The Full Moon beams out from the sign of Sagittarius on June 11, marking the Sun’s rapid movement towards its Solstice point on June 20. With the optimism and enthusiasm of Jupiter now anointing the nurturing sign of Cancer, we can expect this lunation to provide an announcement about the full significance of Jupiter’s year-long sojourn through those fertile waters (June 2025 - June 2026). The high emotional energy of this Full Moon could conjure up a cry for freedom or release from fetters. For many of us, it may also bring about recognition that a doorway is standing open if we choose to cross the threshold.
The archetypal guardian of thresholds, Saturn, is doing his part to incite fear, uncertainty, and the necessity of sincere spiritual practice to ground us in a genuine confidence. False bravado simply lacks the necessary gravity called forth by this moment in time. Jupiter and Saturn form the last of three stressful square aspects on June 15, completing their year-long discussion of the proper form our growth should take. For assistance at this pivotal point, we can tap into the powerful imprint of the Cancer New Moon on June 25 to access intuitive guidance, slow down, and tune into the voices of our ancestors and those who will follow after us.
A time that is frightening and exhilarating, an inquiry into whether we can preserve parts of the past will color the month of June 2025. It could be tempting to simplistically split the world or parts of our lives into categories of good and evil. Bringing awareness to the role that fear plays in our lives, where it is active, and the story it would like us to live out can be very fruitful following the philosophical Sagittarius Full Moon. Inviting complexity and nuance enables better decision-making, and we should be cautious about filtering information through a predetermined outcome. In the words of author Bennett W. Goodspeed, “The difference between a comedy and a tragedy is that in a comedy, the characters figure out reality in time to do something about it.”
The Sun in the shimmering sign of Gemini spreads its rays across the Sagittarius Full Moon on June 11 at 12:43 a.m. US/Pacific, announcing to the world a desire to persist, to grow beyond limitations, to tap into the strength of the emotional life. The ruler of this lunation, Jupiter, just entered the comfort-seeking sign of Cancer on June 9 for the first time in 11 years, and we may receive a vivid preview of some of the personal and collective significance of this year-long influence. Emotional upwellings may be hard to resist, and we may want to express what feels true for us very badly, yet fear or inhibition can complicate our expression.
With Jupiter caught up in his final exact square with the limitations of Saturn and the imagination of Neptune, some of us could experience a cri de coeur, a rousing cry of the heart. It may be that we are stirred by whatever we perceive as oppressive or unfair, or by something that has been delayed far longer than we feel we can bear. Alternatively, we may rejoice in our impending freedom from a long, drawn-out transitional process, sensing that we can now move forward with substantial growth. We feel thicker and sturdier rootlets on the seedlings in our lives, and true leaves have formed to absorb the Sun’s warming nourishment. Optimism and pessimism may coalesce in unexpected ways as the expansive emotions of this lunation carry us through numerous what-if scenarios. What if this happens, what if that happens?
Jupiter in Cancer
New Moon in Cancer
Venus Square Pluto
So much is left in uncertainty. Fresh starts or renewals are suggested by the imagination of Neptune and the constructive force of Saturn moving into the cardinal sign of Aries, just as expansive Jupiter enters the cardinal sign of Cancer. Cardinal means “pivotal,” and Aries and Cancer mark two pivots or turning points in Earth’s seasonal cycles of initiation (Aries) and growth (Cancer). Yet we’re still contending with the obligations of the past, karma, or what used to create stability in our lives, represented by Saturn. Saturn’s gravity is not merely what holds us down, though; it is what holds us in the broad arms of Mother Earth, enabling us to grow strong. Many of us can take advantage of the very vivid New Moon in Cancer on June 25, with our eyes firmly fixed on the future, converting the weight of the past into ballast that can help us stay firm on our course.
The New Moon in Cancer at 3:31 a.m. US/Pacific on June 25 is worth a special mention, as it appears to mark a very potent pivot for the year 2025, leading us directly into the transition of revolutionary Uranus into the diffusive sign of Gemini on July 7. The Cancer New Moon speaks of a serious conversation between the past and what is familiar, and the dreams of a better, if somewhat foreign or unknown, future that billow up from the depths of consciousness. Taking time to incubate our dreams under the Cancer New Moon, to rest and ground ourselves in what comforts us, can help us connect to our inner resources of strength and courage. A depth of vision might be accessed if we can slow down enough to hear the beating of our hearts. It may be that the source of power or our ability to cause or prevent change, which arises from our fundamental relatedness to all beings, is so hard to see, perhaps because it, too, is being reimagined within the anima mundi, the Soul of the World.
As Jupiter spends the next year traveling through the loyal and caregiving sign of Cancer, our sense of family and relatedness is brought into the spotlight. The harmony of Venus makes a tense square aspect to the buried secrets of Pluto at this time (exact June 9), and we may be tempted to set things right for others. Discord could become more obvious, as family feuds erupt or cracks show in the veneer of cordial relations. However, it is also possible during Jupiter’s complete transit of Cancer that we try to view our family life or larger belonging through rose-colored glasses out of fear of disharmony. For others, Jupiter’s year in Cancer could bring forth the challenge to enlarge a sense of family, to reconsider our relationship to what we have treated as other or foreign. The foreign or unrecognized could even be some freshly unearthed parts of ourselves.
