July 24, 2025 – August 23, 2025

We have been trying to get to a new, different, and better experience of life since 2020. Well, in the past few weeks, positive things have started to manifest in ways that haven’t before, helping us to get to that new and better experience we have been trying to get to. They aren’t big and permanent things YET, but they are a very good start to get us on a new path.

This is a good thing. However, when it comes to either moving forward on these new things to bring them to fruition and fixing anything from the past in the way, we are hesitating or feel stuck. That is not because anything is wrong in our situation. Things are actually starting to look up in a way they haven’t in a long time! It is because we are lacking the courage and presence to do what needs to be done to bring everything together.

We are lacking the courage and presence because good things have not happened to us in a long time, so it doesn’t feel right that all of a sudden now this would be the time things would improve. The good things are also new and small, so we worry they won’t grow bigger or that we will mess them up. We don’t want to get our hopes up, only to be let down.

As a result, what we are learning this lunar month of Leo, is to work through any of that fear, insecurity, and pessimism that is in the way of these good things that are trying to come to us. We are learning to get more of the inner courage and strength we need to finally go for the gold and succeed. We are also learning to stay more in the present and just have fun with the good things that are now occurring.

Doing that may require us to slow down a little bit and tend to our emotions. However, it will bring a lot of insights about our lives and motivation to enact them that will help us on the other side — next month during eclipse season!

Explore this lunar month’s four major moon phases below.

New Moon in Leo

Trying to find courage to act in new ways

July 24 – August 1, 2025

Our lives have recently started to change for the better in ways that are becoming more permanently seen. However, this experience is a bit different from what we are used to. As a result, we are scared this better experience won’t fully come to fruition and are lacking the courage to continue with it. That can make us feel like we are stuck or moving slowly. As a result, we may try to go inwards and get more of the courage to act in these new ways, and fix anything from the past that doesn’t align with it.

Sun in Leo opposite Pluto in Aquarius (Thurs., July 24-Fri., July 25, 2025)
Chiron retrograde in Aries (Wed., July 30, 2025) — 27 degrees
Venus enters Cancer (Wed., July 30, 2025)
Sun conjunct Mercury in Leo (Thurs., July 31, 2025)

First Quarter Moon in Scorpio

Going inwards to adjust our emotions

August 1-9, 2025

We are trying to go inwards to nurture our emotions and transform our inner world towards a new and better experience. However, it is not happening as easily or quickly as we might like. As a result, we realize that we need to continue to take it slow in order to find a new balance in this different place, even if going slowly is opposite of what we want to be doing. If we can slow down and go inwards, we may receive lots of sudden and helpful ideas about our ourselves and our experience.

Venus in Cancer square Saturn and Neptune in Aries (Fri., Aug 1-Sat., Aug. 2, 2025)
Mars enters Libra (Wed., Aug. 6, 2025)
Mars in Libra opposite Saturn in Aries (Thurs., Aug. 7-Sat., Aug. 9, 2025)
Mars in Libra trine Uranus in Gemini (Thurs., Aug 7-Sat., Aug. 9, 2025)
Mars in Libra opposite Neptune in Aries (Fri., Aug. 8-Sun., Aug. 10, 2025)

Full Moon in Aquarius

Sudden inner strength and peace

August 9-16, 2025

We continue to get sudden and helpful ideas about our experience. These new ideas help us to see ourselves in a very different way, which makes us feel more solid and secure in a new experience that is now emerging. As a result, we begin to feel so much more courageous and able to adjust our situation for the better. We also feel happier and more at ease, like we have a better chance at bringing things together more easily and naturally after this point.

Mars in Libra trine Pluto in Aquarius (Sat., Aug. 9-Mon., Aug. 11, 2025)
Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer (Mon., Aug. 11-Tues., Aug. 12, 2025)
Uranus in Gemini trine Pluto in Aquarius (Mon., Aug. 11-Mon., Oct. 27, 2025)
Mercury direct in Leo (Mon., Aug. 11, 2025) — 4 degrees
Venus in Cancer trine North Node in Pisces (Fri., Aug. 15-Sat., Aug. 16, 2025)

Third Quarter Moon in Taurus

Preparing to act again in different ways

August 16-23, 2025

We are feeling much stronger and more secure in a new experience. We are also feeling more courageous and able to adjust things in this positive direction. However, we are still hesitating on taking the actions in order to more fully adjust things. We need just a little bit more time to adjust to this newfound courage and prepare for the actions we hope to take to finally turn our lives around once and for all.

Sun in Leo trine Chiron in Aries (Tues., Aug. 19-Wed., Aug. 20, 2025)
Sun enters Virgo (Fri., Aug. 22, 2025)
Venus in Cancer square Chiron in Aries (Fri., Aug. 22-Sat., Aug. 23, 2025)

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“You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.”

― Bill Budge

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Questions for Reflection

You can answer these questions to yourself, in your journal, or in the comment section.

1. What big change have you been trying to make to finally turn your life around for the better since 2020?
2. What positive things have recently started to happen in order to help you manifest those better things you have been working towards since 2020?
3. What needs to be done next in order to bring this positive things to completion or fruition, so that they are a more permanent part of your experience?
4. Is there anything from the past that you might need to adjust first towards this new way that is now evolving?
5. What might be stopping you from doing those things you listed above? Is it a lack of courage or a fear that something might go wrong?
6. How can you work around any fear you might have and get the courage you need? Is this a mantra, meditation, or other measures to make yourself feel safer?
7. Are there any more insights or clarity you hope to get this month (which is possible) to make your next steps better or more clear?