Full Moon

January 1 Monday
The new year begins with a Gemini Moon that would like to believe everything happening is quite rational, that explanations can be found if we just get the right data. Yet there is a non-rational influence of large forces converging. Some of us sense this and pick and choose bits and pieces that we can handle and prepare for, hoping that we are addressing what is essential to get us through any difficult period. The Gemini Moon emphasizes flexibility, freeing oneself from unnecessary pressures and burdens in order to make the transitions called for in the year ahead.

January 2 Tuesday
The work week begins this Tuesday with a void of course Moon in Gemini. This can be disorienting. If you have to leave home before 8:14 am, MST, be extra sensitive to the environment you traverse. At 8:14 am, the Moon moves into Cancer where we can explore our emotional terrain for an ideal attitude that will support us through the rest of the day, and that resonates with our hearts as we also attend to the way in which we add finishing touches as we progressed towards a goal. The Moon will be full tomorrow morning and go void of course until Thursday afternoon!

January 3 Wednesday
We have a full Cancer Moon at 6:57 am, MST, revealing how we hold to a course of action while assessing obstacles and extending ourselves wherever we can. How do we make room for the many parts within ourselves as well as for others we feel tribally connected to without dissipating the core energy needed to attain a quest? The Moon also goes void of course at 6:57 am, draining out the life-supporting waters of Cancer until tomorrow afternoon. We can be nourished during this period by tuning into an oasis of exotic imagery, fuel for visualizing what we want to manifest.

January 4 Thursday
The Cancer Moon is void of course until this afternoon. She is inundating us with images of how to receive what we want. The strength and protection of the crab’s shell, her armor, does not keep us from feeling buffeted by the changeable, perhaps moody emotional climate. At 2:14 pm, MST, the Moon moves into drama-inducing Leo. Internal tensions from the full Moon may erupt with an emotional release that can restore a sense of balance. It may be especially helpful to examine underlying motivational factors behind any course of action.

January 5 Friday
Friday’s Leo Moon sheds some creative light on possible adjustments that support a more productive and fun approach to how we attain our goals. Through some sharing of our process with others, we may even learn how to imprint our personal stamp on everything that we do. The synergy of congeniality and warm-hearted efforts to assist others can propel us to skip further along on a journey than the drudgery of plugging along step by step. Listen to MoonWise tomorrow on the worldwide web at ksfr.org from 1:00 to 1:30 pm, MST, for the weekend Moon Minute.

January 6 Saturday
The risk-taking Leo Moon gives us flashes of the precariousness of the quest we are on with insights of where we get stuck and how important it is to maintain reliable connections that can guide us out of blind spots. The Moon goes void of course at 5:55 pm, MST until 11:18 pm. During this period we may be especially susceptible to co-dependence, living up or down to other people’s expectations. Sunday at 2:38 am, the Virgo Moon enters her disseminating phase, a time for uncovering the deep meaning of the full Moon’s revelations, to understand them in such a way that they serve as inspiration for the ongoing journey.