New Moon in Leo 🦁✨

How can you acknowledge your inner child this moon cycle, in a way supported by your specific cosmology? Keep reading to find out...

Below is an audio version of this newsletter. Click below to listen, or keep on readin'...

* Just for this particular newsletter I recommend the audio recording because of an Inner Child Exercise available on it, that's extra potent for this New Moon. But reading it can be useful too.

Leo presides over Children and over our Inner Child. When it is a New Moon, as opposed to a Full Moon, we are being encouraged to do the Inner Work related to the sign it's in -- and in this case that would be the Inner Child. On the Full Moon it's more about the Outer Work. Without acknowledging your inner child this month, the second half of August could be ripe with challenge or conflict. This New Moon on August 4, is in preparation for a rather bumpy Full Moon on August 19. We can smooth over these bumps by honoring and acknowledging the Leonian child in us now.

You may want to opt for the audio recording above as it walks through an Inner Child exercise, taken from the 7 Steps of Rebirth, by Doris E. Cohen, author of the book Repetition. Or read this message below and apply it yourself.

Take a few deep breaths, in through the nose and out through the nose. When you are able to breath in and out through the nostrils, as opposed to the mouth, your body receives signals that you are safe.

While breathing, take a moment to pick a number between 0-10. Any number is the right one.

Whichever number you picked is the age of the inner child you're going to go speak with now as an adult within the Heart. So if you picked 0, you'll be visiting the newborn self, or 10, the 10-year-old self.

Now imagine a beautiful natural scene. Pick out your environment, have the scene include some kind of trees, flowers, and a soothing body of water. A natural scent flows through the air, maybe it's honeysuckle, pine, or magnolia.

Now as an adult, you walk into this nature scene, and you see your inner child, the age you picked, in this scene there before you. Maybe they are playing, or sitting, or walking. Anything they are doing is all good because you're going to go meet them now.

The only intention of this meeting is to show and let this child know that it has your unconditional love.  Let them know that you're there just to be with them, they don't have to do anything. 

Maybe you are able to have a good time together, maybe you're both splashing your feet in the water. Or maybe it is more challenging, they are hiding from you or crying. Whatever the case, it's as it's meant to be.

No matter how they show up, tell them the same thing, that you will continue to return to them, that your love has no conditions on it. It is a Leonian love, made of Pure Heart Energy.

Before leaving, and it is important to leave, let them know that this place is their safe haven where absolutely no harm can come to them. It is a protected, sacred place, a magical place. They can climb trees, or swim, or play pretend and they will be taken care of no matter what.

You, as the adult, are receiving the healing because it's you who has created this safe place and container for this child and this is what makes leaving the child here helpful for both of you. Because now the child doesn't have the steering wheel over your adult life; rather it's been seen and acknowledged and has a place for free Expression and Play, and unconditional love -- you've given it a place within you rather than having it be in charge of things that would feel out of control for a child. This is even more powerful having been done on a New Moon in Leo.

When you're ready, come back to Life here now. Acknowledging three beautiful or wonderful things around your space so that you can get back to where you are now.

Keep scrolling for New Moon intention setting... 

The New Moon is a dark sky, an inward and reflective period. It's a very special day to contemplate the "newness" possible in the area of your Spirit that the Moon is resting inside of.

Below are the houses of life and spirit that Leo lives in. Sometimes turning some gentle understanding or conscious awareness toward this area is more than enough.

 You need to know your Rising Sign (Ascendant) to know which house the New Moon is resting in. If you can't access it, use your Sun sign or please feel welcome to reach out: [email protected]. 

 New Moon in Leo - Inner Child Recognition

🐏 Aries Rising - When you were little, how did you like to play? What kind of art did you like to make? As an adult, how can this way of playing translate into your everyday life now?

🐂 Taurus Rising - When you were little, what did you imagine you wanted your home to be like or feel like? Did you ever play house as a little one? As an adult, how can you intend to bring some of these ideas into your home and experience now? 

👯‍♀️ Gemini Rising - When you were little, what did you like to spend your time thinking about? Or, was there a certain kind of book you liked to read? A subject you enjoyed learning? As an adult, can you take some time to revisit some of these subjects now?

🦀 Cancer Rising - When you were little, what did you absolutely treasure and value? Did you have a keepsake box? As an adult, can you find some things you would've absolutely treasured as a child and hold onto them?

🦁 Leo Rising - When you were little, how did you show up in front of others or in the world? What was your identity like as a child? Has this changed at all? As an adult, could you experiment with settling into the aura or the persona you used to have as a child? 

👩‍🌾 Virgo Rising - When you were little, did you have any moments when you recognized that you are a Spiritual Being having a Human Experience? Where were you, and what were you doing? Can you reenact that in some way now as an adult?

⚖️ Libra Rising - When you were little, what were your hopes and dreams and wishes for the future? As an adult, is it possible to intend to become as playful with and as open to the future as you were when you were a child?

🦂 Scorpio Rising - When you were little, what gave you a feeling of great purposefulness or helpfulness? What was something you liked being asked to do or help with? How can you bring that into your calling now as an adult?

🐎 Sagittarius Rising - When you were little, what felt like it was an absolutely huge adventure for you?  Did you have something you used to do, or was it a walk you used to take, that felt like it expanded your whole world? As an adult, how can you bring that feeling of expansion and adventure into your life now?

🐐 Capricorn Rising - When you were little, can you recall a moment of a big caterpillar-to-butterfly transformation that you had? Maybe it was from something like riding a bike. As an adult, how can you let yourself have this kind of an experience more often?

⛲️ Aquarius Rising - When you were little, what did you imagine wanting your future relationships, or your future husband or wife to be like? Do you remember any crushes you had? As an adult, how can you get back in touch with this side of yourself that understands relationships to be about Love? 

🐡 Pisces Rising - When you were little, did you have a routine you liked to do? Or what were some activities you liked to do on a repetitive basis that were good for you without you even realizing it? As an adult, how can you bring in some of these routines or habits you enjoyed as a child?

Also on this day, Mercury has turned retrograde in Virgo and will be direct August 28th. Particularly in Virgo, a Mercury stewarded sign, now isn't the time to press super hard forward -- if something feels like it's "stopping" you, trying to get your attention, give it your full, present, and undivided attention. Especially since Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto are all retrograde as well. Re-memebering, Re-turning, Re-viewing, and all the Re- words are supported by the cosmos now.

And if you ever feel lost or like you've forgotten who you are, close your eyes and remember any joyful memory from childhood. The earlier the memory, the better. This is a sure and fast way to come back into the truth of who you are, to get help with a decision, or a roadmap of what you know you're moving toward now as an adult. Recognize this little voice whenever you can, even though it may take some time and patience to do so. It can't always take the steering wheel because our inner child is a very intense part of us, but it does need a seat in our cars. 

Love to you all,

Jane 🕊