Welcome to the June 2025 Full Strawberry Moon Cosmic Weather Forecast by Curtis Lang with Jane Sherry!
It's the run-up to the start of summer, and we all would like to have some time to recuperate from the global dramas and traumas sparked off during the first six months of this year.
Instead we all need to buckle up -- the stars say we are entering a period of unusual turbulence.
Passengers View Another Plane Passing Through Stormy Skies
Welcome to a lunar month likely to be filled with an abundance of energy, drama, and electrifying surprises that will take us on a nerve wracking emotional roller coaster ride from mid-June through Mid-July.
Fortunately there are some benevolent stars in the sky this month to offset the difficulties we may soon encounter.
The good news is that this Sagittarius Full Moon forms a Grand Fire Trine with Chiron in Aries and Mars in Leo. This configuration indicates a time of self-confidence, when we move forward courageously in life seeking out new adventures in both inner and outer worlds.
Sagittarius Full Moon Astrological Chart, June 11, 2025
The Moon in Sagittarius inspires us to dream big, and Mars in Leo incites us to take a giant step or two on the path that leads to the fulfillment of our grand designs.
Chiron in Aries is a powerful placement for the planet of the Wounded Healer.
Combined with Mars in Leo, Chiron in Aries gives us the energetic boost we need to confront our childhood traumas, our issues with the female side of our nature, symbolized by the Moon in this Grand Trine, and to undertake the healing work that will enable us to break free from our outworn behavior patterns, our fears, and our phobias.
Jupiter left Gemini and entered Cancer on Monday June 9, where the planet of spirituality, wealth, fame and Empire is exalted.
Issues related to home, family, tribe, and nurturing in general are highlighted with Jupiter in Cancer, and we may experience opportunities to improve conditions in all those areas governed by this planetary placement.
Jupiter Photo Chandra X-ray: courtesy NASA/CXC/UCL/W.Dunn et al, Optical: NASA/STScI
Spiritually, Jupiter in Cancer symbolizes a process of harmonization, specifically, the harmonizing of the egoistic personality with the Higher Self.
With Jupiter entering Cancer, as individuals we can achieve a remarkable Jupiterian expansion of consciousness by nurturing the connection with our Higher Self.
All practices designed to further that worthy goal, such as meditation, yoga, ritual, visualization, energy healing work, and selfless service in support of suffering humanity will be rewarded by Jupiter, the Cosmic Guru.
Empaths will rejoice with Jupiter in Cancer, since whenever Jupiter resides in a water sign, innate loving wisdom arises from our emotional state of being.
We can tune into our environment, the people around us, and our own inner Guru more easily with Jupiter in Cancer, and we can feel our way to a deeper understanding of ourselves and our world.
However, it may take a while before the full, beneficent effects of Jupiter's move into Cancer will be felt in the collective consciousness.
That's because at the time of the Sagittarius Full Moon, Jupiter in very early Cancer will be forming a hard square aspect to both Neptune and Saturn conjunct in the very early degrees of Aries.
This extremely potent, potentially difficult square will serve as a wake-up call for us to use Saturn's strong Aries energy to ground our most cherished, Neptunian dreams by creating disciplined structures in our lives that can serve as the foundation for new ways of being in the world.
If we can walk the walk, no matter how steep the climb ahead, Jupiter in Cancer will provide golden opportunities to take some giant steps forward on the path to the attainment of our spiritual and material goals.
Hikers in the Alps near Matterhorn Mount
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With Saturn conjunct Neptune we may find that we can no longer put off the difficult lifestyle changes and voluntary financial restrictions that we know are required to stabilize our physical well being and our plans for a prosperous future.
Leave your bad habits behind this Full Moon!
Begin the Saturnine work required to create new healthy habits that will support you physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually as you rise to the challenges you will meet on the path to the attainment of your life goals.
Neptune in Aries signifies among other things, hot water, or steam, which I associate with highly pressurized, combustible processes.
Psychologically, steam could signify a lot of hot air, bluff and bluster. We could see many people "blowing off steam".
