A Year of Unfolding: Leo New Moon
Creative Envisioning | Leo New Moon loveliness incoming!
As we wave goodbye to the tender, heart-soothing waters of Cancer season — a time of sanctuary, softness, and nurturing our roots — we now rise into the radiant glow of Leo.
The breeze heats.
The light sharpens.
Our hearts stretch a little wider.
Now, we step into the golden brilliance of Leo season — a time to shine, express, and celebrate the wild truth of who we are.
It’s the sacred threshold where inner fire meets creative play, where courage meets joy.
A season of heart-led action, bold self-expression, and playful reclamation.
🌑 NEW MOON IN LEO 🌑
As part of my own personal Creative Envisioning process, I like to observe the new moon and full moon energies. Before I dive into my moon reflections at either end of the moon phase (new moon, or full moon), I love to pull a card from an oracle deck. It sets the tone, gives me a little nudge in the right direction, and often brings exactly the message I need to hear.
Today, under the darkness of the Leo New Moon, I invite you to do the same - choose an oracle card deck, draw a card, sip your tea, and settle into this moment of reflection.
(If you don’t have any oracle cards, that’s not a problem! I highly recommend you try Colette Baron-Reid’s beautiful oracle decks with their generous insights: www.colettebaronreid.com/resources/pick-a-card/ - the Wisdom of the Oracle online deck is my favourite one, which I have at home and use all the time.)
✨ Working with the New Moon in Leo ✨
The Leo New Moon doesn’t whisper - it roars (gently but confidently). It says:
You are worthy of being seen. Your joy is sacred. Your voice matters.
This moon invites you to be bold, not in loudness, but in truth.
Remember, our Power Word this month is trouvaille - a lucky find, a delightful surprise you stumble upon when you least expect it. This Leo season, you are the trouvaille. So is your courage. Your creative spark. Your truth.
What if you are the breathtaking discovery you’ve been waiting for? (Now there’s a point for you to ponder!)
🌞 Let this Leo New Moon guide you into joyful alignment:
💫 Ignite your creative spark – what would feel deliciously fun to make, express, or play with right now?
💫 Be seen – what story, truth, or gift are you ready to share more boldly with the world?
💫 Lead with your heart – what does your heart long to pour itself into, without apology?
💫 Reconnect with your inner child – what did you love to do before the world told you to “be sensible”? Do it.
💫 Find your joy trail – what are the clues, the breadcrumbs of pleasure and curiosity, that are calling you forward?
💫 Celebrate your uniqueness – what makes you you? Say it out loud. Write it down. Dress like it. Dance like it.
This is a moon for playful risk, radiant self-expression, and creative courage.
Over this lunar cycle, you are invited to own your magic, not in perfection, but in presence.
Let your journalling and creating be vibrant, colourful, filled with the energy of the lion and of the sun. Let your vision boards sparkle. Let your rituals be loud or soft, glittery or quiet - but let them be true to you.
Over this lunar cycle (approximately four weeks), invite Cancer’s gentle magic into your Creative Envisioning with these soul-nourishing prompts:
🌀 This lunar cycle, I choose to honour my creative fire by …
🌀 A trouvaille moment - something unexpected and wonderful I’ve recently discovered - is … and what it taught me is …
🌀 In order to share my divine gifts with the world, I hereby give myself permission to …
🌀 My heart wishes me to lead with more … and I will answer by …
🌀 My boldest, truest self looks like … sounds like … feels like …
This New Moon in Leo is especially powerful, igniting the part of you that’s ready to lead, love, and live more courageously.
Whether it’s starting that project, saying the thing, wearing the colour, or just allowing yourself to enjoy life a little more fiercely … this is your moment.
Leo is ruled by the Sun - the absolute centre of our solar system. So don’t be afraid to take up space, radiate joy, or step into the spotlight of your own becoming.
So ask yourself:
🌸 If I stumbled upon a hidden treasure inside me this moon cycle - a spark I’d forgotten or a dream I’d tucked away - how would I honour it, nurture it, let it shine?
This Leo New Moon crackles with cosmic drama - but not the superficial kind. Oh no no no … this is the deep, heart-felt transformational energy.
The kind that asks …
What (or who) are you truly choosing? And what are you finally ready to release?
Because sometimes the most empowering act of love is letting go.
Not out of bitterness, but clarity. Not because you’ve lost, but because you have outgrown.
This lunation isn’t seeking half-measures.
It roars for authenticity. For bold, soulfull honesty. For the kind of decisions that say:
I see myself now - and I choose my own becoming.
Yesterday, 23 July 2025, tension began to stir beneath the surface as Venus in Gemini and Mars in Virgo squared off. So we need to expect inner friction, especially around the themes of communication and desire. Venus wants to talk it through; Mars is all about precision, control.
It might feel hard to access what you really want right away … but its ok, give yourself space. Let your heart catch up with your mind and ride out this astrological tension.
Today, however, the sky is buzzing with potent retrograde energies: Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto … they are all casting their spells over this lunation.
🌀 Saturn retrograde in Aries whispers of emotional maturity: we are being asked to take responsibility for how we love, how we show up, and where we may have been consciously or unconsciously avoiding the truth about something in our life
🌀 Neptune retrograde dissolves illusions, heightening our sensitivity. We feel more, yes! We also get to see more clearly, too
🌀 Pluto retrograde digs up power struggles and reveals the undercurrents in our relationships. The ones we may have been too polite, or too afraid, to name
🌀 Uranus in Gemini jolts us wide awake with flashes of insight, sudden shifts, or startling truths … anything that has been stuck for ages / yonks / years could now move - really fast, so buckle up and be prepared!
It’s a potent mix, for sure. Let’s celebrate this: its time to shake off the drama that dims your light, so you can reclaim the love story that starts with you.
This is your trouvaille moment.
A lucky find, hidden in plain sight, waiting in the mirror.
So ask yourself:
🌸 If I could follow the golden thread of joy this moon cycle — and create something that feels like a lucky, love-lit rediscovery of myself — what might that look like?
Let that question be your creative fire for this lunar cycle.
Let this Leo New Moon remind you that you are both the muse and the masterpiece.
So tonight, let the darkness be your container.
✨ brew your tea
✨ pull your card
✨ whisper your wishes into the universe
… and let the magic of trouvaille rise within you - soft, breathtaking, and utterly your own. 🌑
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