✧ Full Moon in Leo: Winter’s Lantern ✧

February opens with a Full Moon in Leo, a warm, bright pulse in the heart of winter. 

Full Moons illuminate what’s been building beneath the surface, and Leo asks us to meet that truth with courage: be honest, be seen, create from the heart.

The Leo–Aquarius polarity: self and collective

With the Sun in Aquarius, this lunation highlights the tension between “me” and “we.” Where have you been shrinking to fit the room? Where have you been performing for approval instead of living from your own truth? Leo doesn’t demand attention for ego’s sake, it asks for clean self-expression: the kind that doesn’t beg to be chosen, because it already belongs.

Recognition, pride, and the right kind of visibility

Leo Full Moons can stir themes of recognition - feeling celebrated, overlooked, empowered, or dismissed. If sensitivity rises, treat it as information. Ask:

• What kind of visibility actually nourishes me?
• Where am I giving my power away for applause?
• What would it look like to recognize myself first?

Big feelings, bold heart, but without drama

This energy can be fiery and expressive, but not every spark is a signal. If you feel pulled toward conflict or intensity, return to discernment: what deserves your energy, and what is just noise? Let your boundaries be kind and unshakeable. Let your honesty be clear.

Leo’s invitation is simple and radical: choose pleasure without justification. Create, play, move your body, share warmth, make something with your hands. Not to prove anything, just to remember you are alive. In the depth of winter, joy isn’t frivolous. It’s restorative.

☾ A simple Full Moon ritual

Light a candle. Place one hand on your heart.
Inhale for 4 counts, exhale for 6—three rounds.

Write one sentence you’re ready to live by this month, then take one small action within 24 hours to honor it.

༄ Whisper

“I let myself be seen—by me first.
I create from truth.
I lead with warmth.”

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