This first full moon is the new year is a beacon—shining out like the beam of a lighthouse, steady and sure, this lunation is the ultimate guide as the year ahead looms on the horizon. Stay the course, it seems to say. I'm here, we will survive these uncertain seas, and you will arrive where you are meant to. A full moon in Cancer is a tender and wise teacher, and this month's Cancer full moon is a special case. Today's lunation is an anchor, a portal to the magical year ahead of us, and a much-needed reminder that our ability to grow rests on our ability to tend the emotional body. 

In the Tarot, Cancer is represented by The Chariot—the card of will, forward momentum, flow states, and triumph. The Chariot is Cancer in its light aspect. But there's another card in the tarot that rules Cancer's shadow aspects—the card of emotional labyrinths, negative space, the hidden and obscured, the unconscious, intuition, and illusion. This card is, of course, The Moon. 

This full moon, consider the dynamics of these two cards, and how they operate in your life. What connections can you draw between your ability to access your flow state and your ability to dispel illusions? How is your will power impacted by your intuition? If your emotional body is feeling especially sensitive this full moon, know that Cancer is asking you to lean into this discomfort. Wade out into your wild, tumultuous seas. Cancer's lighthouse will be there, steady as ever, to guide you back out of the water when you're ready to return to dry land.