Full Moon in Cancer at 13° – January 3, 2026

The protection of the essential

The Full Moon at 13 degrees in the sign of Cancer helps you connect with your innermost feelings: this means everything you cherish, what you have shaped, and what has found a home within you. This lunar phase falls in the second half of the sign of Cancer, which is closely associated with protecting something precious. This Full Moon, therefore, encourages you to reflect on what lives within your deepest self.

The Full Moon will be in opposition to Mars at 14 degrees Capricorn in the first few hours. This aspect will therefore make it clear where your energy wants to go. Mars brings focus and helps you sense which connections make you feel supported and which connections have become more inhibiting.

In other words, during this period, you'll easily sense which things and people give you life and strength, and which situations or relationships drain your energy. Your focus shifts to what nourishes you, strengthens you, and sets you in motion. Sometimes this also means saying goodbye to something that has become depleted, thus supporting your own lifestream.

When you allow yourself to do this exercise, space is created. In that space, Jupiter enters the picture. The planet of wisdom and expansion is retrograde at 20 degrees Cancer and, after its connection with Mars, makes a conjunction with the Full Moon. This conjunction makes it much easier to see what has always supported you, even if that may not have always been your first choice in the past. Jupiter opens up an experience of meaning through deepening your business and relationships. What nourishes you receives renewed attention.

This Full Moon sets in motion themes that touch on your home, your sense of security, questions about nutrition, and caring for what is vulnerable.

Reflection questions for your journal during this Full Moon

• What naturally gets your attention, without you having to direct it?

• Where do you feel supported, and how do you recognize that in yourself?

• Which connections give strength, and which always demand more than they give?

• What is valuable to you and do you want to protect?

• What does coming home mean to you, at this stage of your life?