There’s a supermoon in the early hours of tomorrow morning (UT) in Cancer, which will appear larger than usual because the Moon’s cycle brings it closer to the earth than usual. This early January Full Moon was known by early Native American tribes as the “Wolf Moon”. Hungry wolves would howl outside their camps in the direction of the moon. A howl aimed upwards carries the sound farther.
Unusually this month there will be two Full Moons, the second on the 31st known as a blue moon, will also be super-sized and a Lunar Eclipse. Most of North America, Asia and Australia, will see the total lunar eclipse which causes it to appear red in the sky. So a red blue moon just to be confusing.
This first one tomorrow at 2.34am UT January 2nd at 11 degrees Cancer/Capricorn will be opposition Venus and Pluto in Capricorn; and in a Water Grand Trine to Mars Jupiter in Scorpio trine Neptune. Quite a complicated set of influences – dynamically confident from Mars Jupiter, though requiring considerable effort to forge ahead because of Pluto. Emotionally intense, seductively charming, passionately enthusiastic, self-protective. The Sun, Moon and Venus all aspect the bleak Saturn/Pluto midpoint. The North Node, Saturn, Uranus, Mars all aspect the mystical and supernaturally-inclined Neptune/Pluto midpoint; and Uranus aspects the accident-prone Mars/Saturn.
The Total Lunar Eclipse on the 31st sees the 11 degree Leo Moon opposition Sun Venus in Aquarius and is inconjunct Neptune – so milder from the aspects – indulgent, charming, dreamy. But the Eclipse will still have an effect on individuals/Countries whose charts it impacts. For them it hints at a need for change and rebalancing in some arena of their lives.