LEO NEW MOON
A radical rebrand. Unleashing the beast.
2025 NEW MOONS // JULY 24th - 26th
Greetings friends,
Wow, this Mercury Retrograde has been kicking my ass, I won’t lie; I moved out of my apartment, put most of my things in a storage unit, and am back in Washington for a little while, as I will be attending several different music events over the next couple of months. I had hoped this newsletter would have been sent out yesterday, but GOOD LORD, so many delays have been placed in front of me over the past few days. Anyway, we are getting into what I would argue is going to be the most transformative part of the year. While we had several retrogrades between January and April, making the first third of this year a prolonged period of review, upon the completion of this Mercury retrograde we are currently in, there are going to be some pretty fascinating activations that are accelerating us forward and transforming the way that we emotionally understand ourselves and emotionally and spiritually connect with one another. There are many moving pieces that are just now starting to become noticeable in their interactions with each other, so my best advice to you is to take each day as it comes and to not try to plan too far into the future, as these larger activations are so prominently inviting us to become more adaptable, courageous, and accountable for who we want to be.
This new moon calls back to a couple of different dates. The more notable ones may be the Mars-Pluto oppositions that happened in January and April of this year. The first happened while Mars was retrograde and was just about to re-enter Cancer, on January 3rd. The second occurred on April 18th, when Mars was direct and retracing its steps through Leo. These oppositions were symbolizing a conflict between the head and the heart—a pressure to perform or an opportunity to rebel against the expectations being placed upon us. We may have found ourselves in situations that had us facing rejection or misunderstanding, but we may have found that breaking free from our performative tendencies was perhaps the only true way forward. These oppositions likely involved scenarios that created internal discomfort, as we realized there was perhaps not an option for us to make everyone and ourselves happy.
This new moon is the new beginning that is the culmination of the work we’ve been doing because of those Mars-Pluto oppositions. And while this new moon is productive and forward-moving, it is likely not treating us very gently; we have perhaps been thrust out of our comfort zones in the past week or so to awaken a light within ourselves that has been smothered, caged, or squirreled away. There may be a new beginning provided to us through this lunation that is made possible because of some dramatic unfoldings or exhaustive experiences, and regardless of what those exactly are for you, this moon is likely revealing to you a potential or a power that you perhaps were unaware of or were doubtful existed. Let’s dive a bit deeper below.
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This is a great new moon for a rebrand, but not a casual one—something radical. This new moon is happening under the influence of Mercury retrograde; it shifted retrograde on the 17th and will move back through Leo through the 11th of August. (You can listen to the podcast episode on this Mercury retrograde here, and can join my exclusive community to listen to the horoscope episode too!) While I wouldn’t necessarily encourage manifestation practices to be done under this energy, this can be a powerful time to identify how you can honor your inner sparkle, the part of you that feels easiest to connect with, because it is so deeply representative of you. Leo is governed by the sun; it is the light within us and the way that we shine. The house that Leo governs can illuminate where you have a natural talent and where you organically excel, but it can also represent where you become most performative in an attempt to be accepted or celebrated by others. It is through this new moon that we are likely being shown where we have become attached to being seen in a specific way. It is simultaneously inviting us to return to the simplest and most organic expressions of ourselves, so that we might align with a more truthful path, one that we actually want to walk down, rather than continuing to pursue ventures that are only upholding an image that we’ve found a sense of false confidence in.
This moon opposes Pluto, just like Mars did in January and April this year. Pluto is the Lord of the Underworld; it is both death and resurrection. Pluto is the inevitable collapse, and represents the necessity of it, as whatever has died is often what becomes the fertilized soil that feeds the new life as it springs up. Considering new moons are opportunities for new beginnings and often signify some type of newness coming into being, this opposition to Pluto may be presenting us with opportunities to willingly participate in the decay process of whatever is no longer serving us—even if it is something we are feeling validated by—so that we can erect new structures that will be feel much more authentically resonant with the people we wish to become. The Leo-Aquarius axis is one that I explore quite often, as it is the axis of the performer and the audience, the king and the subjects, the individuation journey and the unification with collective consciousness. The opposition between this new moon and Pluto is likely highlighting the necessity of us killing off tendencies that are motivated by our desire for social acceptance so that we can step into our true spotlights, which, in our doing so, may ironically draw in the attention we were trying so hard to receive by playing the parts we’ve thought we must play.
