5 Practical Tips for Working with the Full Moon in Capricorn

Today’s full moon in Capricorn invites us to review our goals and take steps to achieve them. Symbolized by the persistent Sea Goat, and ruled by Saturn, the planet of time and boundaries, Capricorn is a practical earth sign that’s all about persisting on the long road to accomplishing big tasks.

How can you use this energy?

Here are 5 practical tips for working with the full moon in Capricorn.

(1) Check-in on Your Goals

Each full moon is a culmination point that refers to the new moon in the same sign. This year’s new moon in Capricorn fell on January 2. If you set goals or created a vision for 2022, you might have set them around this time.

Check in with your journals or calendars from around this time to see what you were focused on and what you wanted to create.

• Where have you made progress?
• Where have you fallen off-track?
• What is still aligned?

If you didn’t set intentions, create goals, or set outcomes, start now.

My ADHD brain loves to work on several things at once, but I know that it’s more effective to focus on one major project at a time. Rather than scattering my energy in several places, having a single-pointed focus can help me feel like I actually accomplished something.

Consider paring down your big list to focus on ONE thing you want to build or create this year.

(2) Map Out a Plan

Capricorn is all about the structure and steps needed to get to where you want to go. Strong structures begin with a blueprint, and they are built brick-by-brick. Capricorn is persistent over time.

• Identify the big milestones that will mark your progress: What would the halfway point look like, phase one, or the beta test?
• Identify the halfway points to those big milestones, and keep breaking down the intervals until you have small enough stages that feel do-able. What will progress look like on a weekly basis?
• Consider what daily actions are necessary to get to those milestones, and turn those actions into a new daily practice.

For example:

• If you want to write a book, you need to establish a daily writing practice.
• If you want to enroll new clients, you must establish a daily practice of doing outreach.
• If you want to improve your fitness, you must have a daily practice of exercise.

(3) Schedule Your Actions

Here’s the truth: what gets done is not what’s on your to-do list, but what’s in your schedule. If you want to actually do the things that will move you forward, you must create space for them in your calendar.

I have had a daily exercise practice for almost 9 years. Even though I know in my head that I am going to exercise in the morning, that time is still blocked on my calendar.

I’m a big fan of scheduling block time to work on my outcomes. Even if I don’t stick to it exactly, scheduling the time in my calendar shows me what I realistically have time to fit in.

Pro Tip: use different colors for different areas of your life. This helps you see visually how you are allocating your time to different areas of your life.

(4) Eliminate What’s Not Serving You

As you start to schedule time for your project, you’ll see quickly and clearly what’s in the way. Review your existing commitments and eliminate any that aren’t serving you.

• What takes up time and drains your energy?
• What tasks can be better handled by someone else?
• What is no longer aligned with your outcomes and values?

(5) Get Support

Everyone needs support in some area. As you review your desired outcomes and map out your plan, you may realize that you don’t actually know what you need to do to get there. Or, maybe you know what you need to do, but you don’t have the skill to do it. Or you need help executing.

Determine what kind of support you need and seek it out.

• Do you need a mentor? A coach? A consultant?
• Do you need a task buddy?
• Are there tasks you need to delegate someone else?
• Do you need community support to hold you accountable?

We aren’t meant to do it alone.