We begin August in the golden lion’s energy. Whether you are in mid-winter or mid-summer, Leo season is tied to the vitality that comes from our own authentic expression. Just as we turn to face the Sun for warmth, our own Sun sign and house give us clues to what feeds our inner Sun — the individual spark of self. This is an interesting Leo season because, for such a large part of it, Mercury is retrograding through Leo (18th July – 11th August). It feels like a review of how we regenerate our energy through our own creative acts.

Whether it’s gardening or sitting at the piano, dressing up as maximum-you or sitting down to write your morning pages — how much creation time lives in your daily life?

While consuming mode is easy, comfy, and a way to switch off, creation mode is where the gold really lives. If you think of your life as a creative act in progress, how alive does it feel? How much are you pulsing with your own unique life force?

This retrograde is asking us to bring things to life — to celebrate the experience of getting to live as you, on your own finite timeline. It’s as simple as noticing and doing more of what makes you feel most alive, most like you.

Full Moon In Aquarius | 9th of August

This full Moon straddles the axis of individuation, where the conscious light in Leo; self-validation and the vitality of our self expression meets with the shadow substances of Aquarius; group mind and the social codes we may unconsciously adhere too. Anywhere that you self censor your own natural star shine will be illuminated with this full Moon, pushing you towards the full embrace of flying your own Aquarian (freak) flag.

New Moon In Virgo | 23rd of August

This full Moon straddles the axis of individuation, where the conscious light in Leo; self-validation and the vitality of our self expression meets with the shadow substances of Aquarius; group mind and the social codes we may unconsciously adhere too. Anywhere that you self censor your own natural star shine will be illuminated with this full Moon, pushing you towards the full embrace of flying your own Aquarian (freak) flag.