The Full Moon in Libra arrives on April 12, 2025, reaching its peak at 8:22 PM EDT at 23°20′ of Libra. This is a moon phase that invites us to sit with duality, not to resolve it, but to understand it. Libra, associated with the Justice card in Tarot, asks us to weigh both sides of every truth—our light and our shadow—and to recognize that balance does not mean perfection. It means presence. With the Moon fully illuminated in this cardinal air sign, we’re gifted a sacred opportunity to look at what we’ve been avoiding. What truth needs to come forward? What internal debate is finally ready for resolution?
In the language of Tarot, the Full Moon is the domain of The High Priestess—a figure who reads between the lines, who stands in sacred stillness at the threshold of deep knowing. In Weird World Tarot, she stands at the doorway of a temple, reading a book—an image that reminds us that the Full Moon is not a time to act, but a time to see. At 23 degrees Libra, the influence of the Four of Swords, or as I call it, The Lord of Rest from Strife, encourages us to release mental struggle and step into a moment of quiet re-balancing. This is the lunar pause. The breath between thought and action. Here, we remember that integration is not about choosing sides—it’s about allowing space for both to exist in harmony.
The High Priestess as our teacher: Understanding the energies of the Moon
Each Full Moon, The High Priestess steps forward as our lunar guide—not to provide answers, but to help us see more clearly. She doesn’t shout over the noise; she waits in the quiet, in the soft pull of intuition, asking us to come sit beside her and look. She teaches us that wisdom doesn’t always arrive through logic or light—it often emerges in the darkness, through dreams, gut feelings, and the truth that bubbles up when we finally get still. She’s the guardian of the inner world, where our shadows live—not as enemies, but as misunderstood parts of the self that are waiting to be acknowledged.
During the Full Moon, her temple door swings open. This is when the light is brightest, not so we can banish the dark, but so we can see into it. This is when the unconscious becomes conscious. It’s when what we’ve pushed aside comes forward to be witnessed. The High Priestess doesn’t demand action—she invites observation. Under her gaze, we’re asked to recognize the emotional patterns that are playing out beneath the surface. To feel our feelings fully, to honor our inner rhythms, and to understand that the Full Moon is not a climax—it’s a moment of revelation.
She teaches us the difference between insight and reaction. Between knowing and deciding. The High Priestess reminds us that real balance begins with inner alignment. As we move through the Full Moon in Libra, it’s not about fixing ourselves—it’s about facing ourselves. In the stillness she offers, we learn to trust our perception, sit with complexity, and honor the wisdom that only comes when we dare to look into both the light and the shadow and name them as equals.
Justice as our Lesson: Understanding the energies of Libra
As The High Priestess helps us see what’s hidden, Justice teaches us how to hold what we see. Libra, the sign of the scales, invites us to stay centered—not in neutrality, but in truth. And the truth is: we are both light and shadow, clarity and contradiction. Justice doesn’t ask us to pick a side. She asks us to acknowledge both sides without flinching. During the Full Moon in Libra, we’re called to release the idea that healing means becoming only our brightest selves. We are not here to “overcome” the shadow. We’re here to integrate it—to make room for our complexity and move through life with awareness, not denial.
Libra’s lesson is to stop chasing perfection and start choosing balance. Not the rigid kind of balance that demands symmetry at all times, but the kind that checks in with our inner scales and asks, Where am I leaning too far? Where am I refusing to see the full picture? The all-or-nothing thinking—whether it’s “I’m either healed or broken,” “right or wrong,” “worthy or not”—is a trap that keeps us out of alignment. Justice asks us to step back, look honestly at ourselves, and make small, conscious adjustments that bring us back to center.
This Full Moon is an invitation to stop punishing ourselves for being human. To lay down the sword we raise against our own hearts. Justice is not a verdict. She’s a process. A lifelong practice of checking in, choosing honesty, and returning to the truth of who we are: whole, nuanced, and worthy of both compassion and accountability.
Theme of the Full Moon in Libra: how to make the energies of this transit work for you
The Full Moon in Libra occurs at 23°, aligning it with the energy of the Four of Swords—or as I call it, The Lord of Rest from Strife. This card is a breath after battle, a sacred intermission between mental noise and clarity. It invites us to rest, not as escape, but as integration. After all the inner debates, the striving, the swinging between light and shadow, the Four of Swords offers us the space to sit in stillness and hear ourselves think. Under this Full Moon, we’re not being asked to solve everything—we’re being asked to let it settle.