There is a development that has been slowly happening in our collective, one that will continue to unfold more noticeably over the next few years. This development process is intending to dismantle tradition in many ways, so that we might create a new cultural and societal “normal” that is not centered around a singular definition of what “normal” looks like. We are in the beginning stages of an entirely new energetic ecosystem being curated, one that will be much more sustainable for future generations, as it will be stabilized by people merely being themselves. We can see this in the way that we are approaching our professional worlds, relationships, personal styles, and creative lives, among other things. Many people are growing tired of fitting into the pre-established moulds that have been created by previous generations; we’re craving something that feels more organic, fluid, and authentic. Many of us are outgrowing the boxes we’ve been placed in by others or that we’ve put ourselves into, and we may find that as we step out of these categorizations, we realize that the perfect “box” that would encapsulate the entirety of our complexity as individual people simply does not exist. It is through this new moon that we may be reaching one small mile marker on this longer-term journey; this new moon is but one of many new beginnings that we will be offered in the next several years, each of which will be contributing to our emerging into a more truthful self, one that has not been created by wounds, pain points, and unfortunate experiences, but instead, honors the sacred light that has been within us long before any external circumstances had influence over us. In this new moon, we are sinking into the gray area—the obscure space between categories—as it is this in-between space that most favorably provides us with the room to celebrate our uniqueness and authenticity.
This new moon is not so much about adding something new as it is about pulling back the layers that are hiding what already exists. We may find that through this lunation, we are not becoming more ourselves by doing more; instead, perhaps we are accessing the self that has been waiting to be seen and celebrated by quieting our own and external judgements and listening for what emerges from our hearts.
Leo is the animal within. It’s our primal state. It’s raw creation. The fire signs are our energy—the life force that courses throughout our bodies—it is, in Chinese medicine, qi. Fire energy is hard to encapsulate in descriptions of physical objects sometimes, as it is better described through experiential matters. You may notice your fire essence most prominently when you’re driving down the highway, windows down, with your favorite song playing. Or when you have your first kiss. Or when you’re lying in the grass and the sun peaks through the clouds, cicadas are buzzing, and the breeze smells like honeysuckle. Fire energy courses through us in moments when we feel most alive. But how often do you deny yourself fiery experiences because of a fear of how you’ll be perceived? How many times have you evaded the dance floor because you didn’t want to look stupid? How many times have you hidden your art because you didn’t want to look cringey? How often have you denied yourself fun out of fear you’d look like a fool?
It is through this new moon that we’re being reminded of the sacredness of this life in a very singular sense—yes, we interact with others and share life as a society, but this life that you are living is for you, no one else. This new beginning is a call from the wild, an invitation to return to your primitive self that hasn’t been conditioned and tamed by the laws of tradition to fall in line and play the part that society has assigned you. It is a stamp of approval to do the thing that you have been avoiding, to be the self you’ve been trying to conceal, regardless of how the world may react to your doing so. For many, this new moon may feel like a deeply uncomfortable shove out of their safe spaces and into a wilderness that will require them to become more instinctual in their movements. This new moon’s opposition to Pluto is the tension aspect in a powerful planetary formation called a cradle, which, similar to its name, represents a haven of safety that we may wish to stay in forever. In a cradle formation, there is an opposition that splits the chart in two, leaving one half empty and unexplored and the other half active with supportive aspects from at least two additional planets. The lowest place in a cradle can symbolize where we dwell to feel safe and an energy that we have perhaps overdeveloped. On the opposing side—in the unexplored half of the chart—we are shown a new world that we might discover many things in, if only we had the courage to leave the familiarity of the cradle.
