Full Moon in Cancer and what about that Mercury retrograde?

Full Moon at 27 degrees Cancer

17 January 2022

4:48pm mountain time

The Moon turns full in its home sign, Cancer, opposing the imperative to purge demanded of dwarf planet Pluto conjoining the Sun in the last degrees of Capricorn. When Pluto is involved

in a Full Moon you can be assured that emotional clearing is the order of the day. As Full Moons give you the opportunity to clear out and release what is no longer needed, when Pluto is involved the clearing will be deep and potentially raw. Cancer is the sign most connected with the home – your home, both where you live in the physical and, even more importantly, where you live internally and emotionally.

Don’t be surprised if you feel an obsessive (Pluto is known for obsession) need to clear files, cabinets, closets, maybe even your car (my traveling purse), and relationships that no longer align with your values, your needs, and your priorities. No need to make anyone and or anything wrong in the process of clearing out. More important to know what and who can support you in this powerful time of shifting and re-alignment we are all going through collectively, and you are undoubtedly going through personally.

Plutonian energy always reminds me of the skin-shedding of snakes. It’s got to be pretty intense to slither out of an old skin, the underlying skin bigger and shinier, able to hold the growth of the snake. You are growing every moment in every way. Stay aware of your growth edge and what you need to nurture yourself through the process of your own evolution. I highly suggest dry-brushing of your skin before

you shower followed by loofah cleansing. Exfoliating externally helps you to slough off on the inside.

Cancer supports you feeling your feelings, which could be intensely intense these days. Feelings pass. Perspectives require adjusting. Minor hassles need not turn into catastrophes. What is truly important to you becomes clearer as you feel through the many layers of your emotional realities. Watch where you focus your attention and keep re-directing your attention to what you want to experience. Your focus changes as you change it. I used to dwell in lots of drama. I even searched it out, uncomfortable with the humdrum. Now I relish the humdrum and resist any call to engage in drama. It’s an internal choice and process, a shift in my focus of attention I have been working on for years. I probably will be refining these tools as long as I live and breathe. If you’re a Plutonian type, as I am, and even if you’re not, this Plutonian-flavored Full Moon will call you into its transformational pull. Constant vigilance is required to manage the intensity of release and growth. I had to learn to work with this energy, which I have done, and continue to do, with teachers and wiser ones than me. Seek out your guides and teachers to support you in your own growth and release. I can suggest healers- drop me a line!