happy new moon in leo
New Moon in Leo
August 18, 10:42 PM ET
The New Moon in Leo arrives with all the energy of a coronation. Leo energy is king shit: the King of Wands in the tarot, quite literally—all passionate, bold fire, incapable of staying in their seat, needing to get up and move and make shit happen. The unstoppable entrepreneur, the impassioned artist, the person with goals who knows how to get where they’re going. But Leo is also Strength in the tarot: the inner knowing and calm that comes from being grounded in your values, in your intuition. The strength that comes from staying in your lane, from knowing and owning your power.
This moon is juicy. It’s empowered by Mars, the planet of action, which is particularly powerful in warrior Aries, one of its home signs. Mars is getting ready to station retrograde, and while it’s currently in its pre-retrograde shadow, it’s not retrograde yet. (And will that be a time. Buckle in.) But right now, action star Mars is giving the New Moon a special kind Wonder Woman, charge-out-of-the-trenches courage, the kind that comes when the go-getter initiative of Aries meets the brash confidence of Leo.
So… what part of your writing or creative life feels like a battlefield right now? Are you excited to charge on? Terrified? Both?
Are you in the middle of taking fire, incapable of seeing the victory on the other side?
Or are you so close to victory you can taste it? Is this moon the push you need to make that last leap?
This moon has a lot of firepower behind it. The manifestation potential is extraordinary. You’re on the verge of something big—it’s just a matter of tapping in.
Writing Prompts for the New Moon in Leo
If you’re an Aries Rising…
What creative projects are you starting? How are they helping you channel your self-expression in new ways? Are you the kind of writer who considers your work to be self-expressive? If not, how does that idea make you feel? If so, how has your expression changed over the years?
If you’re a Taurus Rising…
How is your home life or new realizations about your family, natal or chosen, affecting your work? Are you working on making unconscious patterns more conscious, and is this turning up new material? How do the conceptions of home and family show up in your work?
If you’re a Gemini Rising…
What new writing projects or rituals are you committing to? How is your community supporting you - or, how are you letting your community support you? Now would be a great time to join up with a writing group, or start one, if you haven’t.
If you’re a Cancer Rising…
How are you feeling about how your work does or doesn’t support you financially? What are your goals around this? How can the work you’re known for be brought into alignment with work that supports you financially?
If you’re a Leo Rising…
How are your projects supporting your sense of self? Are you getting them out into the world in a way that feels aligned with your values and long-term goals? What publications and modes of publication feel the most centered and aligned with who you are?
If you’re a Virgo Rising…
How are you reflecting on the internal values that guide your work? How has the quiet processing you do during Leo season helped you reorganize any work or revisions you’ve been initiating? What new emotional depth or courage have you gained access to?
If you’re a Libra Rising…
How are your communities helping, guiding, or otherwise being impacted by your work right now? Alternately, how is your work being framed or limited by your professional community or friendships, and how can you challenge yourself to be more yourself? Have you recently made a major change in a committed partnership, such as with an agent or editor, and how does that make you feel?
If you’re a Scorpio Rising…
What new long-term goals are you establishing for yourself that feel more aligned with the kind of work you want to do and be known for? With what feels more true to the person you’re becoming? What kinds of daily work, routines, and everyday obligations support that work, and what needs to be let go of?
If you’re a Sagittarius Rising…
Are you publishing something around this new moon, or perhaps going back to school or hitting a major educational milestone? If not, are you thinking about initiating a new cycle in your life around publishing or education? How are you thinking about creative expansion and what you know and don’t know?
If you’re a Capricorn Rising…
What projects are helping you process and move through old griefs and losses, perhaps related to family? Alternately, what projects and collaborations are you starting that help you lean into the resources you share with others, learning to build something greater as a team through the merging and meshing of your individual talents?
If you’re an Aquarius Rising…
What issues are coming up in regard to your committed partnerships, whether with co-writers, agents, editors, or even romantic partners who you’re intimately sharing space with as you work during a pandemic? Are you feeling the urge to initiate new relationships, and if so, why? Are you, perhaps, starting a project where the content is, itself, centered on or around relationships?
If you’re a Pisces Rising…
What work do you do every day that feels aligned with your self-expression? How can your writing further help you lean into this empowerment? How are you feeling motivated to make your money? This New Moon is a particularly good pitching moon for you.
The next Astrology for Writers newsletter will detail the jam-packed astrology of September with all of the major transits and aspects of the month, including the upcoming Mars Retrograde, but it’s for paid subscribers only.