Mercury Conjunct Jupiter Square Saturn-Neptune
The mental power of Mercury is set to trigger the world transit of Jupiter square Saturn-Neptune, making exact aspects to those three planets on June 8 and 9. The question of whether we can preserve our past or elements of it will be in the air, as will the desire to simplify the world into simplistic categories of good and evil. The web of life is far more complex and bewildering than such simple categories, and bringing awareness to how fear operates in our lives and decision-making could be very fruitful under this influence. The Pali word dukkha, used in the Buddhist tradition, is frequently translated as “suffering,” but perhaps a more accurate translation is imperfection. It is complicated to be with the imperfection of this world, that grief is born from love, that the seeds of sorrow are set in the fertile ground of our joy. Even if we try to avoid one end of the spectrum of experience, it inevitably catches up with us.
The Saturn-Neptune conjunction (March 2024 - May 2027) evokes the landscape painted in the song “Both Sides Now” by musician Joni Mitchell, who was born with Saturn in square aspect to Neptune. She shares a story of repeated disillusionment, having once seen all as perfectly magical and desirable until the rug gets snatched out from under her. She must inevitably face her unrealistic imagination of magical perfection and see it for what it is. “I’ve looked at life from both sides now,” meaning both the fantastical, magical ideal and the bitter “reality” that the illusion of utter perfection is not there.
Perhaps there is wisdom in trying to move beyond the desire to have “both sides” and instead embrace the wholeness of life, to go even beyond Mitchell’s observation that “something’s lost, but something’s gained” through her disillusionment. The influential psychologist Carl Jung puts it this way, “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell,” for within our imperfection lies our perfection.
Full Moon in Sagittarius by Moon Sign
The Moon represents the materia of the anima mundi, symbolic of the sacred body and its interwoven interdependence with all of nature. The Moon describes our deepest vulnerabilities and profound capacity for connection. Full Moons amplify energy and emotions, and we may feel a push-pull between what binds us and the possibility of freedom, stoking our desire to persist and reach for the Sun under this lunation.
Let’s see how the Sagittarius Full Moon impacts your own Moon placement!
Aries Moon
The 15th-century Sufi poet Kabir writes that the whole cosmos and every element in it is an unceasing process of swinging between the conscious and unconscious: “the secret one slowly growing a body.” The Full Moon in Sagittarius asks you for exacting patience with this process, Aries Moon, to appreciate the eternal unveiling of what is real within you, an exquisite integration of all that is new.
Taurus Moon
You might find yourself in a power struggle, or a power pickle, Taurus Moon. You may feel that no matter how you move, something uncomfortable or undesirable will happen. The Sagittarius Full Moon invites you to choose not what feels comfy or easy, but whatever results in you saying or doing exactly the things that you know full well need to be said or done. Any kind of avoidance game is at its end.
Gemini Moon
Hopes, expectations, and dreams of divine fusion may also give way to a bit of divine confusion, Gemini Moon, as you must confront some realities under this lunation. However much your closest relationships have defined you, the Full Moon in Sagittarius could ask you to take a step back and disentangle your feelings from those of others.
Cancer Moon
What exactly are you aiming for, Cancer Moon? Are your sights set high enough, or are you letting previous disappointments limit your actions? The Sagittarius Full Moon is going to point out a few needs you may have been denying, ignoring, or repressing, for you to make room for the many gifts of expansion or ease incoming this year.
Leo Moon
Chasing after a fantasy feels so good, Leo Moon, until the moment you catch your quarry and see what it’s made of. The Sag Full Moon might have a different experience for you if you let yourself be dreamed luminous by the dream itself, led by some larger, more mysterious desire.
Virgo Moon
As much as you would like to sweet-talk someone, Virgo Moon, or find the polite way to point out something that may be on your last nerve, this lunation is going to make it harder. It might help to own your feelings and let the Sagittarius Full Moon illuminate your values, aims, and goals. Not taking things too personally can help with effective communication.
Libra Moon
Your diplomatic approach may need to level up under this lunation, Libra Moon. Suppose you have been less than authentic out of fear of provoking others, or fear of rejection, or you’re just trying to avoid vulnerability. In that case, the Full Moon in Sagittarius is calling for more boldness, more exposure, more of the true you.
Scorpio Moon
Your ambitions may lead you to experience a setback under this lunation, Scorpio Moon, but is it a setback? If you’ve over-identified with your achievements and used apparent external successes to bolster a flagging self-esteem, the Sag Full Moon could bring a reset. You might reconsider your place in the big picture and find a more comfortable, elevated position to be in.
Sagittarius Moon
This is your Full Moon of 2025, Sag Moon! This lunation invites you to seek out and make space for your more mystical self, the parts of you that attune to the patterns that reveal themselves when we relax our vision into wholeness, rather than breaking things down into parts. Maybe philosopher Henri Bergson’s tip on the creative mind can help point you in the right direction: “Disorder is simply the order we are not looking for.”
Capricorn Moon
A sudden break with a relationship, a job, or other commitment may emerge under the influence of the Full Moon in Sagittarius. You may be surprised, Capricorn Moon, but your higher self recognizes the freedom you require, the liberties you must take.
Aquarius Moon
The Full Moon in Sagittarius signifies success through the various adjustments of the last six months or so, a climb towards even better days, and growth in faith. You may be feeling increasingly in alignment with what you have strived to serve, appreciating your efforts, Aquarius Moon, and enjoying the trust you have placed in yourself.
Pisces Moon
The Naga is a dragon-like, serpentine creature found in the Buddhadharma and Hindu religious traditions, serving as a great guardian of wisdom treasures locked away in a watery underworld. Reminiscent of a fierce Naga opening the gates and ushering you across the threshold, the Sagittarius Full Moon may initiate an important, if somewhat jarring, spiritual epiphany, Pisces Moon. Prepare to enlarge your understanding of your unique contributions to the world.
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