Vintage Steam Locomotive, Getty Images, Licensed under the Unsplash+ License
Steam can also symbolize the harnessing of the will forces and one's own Universal Life Force Energy, which when focused and channeled, can power the psychological and physical equivalent of the steam engine, indicating a tremendous amplification of the individual's ability to perform work in the world.
A word of caution, however.
Under the influence of Neptune in Aries we can become powerfully attached to our dreams, visions, ideals and mistaken mental maps of the world.
We can grow so emotionally attached that we are ready to fight and even die for an ideology, a philosophy, a religion, a Utopian ideal.
Statue of Ares God of War, restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622
MumblerJamie, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Saturn in Aries signifies enforced boundaries, and strengthened bonds within collectives such as political parties, religions, and ethnic groups who share a history and certain mental viewpoints and moral values.
With Saturn in Aries, there could be a tendency to aggressively "defend" boundaries and borders and groups to which we owe allegiance, to the point that needless conflicts are triggered.
With Jupiter in Cancer square Saturn/Neptune in Aries, collective Neptunian dreams of a more just and equitable society may come into conflict with the Saturnine constraints imposed by authority figures who control the commanding heights of the political and financial systems we inhabit.
This political conflict could be quite combustible, especially with belligerent Mars in late degrees of Leo in a strong, incendiary square to electrifying Uranus in Taurus.
Donald Trump has called the National Guard into Los Angeles, where mass protests against ICE sweeps have broken out, as of Monday, June 9th, two days before the Full Moon. This scenario fits perfectly with the outer planet square just described. We can expect more of the same in the months to come, since these outer planets are slow moving.
Market Mayhem, Photo by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash
In addition, with Jupiter square Saturn/Neptune, and Mars square Uranus, financial markets could experience extreme volatility over the next several months.
Startling geopolitical clashes could erupt this month and next under the influence of these powerful outer planet aspects.
Trump's trade wars, the Ukraine war and the scorched Earth Israeli assault on Gaza will most likely burn hotter, for longer, under these aspects, and we are all threatened with the fallout from these raging conflicts.
On June 7th, on the eve of a swap of prisoners that could have been a positive prelude to further peace talks, Ukraine hit Russia with 479 drones, targeting Russian bombers that are part of the Russian nuclear Triad of air, sea and land based systems.
This is concerning, because Russia has historically said that any attack on their nuclear forces would justify a nuclear response.
Vladimir Putin warned President Trump in a phone call after the Ukrainian attack that Russia would now be forced to engage in an asymmetrical response. This is military speak for an attack on the opposition's strategic assets that is an order of magnitude greater than the provocation.
Hypersonic missile system Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal", on Russian jet at Victory Day parade. Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
On Monday, June 9th, Russia has 9 strategic bombers airborne, 3 Kalibr missile ships in the Black Sea, 300+ weaponized drones swarming, and has activated its most advanced weapons, the Tu-95s, Tu-22M3s, and has begun some sort of operations involving its short range ballistic Iskander and air-launched hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, according to RussiaNews on Twitter.
This deployment is designed to create a response to the Ukrainian attack of a few days ago on Russian railroad bridges, which killed Russian civilians, not the attack on Russian strategic nuclear assets.
"The Russian Foreign Minister has accused the U.K of direct involvement in the terrorist attack," as reported on the Moon of Alabama website, which regularly features in-depth reporting on wars around the world.
Aerial view of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, Langley, Virginia
Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
"Several western experts of U.S. special services believe, as the Russians do, that the operation against its nuclear forces have a different actor behind them - most likely the CIA," Moon of Alabama reports. "It is unlikely that Ukraine would have been able to identify and target those airfields without the intelligence acquired by U.S. sources. There is also no military benefit for Ukraine to attack Russian air bases far from its territory.
According to Reuters newswire, American officials expect a multi-pronged attack by Russian forces after Russia's security council meets later this week, just after the Full Moon in Sagittarius as these inflammatory aspects begin to peak. The Russian attack could target Ukrainian, British and/or American assets in Ukraine or elsewhere that are consequential for the Ukrainian war effort.