This is the moment where the mind releases its grip. We stop trying to figure it all out, and instead, allow the truth to surface in its own time. When we embrace the energy of the Four of Swords, we find we don’t need to force balance—we just need to stop interrupting it. It’s a time for reflection, re-calibration, and returning to our center. The lesson here is simple but powerful: we can rest and still be healing. We can pause and still be making progress. When we stop resisting the rhythm of the moon, we realize that clarity often comes not in action, but in sacred stillness.
How the Full Moon in Libra affects each house
As the Full Moon in Libra moves through your chart, its light touches a specific area of your life. This is where you’re being asked to release extremes, integrate your shadow, and return to center. With The High Priestess as your guide, Justice as your lesson, and the Four of Swords offering sacred rest, take a moment to reflect on where you’ve been holding yourself to impossible standards—and where a gentler, more balanced truth is trying to emerge.
1st House (Self, Identity, Appearance):
This Full Moon asks you to examine how you present yourself to the world—and to yourself. Are you only allowing certain parts of your identity to be seen? Where have you clung to a label that no longer fits?
Where are you afraid to be both evolving and enough, all at once?
2nd House (Values, Worth, Money):
Here, Libra calls you to release scarcity thinking and the belief that your worth is earned. Are you defining your value by your income or possessions?
Where can you stop proving and start embodying your inherent worth?
3rd House (Communication, Thought Patterns, Siblings):
Your inner dialogue and communication style come into focus. Do you swing between silence and overexplaining? Between self-doubt and certainty?
Where can you speak—and think—from a place of balance, not defense?
4th House (Home, Roots, Inner World):
The emotional foundation of your life is being illuminated. Are you trying to hold everything together at the cost of your own rest?
Where have you inherited all-or-nothing patterns around care, safety, or belonging—and how can you begin to soften them?
5th House (Creativity, Joy, Romance, Children):
This Full Moon invites you to release perfectionism around joy and self-expression. Are you withholding play or love unless it “feels right”?
Where can you allow yourself to experience joy without judgment or control?
6th House (Health, Routines, Daily Work):
You may be over-identifying with being useful or productive. Are your routines rooted in care—or in punishment?
Where can you let go of hustle and honor healing as a sacred part of your rhythm?
7th House (Partnerships, Commitments, Mirrors):
Your relationships are up for honest review. Are you losing yourself in others or pulling away to avoid intimacy?
Where can you release extremes in connection and choose mutual reflection instead of self-erasure or control?
8th House (Intimacy, Power, Shared Resources):
This house asks for a reevaluation of power, trust, and vulnerability. Are you guarding yourself so tightly that no one can truly know you?
Where can you surrender a little control and allow transformation to unfold naturally?
9th House (Beliefs, Expansion, Truth):
Your personal philosophy may be stuck in absolutes. Are you clinging to being “right,” or afraid of not knowing enough?
Where can you release rigid beliefs and trust in the unfolding of your truth?
10th House (Career, Reputation, Legacy):
Your drive for success might be edging into over-identification. Are you equating your purpose with your productivity?
Where can you step back, realign with your values, and let your legacy be shaped by presence instead of pressure?
11th House (Community, Collective Vision, Belonging):
Here, Libra encourages balance between giving and receiving support. Are you trying to be everything to everyone—or withdrawing to avoid vulnerability?
Where can you find your place by being your full self, not just your most polished one?
12th House (Subconscious, Healing, Spirituality):
This is the realm of endings and renewal. Are you trying to rush your healing or escape it entirely?
Where can you allow your shadow to be seen—not as a flaw, but as a part of your spiritual wholeness?
The Full Moon in Libra doesn’t demand that you pick a side—it asks that you see both. That you pause in the doorway with The High Priestess, weigh your truth with Justice, and rest your overworked mind with the Four of Swords. Let this be a moment to honor your wholeness, not in spite of your contradictions, but because of them. The light is here to show you what’s been waiting in the quiet all along. You don’t have to choose between shadow and light. You only have to make space for both to belong.
The ritual to support this Full Moon can be found here. Until then, be gentle with yourself, and trust that balance is a process you can return to again and again.