In this case, the lowest part of the cradle is Taurus, and the unexplored opposing space is Scorpio, meaning that this new moon challenges us to utilize the archetype of Leo, the lion within each of us, to consciously choose the unknown, the thing we may fear, and the risk we’ve avoided taking—Scorpio. Taurus is the neutralizer; it stabilizes polarizing energy and grounds the electrical current. Taurus is the storm cellar that we retreat to when a tornado is passing through. Scorpio is polarization, extremes, and turbulence. Scorpio is the discomfort that pushes, sometimes forces, you to change. In the essence of this new moon, and also considering its connection to the Mars-Pluto oppositions that occurred earlier this year, we may find ourselves allowing a more honest and raw essence of ourselves to emerge, despite the discomfort of potential rejection that may have deterred us from honoring our authenticity previously. Perhaps the events of the Mars-Pluto oppositions earlier this year were uncomfortable scenarios that showed us what happens when we face rejection—the good, the bad, and the ugly. This new moon may be pointing back to them and be saying to us, “See? It wasn’t that bad, was it? Even if it was terrible, you now know you can survive the discomfort of misunderstanding and rejection.”
In a way, due to this new moon’s participation in the cradle formation, and because of the cradle’s reference to a childlike, immature quality within each of us, this moon may feel like taking the training wheels off. It’s like making your own doctor’s appointment or being the one to ensure all the lights are turned off and your doors are locked at night. There are some responsibilities that we never thought would be ours, but one day, we are given no other choice but to assume them, as we eventually outgrow our childhood bedrooms and our parents can no longer claim us as dependents. There comes a day when you can’t pretend you’ve fallen asleep while watching a movie in the hopes that your dad will carry you to bed and tuck you in. You will startle awake at two in the morning, the TV is still glaring, and you can taste your breath because you forgot to brush your teeth.
This moon is like being thrown from the nest, and while it may be uncomfortable, it is a necessary event, as it is in the falling that we discover we are capable of flight. In this new moon, we are being given the space to become something new, to change, and to be more ourselves, and in that becoming process, we might encounter resistance, insecurity, and self-doubt, which will have us craving who we once were and what we once had. And this is why returning to a more raw expression of ourselves is so valuable. There is a wildness within you that, no matter how much time has elapsed, will remain undomesticated and feral. It is the essence of the soul, the breath of life that courses through you, the creative genius that we are all made of. While this moon may not treat us gently, it may be the shock that we need to reignite the passion we’ve allowed to grow dull. While we may wish to remain innocent babes, held safely in the frame of the cradle, simultaneously, the thought of remaining who we’ve always been may be entirely repulsive to us, as the beast within us claws at our bellies, making us hunger for something more exciting.
When was the last time you indulged that creature? When was the last time you let it free from its cage to follow its wild whims? We may find that domesticating our beastly qualities has gotten us gold stars, medals, and pats on the back. We muzzle and collar and leash our creativity, passion, romance, sensuality, pleasure, and expression so that their chances of adoption are higher. In the search for acceptance and reverence, we might abandon the parts of ourselves that make us us. We see what people like and think, “I must do more of that.” We take something pure and organic and refine it to be palatable to the masses. It may feel good in the moment, and the praise may be intoxicating, but eventually, the movements become mechanical, fluidity becomes formulaic, and the applause loses its meaning. What we thought set us free is what becomes a prison of our own making.
This new moon does not promise that your authentic expression—your unleashing the animal—will be celebrated; in fact, it bluntly reminds us, with the influence of Mercury retrograde and the opposition to Pluto, that people will reject you. People will misunderstand. You will inevitably encounter judgment. But knowing this is not justification for shoving the creature back into the cage. The exile, ridicule, and hatred you might receive are poorly translated messages of longing, cries for freedom from the creatures that exist within those repulsed by your wild nature. Judgment is evidence of extinguished exuberance, of pleasure and originality that has been beaten down into submission. The reminder of this lunation is that if you wish to see the wildness return, you must nurture it, remember it, and become it. You must celebrate the disgust from the onlookers indoctrinated with conformity, as their repulsion is proof that the wildness within them is stirring and growing restless. Soon enough, they will remember the freedom that is found in being messy and feral and will not be able to contain it; they will feel the hunger of the beast they have starved for so long.
I hope that you can honor the wild within you in this Leo season and that you can embody the light that you wish to see. Let your art be weird and unsettling and strange and loud and cringe. Honor your creation process, no matter how ugly it might be. This new moon is a moon of radical reawakening, a reminder that you can do hard things, and that your “not having it all together” is a perfect and beautiful example of what it means to be alive. It is an activation of a new wave of being. It is our severance from societal norms, trends, and expectations so that we might reunify at a more authentic frequency.
