Capricorn Full Moon, Mercury Retrograde, and Jupiter Enters Leo

June 29, 2026:  Full Moon at Capricorn 8°14’, 7:56 pm EDT.

This Full Moon window is a very busy time.

June 29 at 1:36 pm EDT, Mercury turns retrograde at Cancer 27°, conjunct to Jupiter. Mercury will turn direct on July 23 at Cancer 17°. Communications will have a marked emotional edge during this retrograde period. This can lead to misunderstandings or - if we are willing - open-hearted connection.

The night of the Full Moon, Jupiter – the principle of expansion - will enter Leo where it will remain for the next year. Throughout most of the month of July Jupiter will form a dynamic pattern with Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, expanding and accelerating their transformative effects. This is hugely important.

The Full Moon opposition forms a T-square – a challenging pattern – with both Neptune and Saturn. Although Saturn and Neptune are no longer tightly aligned, this Full Moon pulls them back into relationship. It’s a revisit of a familiar feeling – old structures being dissolved away while the manifestation of new visions is blocked.

In Shamanic Egyptian Astrology, Capricorn is allied with the creator god Khnum. Khnum is a potter; he created the humans and animals who live on Earth out of clay. Khnum, the flexible elder, stands in contrast to the authoritarian elder who holds onto structures long past their usefulness. Khnum understands that changes in substance (that which is contained by structure) require changes in structure.

Whenever we go through a process of transformation and change (and we are in one now), Khnum invites us onto his wheel. He gives us a little spin, dissolves our old ka body, and creates a new one; one that is better able to support our changes in substance.

It is time to get on the wheel.

June 28, 2026, by Ruby Falconer.

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Image: Khnum by Pauline Ledu