A Full Moon of Expansion and Paradox

The Full Moon in Sagittarius of June 11th, 2025, at 12:44 AM Pacific Time, shines a bright spotlight on the greater meaning we can find and create in our lives and in the world. This Full Moon activates the inner philosopher and internal moral compass, asking not just where we’re going as individuals, but where we need to be going in our own lives and collectively. The Full Moon here encourages emotional honesty and invites big, beautiful questions – inquiries that open new pathways of awareness and help us step off the well-travelled road and into new open meadows of discovery.

This lunation is surrounded by intensely transformational astrology, part of the broader ever-changing energy that is woven throughout 2025. Most recently, Jupiter – ruler of Sagittarius and hence this Full Moon – has just crossed into Cancer on June 9th, the sign of his exaltation. There he is entering his most life-affirming position, offering us a moment of genuine emotional nourishment. There’s a focus here on heart space, on immersing ourselves with the people and places that offer a felt sense of well-being, safety, and soul comfort. This is a bright and lovely transit in an otherwise quite intense and challenging year, and an invitation to root down into what truly sustains you, and to find rest and resilience within.

The Jupiter placement at the beginning degree of Cancer can also amplify emotional content, especially if there are feelings that have been previously swept aside. The magnifying glass could land squarely on your emotional sphere, allowing greater access to simply be present with these sensations as they ebb and flow like the tide. Look to the Cancer house in your chart, as this area could be blessed with beautiful new opportunities and may also stir up some deep emotional waves. Are these deeper feelings asking to be acknowledged or might they just be where you tend to exaggerate and go over the top (for better or worse) over this coming year.

Simultaneously, Jupiter is squaring the Saturn–Neptune conjunction in early Aries. These two planets have only just arrived in the first sign of the Zodiac – Neptune in March, Saturn in late May – and they’ll travel closely together throughout the summer. Their union spotlights a powerful paradox: Neptune seeks transcendence and dissolution, while Saturn builds boundaries and structure. Jupiter brings expansion and belief into the mix. Aries colors it all with a sense of raw initiation, a call to forge something new. But this newness asks for both spiritual trust and grounded accountability.

This square configuration between Jupiter and Saturn-Neptune raises tension and questions: what internal structures have been shaped by cultural values that no longer reflect your truth? What needs to dissolve to make space for something more coherent with who you actually are? Our hopes, ideals, and longing for emotional safety, may be at odds with an urge for sovereignty and to do it our way, when in reality, we are deeply interdependent. 

Then, too, Pluto’s energies are strongly activated in this Full Moon configuration, continuing to underscore the theme of deep and lasting transformation. In his current position in Aquarius, Pluto receives a supportive sextile from Saturn and Neptune in early Aries, which is an alignment that speaks to the potential for grounded spiritual growth, or for slowly unraveling structures that no longer align with our deeper truths. Meanwhile, Venus in early Taurus forms a tense square to Pluto, bringing intensity into relational dynamics and themes around beauty, worth, and desire. The Sun and Moon themselves are also making subtle but activating aspects to Pluto, inviting emotional honesty and catalyzing inner shifts.

Adding to this picture is a close square between Pluto and the KBO planet Haumea, associated with natural law, restoration, and truth. Haumea has been extensively researched by our founder, Henry Seltzer, who describes this archetype as one that brings a potent drive toward right relationship and holistic integrity. When this planet is activated in dynamic aspect to Pluto, such as the current square, hidden truth might be revealed. What’s been concealed, whether by systems, stories, or even within ourselves, may come to light despite prior efforts to prevaricate or keep it buried. In this sense, there is now unfolding a quiet but persistent undercurrent of revelation. And as Saturn and Neptune continue to draw closer, the keyword for this combination of “deception unmasked,” as stated by noted astrologer Rick Tarnas, feels especially resonant. What emerges now may not be easy to digest, but it can prompt our awareness to realize what is essential, heartfelt, and true.

These planetary players each bring fundamentally different influences, and their interplay now sets a complex tone for personal and collective transformation. Jupiter reaches for expansion and generosity. Saturn, on the other hand, urges prudence and long-term planning. Neptune leans toward surrender, fantasy escape, spirit, and dream, while Pluto signals fundamental change. Together, they stir inner impulses that may feel contradictory: freedom vs. responsibility, escape vs. full presence, idealism vs. realism, changing out the old and outmoded for the new and relevant. This moment asks us to embrace paradox, and to trust that real growth often emerges through the grit of friction.

Meanwhile, this Full Moon also forms an important square to the Pisces–Virgo nodal axis, placing the Sun and Moon at the bending of the nodes. These are sensitive karmic points. Events unfolding now might feel undeniably significant, as if life is asking something of you with sudden clarity. You may be invited to reflect: what is this moment offering as a clear and resounding message? What am I being asked to meet, not from a victim or hero stance, but through the lens of soul-level realization?

There’s also a sharp, potentially volatile Mars–Uranus square in effect in this Full Moon, with Mars in Leo applying to Uranus in late Taurus. This aspect could bring surges of anger, agitation, or sudden shifts. It may be worth asking: how are you metabolizing frustration? Is it fueling conscious action, or simmering beneath the surface? Anger can be a sacred messenger, pointing to where better boundaries are needed, or where your energy is ready to move – yet without a healthy outlet, it can turn inward or lash out.

Also noteworthy, Venus is still within orb of her recent square to Pluto. This dynamic often brings up themes of control, power, and obsession, particularly in the realm of relationships. There may be longing for peace and beauty while something unseen disrupts your sense of ease. This configuration offers a deeper invitation: to remember that softness is not weakness, and that attuning to your body’s wisdom is one of the most trustworthy tools you have.

Overall, this is a Full Moon rich in complexity and contradiction, asking for resilience, truthfulness, and spacious inquiry. It invites you to slow down and tend your inner world as you continue moving through uncertain times — to let go of what no longer fits, and to open, gently and courageously, to the evolving truth of who you and the collective ‘we’ really are. May you find yourself to be deeply supported in expanding your capacity to interface with nuance and paradox, welcome in boundless love and joy, and cultivate the resilience and fortitude to continue braving a world full of challenge and rapid change.

A Full Moon of Expansion and Paradox

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