Moon in Leo: The Time is Now

Sunday morning through Tuesday afternoon

The Moon is about to step into Leo's spotlight (11:03am EDT), claiming her moment. The Leo Moon can be playful, joyous, passionate and creative, craving attention and loving the feeling of being seen and appreciated. In this transit through Leo, the Moon emphasizes her desire for self expression and self determination.

The Leo Moon's first aspects are edgy: An inconjunct angle-of-adjustment with Neptune in Pisces, and a square with Jupiter in Taurus. Right now, Neptune and Jupiter, both at 0 degrees, are flowing energy in sextile with each other to create a sensual, peaceful, dream. So what's up with this Moon challenge?

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Visionary Neptune and philosophical Jupiter are planning for the long term and imagining how wonderful it will all be some day. The Leo Moon says, what about now? What about today? How can we take our wonderful visions and live them? Here. Right now.

Tonight, a yod forms as Mercury in Gemini flows energy in sextile with the Leo Moon, and both are inconjunct Pluto the Alchemist. Again, we see a need to balance the pressure for long term change (represented by Pluto) with the desire for what we want now, what we see now, what's happening now.

Monday brings energy for making things real as the Leo Moon flows energy in sextile with practical Saturn in Libra, and with the bright Gemini Sun. The waxing sextile between the Sun and Moon marks a time of understanding in the lunar cycle, when we begin to see the first signs of what we planted at the New Moon. Leo, Libra and Gemini together combine passion, balance, and thought in a highly creative and expressive mix. It's happening now.

Monday night brings a square between the passionate Leo Moon, and secure and steady Mars in Taurus. Finding the dynamic balance here could lead to a deeply sensual, warm encounter, or to an equally strong stand-off between irreconcilable points of view. Choose carefully.

Tuesday morning, we see the same square, this time with Venus in Taurus. Again, a choice. We can seek a dynamic balance that honors both Leo's passionate flamboyance and Taurus' calm centeredness. Or we can stake out a position at one end of the spectrum and refuse to move. Which choice will move us toward our goals? Which will bring more joy into our lives?

The Venus square begins the Moon's time-between-times, which ends at 3:33pm EDT when the Moon steps into practical-minded Virgo. In the meantime, celebrate the Leo Moon!