Cosmopolitan – Sara Guidi
The new year always looks like a blank page: a story yet to be written, but where exactly do you start? All the potential in beginnings can be overwhelming and then stuck, pen in hand. Especially if the year starts with two retrograde planets, Mars will return direct only from January 12 while for Mercury we’ll have to wait for the 18th, it’s difficult to start in the right gear. Whether you’re feeling stressed, unmotivated, touchy or just plain tired, the Full Moon in Cancer this January 7th it’s the right time to process these emotions, giving you the opportunity to really start again with a clear mind.
What the Full Moon in Cancer of January 7, 2022 represents
Full Moons always see the Sun and the Moon in opposite signs, creating a tense relationship that describes the culminating moment of a lunar cycle: the Moon shines at its brightest, so the themes of the monthly cycle are also more visible and clear. With this clarity, there is also an opportunity on a monthly basis to let go of what is not needed to complete a process. On this occasion the Moon is in intuitive and protective Cancer, which is also the sign it rules: a Moon at home is a time when emotions can no longer be contained or diluted, the only option is to listen to them and understand them.
After all the Capricorn season it is a phase with a strongly realistic, concrete, methodical imprint, in which objectives to be achieved and projects to be launched are focused. There almost seems to be no room for emotions in such a context, because they seem to impede a more objective view, but why don’t we instead try to integrate them into the process? This Moon is in a harmonious relationship with Uranus, planet of shocks and innovation, so perhaps the emotional component is key to exploring new avenues or trying alternative methods. It is the right opportunity to listen to your intuition, follow inspiration and do something that responds to deeper needsnot only to what logic requires.
There is still some confusion in the air, no doubt. This Full Moon is also in perfect opposition with Mercury retrograde, representing how difficult it is to get things going right at this time. But maybe you just need to let go of this built-up tension: the emotional release represented by the Moon in Cancer may be just what helps then to think with a clear headbecause you are allowed to vent what you feel. A moment of reflection is needed in which to download these thoughts, perhaps put them on paper and process them, in order to then find a strategic plan.
It’s normal not to feel fully balanced at a time like this, but you can take some courage, look in the mirror and tell yourself that what you feel is valid. Don’t devalue your feelings because they seem irrational to you, welcome them and ask them what they represent. This more conscious work on yourself, your past, what you would have liked to say or do differently, is what will lay the foundations for a future that is much more coherent with yourself.