Sending you so much love, and happy new moon.
xx, Aspen
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ARIES, this moon is an especially opportune time for you to rebrand; maybe you’re finally tearing off performative identities and are feeling brave enough to reveal a more raw and authentic essence of yourself. This may present you with a refreshing breath in your creative life, or perhaps it will impart a shift in the way that you approach romanticism and social connection. This may be a time in which you’re recognizing that if you wish to be accepted for who you truly are, you have to have the courage to show up organically. You may be realizing self-imposed inhibitions that have covertly operated through you during this moon, recognizing how they’ve subtly tried to keep you safe from ridicule or judgment by restricting authentic qualities. This is a moon to allow yourself to show up more playfully, from a more experimental place. You’re encouraged to release any desires to control how you are perceived and to instead embrace the way that you naturally exist and express yourself. When you move from the wellspring of truth that resides within you, regardless of how people experience or perceive you, you serve the collective by being a symbol of authenticity and total acceptance of the self. Perhaps this moon will have you choosing to approach romance and pleasure with less of a filter, which may mean that this moon will be the starting point of a more intimate relationship with your body and closest connections.
TAURUS, in order to make progress toward your larger ambitions, this moon may highlight the importance of you refreshing the foundation that you’re standing upon, as the foundations that you’ve been standing upon up until this point may be composed of performative or inauthentic structures. This may be an important time for you to assess what your identity has been stabilized by in the past. You might find that things you previously felt confident in are now a bit wobbly; perhaps aspects of yourself that you felt were everlasting are now no longer resonating with you, which is having you re-examine the fundamental structure of who you are. This may also be reflected by changes and new opportunities springing up in your family, home, or living space. While you may wish to cling to old parts of yourself that create a feeling of safety and confidence, you might find that surrendering to the transformation process allows you to make progress in other areas of life that you’ve been trying to excel in. Partnership and close connections are likely acting as catalysts of change right now, which is perhaps having you look at partnership and yourself from entirely new and unfamiliar perspectives. This is an exciting time for you to commit to who you want to be and embrace the process of uncovering a more authentic iteration of yourself, rather than clinging to outdated structures that allow you to repeat ego-based patterns.
GEMINI, you may be challenged to adopt a different way of thinking through this moon, as you may find that previously had conversations are circling back around for you to observe through a different lens. This may be a moon for you to stand by the things you say you value, which may mean that there will be opportunities to demonstrate strength in communication by initiating conversations that have been pushed to the side or consciously avoided. This moon may illuminate the power of your voice; perhaps you will be devoting yourself to speaking from a more authentic place, or you will take the initiative to honor your inner truth more proactively by making bold choices today to set yourself up for a better tomorrow. There may be things forming together in your immediate environment that appear unassuming due to their ordinary appearances, but this new moon points to how small things can unfold into life-changing experiences when you provide them with enough time and attention. This is a great moon for you to re-evaluate your approach to daily matters, so you might identify what aspects of your daily efforts have become appearance- or performance-focused. You may find that over time, the things you implement now will allow you to make substantial progress toward bigger objectives in both lifestyle and health. This is a beneficial space to only say what you truly mean and give your attention to things you genuinely value and care about.
CANCER, this new moon presents you with the opportunity to establish a more authentic relationship with your inherent value, which may mean that it’s inviting you to interface with money, possessions, your morals, or matters of taste from a different place. There may be new financial opportunities being presented to you, or perhaps you will merely be adopting a different relationship with your finances, which is allowing you to utilize them differently. This is an important time for you to center yourself in your authentic truth, rather than trying to act to win others’ approval or praise. You might find that this is a valuable time to become more conscious of any moral concepts that you’re continuing to identify with because of the acceptance maintaining them provides you. Perhaps there are opportunities that you’d be able to move toward more fluidly if you let go of certain moral qualities that you feel obligated to continue embodying. This new moon asks you to do what is best for you, even if it does not benefit others. This may be an important time to prioritize you and your needs above all else, meaning that you may appear objectively selfish from an outside point of view. This can be a beneficial time for you to restructure your material and moral objectives so you can pivot your actions to fulfill them with more streamlined focus and break free from performative actions that are ultimately delaying you from achieving what you desire.