We are now in the 21st Century equivalent of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the combustible astrological configurations at this moment indicate that an unusual degree of foresight, restraint, and diplomacy will be required to defuse this ticking time bomb.
Right now, the ball is in Donald Trump's court. Will he rise to the occasion?
A sign protesting the actions of Donald Trump and Elon Musk being held up at the Hands Off protest outside the Utah State Capitol. Photo by Mike Newbry on Unsplash
Astrologically, it is significant that Donald Trump's birthday, June 14th, falls right in the middle of the peak of the incendiary aspects this month.
Mars squares Uranus and Jupiter squares Saturn on June 15th, followed by Jupiter square Neptune on June 19, and then the Sun conjunct Jupiter squares Saturn and Neptune, June 22-22.
Trump has Mars in Leo on his Ascendant, indicating a pugilistic mentality that is very familiar to all who know him.
Expect Trump to engage in highly exaggerated Jupiterian rhetoric while these major combustible aspects trigger his inner warrior this month.
Trump's belligerence and pomposity could trigger a harsh, unexpected, blowback from Trump's perceived enemies, domestic and foreign, especially with Mars square Uranus.
Trump created this AI generated image of himself as Pope, and posted it on Truth Social
Donald Trump, AI-generated work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Trump believes he can easily dominate all his foes around the world through fiery rhetoric and escalating threats, but with Saturn conjunct Neptune in the warrior sign of Aries, Saturnine reality may impose harsh limitations on the President.
Globally, we can expect to see harsh tribal Saturn in Aries style conflicts escalate during this month and the months to come. The Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Aries will further harden the Saturnine ideological, religious and ethnic boundaries separating polarized tribes and political groupings.
Border clashes in every region of the globe and the war on immigration in the United States could begin to redefine the legal requirements for citizenship in countries around the world.
Increasingly tribal, exclusionary ideologies could destroy the concept of universal human rights and increase feelings of separatism that fuel conflicts at home and abroad as Saturn in Aries energy contributes to the hardening of a defensive, exclusivist mindset among peoples everywhere on Earth.
Donald Trump speaking with attendees at The Believers Summit
at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, July 26, 2024
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Astrology predicts that Donald Trump's many wars, domestic and international, will not be cooling off anytime soon.
Astrologers cast a Solar Return chart on an individual's birthday, and that chart holds the keys to the individual's yearly forecast.
The potent, chaotic, clashing planetary aspects we have discussed that are so prominent at the time of this Sagittarius Full Moon define the most important astrological influences on Donald Trump throughout the next year, because they are peaking at the time of his birthday, which occurs on June 14th, three days after the Full Moon.
There is a strong probability, given these Solar Return aspects, that Trump will be engulfed in chaos, conflict, unexpected crises, financial volatility, political scandals, and personal vendettas that attract substantial blowback during the course of his year to come.
Given all that, it seems obvious that Trump will have a very difficult time achieving his goals in his Trade War on the World.
Trump and his supporters on Wall Street expected him to finalize a number of important trade deals by the end of May.
Instead, we have Trump flip-flopping between blustering threats accompanied by eye-watering tariffs one day, and then a week later reducing tariffs and retreating from his rhetorical attacks on other countries because they are refusing to make deals with an extortionist.
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos"
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It is quite possible that a Wall Street bond market backlash against tariff wars will be the least of Trump's financial worries.
Far from reducing the deficit, Trump's Big Beautiful Bill currently winding its way through Congress features trillion dollar tax breaks for the rich which will increase the federal debt by trillions of dollars over the next few years while cutting services for the most vulnerable members of society.
Trump's longstanding economic goals are to decrease the federal deficit, decrease the trade deficit, and create a newly revived manufacturing sector in America that could replace Chinese goods in the American consumer market.
With tax cuts and increases in defense spending, the Big Beautiful Bill fails to reduce the federal deficit.
