June 2024: Tarot spread for the full moon in Capricorn

Plus a grounding exercise, an astro-tarot forecast and an exploration of the Sabian symbol for the full moon in Capricorn.

The June 2024 full moon falls in the sign of Capricorn. Symbolized by the mountain goat, which maintains perfect balance while it climbs over precarious rock ledges, the Capricorn archetype is one of disciplined and dogged determination towards the attainment of our worldly desires.

Spiritually, the Capricorn archetype teaches us about integrity and helps us to harness the ability to plan our work, and stick to it, no matter what. In these times of 24×7 consumption culture, it’s easy to be addicted with shiny object syndrome and forget about our goals and plans. Capricorn teaches us about the meaning of integrity: to align ourselves with our highest ideals and actualize our potential.

This full moon also highlights our fears and the ways in which they hold us back from achieving our bold and beautiful goals. Once we understand the ways in which we allow fear to control us, we can take more strategic action to move towards our goals. It would be helpful to carve out some time for stillness and reflection, to see how you can improve your inner world — your mental chatter, any old beliefs or patterns that are holding you back or preventing you from seeing what is working.

This full moon is also a good time to focus on taking better care of our health — fitness, eating well, scheduling any overdue health checks, are all encouraged during this lunation.

Astro-tarot influences for the Capricorn full moon

To throw some more light on the June full moon astrology, let’s take a look at the astro-tarot influences of this lunation. The Capricorn full moon falls in decan 1, which is represented by the Two of Pentacles. This is to be interpreted in conjunction with The Devil, which is associated with Capricorn.

At any given time, most of us have multiple balls up in the air, juggling work, home, family, friendships, responsibilities. Often, we feel trapped in the situations in which we find ourselves, unsure of just how to extricate ourselves from the web of commitments, expectations, and inner mind chatter we find ourselves in.

This feeling of entrapment can often lead to despair and despondency, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be this way. While there may some commitments or situations we cannot easily get out of, there are generally options or things that we can do to alleviate the situation.

This Capricorn full moon helps us to take ownership of our lives, examine all our choices, and take responsibility for the life situations in which we find ourselves. This isn’t to say that we are necessarily responsible for where we are or what we’ve faced in this journey of life, but rather, that we are responsible for how we deal with the things that happen to us.

Do we simply wear the Devil’s chains, give in to temptation or despair, surrender our control, or do we step up, take responsibility, make the difficult choices, and extricate ourselves from the chains that we think control us?

The red planet, Mars forms a trine with the moon, giving us the boost of energy that we need to take action, the competitive edge we need to obtain a fiercely desired goal. But with Neptune forming a square with the moon, we may find ourselves caught up in the web of our fears, feeding our anxiety and falsely believing that what we fear may well become our reality.

It will be important to talk ourselves down from the edge. To look our fears straight in the eye and be discerning with the messages it is giving us. Sometimes, our fears have their root in something rational — we can plan for those; at other times, our fears are rather irrational, stemming from a place of wounding, perhaps. When we can separate out the two, it becomes somewhat easier to regain our footing and come up with a strategy to address the information our scared, wounded parts are sending us.

Sabian Symbol for the June 2024 full moon

The Sabian Symbol for Capricorn 1 degree is Three Stained-Glass Windows In A Gothic Church, One Damaged By War.

I think this symbol speaks to the some of the themes that I’ve highlighted for this lunation. In 360 Degrees of Wisdom: The Sabian Oracle, Lynda Hill writes, “With the shattering of the ‘Window’, there is often a loss of faith, hope and trust. Someone may have previously felt safe in the confines of their life and suddenly a “bomb hits”, breaking and demolishing some aspect of their usually safe and secure life. This situation may take considerable time to heal, although if the structure is sound, fixing the ‘Window’ (the place where the light gets in) can be done relatively quickly.”

She goes on to say, “the actual ‘Damage’ that this Symbol implies may have started long ago.” What this symbol points to, then, is the need for repair and healing. Maybe this past year — or the last few years cumulatively — have had their difficult moments; maybe you feel the need for some rest, some quiet, some gentleness and softness. Allow yourself the time to sink into whatever healing balm your tender heart needs at this time.

Tarot spread for the June 2024 Capricorn full moon

Here’s a tarot spread to tap into the energy of this full moon. For this spread, first go through you deck face-up and choose a card that represents your word of the year {if you choose one} or a goal that’s very important to you. Place that at the center {represented in the image as card 0}, and shuffle and pull as usual for the rest of the positions.

1. What holds me back: This card represents an energy or mindset that is holding you back from fully committing to your goal or living into your word of the year.

2. The root of my fear: This card represents an unconscious belief that’s holding you back. Look at Cards 1 and 2 as visual representations of your fears/worries/anxieties.

3. Mining wisdom: This card represents the wisdom in the fear.

4. Moving forward: This card presents a way forward towards your goal/living your word of the year.

5. Mamma moon says: This is always an encouraging message

If you share your spreads on Instagram, please use the hashtag #moontarotstories and tag me @moderngypsy.in so we can connect with each other.

Grounding exercise for the full moon in Capricorn

There are no journaling questions this time. Instead, I invite you to ground and center as often as you can, especially when/if you’re feeling gnarly or find yourself going into a loop of worries or fears. Here are some suggestions:

Sit or stand in a comfortable position with your feet on the ground. Gently close your eyes if you feel comfortable. Take a few deep breaths. Imagine roots growing out from the soles of your feet, going deep into the ground, through all the layers of the earth until you come to the crystal at the core of the Earth. Make note of the crystal, and gently let your roots wrap around it. Take a few deep breaths, drawing the energy of Mama earth and the crystal up into your body, filling you up. Feel yourself wrapped in this protective cloak of energy; slowly bring your awareness back into the room; and gently open your eyes.

Hold a tourmaline in your hands {my favorite way to ground}

Simply take a few deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth