Leo New Moon: Rewilding the Heart, Reclaiming the Flame
New Moon at 2º Leo | July 24, 2025
Opposite Pluto Rx in Aquarius | Trine Saturn + Neptune in Aries
The Leo New Moon arrives like a whisper of courage from deep within the heart, a soft yet steady beat that says, “It’s time to begin again.” This isn’t the kind of beginning that needs to be loud or dramatic. It’s an internal ignition, a sacred remembering of your essence, your joy, and your creative power. Can you feel that ember inside you starting to glow again?
At 2º Leo, this New Moon touches the early degrees of a fire sign that governs the radiance of self, the boldness of creativity, and the bravery it takes to be fully seen. Leo is the sign of the heart, where your divine essence seeks to express itself without shame.
This lunation doesn’t arrive without its edge..Opposing Pluto retrograde in Aquarius, this New Moon asks a deeper question: What power did you give away in exchange for acceptance, and are you ready to reclaim it now?
I’ve been feeling this one stir in my solar plexus and spine for days now… have you?
There’s a heat rising, a primal, holy pulse, not the kind of heat that burns you out, but the kind that reminds you who you are. It’s as if a part of you, long forgotten or carefully hidden, is finally ready to step out from the shadows and say, “I’m here.”
This Leo New Moon at 2º Leo is not a surface-level new beginning. It’s a root-deep initiation into the truth of your light. And it’s tender. Leo rules the heart, our capacity to love, to express, to take up space, and to be witnessed and this Moon is doing more than simply inviting you to shine. It’s asking you to love the places where your light once went out… and to call it back.
This is not about performance or perfection, this is more about our soul-sourced self-expression.. our courage to be visible not for applause, but because being yourself is a sacred act of defiance and devotion.
Leo Moon Opposite Pluto in Aquarius: Shadow Alchemy of the Inner Performer
This opposition is not light, it is tender and provocative, and for many of us, it reaches into the memories of being rejected for our brilliance or punished for being visible. Pluto retrograde in Aquarius exposes the deeper collective and ancestral narratives that told us to blend in, to comply, to keep our true essence tucked safely away so we wouldn't rock the boat. This Moon reflects the inner tension between our longing to be deeply authentic and the fear that doing so will separate us from love, community, or safety.
Pluto’s opposition acts like a mirror: you may feel resistance rise around being seen, expressing your truth, or daring to follow your joy. You may bump up against the very edges of your voice, especially if, in the past, speaking your truth came with consequences. This Moon invites you to look at those patterns not as blocks, but as initiations. What if the fear you're feeling is the final remnant of an old timeline being released?
The Leo-Aquarius axis is always about personal radiance versus collective belonging. But this time, it’s not either/or. It’s about learning how to belong to yourself first, and then sharing your fire in ways that serve the greater good, not appease it.
Sun in Leo Trine Saturn + Neptune in Aries: Devoted Action Toward Your Soul’s Expression
The Leo Sun makes a supportive trine to both Saturn and Neptune in Aries, offering grounded fire to what could otherwise feel like overwhelming emotion or mental intensity. Saturn in Aries reminds us that sovereignty and structure are not the enemies of freedom, they’re the containers that allow true creativity to flourish.
If you’ve been in a cycle of creative pause or identity shedding, this is the New Moon to plant a new seed. Not a huge leap but a sincere, sacred, aligned step. Saturn says: What are you building that will support the version of you you’re becoming? And Neptune, weaving dreams into this fire trine, asks: Can you trust your soul’s whispers enough to act on them, even if they don’t make perfect sense yet?
Together, Saturn and Neptune create a field of embodied devotion to your spiritual self-expression. This is where dream meets action, where vision meets discipline, and where you begin to shape your becoming with grace and authority.
You may notice old procrastination habits dissolving, or you may suddenly feel the call to recommit to your path with fresh fire. If you've been waiting for a moment to re-enter the world with more of yourself intact, this is it.
This Leo New Moon is landing in my 10th house of visibility, soul work, and sacred leadership, while opposing my natal Venus Retrograde in Aquarius in the 4th house. And I can feel it. There’s this deep heart-pull between my longing for authentic, safe belonging (4th house Venus) and the way my soul is asking me to step forward with my gifts in a more visible, bolder way (10th house Leo). It’s not just about being seen, it’s about being seen as I am. Unmasked, messy, magnetic. This opposition feels like a reckoning between the parts of me that still associate visibility with danger, rejection, or exile, and the parts of me that know I came here to lead, to shine, and to activate others simply by embodying the truth of who I am. This New Moon is asking me to trust that home can exist in my own heart, even while I share it with the world.
Practical Guidance + Embodiment Ritual
This New Moon is a portal. And your presence is the offering. You don’t need to do something massive or perform your becoming for anyone else. But you do need to choose you.
New Moon Ritual: “The Mirror & The Flame”
Find a quiet moment in the evening. Light a candle.
Stand or sit before a mirror. Look into your own eyes and soften.
Speak aloud: “I honour the parts of me that dimmed my light to survive. I honour the parts of me that are ready to rise. I am allowed to take up space. I am safe to shine.”
Place your hands on your heart. Ask:
— What do I truly long to express right now?
— What part of my inner artist, performer, or healer wants to be seen again?
— What one action would align me with the version of me I’m calling in?
Write it down. Commit to one act of devotion to yourself over the next 3 days. Something playful, creative, or bold, just for you.
Journal Prompts for This Portal:
Where did I learn to stay small or quiet to stay safe?
How do I want to express myself now, unapologetically?
What am I building now that supports my creative soul long-term?
What am I ready to say yes to, even if I don’t feel 100% ready?
What would happen if I stopped hiding?
This is a moon of emergence…emergence is not always loud or immediate. Sometimes it begins in stillness in the simple act of choosing yourself again and again…in reclaiming your voice from the ashes of silence and allowing your joy to be a guide, not a distraction.
Inese ♌︎
Starseed Mystic | Evolutionary Astrologer | Keeper of Radiance
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This is a soul-mirror, a permission slip. You’re not too much, you’re just ready.