Everything feels like it’s unraveling.
You’ve probably felt it too, the exhausting paradoxes we’ve all been living with. That tug-of-war between who we really are and who we were told to be. The craving for something more honest, more expansive, in a world that’s built on not-enoughness.
We’ve all clung to stories that kept us safe—until now.
Rising on June 11, 2025, at 3:44 AM EDT, this Full Moon casts its brilliant light on the outdated narratives you’ve outgrown. As Luna travels through the sign of the Archer, she calls you to shed the self-limiting beliefs that no longer fit, and to reach for something freer.
Something closer to the revolutionary truth of who you're becoming.
This isn’t a time for passivity or shrinking back. Under this lunar light, staying silent or riding in the passenger seat won’t get you where you’re meant to go.
This is a green-light to name and claim your desires, own your evolution, and walk boldly toward what’s next. Sagittarius reminds you: rise up, stand tall, and aim higher—with that unshakable, sky’s-the-limit archer spirit.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it.
Let’s take a closer look at what this Moon is opening up.
Gemini Sun vs. Sagittarius Moon: What This Full Moon Polarity Means for Yo
A Full Moon occurs when the Sun and Moon sit directly opposite each other in the sky and in opposing zodiac signs.
In this moment, we have the Sun in Gemini: curious, analytical, and rooted in the here and now facing off with the Moon in Sagittarius, a seeker of truth, freedom, and greater meaning.
This creates a real tension between:
✦ staying comfortable in the known (Gemini)
✦ Versus leaping into the unknown (Sagittarius)
Gemini is content exploring what’s right in front of it, absorbing patterns, details, and facts from its immediate environment. It’s excellent at naming what is.
But Sagittarius pulls on something deeper. It urges you to zoom out, to search for meaning, and to imagine a bolder, more expansive life. One that lives outside the boundaries of what you’ve been told is possible.
The Invitation to Release + Expand
This lunation marks the genesis of a new season of growth—but like all Full Moons, it begins with a much-needed release.
It’s time to let go of:
✦ The mental habits that keep you tethered to what’s logical, familiar, or proven.
✦ The stories you’ve used to protect yourself from uncertainty.
✦ The mental patterns you’ve leaned on to feel safe.
✦ The belief that you need all the answers before you can take the leap.
Gemini helps us understand the world as it is. But Sagittarius reminds us to trust what could be, even when it hasn’t been done before, or runs against what the world says is acceptable.
To grow into the next version of yourself, you’ll need to loosen your grip on certainty and make space for the expansive unknown.
That’s where the magic within you lives.
The Heart-Led Growth of Jupiter in Cancer (and What Might Stand in Your Way)
Jupiter, the planetary ruler of Sagittarius, glides into Cancer on June 9th, just as the Full Moon lights up the sky.
Why is this a big deal? Because Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, meaning it’s at its most expressive, empowered, and magnetic.
Cancer is the sign of nourishment, empathy, and protection. It governs the sacred role of the nurturer and the heart of community care.
In Medical Astrology, Cancer rules the breasts—symbols of nourishment, protection, and life-giving care.
This shift asks:
✦ How can we move from thinking to feeling?
✦ From cleverness to compassion?
✦ From disconnection to deeper belonging?
Over the course of Jupiter’s yearlong stay in Cancer, the question becomes: how can we multiply goodness and lead with the heart?
But of course, this isn’t all ease and flow.
Jupiter enters Cancer just as it forms a tense square with Saturn in Aries—a planetary clash between expansion and discipline, between the desire to feel safe and the call to take bold risks.
This tension might slow things down or test your faith, but it also invites you to build something real and lasting—not just dream about it.
So ask yourself, journal, or reflect on the following:
✦ Where have you limited yourself by becoming too rigid or dogmatic in your approach?
✦ Where have you been playing it safe or silencing your voice to make others more comfortable?
✦ When did other people’s comfort replace your own need for safety and self-trust? When did their opinions start mattering more than your own?
Jupiter’s move into Cancer invites you to come face to face with the limitations you’ve knowingly or unknowingly carried, so you can finally let them melt away and return to the past where they belong.
Feeling So Much Right Now? Support Your Body with Medical Astrology and Herbs
Here are some easy Medical Astrology and herbal recommendations to help you move with this Full Moon, and come back home to your body, your temple.
It’s hard to dream up a new reality from a place of tension, fear, or stress. Imagination needs spaciousness—and that’s exactly what this Full Moon in Sagittarius invites.
This lunation activates the Gemini–Sagittarius polarity, which governs the nervous system in Medical Astrology. Both are mutable signs—they crave movement, flow, and freedom. When the body feels constricted, tense, or stuck, it often mirrors a deeper emotional or spiritual pressure. What we don’t process emotionally often shows up physically.
If your nervous system has been in overdrive—racing thoughts, nonstop tasks, little rest—you may be stuck in sympathetic activation (fight-or-flight). This Full Moon invites a gentle return to parasympathetic mode (rest and digest), where healing, clarity, and ease become possible again.
But I also want to be clear: if you're feeling dysregulated right now, that’s not a personal failure—not on you, and not on your body. You don’t need to be “more chill” or “more relaxed.” This world is electrifying, overwhelming, and deeply unjust.
And of course you feel that in your body. Stress is a completely normal, intelligent response to overwhelm, it’s your body doing its job. It’s only when we stay stuck in that state for too long that stress begins to wear on us, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Nervous system dysregulation is not dysfunction. It’s feedback. It’s your body responding honestly to the intensity of the times.
From the protests against ICE in LA to the global uprisings for the liberation of Palestine, Sudan, Congo, and every land still under colonial rule, people are rising, and it’s only natural to feel rage and grief in your bones.
This is why rest isn’t just self-care—it’s resistance.
As Audre Lorde, the brilliant queer Black poet, wrote so powerfully:
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
So give your nervous system a break this Full Moon. Not to bypass the pain, grief, or injustice, but to integrate it.
Create space to feel. To breathe. To imagine. And to rise again, ready to take action.
Because we can’t dream of a more humane world if we don’t extend that same humanity to ourselves.
You’re Safe Now: Herbal Nervines and Adaptogens to Soothe Your Nervous System This Full Moon
Sometimes our bodies need a gentle nudge, especially when it comes to telling the nervous system, “You’re safe now.”
That’s where nervines come in. These herbs offer direct, in-the-moment support for stress, anxiety, and overstimulation.
Supportive nervines for this Full Moon:
✦ Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
✦ Lavender (Lavandula spp.)
✦ Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
✦ Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
For longer-term support, adaptogens help regulate your stress response and build resilience over time.
Gentle adaptogens to support sustained balance:
✦ Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
✦ Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
✦ Tulsi / Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
✦ Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)
Note from the Herbalist: Nervines offer immediate calming relief, while adaptogens support your long-term recovery and stress tolerance. Together, they make a powerful pair.
Where You Go From Here
This lunation invites you to confront the limitations, both conscious and unconscious, that have kept you small and stuck in survival mode.
It’s time to dissolve those old barriers and release the version of you that shrank to keep others comfortable.
Your standards are rising. Your vision is expanding. And with that comes a season of shedding, releasing and above all unapologetic rest.
There is no future where you dim your light to make yourself more palatable. This is a time to reclaim the narrative of who you are, and who you’re becoming.
A better world—for you, and for all of us—is waiting.
Sincerely the Full Moon in Sagittarius.
Till Next Time, Mythical One,
Ayame (あやめ)
✦︎ ✦︎ ✦︎
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