Wednesday, JULY 13

A Full Moon occurs today at 2:38 PM EDT in the sign of Capricorn, reminding us that we can’t ignore our commitments to the outside world. We must take care of our responsibilities, attend to business, act maturely, and take charge.

This Full Moon in Capricorn connects with Mercury and Uranus, suggesting novel ideas associated with realizations and epiphanies occurring now. It’s a time of epiphanies, turning points, and strong realizations.

Mercury’s sextile to Uranus today encourages alternative approaches, new ideas, and scientific thinking. Intuition is strong, and insights are quick and exciting. Original, creative ideas and theories come naturally. We can take advantage of this by solving problems in new, innovative ways. Varying our usual routine may be especially rewarding, and ideas to do so abound.

As the day advances, a Venus-Neptune square, exact early tomorrow, comes into play, and it can cast a veil over our needs, wants, and perceptions. We may be dreaming up the ideal, which can clash with reality. We can lack some discrimination, particularly regarding people we care about, our relationships, and material things. We should make an effort to separate fact from fiction to avoid setting ourselves up for disappointment.

For example, what appears to be a great buy or something we need may ultimately be useless to us, or worse, a financial drain or money pit. Lines can blur when pursuing pleasure, as we can convince ourselves to believe what we want to think. We’re likely too close to the situation.

Examining discontent experienced now may be an opportunity to identify where we’ve neglected our spiritual, idealistic, romantic, or imaginative needs.