July’s Full Buck Moon in Capricorn
Your mid-year moon moment for grounded magic, growth, and gutsy goal-setting
The Full Buck Moon rises on July 10, 2025, at 1:37 p.m. PT, but its glow will be visible from July 8 through July 14 lighting up the sky and your inner landscape (hehehehe).
This lunation is bursting with earthy Capricorn energy (which, as a rising Cap which I HIGHLY identify with, I’m SO down for), designed to help you get real, reflect, and take those long-overdue action steps. You’ve dreamed, journaled, done the neural reprogramming for manifestation, now it’s time to build.
What Is the Buck Moon, Anyway?
The Buck Moon gets its name from Native American traditions, particularly the Algonquin peoples, who noticed that male deer (bucks) begin regrowing their antlers in July. Antlers = growth, vitality, and personal power. DON’T WE LOVE THIS ENERGY!?!?
It’s a moon of ripening, readiness, and grounded transformation (can I get a collective “FUCK YEAAAAAHHHHH” from my Woowoo Besties?!?!)
Buck Moon in Capricorn: Astrology Vibes
This Capricorn Full Moon is your cosmic mid-year review and aside from that, full moons in general remind us to reflect and analyze what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change as we continue moving forward toward goals and transforming into the next best version of ourselves.
Capricorn is a Cardinal Earth sign, ruled by Saturn (aka the Master Teacher). It pushes us to pioneer toward our goals, take responsibility, and stop waiting for perfection.
Here’s what makes this Buck Moon extra potent in 2025:
· Trine Mars: A burst of passion, courage, and momentum AKA perfect for making moves in love or career.
· Sextile Pluto + Uranus: Transformative energy + long-term upgrades. Change is calling, and it’s rooted in real magic.
· Saturn-Neptune Conjunction: Dream BIG, but keep it grounded.
· Square Jupiter: Watch out for overwhelm or unrealistic expectations, stay practical, but hopeful. Cautious optimism with a side of well-deserved delulu
This lunation is a wake-up call to stop manifesting and start moving. Yes, manifesting is powerful, but Capricorn wants action. You're not waiting for the “right moment” anymore. You are the moment. It’s now or never, baby.
Your new motto going forward? “I’m failing forward, but I’m going forward. Blinders on. Daddy energy. Let’s get it.”
Oh okay that was actually a reference to the OG Call Her Daddy but Capricorn is, like, the father of the zodiac. THAT worked out well.
Buck Moon Spiritual Themes
The Buck Moon shines a sacred spotlight on:
· Growth through persistence
· Emotional maturity + resilience
· Revisiting goals with grounded clarity
· Wild instincts + ancestral wisdom (rosemary is GREAT for this. A bit more on that later)
· Releasing procrastination and perfectionism
This isn’t about hustle for hustle’s sake (yuck) it’s about intentional, embodied progress rooted in soulful purpose.
Rituals & Practices for the Buck Moon
1. Antler Visualization Meditation
Close your eyes. Imagine antlers sprouting from your crown, spiraling upward with strength and grace. These represent your growth, your resilience, and your inner wisdom. What are you expanding into? How are you going to energetically take up more space where it’s needed and STOP playing small?
2. Fire Ritual: Release + Reclaim
Write down habits, beliefs, or fears you’re ready to release. Safely burn the paper and say aloud:
"I release what no longer serves me. I reclaim my power and purpose."
3. Legacy Journal Prompt
Ask yourself:
· If I keep going the way I am, where will I be in a year?
· What legacy do I want to build and what’s my first step TODAY?
Herbs, Oils & Crystals to Work With
Herbs & Essential Oils
· Cedarwood: Strength + ancient grounding
· Vetiver: Deep anchoring for scattered minds
· Rosemary: Mental clarity + fire energy + protection + tapping into ancestral lineage and wisdom
· Mugwort: Dreamwork + psychic vision
· Yarrow: Emotional protection
· Sage: Sacred space clearing
Moon Bath Blend: Epsom salt + cedarwood oil + rosemary oil + dried mugwort. Soak in stillness. Release what’s heavy. Let the water remind you: you are fluid and evolving. Enjoy in the darkness (preferably) with a dope playlist. Sit until you sweat. That’s your cleansing release, baby!
Crystals for Capricorn Power
· Smoky Quartz: Stability through transitions
· Garnet: Rooted motivation + inner fire
· Green Aventurine: Prosperity and courage
· Carnelian: Boldness + creative spark (my fave)
· Labradorite: Trust in the unknown (time for transformation!)
Charge your stones in the moonlight.
Mini Rituals to Try (Choose What Calls You)
Salt Soak: Cleanse limiting beliefs with a full moon bath (Epsom salt + cedarwood + rosemary + black tourmaline).
Moon Tea: Brew nettle, oatstraw, or peppermint. Stir clockwise to call in energy, counterclockwise to release.
Sacred Nature Space: Build a mini altar with antlers, herbs, stones, or soil. Leave offerings. Say thank you.
Journal Prompts for the Buck Moon
· What has been growing in me, even if I didn’t notice?
· Where am I being called to lead or take responsibility?
· What fears am I ready to face and release?
· How can I show up for my long-term vision in a small, steady way?
Capricorn’s Mythical Medicine: Sea-Goat Magic
Capricorn’s symbol is the Sea-Goat: half mountain-climber, half deep-sea diver. It teaches us to merge practicality with intuition, discipline with mysticism.
This moon reminds you:
· You are mystical and strategic
· You can honor your ancestors and pioneer a new path
· You are allowed to be soft and strong
This Is Your Mid-Year Moon Moment
The 2025 Buck Moon in Capricorn is your permission slip to pivot.
Not everything has to be perfect. Not every path is clear. But if you start now, imperfectly and bravely, you'll thank yourself in December.
So:
· Trust your growth
· Honor your effort
· Walk like someone who’s building a legacy, because you ARE.
