May 2024 - Full Moon in Sagittarius
This month’s full moon brings lots of potential — for dreaming, planning, and optimism as well as frustration, impatience and arguing. Focus your energy on understanding why you’re feeling a certain way, rather than what to do with those feelings.
Here’s a breakdown of the energy at play, and the challenges and opportunities this full moon brings.
The Energy
This Thursday, May 23rd we have a full moon in Sagittarius. The Sun will be at 2º 55’ of Gemini, and the moon directly opposite at the same degrees of Sagittarius.
There’s a number of other transits happening on the same day:
Venus conjunct Jupiter in Taurus 🥰 (exact)
Venus in Taurus sextile Neptune in Pisces 😍(exact)
Pluto in Aquarius trine to the Sun in Gemini 🤯
Pluto in Aquarius trine Jupiter-Venus conjunction in Taurus 🥺
Pluto in Aquarius sextile Neptune in Pisces 😶🌫️
Mars and Chiron conjunct in Aries 🤬
The Challenges
This full moon comes with layers and layers of energy! (As you can tell from the emoji spectrum above.)
You’re likely to be looking for stability and certainty, especially as it relates to your love life or finances. Unfortunately, this is not a time when things are likely to fall into place permanently! This means a lot of us may feel let down and frustrated by things not happening the right way, right now.
There’s a further risk of us thinking that things are falling into place, or talking ourselves into believing something out of a deep need for it to be true. We risk acting explosively or impulsively out of emotional overwhelm and a need to discharge the discomfort of intense feelings.
Watch out for circular arguments or a lot of processing for the sake of letting feelings out, rather than actually listening or collaborating on a solution.
The Opportunities:
We can use this full moon as a controlled experiment to witness our true motivations and learn about ourselves. If we know we’re likely to feel big things, then make this day about witnessing those feelings curiously, rather than getting blindsided and thinking that big feelings warrant big action — they do not.
It’s a fantastic time for going deep into inner reflection, especially facilitated by sensory experiences. Here’s some prompts and activities to make the most of this time:
Activities:
Make a “Feel My Feelings” playlist. Lock the door, put your phone on DND and let the music percolate through you, allowing your responses to flow freely. Depending on your mood and ability, don’t be afraid to dance or run it out. Mars will thank you.
Take the bath of all baths. Candles, bath bomb, flower petals… really go for it. The energy will help you get truly lost in an enjoyable sensory experience — let Neptune take you for a dreamy ride.
Have your closest friends over to make dinner together. Enjoy each other’s company and some good food. Keep it light, this is not a good time for emotional processing. It is a great time to laugh and feel supported by each other.
Make a 5 year plan, or a vision Pinterest board. Think of this as one of many possible plans. The goal is more to identify the things that are important to you than create a concrete set of next steps.
Prompts for Reflection:
What material things do I want to be stable in my life right now? (Love life, job, finances, home, etc.) What do I think those things will make me feel?
How can I provide those feelings for myself — now, under these material circumstances?
How am I releasing my anger? What’s my emotional hygiene like? What activities help sweep the floors, so to speak? What are responsible, sustainable practices for releasing big feelings?
What good, unexpected things happened in the last month? What am I grateful for? How can I make something good happen for someone else?
I hope you have a wonderful week, and the presence of mind to make the most of this full moon.
As always, wishing you the best out there.
