With the Moon culminating in the goal-oriented sign of Capricorn, we are drawn to explore our feelings about achievement and success, while we contrast the current reality with our aspirations for a more sensitive, caring and kind world.

Meanwhile, the Sun stationed in the opposite, emotional sign of Cancer, creates tension by holding our collective focus on nurturing, home and family matters. Though we may want to have safety and stay protected at home, we also need a practical plan for accomplishing new standards in the world in order to truly feel safe, successful, and secure in our lives now.

As always, these energies apply to groups of all sizes as much as they apply to individuals. So, be mindful that we are talking about the best way to navigate a new balance between our thoughts about being compassionate with our feelings about being practical and purposeful about getting things done.

The advice is not about watering down either approach but rather it is about fully honoring all true perspectives and finding good ways to meaningfully incorporate the best higher-minded practices with the proactive strategies, which will help us to actualize those goals for the good of all involved.

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”

Louisa May Alcott

At its best, the Capricorn energy feels decisive, capable and sure. However, the contrast between the Sun’s position and the Moon’s placement can have us feeling as if we have not attained all we had hoped, creating pressure, overwhelm, irritation and frustration. We can best navigate this time in honor of earth sign Capricorn by being more aware and assessing what has already worked, as well as seriously contemplating all that we have learned about what still needs to be done.

As always, full moons can bring difficult emotions to a head. The current pull between the placement of the Sun and Moon can instigate emotional intensity, impatience, or irritability. Should any sensitive feelings come up, stop to consider other perspectives and find common ground in the higher values of LEADERSHIP, RESPECT, and SECURITY. The polarity requires negotiating where we focus our energy now; and we must hold space for our public goals while we also figure out how to enact a safer and more compassionate home life.

While we may do our best to make sure we are making progress on what we set out to achieve, we may find rigid or insensitive approaches can incite hurt, stress, irritation and angst. Try to not take other people’s behavior personally, but do be aware of other people’s views and sensitive to their feelings.

It may also be necessary to reassess outdated ideologies, as larger world issues continue to arise in these pivotal times to shake up any misguided or faulty views. Contemplate what matters most to you now, and also celebrate all you have accomplished and learned recently.

Stay centered and consider new ways to leverage fresh insights and diverse ways of being . . this is a time to be practical and rethink old ideas about what you actually want and need, while realizing you have more access to your desires when you take a well-rounded approach.

Always remember that whatever is happening in your life is occurring as part of your journey. Sometimes the details are pleasing and other times the lessons are difficult . . either way, there is always something to be learned.

And being prepared and flexible is the real secret to more easily navigating all of it, on the way to living your best life!

This particular lunar phase comes in with a few key aspects worth mentioning. You may find new remedies and resolutions, clarification about what you want, and opportunities that come from pausing and reflecting. Here are the details:

Up first, expect fast and radical healing possible, courtesy of the favorable sextile between dutiful Saturn in inventive Aquarius and curing Chiron in bold Aries. This continues to be a time when medical advances and innovations emerge quickly. It is also a great time to revisit any prior health matters and realize better results now.

Next, the moon forms an awkward alignment with Venus in Cancer, instigating clarity of your desires. This may especially affect what you want related to your home, family, and personal life. Love may be caring, though sensitive and moody tend to be more likely this week. Practice tolerance, gentleness, and patience for your best outcomes. And take time for pampering, nurturing, and healing activities, too.

The intuitive moon also forms a beneficial sextile with Jupiter in Pisces, which means blessings are on the horizon, even though there may be a hiccup or two with Mars in Leo, which can cause impulsive or false starts. Avoid getting tripped up–or just going around in circles–by checking in with your intuition and also staying grounded in the present moment.

Also important to note is that intellectual Mercury recently resumed its direct motion, while Jupiter just turned retrograde (joining with Saturn, Pluto, and Juno all already in retrograde). Soon imaginative Neptune in romantic Pisces will be joining in retrograde as well. Retrogrades are the ideal time for reflecting, reviewing, and revisions.

Consider this period as an opportunity for our collective to really reflect on issues around discipline, opportunity, duty, transformation, commitments, obligations, and what we all want to envision for the future of our world.

While the full moon does have a collective effect on all of us, each person may respond somewhat differently to this same planetary aspect. The intensity will be greater or lesser depending on how well aligned you have your current thoughts and feelings. When you are living in your highest truth, things that happen around you are not as overwhelming.

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

Henry David Thoreau

The next new moon arrives in two weeks in the sign of Cancer, which is the first WATER sign of the zodiac representing emotions. Cancer time of year is extraordinarily powerful for human development, family concerns, women’s issues, nurturing, nourishing, growth, home matters, and healing.

Dear Reader,

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