Do
Spend ten minutes where you can see the Moon, or a wall lit by it. Breathe slowly and ask what the last two weeks have grown. Write the first image or sentence that comes, date it, and do not act on it for three days.
Lunar phaseSacred Feminine
Full Moon
The full moon is the moment the Moon stands opposite the Sun, 180 degrees away, and its whole visible face is lit; it rises around sunset and sets around sunrise. The tradition reads it as illumination: a night for observing what the light shows, not for acting on it. The next full moon is on Tue, 24 Nov 2026, 14:53 UTC.
Next dates
Recomputed every hour · UTCNext exact moment
From Tue, 24 Nov 2026, 04:36 to Wed, 25 Nov 2026, 01:08 UTC
Waning half of this cycle
24 November 2026 to 9 December 2026
From Tue, 24 Nov 2026, 14:53 to Wed, 9 Dec 2026, 00:52 UTC
The next occurrences
- In 21 days
- In 51 days
- In 80 days
Computed 3 November 2026; all times UTC. The phase follows the Moon's angle from the Sun, the same reckoning as the calendar's front page.
The tradition's reading
Illumination, not action
Maximum disc. The classical mistake is to act. The gnostic instruction is to observe. Whatever is revealed — in the body, in the relationship, in the text — is the teaching. Record. Do not grasp. Full moons make emotions loud; loud emotions are easy to mistake for insight. Wait three days before you believe what tonight shows you.
In depth
Seeing by the full light
Once a month the Earth stands between the Sun and the Moon, and the Moon shows its whole lit face from dusk to dawn. Nothing new is added on that night. What arrives is visibility: the intention seeded at the new moon is shown at its fullest, along with whatever grew around it that you did not plan. The alchemists linked the full Moon with the albedo, the whitening, the stage at which the material becomes clear enough to be seen.
The common mistake is to act on what the light reveals the same night. Feelings run high under a full moon, and loud feelings are easily mistaken for insight. The tradition's instruction is narrower: look, record, and wait. Write down what you see in yourself and around you without deciding anything. Read it again three days later, in the ordinary light of the waning Moon. What is still true then is the teaching of the month.
Practice
What to do in this phase
Avoid
Avoid big decisions, confrontations and promises made in the heat of the night. Avoid taking a strong feeling as a final answer.
The lunar cycle
The eight phases
Each phase has its own page with its next dates. The phase the Moon is in today is marked.
Questions
Questions about the full moon
What does the full moon mean spiritually?
Spiritually, the full moon is the point of illumination in the lunar month: what was seeded at the new moon is shown fully. The Hermetic reading uses it for observation and honest recording rather than action, and the alchemists linked it with the albedo, the whitening.
When is the next full moon?
The next full moon is on Tue, 24 Nov 2026, 14:53 UTC. Computed on 3 November 2026.
How long does the full moon last?
The exact moment is an instant: this time Tue, 24 Nov 2026, 14:53 UTC. The calendar counts the Moon as full moon for about a day around it, while it is within six degrees of the exact point, so from Tue, 24 Nov 2026, 04:36 to Wed, 25 Nov 2026, 01:08 UTC.
What should I do at the full moon?
Observe and record. Sit with the light, note what has grown since the new moon, and wait a few days before acting on it. It is a night for seeing clearly rather than for decisions.
What is the difference between the new moon and the full moon?
At the new moon the Moon lies between the Earth and the Sun and its lit side faces away from us; at the full moon it lies opposite the Sun and its whole face is lit. They are about 14.8 days apart. The tradition reads the new moon as the seed and the full moon as its illumination.
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