The bill also fails to articulate a long-term strategic vision for the restoration of the American manufacturing sector, and offers no new substantial investment to support the creation of a new American manufacturing sector.
Many prominent economists say that Trump's trade and economic policies will harm both America and the global economy in general.
"The tariffs have already begun to distort global supply chains and reduce production efficiencies and have elicited foreign retaliation. As such, they will have a larger negative economic impact than similarly sized corporate tax increases," explain Professors Michael Bordo and Micky Levy in a post on the Centre for Economic Policy Research/EU website. "
Person holding dollars on fire, Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash
In layman's terms, the economy will contract, in America, and globally. The dollar will be worth less than it is today.
"The marked decline in the US dollar and a rise in US Treasury bond yields have added risk to US government debt financing," Bordo and Levy continue. "Concerns about the loss of US government credibility and rising debt could potentially jeopardise the long-standing role of US Treasuries as the world’s safe-haven asset. Foreigners hold nearly one-third of $26 trillion of outstanding US publicly held debt, and a sharp reduction in demand could drive up yields and jar global financial markets."
In other words, not only will interest rates go up, but the ability of the US to easily finance its debt through foreign government purchases of US Treasury bonds could be put in jeopardy.
Since America became a net debtor in the 1970s, it is only the dollar's role as a global currency and the perceived safety of US treasury bonds that have allowed the US to continue its role as global hegemon, and to finance America's growing twin deficits without breaking the bank.
Trump wants to use tariff policy to force countries around the world to pay down America's twin deficits. But that is totally unrealistic.
"Tariffs generated a large portion of revenues in the 19th century when government finances were small and before income taxes were established in 1913," Brodo and Levy argue.
Electronics factory in Shenzhen
Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nor can threatened or active tariffs force countries or companies like Apple to move all their manufacturing facilities to the United States.
That would require re-shoring the entire global supply chain, not just a few factories operated by big companies!
That would require new manufacturing plants built to supply each and every part that go into iPhones or Ram trucks, and that's not going to happen without a centrally planned economy and a massive multi-trillion dollar investment by the federal government to create a new manufacturing base.
Here in the real world, as the economy slows and interest rates rise the perceived well being of American companies and American taxpayers will suffer.
That will cause a political backlash from both Republican and Democratic voters and campaign contributors.
This scenario will put increasing pressure on long term interest rates, and provide the Federal Reserve with an exceptionally good reason to delay interest rate reduction for a long time to come.
Trump is working to consolidate power in an autocratic, Imperial presidency, reshape the global world order, redefine who is and who is not an American citizen, restructure the American financial system to further favor oligarchs and wealth holders, coerce the world into paying vast tribute in the form of tariffs to access the American marketplace, force Russia, China and Iran to bend the knee to American soft and hard power, and exact a terrible revenge upon all those in America who oppose his agenda.
All at the same time. That is a very ambitious agenda by world historical standards.
Statue of Neptune on a Sea Horse
Photo by Green Liu on Unsplash
Many would say Trump is in the grip of a megalomaniacal delusion, a Neptunian fantasy that is out of touch with Saturnine realities such as America's declining military dominance, our status as the world's largest debtor nation, our plummeting political good will among other nations, and our obviously fragile financial markets, which are dependent more and more on speculation and mountains of debt rather than on the creation of tangible assets, goods and services.
Donald Trump's Solar Return chart indicates that Trump will certainly run into gale force headwinds over the next year as he attempts to further his domestic goals and his global agenda because of the prominent square between Jupiter and Saturn/Neptune.
On the other hand, many of Trump's efforts could be supported by the presence of Saturn in Aries, the sign of often belligerent, insular, exclusivist, nativist, ethnic, religious and political factions and me-first libertarians.
Close-up of Saturn, Photo by Planet Volumes on Unsplash
Over all, astrology indicates a high probability that the drama, the chaos, the conflict, the bitterness and the grinding sense of tension Trump has generated so far in 2025 is set to intensify throughout the next year.
