The July 2023 full 'Buck Moon' in Capricorn will let you purge

May 2024 · 5 minute read

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There’s full moon rising in the grind and strive sign of Capricorn on July 3, 2023 at 7:38 AM EST. It’s a super moon my babies, and it’s bringing power, purpose and struggle to the forefront.

This full moon takes place on the Cancer/Capricorn axis. In terms of archetypes, Cancer is the great cosmic, moon synced mother and Capricorn is the stern, take your time and do it right, a penny saved is a penny earned daddy of the zodiac.

Both signs are concerned with security and investment but their respective approaches are wildly different. Cancer rules the fourth house of home and lineage and Capricorn the tenth house of vocation and legacy. We can think of the polarity between Capricorn and Cancer as that of the public and private self, the perceived and the personal.

Meaning of a full moon in Capricorn

The Capricorn constellation is associated with the myth of the sea goat. Shutterstock

In astrology, the moon represents our soft underbellies, our instincts and longings. Capricorn is the sign of industry.

Represented by the ever climbing, hard scrabble sea goat, this cardinal earth sign sounds the bugle before the sun rises, pushing us to make it to the top of whatever goddamn mountain sits before us. It’s galvanizing energy but also carries the undercurrent of self-betrayal, and the dark tendency to climb without looking up or back, saddled with the wretched belief that where we are and who we are is never enough.

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Supermoon 

This month’s supermoon in Capricorn will be especially charged and career focused. Mimi Ditchie Photography

Every full moon brings with it a concentrated energy of intensity but this Cap full moon  doubles down on the revealing and the feeling as its is a supermen, meaning its orbit brings it closer to earth, heightening its effects. 

Heady revelations and concrete conclusions are nigh under the light of a full moon and this one brings career and work life balance into focus. Under this axis there is an emphasis on reevaluating our relationship to security and wealth.

Thanks to the capitalist pigs running the show, we need money to live but our only true currency is time, and our value lies in how we spend it. Systems that no longer serve, habits that hinder and jobs that pay well at the expense of joy? Leave them for dead. Ask for clarity, receive without hesitation and be ready to change course towards a better, fuller future. 

Capricorn is associated with structures and achievement, material goods and worldly reputations but there is a real danger with this lunation of feeling like the things that define our human experience, our birthrights of pleasure, love, comfort and acceptance are things to be earned and never expected.

F—k that noise. 

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Luckily good cop/mom jeans sun in Cancer is shining the light of care on us and the warmth of knowing that we were born divine and deserving. The sun in Cancer reminds us that we are, by stars and circumstance, a gift to the world.

Grizzled Cap daddy moon wants us to make use (and profit) of those gifts. Capricorn reminds us that if we persevere a world of rewards waits to be reaped and Cancer asks us to consider if what we earn is what we truly want and that we should be as disciplined about self-care and spiritual fortification as we are about work deadlines and fiscal responsibility.

The braided message of these cosmic parents is to make work the means to an end but not the end all and be all of your being. What you do should strengthen the home you make of yourself and the home you make of yourself should serve as a wellspring for the work you do. Symbiosis, micro/macro, think global act local, peace begins at home energy. 

Meaning of the Full Buck Moon 

An airplane can be seen passing in front of the supermoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the nickname “buck moon” is in place because the antler of male deer (bucks) are in full-growth in July. AP

As per “The Old Farmer’s Almanac,” July’s full moon is known as the Buck Moon, an homage to the male deer whose antlers are in full blown growth mode during the deep heat of summer. Bucks grow and shed their antlers each year, producing ever larger and more elaborate sets as time passes, akin to the double albums and ridiculous demands of aging rock bands.

In addition to bucks sprouting their horns, the whole of nature is in a state of ripening and readying come July, strawberries are at their sweetest, corn is pushing through the dirt towards knee height and we Americans celebrate the act of revolution and sovereignty in our Fourth of July celebrations. 

Indigenous tribes of Alaska including the Haida and Tlingit refer to the July moon as the “Salmon Moon” as it signifies the onset of chinook and steelhead runs wherein the fish flee the sea to return to their home rivers to spawn and die. This trajectory of return and purpose, home and destiny, beginning as ending is an apt metaphor for the Cancer/Capricorn dichotomy at hand under this moon. May your full moon be one of ripe return and personal revolution.

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Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports back on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. She is also an accomplished writer who has profiled a variety of artists and performers, as well as extensively chronicled her experiences while traveling. Among the many intriguing topics she has tackled are cemetery etiquette, her love for dive bars, Cuban Airbnbs, a “girls guide” to strip clubs and the “weirdest” foods available abroad.

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