Ignite your fire. Fan your flame.

Full Moon • February 1 • Leo

The last full moon of the Year of the Snake… and a lot is happening.

This Full Moon in Leo shines a light on the parts of us that are ready to be gently dusted off.

It invites us to rest in the knowing that we have already shed the skin. We have moved through the thick layers, the hidden layers, and now we get to arrive—fully—right here, in this new skin.

Because of this, this moon may feel anticlimactic… or you may still feel the density of what you’re clinging to. Take a moment to reflect on where you are during this full moon.

If you feel the heaviness of more layers still shedding, soften.

Allow the efforts of this past year to be the force that helps those layers fall away.

You don’t need to do more. You need to trust the work you’ve already done—the evolution you’ve already chosen for yourself.

So complete that all you can do now is keep walking.

The energy of the Horse arrives through this Full Moon in Leo, carrying themes of vision, hope, progress, radiance, and fire.

Full moons are moments of culmination—the fulfillment of what was initiated at the New Moon two weeks ago.

This moment is emotional, romantic, and fertile.

Leo is considered one of the most magnetic moons for manifesting, which feels like perfect timing as we complete the Year of the Snake and prepare to step into the Year of the Horse.

Who are you when everything falls away?

What do you want?

What are you calling in for the Year of the Horse?

With every full moon, we also look to the Sun for polarity. Right now, the Sun is in Aquarius—alongside five other planets—bringing forward the tension between the personal (Leo) and the impersonal or collective (Aquarius).

The Leo Moon is proud, expressive, and individual—not just one of the team. Aquarius also values individuality, but within the context of the collective and its impact.

We are dancing between these two energies. What wants to be expressed from each?

This moon spotlights identity, visibility, and emotional honesty. Where do you desire to be fully seen—not in performance, not to prove anything, but simply in truth?

This polarity reveals where you may have been holding back, dimming your light out of habit, self-protection, or a desire to belong without disruption. It asks us to find balance between individual expression and collective belonging.

Right now, with everything being shown to us through social media, the news, and each other, it is especially important to return to our own expression. The collective field is heavy, dark, and reactive—and feeding it attention only gives it power. Shifting our attention back to our own essence is the medicine. This is how change actually happens.

It may feel counterintuitive. We want to help. We want to give our energy to what is “good.” But right now, the good is you being yourself—not dissolving into the group dynamic.

Leo governs creativity, joy, courage, and selfhood. Leo sees potential. Leo sparks the fire and fans the flame of the individual. Let’s embody this.

Aquarius, in polarity, asks us to question where we may have defaulted into being “just a team player” at the cost of our own truth.

Mantra:

I radiate my light. Period.

For me.

For the ripple it creates in the world.

Without expectation of how I am perceived.

Without desire for response.

Simply because it feels authentic and good.

Journal Prompt:

Where have I been waiting for permission that I no longer need?

Step into your fire.

Into your own spotlight.

And shine.

Ritual:

Meditate. Return to your essence as deeply as you can—whatever that looks like for you after this great shedding of the snake’s skin.