Full moon in January 2025: A space of feelings
On January 13th, the first full moon of the year lights up the night sky. At exactly 11:37 p.m. CET the moon becomes completely round and full: a full moon in, the most full moon of its kind. Because the Moon rules Cancer and is its natural ruler, and because Cancer is particularly emotional, the Moon is at its highest emotional energy level here. It is a space of feelings and an ever-changing emotional landscape that lives within all of us. You already know what you want and this full moon magically illuminates that. Listen!
Feel and listen within yourself
This Full Moon calls on us to honor our emotional knowing and our deepest needs. We should now create space to feel, to empathize, to listen within and to receive wisdom from murky, deep waters. As best we can, we should eliminate all noise so that we can hear our own deep knowledge whispering.
Planning your year takes heart and mind
While the Moon is in Cancer, the Sun is in chargeour planning and practical construction of this new year. The full moon together with the sun reminds us that the construction of our lives must be guided both from within and without, by intuition and logic.
We may feel pulled in many directions, but our attention will always come back to the home, the home, the sense of security, and the family. Pay attention to what comes up for you in this area, as it is likely related to the lessons of Mars retrograde (until February 23, 2025) and what needs to be recalibrated.
Mars retrograde wants us to examine our resources
Mars is very active under this full moon and wants us to examine how we spend our time and energy. Are we wasting energy in a direction that doesn't give us much in return or even needs to be discarded? What do we need too much time and energy for without the outcome being really worth it? We may feel an increased need to shed patterns of the past and think about how we can move in a more productive direction.
In partnership with Mars retrograde, this full moon calls us to go within. We should feel safe with it, reallyfeel. When we embrace our emotions, we can gain self-knowledge, which then makes empowerment, healing and transformation possible.
Uranus offers a special kind of freedom
A harmonious and liberating aspect: the sun and moon in a dynamic dance with Uranus bring a lightness and a special kind of freedom that comes when we are honest about what we need. It is liberating when we become aware of deep, perhaps unconscious needs within ourselves - when we learn how to care for ourselves and live in a way that honors ourselves.
Our first full moon of the year brings honest and intimate insights and instructions that come from deep within us. We know what we need. We know what is for us. We know whatnotis for us. This full moon illuminates all of this.
What else you can and shouldn't do around the full moon:
The full moon in January 2025 is great for this
Question old habits.This full moon encourages us to reflect on our old patterns and possibly worn-out habits. Think about what behaviors are holding you back and how you could change them to become more emotionally free. Think about how you can move in a more productive direction. Use the energy of the full moon, which is always about closure, to let go of old patterns and behaviors that no longer serve you.
