The 2023 Leo Full Moon reaches its maximum phase on Sunday 5th February 2023 at 10:28a PST (16°41’ or 16.68°). Occurring in a numerological 9 Universal Month of fulfillments, endings, and completions, this Full Moon is helping us wind down the purging cycle and helping us prepare for amazing new beginnings to come soon.
Leo is fixed fire energy, making it a reliable source of creativity and passion. However, Leo’s most notable trait is a need to be acknowledged. That’s what comes forth during this 2023 Leo Full Moon phase – the acknowledgement of our personal values.
Yes, we’re talking values again. That’s because one of the most notable transits of this 2023 Leo Full Moon phase is a T-Square configuration in which the Leo Sun-Aquarius Moon opposition is squared by Uranus in Taurus, placing evolving social values at the center of the Leo-Aquarius axis (what I call “the Axis of Expression”) – the balance between our unique individual expression of our individual selves and our unique individual expression in contribution to something greater than ourselves.
What’s most interesting (to me) about this configuration is that the contemporary ruling planet of Aquarius is… Uranus, empowering innovation and the collective evolution of both humanity and technology with often unexpected events. Uranus’ prominent role in this 2023 Leo Full Moon indicates that the power of this moment is with the Aquarius Sun side of this Sun-Moon opposition, with the Leo Moon is reflecting the light of the Aquarius Sun. However, Uranus’ placement in Taurus’ earth energy challenges Leo to find a way to bring its inspired and creative ideas into reality and challenges Aquarius to bring its evolutionary collective vision into tangible form.
With the Taurus Uranus influence so strongly present right now, we’re each and all becoming more conscious of and present to the effects of technology on the ways we see and think about the world, and how we’re experiencing the world and each other. This is enabling us to become more aware of our personal/individual values. Uranus and Aquarius oversee both humanity and technology, and we are at a moment in humanity’s collective evolution where our development of technology has brought us to a fork in the road. We – as the collective whole of human kind – are now choosing between the renaissance of humanization or the rise of dehumanization through machines. As we are confronted by the reality that through the technological advances, machines/computers are becoming more “human-like”, there are many questions arising about what it means to be human – what it means to be creative, what it means to be unique, what it means to be original, what is means to be individual.
In discussing the T-Square, you may have noticed that I didn’t mention water energy specifically. That’s because it’s the Moon itself that brings the water energy to this dynamic and brings the four elements into balance. The Leo Moon brings the emotions that come from each of us finding and acknowledging our unique individual places and/or roles in the collective of humanity, despite Leo being a fire element sign. If anything, this 2023 Leo Full Moon inspires and empowers the uniquely creative expression of one’s emotional energies and encourages individual actions in alignment with one’s intuitive energies.
This is where this 2023 Leo Full Moon brings its greatest value – individual action.
For many of us right now, there are two questions:
- What action can I take as an individual?
- What action can I take as part of a group/community/collaboration?
This is a friendly reminder that we are operating under an Aquarius Sun, which supports the collective dynamic, and Uranus is playing a strong role in providing the necessary tension for collective evolution. However, in order for a group to be effective, it requires each individual that is part of the group contribute their uniqueness to the greater whole. However, in order to contribute to a greater whole, you must recognize what you value most. You must recognize what is at stake for you as a individual in order to understand and know what is at stake for you a part of a greater collective. If you don’t know what you value, if you don’t know what you really and truly need or want, how can you know where you belong?
The only way to know is for you to have the courage to be fully, honestly, and earnestly self-expressed. This is the only way for you to know who will accept you for who you really and truly are. This is the only way for you to discover which fork of the road aligns most with you. This is how you choose which path to walk.
Knowing what choice to make is especially difficult right now because under the technology umbrella is technology of mass communication. We know what’s happening on the other side of the world within minutes if not seconds! We also have many more platforms for information and misinformation to be communicated as “factual” truth. How do we know what is fact? How do we know what to believe? Recognize that in many cases, the confusion is intentional because confusion is hard, and many of us don’t want to do what is hard – we want things to be easy.
Yet we often fail to recognize that the easiest way to know isn’t by tapping into what’s outside of us – it’s by tapping into ourselves and what is happening within us.
The only way to make the choice of which path to walk and which “truth” is the truth for you to honor is to allow yourself to recognize which path feels most aligned with you… through the emotional and intuitive power of the 2023 Leo Moon.
This choice does have a feel of a “point of no return”. That’s because of this 2023 Leo Full Moon reaching its maximum phase on a 5 Universal Day of creativity, change, and adaptability. The 5 energy shares many qualities with Leo’s energy, most notably its penchant for dramatic flair. Both the choices you make to initiate changes in your life and the choices you make in adapting to the changes occurring around you will have a strong impact on how things move forward. Again, this is happening in a 9 Universal Month of completions and endings, and a 7 Universal Year of reflection, analysis, and thought. It’s the 7 Year energy that may make tuning into your intuition difficult because it encourages you to use your mind, not your intuition/feeling…
…yet you’ll need both for this adventure. Use the Aquarian and 7 “mind energies” to assess what choices need to be made, and use the Leo Moon and 5 “emotional” energies to know which choices to make that are aligned with unique, individual you – choices which place you in the perfect environment to have your value to the collective whole applied and acknowledged.