LEO, this new moon may provide you with a clear view into the foundational aspects of your self-concept that you are operating from and offer you the opportunity to dawn a new way of being that will be in stronger service to what your heart truly wants. This may be a time for you to examine how you have clung onto the feeling of confidence by staying in spaces you are aware you are outgrowing, and perhaps even the things you have found confidence in by staying in these spaces are starting to feel less exciting and uplifting. You are being asked through this moon to loosen your grip on predictability, as you are potentially finding false confidence by staying in predictable environments, which may be holding you back from the progress you feel inspired to make. It may be important for you to take a risk and leave behind something familiar to you. This is a moon for you to claim a new way of being, moving, and expressing; it’s an opportunity for you to reclaim ownership over your life and experience by asking yourself how you can return to a path that truly nourishes the light within you. You may find that some connections in your life are challenging you to evolve, which may cause you to feel uncomfortable; they may do this by pushing you to want more or by holding you back—either way, you may find it useful to assess how your close connections and social groups are shaping your perception of your potential and actionability.
VIRGO, this is a moon that intends to light up the most unconscious aspects of your identity; you may find that you’re being granted access to a part of yourself that has been shrouded by the ego’s desire to keep you in a place of confidence and security. This is a valuable time for you to self-examine from a place of neutrality; you may be granted opportunities to implement habits that will allow you to evolve in ways that you ultimately value, but these opportunities may be presented to you through means that feel uncomfortable due to them illuminating certain shadow aspects of your identity and personality. This moon reminds you that there’s no need to respond or react in a certain way; you are encouraged to observe what is brought to your attention and transmute any resistance that may try to shut down information that may be valuable to you, even if it hits certain ego wounds or pain points. Sometimes the thing we need to hear is not the thing that we want to hear. There may be secret beginnings coming together through this new moon that may initially look like disadvantages or roadblocks; some may push you to take accountability over your actions with a stronger sense of authority. This is a time to be realistic with yourself about how you may be self-sabotaging your progress toward what you ultimately want and make the necessary adjustments to help you clear the way to a lighter experience.
LIBRA, this moon may have you identifying a new set of priorities in your ambitions and social life; this could be a time in which you’re tuning into a different aspect of your identity that has felt quieted for some time, and through this new moon, you may be finding the courage to reveal it with confidence. You might notice how you’ve outgrown certain social groups, which may mean that you’re setting intentions to align with communities that are more resonant with who you authentically are. This is an important time for you to identify the different iterations of yourself that are revealed by different connections and communities. Do you like the parts of you that they bring out? You’re encouraged to embrace your multidimensionality and not to shrink yourself to remain energetically aligned with connections that are expecting you to change to remain compatible with them. Authentic movement will reveal the true nature of all relationships. This may be an important time for you to redefine the moral narratives that are driving your actions in social spaces. If you have an online presence, you may find that this is a moon for you to re-evaluate the way you are showing up in that space to assess whether or not you are falling back into performative patterns in order to win others’ approval. This is not the time to feel obligated to explain yourself to the world. Whether people choose to leave or stay, their doing so is a benefit to you.
SCORPIO, this new moon may be offering you a new opportunity in your professional investments and long-term ambitions, but it may demand that you fundamentally reconfigure the foundations that you’re standing upon. This may be a time in which you are being asked to think of what you ultimately desire, not what you hope for in this moment, but what you’re trying to achieve in the long run. This could be an important time for you to realistically look at what is motivating your actions toward matters of the future. Are you clinging to a dream or ambition that looks more attractive because it seems more easily attainable? You may find that this new moon will call into question fears about instability, but simultaneously, it may provide you with a space to dissolve goals that no longer align with you and conceptualize new ones that do. In this process, you may gain clarity around what you are actually trying to achieve and where you are truly trying to go. It will be important for you to consider whether or not you are pursuing certain investments because of the way they contribute to your image and reputation. Perhaps this moon will involve a decision for some; maybe you’ll be offered a job or opportunity that you thought you wanted, but you will find yourself hesitating to accept. Or perhaps you will take it and later rescind your acceptance. Either way, this moon is likely representative of a renewal within your definitions of success and fulfillment.
