Tonight will be the first Full Moon of the year. It is called the Wolf Moon because at this time hungry wolves would howl up to the big, bright January Moon outside villages. It is also called the Cold Moon, Winter Moon, and the Old Moon.
The word January came from the Roman name for this month. It was named after the God Janus, who was the God with two faces. This was the God of the past and future, beginnings and endings. This Moon is a time of protection and strength for guarding ourselves. While it is the first full Moon of the calendar year, in terms of nature it occurs in the middle of the cold winter season, a season of death and desolation. In this respect, the Wolf Moon can be seen as a time of both beginnings and endings. We have said goodbye to the old year and are now looking toward the new year.
This Full Moon is actually a Grand Cross Full Moon- which means there are planets in all the cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) and they are all squaring or opposing each other. This brings up crisis points, but also the potential for major realization, ‘aha’ moments, and inner or outer shifts in our personal lives, relationships, home/family situations and career or life purpose.
This is not a light and casual Full Moon. It is kicking off 2015 in a big way, with focus on what needs to shift, change, transform, end, and/or be released in our lives. We can use this Full Moon to get clarity on where we are holding on and what we need to let go of. Because the Full Moon is in the emotional sign of Cancer, part of what we need to let go of is our emotional attachment to the past.
This can be a loony lunar peak. Stand by for moments of irrationality or lashing out. Your emotions will be on high alert for a while, so watch what you say to people in heated moments. Try to find some time to relax and calm down and to soothe frayed nerves. It may feel hard to make decisions at the moment. You may feel you’re being pulled in all directions and are not quite sure which way to turn. Try to stay calm and the right decisions will come to you.
The Cancer Moon is reminding you to use your feelings to guide your life. What you think and feel matters. Feelings are your indicators in every moment. Feelings don’t lie. Feelings are never right or wrong. Feelings are the best part of you. Your power lies in what you do with your feelings.
This Full Moon asks us to make a decision. We will feel as though we’re at a crossroads; to stay with the old and familiar or move into the unknown of something new. Try not to go to extremes, it is all about keeping a balance. The waters may seem stormy now, but they will calm down and you will feel a sense of clarity and see everything for what it is. Use the water aspect of Cancer to wash over you and to heal you, both physically and emotionally.
Have a blessed Full Moon, may the Goddess watch over you.
**Full written credit goes to Wicca Teachings. This was edited for cohesiveness and grammar by me.**
And The Moon Sees All 
I have been feeling this amped up, nervous since before she went full to today and it’s draining…. I found myself calming for the first time in over a week as I just read your words….
Thank you for brining me back to the earth.
Are you born under the sign of Cancer?
Nope… I am Aries….. I get my emotional depth from my Scorpio Moon placement…..
And I am a double cardinal; with my ascendant in Capricorn; its one hell of a birth chart.
I’m a Rising Leo. I know Capricorn is also in my birth chart, but off the top of my head, I don’t remember the exact placement. I’m one of those people that reads her horoscope every day. I have studied astrology almost my entire life. I’m more familiar with certain signs than others. Aries, at times, is my polar opposite, though it depends on how early/late into the sign one is.
I’m a Scorpio and it comes up eight times in my birth chart, so I’m probably a little more intense than some Scorpios. I’m also a moon child though, so I’m very aware of it, but I am also incredibly aware of other planets. I can always sense Mars, Pluto, and Venus. It’s not weird to me, but to others? Sometimes.
8 times?! Id say your a full-blown Scorp then 😉 my experience thus far has given me the insight in that I find Scorpios challenging. Ive also learned that due to my Scorpio moon placement in my birthchart I actually do understand the inner workings of the uber deep Scorp as I possess those same freakishly beautiful intuitive gifts they innately possess and are so misunderstood for.
We still butt heads like no other sign though LOL! Its a beautiful mess! 😉
I’m not textbook for a Scorpio. I’m not jealous or any of the other cliches that are used. But I am super direct and often times, that gets taken the wrong way.
I am highly intuitive and I have been since before birth. My Mom was a Pisces that prayed for a Scorpio daughter. She was also intuitive and said that while she was pregnant with me, I amped up her abilities.
I do butt heads with the few Aries folks in my life. Aries mellows with age though, at least some of them, so there’s less of that going on these days, which has been nice.