Last Full Moon of the Lunar Year

Enjoy this breakdown of the upcoming Full Moon in Cancer on February 1, 2026. Here are some insights to end your year and begin anew over the next two weeks. Sun is in the 7th house. Partnerships are impacted in this Full Moon transit. The new year of the horse isn’t going to allow worn out power structures to remain. Learn more, if your relationships are on a life raft.

Sidereal Full Moon Report

Sun 18°50’ Capricorn (7th) ⟂ Moon 18°50’ Cancer (1st)
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I. Core Full Moon Axis — Self vs Structure

Moon in Cancer (1st house)

Sun in Capricorn (7th house)

This Full Moon activates the most personal axis possible:

  • 1st house Moon → body, emotions, instinct, survival needs
  • 7th house Sun → contracts, partners, authority figures, “the other”

This is not abstract tension — it is felt in the body immediately.

Behavioral Theme:

“What I feel vs what I’ve agreed to.”

  • Cancer Moon wants safety, care, emotional truth
  • Capricorn Sun demands responsibility, structure, commitment

This Full Moon forces a reckoning between:

  • personal emotional needs
  • external expectations, roles, and obligations

You cannot outsource this decision.


II. Overloaded 7th House Capricorn Stellium — Relational Power Pressure

The 7th house is saturated:

  • Sun
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Pluto
  • Part of Fortune

All in Capricorn.

What this means:

Relationships are not about romance here — they are about:

  • power
  • responsibility
  • authority
  • long-term consequence

With Mars–Pluto conjunct in the 7th:

  • latent conflicts surface
  • power struggles reach clarity
  • suppressed resentment becomes visible

This is not a “talk it out gently” configuration.
It is truth through pressure.


III. Mars Conjunct Pluto (7th) — The Non-Negotiable Aspect

This is the most volatile placement in the chart.

Mars–Pluto =

  • force
  • confrontation
  • irreversible action

In the 7th:

  • partnerships either transform or fracture
  • coercive dynamics are exposed
  • control vs consent becomes undeniable

Healthy expression:

  • decisive boundary setting
  • cutting toxic contracts cleanly
  • reclaiming agency

Unhealthy expression:

  • domination
  • ultimatums
  • power games

This aspect demands conscious containment.


IV. Moon Opposite the Entire Stellium — Emotional Body vs Authority

The Cancer Moon opposes:

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Pluto

This creates emotional overload.

Somatic translation:

  • chest tightness
  • stomach sensitivity
  • fatigue
  • heightened reactivity

The Moon is saying:

“My body knows something is wrong.”

The Capricorn side says:

“This is necessary.”

This Full Moon does not favor emotional bypassing.
Feelings ignored now resurface as conflict later.


V. Mercury–Venus Conjunction in Capricorn (7th)

This is one of the few softeners in the chart.

What it offers:

  • mature conversations
  • pragmatic emotional expression
  • negotiations with clarity

But:

  • it only works if truth is spoken plainly
  • sentimentality will not land

Best use:

  • define terms
  • clarify expectations
  • speak once, clearly, without justification loops

VI. Jupiter Retrograde in Gemini (12th)

This is the mental background noise.

  • Old narratives resurfacing
  • Unconscious beliefs questioning meaning
  • Overthinking without resolution

Because Jupiter is:

  • retrograde
  • in the 12th

It does not offer solutions yet — only awareness.

Advice:

  • don’t over-explain
  • don’t announce conclusions
  • let insight gestate privately

VII. Saturn–Neptune Conjunction in Pisces (9th)

This is a collective belief collapse/rebuild signature.

  • Saturn = reality, limits
  • Neptune = faith, illusion

In the 9th:

  • belief systems are tested
  • spiritual bypass collapses
  • blind optimism dissolves

This Full Moon exposes:

  • where ideals no longer align with lived truth
  • where beliefs need grounding or release

It favors quiet spiritual realism, not ideology.


VIII. Uranus in Taurus (11th) — Background Instability

Uranus is not directly hit, but it hums underneath:

  • sudden shifts in groups
  • unexpected social realignments
  • instability in collective support systems

Do not assume:

  • alliances are permanent
  • communities will respond predictably

Adaptability matters.


IX. Node in Aquarius (8th, Rx)

This adds karmic undertone around:

  • shared resources
  • debts
  • energetic entanglements

Retrograde Node = revisiting old obligations.

This Full Moon asks:

“What am I still bound to that drains me?”


X. Lilith + Vertex in Scorpio (5th)

This is raw creative and erotic truth.

  • Lilith in Scorpio = taboo desire, instinctual truth
  • 5th house = expression, passion, authenticity

This placement demands:

  • honesty in creative and romantic expression
  • refusal to perform or dilute desire

Suppressed instinct here becomes sabotage.


XI. Collective & Personal Tone Summary

This Full Moon is:

  • intense
  • clarifying
  • confrontational
  • irreversible

It favors:

  • boundaries
  • maturity
  • self-respect
  • emotional truth expressed once, cleanly

It punishes:

  • manipulation
  • emotional avoidance
  • control disguised as responsibility

XII. Practical Integration Guidance

Best actions:

  • Have one honest conversation — not five partial ones
  • End or restructure agreements that cost your health
  • Rest the body before reacting
  • Choose clarity over harmony

Avoid:

  • emotional dumping
  • power struggles
  • proving your worth

Reflection Prompts

  • Where am I honoring obligation at the cost of my body?
  • What relationship structure no longer matches who I am?
  • What boundary would restore emotional safety?

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