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Full Moon in Leo ✦ Imbolc ✦ The Witch’s Moon

Kristin Eastman
Kristin Eastman

This Full Moon in Leo arrives with heat, heart, and a very clear message:
stop shrinking your fire.

Leo energy doesn’t tiptoe. It moves through courage, passion, and truth. This moon asks where you’ve been dimming yourself to keep the peace, choosing practicality over desire, or silencing your needs so everything else can stay afloat.

Leo reminds you that your wants matter.
Your joy matters.
Your voice matters.

This is a moon for reclaiming your inner authority — not through force, but through honesty.

Heart Over Fear

A Leo full moon brings fire to whatever has been stuck. It burns through doubt, hesitation, and the quiet ways we abandon ourselves. It asks you to listen less to fear and more to your heart — to love more than you protect, and to be brave enough to be seen as you actually are.

This is not about performance.
It’s about alignment.

Standing in your truth.
Letting yourself shine without apology.
Releasing what blocks your natural radiance.

The Aquarius Sun: Freedom With Purpose

With the Sun in Aquarius, this Leo full moon also highlights themes of freedom, liberation, and service. Where Leo reconnects you to your personal truth, Aquarius asks how that truth wants to move outward — into community, creativity, and contribution.

If you’re feeling trapped or restless, look for freedom in small, real ways:

  • Take time away from routine.
  • Change your scenery.
  • Carve out even ten minutes a day for creative expression.
  • Offer your presence where it’s truly needed.

You don’t need to do more — you need to feel more alive.

Imbolc: The Return of Light

This full moon also coincides with Imbolc, the ancient fire festival marking the return of light. Imbolc is the quiet turning point of the year — when winter hasn’t released its grip, but life has already begun to stir underneath.

This is the moment where:

  • the sap starts to rise,
  • the first shoots prepare to break through,
  • and what has been held in the dark asks to be revealed.

Imbolc invites purification — of body, home, and spirit. It’s a threshold between hibernation and emergence.

Light candles in your windows over the next two days.
Clean your space with intention.
Bring out the real or symbolic seeds you’ve been holding through winter.

Something is ready to grow.

The Witch’s Moon / Storm Moon

February’s full moon is often called the Witch’s Moon, Storm Moon, or Death Moon — a time of internal transformation. On the surface, nature may look dormant, but deep below, powerful preparation is happening.

Storms this time of year remind us that intensity has purpose. The winds clear. The pressure builds strength. This moon asks you to anchor yourself — to meet turbulence with presence instead of resistance.

This is a moon for:

  • solitude and reflection
  • tending your inner ecology
  • caring for your body and nervous system
  • preparing for the next cycle, not rushing into it

You are nature’s mirror.
What is quietly reorganizing inside you?

Leo Full Moon Practices

Burn Through What Blocks You
Write down the doubts, fears, and stories that hold you back. Let Leo’s fire consume what no longer deserves your energy.

Reclaim Dormant Dreams
List the dreams you put aside when responsibility took over. You don’t need to chase them all — just invite one back in a small, sustainable way.

Forgiveness Ritual
Leo teaches an open heart. Write the names of those you need to forgive — including yourself. Release what you’ve been carrying.

Watch For These Tendencies

  • Saying what feels safe instead of what’s true
  • Emotional dramatics instead of honest expression
  • Giving advice when listening is what’s needed

Crystals to Work With

Rose Quartz — heart opening and compassion
Sunstone — confidence, warmth, and self-empowerment
Amazonite — playfulness and authentic expression

This moon isn’t asking you to become someone new.
It’s asking you to stop abandoning who you already are.

Tend your fire.
Honor your heart.
Prepare gently for what wants to rise.

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