Trump's melodramas will, unfortunately, impact us all.
The Trump Show is not the World Wrestling Federation -- you can't just change the channel.
To sum up, the astrology of the Sagittarius Full Moon on Wednesday morning ushers in a period of deep transformations in the global Zeitgeist, in humanity's collective consciousness.
Over the next year, as Neptune and Aries dance back and forth across Zero Degrees of Aries, we will see these changes manifest in the thoughts, words and actions of a host of religious, ethnic, political and ideological group minds engaged in a dance of co-operation and competition with one another in every corner of our highly networked, interdependent global civilization.
Ascended Guides and Teachers of Mystery Schools of the East and of the West
Fortunately, there is a positive side to this Full Moon's energies which we should all celebrate together!
The Sagittarius Full Moon marks the third of the three global spiritual festivals of Easter, Wesak, and this June's Festival of Goodwill.
This month's Full Moon festival is all about nurturing the connection between humanity's egotistical monkey mind, and the transpersonal realms of consciousness inhabited by humanity's Higher Mind.
Accessing those transpersonal realms of consciousness enables us to communicate with the energy signatures of the Ascended Guides and Teachers of all times and lineages, whose collective efforts have helped empower struggling humanity to advance in consciousness over the aeons, and to thrive, both spiritually and materially.
For a complete guide to the history of this global festival, and suggestions for shared practices to celebrate this pivotal moment in the yearly seasonal cycle, see our blogpost entitled Celebrating the Festival of Goodwill.
The Hierarchy of Spiritual Guides and Teachers overseeing humanity’s spiritual evolution join with the Cosmic Christ and provide a roadmap of the coming year's seasonal cycles to all disciples, planting the seeds for all the spiritual activities that disciples will undertake during the next year.
Most importantly, the Hierarchy and the Cosmic Christ engulf the entire planet with a powerful high-frequency energetic charge known as The Will to Good, which is distributed through power spots around the world to all willing recipients.
This energy acts as a powerful stimulant, strengthening the will forces in struggling humanity, and acts as a beneficent power surge, impelling disciples on all paths to internalize the energy of Goodwill. Once energized, aspirants will find it easier to act with Goodwill toward all.
Full Moon Among Clouds, Photo by Jake Weirick on Unsplash
The energy released on the Full Strawberry Moon Festival of Humanity circulates throughout the etheric body of planet Earth for five full nights and days, 2 1/2 days prior to the Full Moon and for 2 1/2 days after the Full Moon.
All those who wish to participate in this Festival of Humanity would do well to set aside some time during that five day period for meditation and participation in this global spiritual festival. The most auspicious time to participate is the evening prior to the Full Moon but any time during the 5 day window around the festival is a good time to join in.
This Full Moon week is the ideal time to ask for help in navigating the high risk 21st Century world we inhabit during one of history's most consequential turning points.
Being part of the collective exchange of energies of Goodwill will certainly help to boost our spirits. If we tune in now that Jupiter has entered Cancer, we will experience an enhanced ability to feel, hear and see messages from humanity's collective Higher Mind and specifically from our Guides and Teachers.
The Summer Solstice: Festival of Fire and Maximum Light
William Starkey / Saint Uriel - stained glass window, Chester Cathedral, Wikimedia Commons
Archangel Uriel (meaning ‘God is my light’ or ‘light of God’), is one of four stained glass windows in the cloisters of Chester Cathedral depicting the Archangels mentioned in the Christian Bible.
Uriel is often depicted holding flame or the sun.
The Summer Solstice occurs on Friday, Jun 20, 2025, at 10:41 PM. For a complete guide to this vital turning point in the yearly seasonal cycle, see our article entitled Summer Solstice, Archangel Uriel and St. John's Day.
The northern hemisphere of planet Earth is mostly tilted toward the Sun and here in the United States it’s the beginning of astronomical summer. The Sun enters the spiritual, nurturing water sign of Cancer.
