🌕 Full Moon in Capricorn: The Midway Summer Moon

📅 July 10, 2025 @ 4:37 PM EDT

This Full Buck Moon is illuminating the Capricorn–Cancer axis and inviting us to consider: how do we build our outer world without neglecting our inner one?

🌿 Seasonal Symbolism & Buck Moon Lore

Named by Indigenous tribes for the time of year when male deer (bucks) grow their antlers to peak strength, this moon symbolizes preparation, growth, and endurance. With long daylight hours and abundant growth, we’re given space to work toward our ambitions—but also to slow down and savor. Because balance isn’t a pause in progress—it’s the pulse that sustains it.

The Full Buck Moon is also known as the Full Thunder Moon, Raspberry Moon, Feather Molting Moon, and Midway Summer Moon. That last one shines a spotlight on the theme of this lunation- BALANCE. Midway Summer Moon: we’re halfway through the season, with as much summer ahead as behind. It's a moment of equilibrium— reminding us that growth is both outward and inward. Reminding us… balance.

🐐 Capricorn: The Sea Goat’s Dual Terrain

Capricorn, the sea goat, is a creature of dual terrain and a master of two worlds:

• Top Half — Goat: determined climber, scaling obstacles

• Bottom Half — Fish Tail: intuitive navigator of emotional depths

The goat half climbs with determination; the fish tail navigates emotional depths. Together they master both the material and spiritual realms.

Under this lunation, we’re invited to embrace that dual mastery—to pursue tangible goals while nurturing our emotional integrity. 

“Balance is not a distraction from ambition. It’s the foundation for it.”

🌿 Themes of this Lunation

♑Capricorn Energy: Determined, disciplined, and future-focused, Capricorn encourages structure and long-term planning. It's ruled by Saturn, the taskmaster planet that stations retrograde shortly after this full moon, asking us to reassess our commitments and timelines.

🌙 Lunar Symbolism: The full moon marks a time of:

🌾Culmination

🔦Illumination 

🌬️Release 

🧭Clarity 

🍓Harvest 

🎉Celebration

🔮Heightened Intuition & Emotions

The full moon marks a time of ripening. It’s a moment to reap what you’ve sown, to acknowledge your growth, and to let yourself be recognized—for the effort, the healing, the progress, and the presence. Whether your harvest is tangible or emotional, this moon reminds you: you are worthy of celebration.

💫 Astrological Aspects

The moon's phase and the sign it's in isn't the full story. This lunation is also flavored by conversations (aspects) it is having with other planets…

☍ Sun in Cancer- This spotlights the archetype of the CEO vs. the caretaker and calls for balancing personal care and public duty. Where do emotional needs conflict with responsibilities? How can we honor both?

△Uranus in Taurus- A call to restructure with imagination. Sparks innovation and unexpected breakthroughs in tangible goals or routines 

△ Mars in Virgo- Fuels our drive, tenacity, and clarity. This aspect supports both fierce advocacy and diligent effort.

Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn and therefore the host of this lunation, stations retrograde just days later, inviting reflection on long-term structures and responsibilities.

🧭 Cosmic Guidance

We have all the cosmic ingredients to plan and pursue lasting transformation:
 💼 Capricorn’s resolve to climb steadily and commit fully
 🌊 Cancer’s emotional intelligence to guide decisions with empathy
 🪐 Saturn retrograde to reevaluate long-term structures and soul contracts
 🔥 Mars in Virgo to fuel tenacious focus and grounded action
⚡️ Uranus in Taurus to spark practical innovation and reframe stability

Together, these energies help us:
 📍Set long-term goals with clarity and care
 💬 Honor both ambition and emotional authenticity
 🔁 Revisit outdated definitions of success
 🌑 Make space for rest, intuition, and redirection

We’re not just building the future—we’re refining how it feels. This moon reminds us that transformation begins with alignment, and endurance is built from balance.

🌕 Moonlight Reflections

• What does success truly mean to me—and who shaped that definition?

• Have I ever abandoned a goal, believing it was too ambitious? What made it feel out of reach—and is that still true?

• What unique gift am I here to offer the world, and why does it matter?

• How do I wish to be remembered—and what legacy do I want to leave behind?

• As I pause at this seasonal midpoint, what have I nurtured so far—and what still calls for care and cultivation?