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This month’s full moon occurs on July 23, 2021 in the sidereal sign of Capricorn. Full Moons bring clarity, illuminating that which may have been hidden or unclear in the mind. Full Moons can also bring endings, culminations and resolutions that come as a result of clarity or understandings.

The Moon is in solid and stable Capricorn, the rock that leads to the mountain top. Capricorn energy is ambitious, hard working, focusing solely on getting to the top. The Moon in Capricorn is ambition at the cost of attunement, suppressing the very thing that brings its power to accomplish material success. The feeling and emoting capacity of the Moon is hindered by Capricorn’s rigid, hierarchical and repressive approach to success. The Moon is at home in Capricorn’s opposite sign of Cancer, where it can feel it out. The Moon in Capricorn wants to feel but is afraid, instead choosing to dim its light.

Saturn is also here with the Moon in Capricorn, retrograding, building walls and restrictions in our reality. Saturn has been slowly moving through Capricorn, carving the landscape of our reality with walls that close in tighter and tighter. Saturn brings limits, restrictions, delays, a slowing down so intense it appears there is no movement. Death. How much can you lose and still survive? Where is the line between life and death?

Saturn is still squaring Uranus and we are facing challenge between responsibility and freedom, forcing internal change to our structures and rules. Uranus in Sidereal Aries demands spontaneous change to assert independence from rules that no longer serve us. We may not see this change coming and there is no way to prepare for this change: It is simply the time for liberation. It is time for freedom. Saturn is not down for the count. With aspects from the Sun and Moon, Saturn’s call to stay grounded, to honor your responsibilities remains as a solid foundation for our experience. We are simply to do so in new and different ways. Is this a challenge or a reminder of what is truly essential?

The Sun in is watery Cancer, focusing our attention and energy on meeting our emotional, essential needs, which may ebb and flow throughout time. We are called to direct our energy towards attuning to our needs, and to those of others around us. As the Sun faces off with the moon, prompting a cyclical change, we must maintain awareness and focus on our essential needs; the things that will not change because they are the foundation of who and what you are. This is change that comes as a result of natural cycles, all things have a beginning and an end. As you tend to your foundations, save room for growth. Embrace the flow of the tide.

With the Sun in Cancer, we are seeking understanding of our essential needs- often communicated to us by our emotions and sensations in the body. And what are our bodies telling us now? Do you know how to listen to your body? What is it telling you? Are you ready to hear? Are you still afraid?

This full moon may also have a “spooky” element, with the Moon conjunct Pluto. Pluto operates outside of the realm of the visible, what can be seen with the naked eye, transforming our respective realities by dredging up that which has been buried, repressed or hidden. This can trigger intense emotions, including mood swings, and dramatic displays. While Pluto brings emotional intensity to this moment, it also possess the power to transform us if we endure what comes to light. Are you afraid of your darkness? Will you live through your purpose or your fear? While these may feel like challenges, the astrology of this moment invites us to find ways to balance what seems like discordant energy in new and innovative ways.

MEDICINE for the Full Moon in Sidereal Capricorn