And just like that we are in a new year with a lunation on the horizon. On Saturday morning, the Sun at 13 degrees of Capricorn will shine on the Moon, sitting at 13 degrees of Cancer. This axis deals with the public you and the private you; the way you care for yourself so you can show up in the world as a fully resourced being and live your purpose. Cancer focuses on creating a space where you feel at home. It is, in fact, the sign of home, both physical domicile and roots, childhood, and foundation. Cancer energy, if not careful, can absorb emotional currents from others or the environment. And because it is the cardinal water sign, those emotions (water) become personalized (cardinal signs personalize their elements), meaning it's challenging to discern between emotions that are absorbed from others and those that are internally generated. Cancer energy requires a safe space to retreat to after engaging in the world in order to discern which feelings carry relevant information and which are just noisy distractions that latched on from "out there".   

The Moon is very comfortable in Cancer, the sign over which it has rulership. That means emotions are more accessible. Under this Full Moon, which brings things to light, emotions that have been ignored or dismissed will rise up into awareness to be seen. This clarity can be unsettling if you are used to bypassing, dismissing, suppressing, or avoiding how you feel. This lunation will illuminate the "stories" you have attached to those emotions. Notice how integrated these stories have become into your self definition.

With all these energies shifting in the background, this Full Moon is here to anchor us back to ourselves. It will help us reorient to what matters and focus attention on what we can influence. 

This Full Moon finds the Sun at 18 degrees of Cancer opposite Moon at 18 degrees of Capricorn. The Cancer - Capricorn axis deals with balancing foundation/home/roots/private circle (Cancer) with public reputation/career/destiny/ambitions and personal achievements. In Cancer, we develop the foundation upon which Capricorn can build and rise. If the foundation is weak it can't support the full expression of what is being built. If the roots are not well established, they can't nurture the plant. 

So this axis asks us to reorient to our needs and goals. Come back home to yourself.