO, this full moon may be one of decisions, but the important thing is that you do not overthink your options and instead focus on what intuitively feels right for you. This may be a time in which you’re letting go of rigid thought processes that have held you in an analysis paralysis of sorts; perhaps you’re recognizing that you will never gather all the evidence for why you should or should not make a choice—there will be a never-ending supply of proof to support either choice if you keep looking for it. There is a reminder in this moon that you are capable of pivoting if you don’t enjoy the results of your choice, which is why you must trust your instincts to guide each step you take. There may also be important conversations regarding long-term matters coming up through this moon, perhaps regarding work or the way a decision will impact your lifestyle. You’re encouraged to sink into a level-headed approach so that you don’t get caught up in unnecessary details. While there may be some sacrifices you have to make for the time being, whether those are emotionally, materially, or convenience-related, you’re encouraged to keep your sights set on the bigger picture. Some discomfort is worth enduring when it's granting you access to deeper fulfillment.
SAGITTARIUS, sometimes to make progress toward what we truly want, we must willingly sacrifice what we already have—we have to risk losing current matters of value in order to access greater riches. This moon may invite you to release your grip from longstanding ethical concepts or aspects of your moral character, as you may find that your attachment to them is holding you back from advancing in your confidence or material and financial goals. This might be an important time for you to ask yourself how your current possessions are working for you, whether those are physical objects or certain values you hold. Identifying what you typically associate with what makes you “good” and questioning whether your identifying with them is being “good” to you may inform how you proceed. This may also be a time for you to surrender attachment to long-term security so that you can allow your assets to be utilized more fluidly in the present. This might involve you liquidating certain material possessions or perhaps investing in something financially. Take note of what makes you feel secure and consider how your attachment to it may be restricting you.
CAPRICORN, there may be a part of yourself or an aspect of your identity that is being dissolved through this full moon, which may leave you feeling simultaneously refreshed and vulnerable. The things that are falling away under this energy, whatever they may be, may be long overdue for reconstruction, and while releasing them may feel uncomfortable due to the role they’ve played in your life for so long, you may find that upon their removal, you recognize just how important it was that the space be freed up for new things to take root. Perhaps you are letting go of a character trait, an aspect of your identity, or an approach to life that you’ve had since childhood. This moon will likely challenge you to seriously ask yourself what traditions you want to carry on and continue upholding. This may be a time in which you are observing how your parents, primarily your father, influenced the way that you process and experience emotions; now may be the time in which you are dismantling rigid methods of handling difficult feelings that are holding you back from experiencing more intimate and supportive connections.
AQUARIUS, this moon may shed light onto subconsciously guided actions and habits that are perhaps sabotaging your ability to make progress in the directions you desire. This moon may invite you to examine how you are still in survival mode, even if you may outwardly present as peaceful and relaxed. There may be internal blockages that are keeping you in hyper-independence and rigid work habits—you may think that these things are helping you move toward your goals, when in reality, they are having the inverse effect. There’s an invitation through this moon for you to soften your approach to work and move into a more intuitively guided space, and that “work” might relate to professional matters, personal goals, or emotional healing. This moon may have you moving through some type of transition as well—a cycle may be completing while another is being initiated, even if it may be hard to see at present. There is an invitation for you to relinquish any hustle-oriented mindsets that may have you trying to muscle yourself into the places you’re trying to reach—less is more. Honor any transitions you are moving through, and don’t try to rush your movement through them.
PISCES, this full moon might have you shedding strict expectations for how your future unfolds, which may mean that you are liberating yourself from self-imposed restrictions and are finding a more fluid way of moving and creating. This may be an important time for you to release the need to be seen in a specific way; perhaps you are making peace with your lack of control over how you are perceived, which is inspiring you to show up in social groups, and potentially on social media, from a more vulnerable and authentic place. This is also an important time for you to consider the value that your social connections, long-standing investments, and sacrifices for a potential future are adding or draining from your life. This may be an important time for you to stop falling for potential so you can make important choices that are in your future’s best interest. You might be recognizing that you can’t maintain certain investments while pursuing others, meaning that this may be a time in which you’re letting go of those that no longer feel compatible with your dreams. If something requires you to be less of yourself in order to maintain your alignment with it, then it is not for you.