SAGITTARIUS, this moon invites you to examine how you perceive the concept of progress and your own potential; it may be highlighting the importance of putting your need for comfort aside so that you can indulge your instincts a bit more and utilize them as vehicles to your ambitions for the future. This may be a moon in which a new storyline is unfolding before you, one that you perhaps didn’t expect, which may have you reassessing plans that you had previously felt quite confident in. This moon is an important time for you to trust your gut and not worry too strongly about steps 4, 5, and 6 before you’ve taken steps 1, 2, and 3. There may be new opportunities being presented to you that will light up a different potential within you that you previously hadn’t been conscious of; new things that are forming around you may be deeply shifting your usual mentality toward life and your typical approach to daily matters. This may involve an unexpected romantic experience, but it may also refer to a commitment or agreement that you hadn’t previously considered. There is an exciting essence of newness and limitlessness in this moon, providing you with a framework to feel more confident in betting on yourself and trusting your inner feeling. Embrace the subtle, spiritual transformations that this new moon may be setting you up for.
CAPRICORN, this moon grants you an opportunity to break out of cyclic behaviors that have been driven by the ego’s desire for security and confidence, which it’s perhaps maintained in the past by avoiding important, but uncomfortable, truths. This moon may have you navigating some type of upheaval; perhaps you are unwilling to perpetuate the pattern and are therefore facing your inner darknesses and the shadow aspects of your personality with more courage. There may be opportunities for intimacy to be strengthened with a close partner or friend, or perhaps this is an opportunity for more radical self-acceptance to be demonstrated toward yourself. This moon emphasizes the importance of you not needing to distort the truth to control how you are perceived. It may be strengthening the way that you communicate, urging you to bring up conversations that you’d typically avoid. You may be learning that safety and peace can exist in conversations where you may have to admit vulnerabilities, insecurities, or wrongdoing. You may find that such experiences will shift your moral narratives in some way, or perhaps you will experience shifts in what you value about yourself. This moon highlights the transformative experience of being fully authentic. By not needing to be perceived or received in a certain way, you open yourself to more potent expressions of intimacy and trust.
AQUARIUS, this moon may have you stepping into a more truthful expression of self, which is having you approach relationships and commitments from a different angle. You may find that you are no longer willing to hold back certain qualities of yourself in order to remain compatible and aligned with interpersonal connections, which may mean that there are some that are being strengthened and others that are reaching a conclusion. You might also find that this has you taking a risk publicly or professionally. You might find that while your self-prioritization may appear “selfish” from an external perspective, your devotion to yourself, feeling good, and creative fluidity is favorably rippling out into all areas of life. This may be a time in which you’re setting a new set of standards and expectations in relationships, which may mean that you will be interfacing with a different archetype of person as your energy stabilizes in a different frequency, one that is rooted in freedom and authenticity. Some may find that there are new relationship structures forming under this energy, which may result in a relationship coming together in an official sense; however, for many, this may be the formulation of a new relationship with yourself, which will also shift the types of relationships you participate in. This is an important time for you to only interface with relationships that allow you to be more yourself; doing the inverse will only exhaust you.
PISCES, this moon may inspire you to implement structures in your lifestyle that will be more in service to your authentic desires and creative self. You may be making plans under this energy to embark upon a new venture, one that feels exciting and unfamiliar but has the potential to be spiritually and intellectually expansive. This may be an important time to observe where the majority of your time and energy is being sent toward—does it make you feel more yourself? This moon highlights the importance of you returning your energy to yourself, which may mean that this is an important time for you to set boundaries with people and responsibilities that are not contributing to your well-being in a sustainable way. This is not the time to feel like you need to be what other people are expecting you to be, especially if doing so exhausts you. There may be aspects of your life structures and overall lifestyle that are in flux right now, but you’re encouraged to identify how you might be able to set aside time for yourself for at least a brief period each day, even if there are other responsibilities that you cannot realistically step away from. This is an important time for you to assess how you might be more disciplined for your personal objectives, especially those that are related to the physical, material realm. How might you step away from building others’ dreams to build your own?