How will you know you’re on the best path and in the best place for you?
You’ll feel a sense of fulfillment. Remember that 9 Universal Month energy – completions and fulfillments. You’ll feel that you’re in the correct place and space. You’ll feel that you’re being seen and heard and valued. You’ll feel that you’re where you belong for this moment in time.
For more insights into this 2023 Leo Full Moon, here are the astrological transits within 3° orb at the time of the Full Moon’s maximum phase:
T-SQUARE: Aquarius 9 Sun square Taurus Uranus square Leo Moon (15-16°) – Social/societal values superimposed upon personal values. How’s your individual self-expression being impacted or balanced? Are you finding where you fit? If you’re not sure where you “belong”, feel your way by tapping into your intuition.
SEQUENCE: Capricorn Pluto semi-sextile Aquarius Saturn semi-sextile Pisces Vesta (26-28°) – Institutional transformation leads to both popular awakening and structural resistance. This leads to an increased dedication to serving the greater whole… but which greater whole – one that acknowledges the Oneness of everyone and everything, or one that seeks to deny it?
SEQUENCE: Pisces Venus semi-sextile (Aries Juno conjunct Chiron) semi-sextile Taurus Uranus (12-15°) – One’s relationship to Oneness/All-That-Is leads to a greater awareness of opportunities to heal one’s self-identity wounds and a commitment to do so, leading to a change in how you see yourself and possibly a change in what you value most abut yourself, your life, and humanity as a whole.
SEQUENCE: Aquarius Saturn semi-sextile Pisces Neptune semi-sextile Aries Eris (23-26°) – The question here is what is the collective whole of humanity truly focused on – its renaissance or its resolution? As we become more aware of our dreams, we may find that some of them are actually delusions, resulting in a sense of self-betrayal and a desire for revenge. The key here is not to project responsibility for our position onto others, but instead, to take responsibility for our position and take action to change course… if a change in course is what we want and are willing to take action to initiate.
QUAD: [Pisces Venus semi-sextile (Aries Juno conjunct Chiron)] sextile {Gemini Mars semi-sextile Cancer Pallas Athena) (11-12°) – This combination reveals ways to break old emotional patterns which keep your self-identity wounds open. By recognizing yourself as part of Oneness and understanding that you cannot be separated from Oneness, you may begin to understand that you’re an essential and unique part of the greater whole, and that it is important for you to act in alignment with this factual truth.
Aries Jupiter opposite Libra Ceres (6°) – Self-awareness grows through greater awareness of self-worth that comes through one-on-one relationships of all kinds.
Pisces Venus square Gemini Mars (11-12°) – Recognizing your relationship of Oneness with everything and everyone makes it challenging to accept duplicity and/or hypocrisy in the words and actions of others. Are duplicity and hypocrisy intended to keep people in confusion, or is this transit bringing to our attention that duplicity and hypocrisy need to be called out and dealt with to restore Oneness?
Capricorn Mercury sextile Pisces White Moon Selene (20-22°) – Clear and intentional communications support efforts to bring people and matters together in a positive light and for the Highest Good of all parties involved. This really does support the idea of bringing All-That-Is together in a healthy and healing Oneness.
Capricorn Mercury sextile Pisces Neptune (22-23°) – Though the communications delivered now have a very specific purpose, it’s important to discern whether or not these communications are rooted in a genuine desire to establish a peaceful Oneness or if these communications are driven by delusional beliefs which actually serve to deceive others into a false sense of unity. Communications support whichever purpose is intended
Capricorn Mercury square Aries Eris (22-23°) – These strategic communications can create tensions which can be interpreted as deceptions and/or betrayals, and may inspire acts of vengeance. The thing here is that those acts of vengeance may not be in direct kind. In other words, revenge probably won’t come in the same way the offense was delivered.
Aries Jupiter trine Leo Black Moon Lilith (4-6°) – Expanding self-awareness and seeing oneself in a more positive light inspires and empowers you to express yourself more boldly. However, recognize if your self-expression is a matter of confidence or a matter of ego.
(Aries Juno conjunct Chiron) sextile Gemini Mars (11-12°) – One’s commitment to heal one’s self-identity wounds is strong now, empowering individuals to make choices and take actions in alignment with how they think and speak about themselves and others. Actions will speak louder than words, so choose your own actions carefully as they will reflect your thinking.
The energy of this 2023 Leo Full Moon will be felt from Thursday 2nd February through Wednesday 8th February 2023. Make the most of this Full Moon phase by allowing yourself to feel and express your emotions, and then to use your intuitions to know which path is best for you.
Here’s to the celebration of your individual expression as you find yourself within the collective whole!
Until next article…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
