July 2024 brings with it a nurturing Cancer New Moon and supercharged Capricorn Full Moon. What can we expect? What is a New Moon?
A New Moon occurs when the transit (moving) Sun and Moon are in the exact same position in the Zodiac (called a conjunction). New Moons are related to beginnings, have high energy, and are enthusiastic.
What is a Full Moon?
A Full Moon occurs when the transit (moving) Sun and Moon are in the exact opposite positions in the Zodiac (called an opposition). Full Moons are related to endings, culminations, and are emotional energy.
New Moon in Cancer: July 5th 2024 (6:58AM ET/3:58AM PT)
The Cancer New Moon tends to be a nice time emotionally as Cancer is the sign the Moon naturally rules. This helps to put us at ease emotionally, and we can feel more emotionally stable and secure. This allows us to utilize the energy of the New Moon for new pursuits that we connect with emotionally and feel emotionally driven to pursue.
Cancer is the ruler of the home and family, so we can focus more on home and family matters. This can be a time to work on projects at home, plan for family gatherings, visit family, or make changes to your living situation in some way. You can get back to basics, or back to your roots. Cancer is the very bottom of the Zodiac, so it relates to internal foundations. The Cancer New Moon can help us strengthen ourselves internally, and we can naturally feel more secure. This is also helpful for starting something from the ground up, and this can be something that reaches a peak or achieves success in about 6-9 months. The Cancer New Moon is opposite transit (moving) Ceres in Capricorn, who is also retrograde (appearing to move backward). Ceres is a dwarf planet ruling nourishment, support, and resources, and this has been thrown off since Ceres retrograde began in mid-May. The Cancer New Moon might aggravate issues, and it can feel like they're out of our control. We have to work on being more flexible so we don't make things worse. This also directly ties into the previous and the next Full Moons, both of which occur in Capricorn, the sign Ceres is retrograde in. This brings big focus on issues with governments, corporations, institutions, the status quo, and those in positions of power. It's a critical time midyear for this. On a personal level, you may have to challenge something in your life that has always been the same way, and needs to change to improve your life. The New Moon occurs at 14 degrees 23 minutes Cancer. The aspects to the New Moon are: Conjunction: 12 degrees 23 minutes - 16 degrees 23 minutes Cancer Sextile: 12 degrees 23 minutes - 16 degrees 23 minutes Taurus or Virgo Square: 12 degrees 23 minutes - 16 degrees 23 minutes Aries or Libra Trine: 12 degrees 23 minutes - 16 degrees 23 minutes Scorpio or Pisces Opposition: 12 degrees 23 minutes - 16 degrees 23 minutes Capricorn Full Moon in Capricorn: July 21st 2024 (6:17AM ET/3:17AM PT)
This is the second consecutive Full Moon in Capricorn as the June Full Moon was also in this earth sign. This means the energy of the June Full Moon ties into this one, and developments related to that Full Moon continue into July with this Full Moon. We have extra focus on seeing results and culminations, and wanting to achieve with something. Responsibilities can weigh more, and we have to be smart, ethical, and work within the limits we have, and maintain discipline and focus no matter what. Anything that we haven't done in the right way and for the right reasons can come crashing down on us during this period, and we have some serious work to do to fix things. On the flip side, we can see rewards for what we have done right and for the right reasons, and this can be motivating.
With Ceres retrograde, we continue with focusing on issues related to nourishment, support, and resources. There can be major focus on lack in some way during this time in the world (like lack of food = famine, lack of water = drought, etc.). Support can be challenging to get when needed, and we may have to do things on our own and be more self-sufficient. But we may put too much on our shoulders as a result, and then comes the crushing weight. We have to be realistic and rational about it all, and not demand more from ourselves or others than is actually possible, while working toward what is in a methodical, disciplined way. Whatever the issues are likely began to apex with the previous Full Moon on June 21st. This Capricorn Full Moon in July is extra strong because it occurs at the anaretic degree. There are 30 degrees in every Zodiac sign, and the last degree is 29 degrees. This is called the anaretic degree, and it's supercharged energy that tends to be crisis energy with transits like this. So, the issues that are coming up might reach a frenzy with this Full Moon, and we're extra stressed out, overwhelmed, and need a break. It's important that we work to keep doing things the right way, for the right reasons, and are being smart. It's easy with this hard energy to throw in the towel and just let it all go haywire, but that's not the right move. Set yourself up to come out of this period stronger and better positioned by pushing through correctly. The Capricorn Full Moon is trine (beneficial aspect, 4 signs away) transit Neptune in Pisces, who is also anaretic at 29 degrees Pisces. This is a helpful aspect, which is desperately needed with how hot all of this energy is! We can benefit from connecting to our intuition and trusting our inner guides with Neptune. We can also benefit from utilizing imagination and creativity with everything we do to make more progress and get more control. And, we can benefit from releasing karmic baggage, subconscious baggage, and early life baggage, and it can be a good time for therapeutic work. Make note of the houses in your natal chart where 29 degrees Capricorn and 29 degrees Pisces fall, as the areas of life those houses rule can work well together and help you out with this Full Moon. If you have any natal bodies located at 29 degrees of any Zodiac sign, their energy gets triggered, so work on doing something beneficial with whatever they rule. The Full Moon occurs at 29 degrees 9 minutes Capricorn. Aspects to the Full Moon are: Conjunction: 27 degrees 9 minutes - 29 degrees 59 minutes Capricorn Sextile: 27 degrees 9 minutes - 29 degrees 59 minutes Scorpio or Pisces Square: 27 degrees 9 minutes - 29 degrees 59 minutes Aries or Libra Trine: 27 degrees 9 minutes - 29 degrees 59 minutes Taurus or Virgo Opposition: 27 degrees 9 minutes - 29 degrees 59 minutes Cancer Since this Full Moon is late in Capricorn, out-of-sign aspects may be felt (as if it were in the next sign, Aquarius), but in a more subtle and/or subconscious way. The out-of-sign aspects are: Conjunction: 0 degrees 0 minutes - 1 degrees 9 minutes Aquarius Sextile: 0 degrees 0 minutes - 1 degrees 9 minutes Aries or Sagittarius Square: 0 degrees 0 minutes - 1 degrees 9 minutes Taurus or Scorpio Trine: 0 degrees 0 minutes - 1 degrees 9 minutes Gemini or Libra Opposition: 0 degrees 0 minutes - 1 degrees 9 minutes Leo Suggested Reading: The New & Full Moons page for general interpretations by house and aspect Comments are closed.
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