Happy New Year, starseeds.
As we burn what has been and look forward to what will be, we do so under the light of the first full moon of 2025.
When is the full moon in January 2025?
The Wolf Moon arrives on Monday, January 13th at 5:27 PM ET – at 23º59 degrees in the sign of Cancer.
Full moons mark the midpoint of a 29.5-day lunar cycle, which begins with the dark night, the seeds planted—and the fresh potential of the new moon.
As the full moon rises and shines, it casts a bright, climactic light on that which can no longer be ignored or endured.
The sign in which the full moon falls gives specific energy to this phase of the lunar cycle.
In this case, we have emotional sunburned face tattoos, sentimental, drowned mother, home is where the hurt is, promise you’ll never leave me, hard shell, soft sign of Crab belly.
Cancer is ruled by the moon, and when the full moon falls in this sign, we are at our moodiest, mooniest and most vulnerable.
Under the Cancer full moon, emotions run high and our proverbial feelings run deep, deep, deep.
Think colic, blue marks, climax ennui and increased nipple sensitivity.
January full moon
Cancer rules the root system, mother’s milk, and the umbilical apron strings that connect us to the past—the homes we were born into and the homes we build out of our bodies and for ourselves.
As such, Cancer is the most nostalgic sign in the zodiac, a bit of a blessing and a bit of a bane – depending on where and how you throw your reflective lenses.
Idealize a lost relationship? Dressing up your childhood candy? Self-destructive despair? These tendencies may comfort us in the present moment, but they only serve to paralyze our progress.
This full moon will be conjunct Mars, our warrior planet of will and conflict, currently retrograde in the sign of Cancer.
When the planet of war passes through the waters of memory and motherhood, we enter, seek a tipple to feed us, and return to the days of yore that made us who we are.
However, while this retrograde and this lunation ask us to look to the past, they encourage us to do so with the clear intention of building from it—rather than wishing for it or being crippled by it.
As the full moon in Cancer rises, the sun in Capricorn will form a tribune with Uranus, the planet of chaos and genius, currently in court in Taurus.
This aspect gives a kind of independent glow to the day, encouraging creative risks, interesting bets and new sexual positions.
The Moon in Cancer will scare Neptune, our planet of psychic phenomena, into submission, which is currently moving through the opiate fish pond of Pisces. Neptune and the Moon are at home in these respective water signs, and together, they conspire to bring about catharsis, be it a flood of tears, dream downloads from long-dead ancestors, and/or poetic levels of emotional processing.
As Cancer Moon native and doomed romantic Lord Byron asserted, “The great art of life is to feel, to feel that we exist, even in pain.”
Intentional pain and sublime suffering? I can dig.
For more insight into what the coming month and 2025 in general holds for your sign, be sure to read your January 2025 horoscope, as well as sex and love predictions for each sign in 2025 and big astrological changes for everyone the damn world in 2025.
Full Moon January 2025: Axis of foundation and ambition
During the full moon, the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the Earth and in opposite signs or polarities of the zodiac.
The full moon in Cancer coincides with the sun shining in Capricorn that laces up boots, tightens belts and builds legacies. This is the axis of foundation and ambition. In terms of archetypes, Cancer is the cosmic mother and Capricorn is the harsh, heavenly father.
Cancer leads with feeling and Capricorn with form – yet both ultimately seek security as they struggle with vulnerability and issues of care as control.
Because full moons require us to address what we can no longer suppress, this full moon is a call to repair with gentleness and structure, kindness and accountability.
Why is it called the wolf moon?
January’s full moon is known as the wolf moon, as it is believed that the howling song of these pack predators can be heard most clearly in the earliest month of the year. The spiritual symbolism of the wolf recalls the teachings of autonomy, union and actualization.
The term “lone wolf” is a bit of a misnomer, as wolves are pack animals that strike out on their own – not because they prefer solitude, but because they’re looking for something more, somewhere beyond, to find a mate, territory or pack. theirs.
What does the Wolf Moon mean?
I encourage you to consider the nature of the wolf in light of this moon. If you have bound yourself to a bloodline, place, relationship, history, or pattern that limits you in any way, you have the right and responsibility to retreat into the company of yourself with the express purpose of finding and establishing what you should.
The package, home and partner you deserve are waiting for you on the other side of this desert.
Rituals of the Wolf Moon
Because love—to paraphrase James Baldwin—is growth, learning to love the child we were involves forgiving ourselves and those who failed us.
Progress requires us to recognize that a state of guilt is a state of slavery. To live the life we want, we need unconditional love (Cancer) and uncompromising boundaries (Capricorn).
My favorite exercise for this lunation is to write a list of what you needed as a child and were not given. See if and how you can give yourself these things in a literal or metaphorical way this year.
I highly recommend incorporating the following affirmations, courtesy of Sarah Faith Gottesdiener – author and founder of The Moon Studio – into your Full Wolf Moon in Cancer rituals.
- I remain committed to all my rebirths.
- Every day I get closer and closer to the person I needed when I was young.
- Every day, I become more and more of the person I was never allowed to be.
- I vow to experience as much of the world’s splendor as possible before I leave it.
- I vow to let the world experience me in the most wonderful way.
- I want to live in a world that I love, and so, I create it.
- I love myself. I become love itself.
When is the next full moon?
The next Full Moon will be the Full Snow Moon in Leo – rising, shining and swinging the mane in February. 12, 2025, at 8:53 am EST.
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Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and reports irreverently on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
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