Full Moon in Leo 2026: Leading with Our Hearts
As we entered the weekend, the Moon moved through Cancer, bringing with it a deep need for nurturing — of home, family and emotional safety — alongside a call to care for and support others. With Jupiter in Cancer amplifying our emotional landscape and Saturn completing its journey through Pisces, many of us may have felt a swell of feelings rising to the surface.
Now, the Full Moon in Leo turns our attention toward the heart. Leo energy invites us to recognise our potential, claim our creative fire and dare to let it burn brighter. What flames are you tending? What fire within you is ready to be stoked?
Full Moons mark the peak of the lunar cycle. They offer moments of heightened awareness and clear seeing, illuminating what has previously been unconscious, unclear or quietly brewing beneath the surface. This is a time of culmination and celebration — a moment to acknowledge our efforts and share with the world what we have been creating.
At this lunation, the Sun stands opposite the Moon, shining brilliantly and lighting up the sky. Together, the Sun and Moon create a dynamic synergy, encouraging movement, expression and balance. What is revealed now asks to be seen — and felt.
This Full Moon activates the Leo–Aquarius polarity — the dance between the personal and the collective. Leo speaks to creative self-expression, pleasure, romance and the pride that comes from being fully ourselves. Aquarius, ruled by the Sun at this time, represents community, friendship, objectivity and our place within the wider whole. We are asked to find harmony between shining as individuals and belonging to something greater than ourselves.
The Sun is part of a larger Aquarian stellium, joined by Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto. While these planets are not all equally close, their collective presence creates an intense focus wherever Aquarius resides in your chart. This concentration of energy can feel electric, even overwhelming at times, as so much emphasis is placed on one area of life — urging growth, change and reorientation.
With this polarity highlighted, the spotlight turns toward how we balance our need for authentic self-expression, recognition and fulfilment with our desire for connection, belonging, and contribution to the collective good. The Leo–Aquarius axis reminds us that true belonging never requires self-abandonment. Spaces where our authentic selves are welcomed and celebrated do exist.
Leo is proud, creative and intensely individual — not content with blending quietly into the background. Aquarius, while equally valuing individuality, prioritises the collective vision and the future as a whole. This Full Moon illuminates the tension between these two impulses, asking us to honour both without diminishing either.
As the Moon shines fully in the night sky, symbolic illumination occurs within us. Emotions rise, insights surface and feelings that have been held in begin to seek expression. This is not a time to suppress what we feel. Instead, we are invited to let it move through us with awareness and care, knowing that what emerges may not yet be fully rational — but it is meaningful.
Adding to this moment, Neptune has only just entered Aries — a rare and significant shift that will shape the next 14 years of our collective story. Neptune in Aries invites us to dream bigger, act more boldly, and clarify what is truly worth fighting for. In supportive dialogue with Pluto in Aquarius, our individual choices and movements have the power to inspire collective change.
We are also only weeks away from the beginning of eclipse season, a time when the arc of change accelerates and choices carry lasting consequences. This Full Moon sits within that unfolding story, reminding us that while we may not always have control over external events, we do have agency over how we respond to them.
The Moon in Leo teaches us that we can choose courage over fear. We can take up space, lead with pride and heart, or retreat into the shadows. Take your cue from the Sun — remain steady in your hopes and dreams. Forward motion matters, even when the path feels uncertain. There may be risk involved, but there is also great reward.
As you move through this Full Moon, may you light up a room in the face of fear and shine brilliantly in the dark.
May you never dim your light so that others can shine brighter. If Aquarius Season teaches us anything, it is this: there is room for all of us. Share the stage — but never stop taking up the space you deserve.