We are half way through the astronomical year.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer Solstice Festival is the time of the yearly seasonal cycle when will forces are rising within human beings, plants dance toward the sun, and all of nature is energized by Mother Earth’s outpouring of Universal Life Force energy.
Archangel Uriel, who presides over the summer season, is the Master of Universal Life Force Energy, which originates as Subtle Fire in the Divine Mind and descends through the subtle energy realms until it penetrates material reality, infusing the physical plane with the loving wisdom that is the Living Light, the Holy Spirit.
This Subtle Fire is the Source of Life that burns at the core of Mother Earth, the secret kundalini energy. This Subtle Fire emanates from the Spiritual Sun and ignites the magnificence of the physical Star we know as Sol.
Sky on Fire -- Sunrise Over Central Park, Winston Salem, photo by Jane Sherry
Uriel presides over the marriage of Energetic Forms found on the causal plane of existence with the appropriate flavor and measure of Universal Life Force energy necessary to provide a pattern for the birth, growth and complete development of minerals, plants, animals, planets and stars.
This energized growth template, or morphogenetic field, as biologist Rupert Sheldrake calls it, surrounds the space in the material world where the physical being manifests, and this energetic template triggers the birth and guides the growth of stars, worlds, plants, minerals, insects, animals and humans alike from the beginning of their life cycle until the end.
The Solstice is a moment of reversal. In previous seasons, Cosmic forces have been streaming into the Earth's aura and penetrating deeply into the biofields surrounding all living beings, quickening the flow of life force energy and strengthening the will forces within each of us, creating the templates for growth of plants, animals and humans alike.
Now the season of growth has taken hold, and the three living kingdoms begin to exhale as the Earth brings forth verdant growth, animals give birth and humans celebrate their sexuality with traditional June wedding ceremonies amid peak displays of flowers and fields ripening with corn and grain.
Now is the time when the power of the individual to make conscious choices is at its maximum. The Sabian symbol for the first degree of Cancer is "On a ship the sailors lower an old flag and raise a new one." The revolution has begun.
Madonna Oriflamme and the Banner of Peace, painting by Nicholas Roerich
This is a pivotal moment in the annual cycle of seasons, a time to initiate dramatic changes in your world. Where in your world is a revolution needed?
Resolve to be true to yourself and your personal beliefs. In truth is strength, and through strength, the world can be renewed.
Meditate upon the fact that you as an individual, in co-operation with other like-minded individuals, can work together to bring about a total transformation of the personal and the social vessel which currently carries you across the ocean of life.
The first step is to join together, make the commitment to change, and raise the flag of peace, love and understanding.
Each of the four annual solar festivals help us tune in to the various energies of the ever changing Cosmic Wheel of the year.
The Gaelic Seasonal Wheel of the Year with the Eight Sacred Days of Transition
Douginamug, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
As we tune into the seasonal changes we move closer and closer to the Source that sustains the movement of the Wheel.
Celebrating the eternal Source of Universal Life Force Energy that manifests in the continuous renewal of life we experience through the changing seasons strengthens our faith in the abiity of Life and human spiritual evolution to overcome all obstacles over time.
In the face of global climate change, mass suffering, war, poverty and hunger, we often experience feelings of personal powerlessness.
These seasonal ceremonies help us to approach the ever-changing seasons of our lives with equanimity.
Celebrating the turnings of the year, we can learn to gracefully accept both obstacles and joys in life.
Yin and Yang, Dessy92, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Gift of Life is an ever shifting dance of light and dark, of breathing out and breathing in, of abundance, scarcity and renewal.
Attuning our own consciousness to this Dance of Life we can gratefully offer ourselves and our love and gifts to the world, knowing that our efforts to create a better world spring from that same inexhaustible Source that sustains the Cosmic Wheel.
Jane and I affirm that this Full Moon you all shall receive the grace and guidance you need to fearlessly engage with the retrograde forces so prevalent in our world today, and to envision the solutions to our society's seemingly intractable problems during this Global Festival of Goodwill!
Meditation Moment: The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean —
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
+ Mary Oliver