Astrology
Leo Full Moon 2025: The Breaking Point
February 12, 2025 | 08:53 AM EST | 24º05’ Leo
The Leo Full Moon. The cycle peaks. What has been hidden comes into view. This is the moment of truth. Leo and Aquarius, self and collective, heart and mind, the star and the system.
The Leo-Aquarius axis is a battlefield between the sovereign and the revolutionary, the star and the collective, the performer and the visionary. At its core, this polarity is about the tension between self-expression and group consciousness, individuality and progress.
Leo, ruled by the Sun, demands to be seen, to shine, to radiate from the center. It thrives on validation, personal creativity, and a sense of significance. Aquarius, governed by Saturn and Uranus, rejects the need for approval, dismantling hierarchies and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. It is uninterested in performance for performance’s sake, its focus is the greater good, the future, the collective dream.
But these signs are not enemies. They are each other’s missing piece. Leo gives Aquarius permission to be human. To revel in the joy of creation. To feel, to play, to express without the need for logic or justification. Without Leo, Aquarius risks becoming a detached intellect, a thinker without a heartbeat. Aquarius gives Leo perspective. It reminds the Sun-ruled that their light is not just for themselves, it can be a beacon, a force for change. It pulls Leo out of self-obsession and into the realm of innovation, reminding them that true power isn’t about dominance, it’s about influence.
Together, they teach that validation and rebellion are not opposites, but forces that can feed each other. Leo must learn to take risks, even when no one is watching. Aquarius must learn that rebellion without purpose is empty.
This lunation is not gentle. The Moon stands in opposition to Mercury in Aquarius, pressing language against feeling, intellect against instinct. Square to Uranus in Taurus, the tension is electric. A breaking point. A rupture. The old patterns can’t hold. Something snaps, and in the silence that follows, you can hear the truth.
Change doesn’t ask permission.
Uranus stationed direct Jan 30th, and now it squares the Sun. This happens every time Uranus moves forward, but this year, the square is magnified by the Full Moon in Leo. Leo’s fire ignites by Uranus’s disruption. Uranus is the focal point of this T-square, the earthquake beneath our feet. When the Moon, the Sun, and Mercury all challenge Uranus, disruption is inevitable. Whether it arrives as a revelation, a confrontation, or a sudden break in the script, it forces clarity. The past few weeks may have felt like limbo, decisions suspended in midair. No more. What shatters now was never stable to begin with. Uranian lunations often bring the changes that have been long overdue, unsettling at first, but ultimately necessary. The challenge with Uranus is its unpredictability. What unfolds now may not be what you expected, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t exactly what is needed.
If you are in rhythm with Uranus, you are the one lighting the match. You are the force of disruption, tearing down what no longer holds, scattering the old world like ash, seeding something new in its place. You become the change you want to see in the world.
But if you have been clinging to certainty, if you have built your life around the illusion of stability, Uranus does not ask permission. It moves like a shockwave, ripping away the illusion of safety, shoving you out of the nest before you are ready to fly. The job you thought was secure - gone. The home you thought would hold you - no longer yours and suddenly unlivable. The money you were counting on disappears. The secrets you feared would surface - exposed under an unrelenting sky. The future you assumed was waiting for you is no longer an option.
Uranus exposes where you have been asleep, where you have mistaken routine for permanence. This is the nature of Uranus. It does not destroy to punish. It destroys to liberate. Whether you surrender to the current or fight against it, everything unstable will come undone. The question is not if change is coming. The question is whether you will meet it willingly, or be dragged into it kicking and screaming.
(You should know, I hated writing this last few paragraphs. But here we are. And maybe you hate reading it too, because you already know where it’s going. And trust me, I get it. I could wrap this up in something softer, tell you that change is a gift, that everything happens for a reason. But let’s be honest, Uranus doesn’t care how you feel about it.)
Mars squares Chiron. The wound is hot.
This Full Moon brings an active Mars-Chiron square (90º). Mars, still retrograde in Cancer, is exalted, stationing as it prepares to move direct on February 23rd. Retrograde Mars in Cancer locks into a harsh square with Chiron in Aries. This is raw, emotional pain. A deep, ancestral wound. Mars in Cancer fights from the past. It protects, it defends, but it also clings. When Mars clashes with Chiron, we lash out from old insecurities, from places where we were not seen, not valued, not protected. The Full Moon’s light makes it impossible to look away. Where does the pain live in your body? Where does the anger go when it has nowhere to land? This square is reactive. The way through is acknowledgment, not avoidance.
Chiron trines the Moon. You already know the way through.
Leo (Moon) and Aries (Chiron) are both fire signs, and this trine is a call to courage. If Uranus is shaking loose the old story, Chiron is showing you how to move through it without repeating the past. The wound is open, but so is the door. If you listen closely, there is wisdom here. It’s making the choice, over and over, to move differently than before. This Full Moon doesn’t just reveal the wound. It presses into it, forcing you to feel it fully. But in that pressure, lies the medicine.
Venus Pre-Retrograde Shadow
Venus begins to slow. The day after the Full Moon, she prepares for descent. A retrograde is coming. The heart’s rhythm is shifting. Something unresolved in love, in money, in worth is calling for review.
Venus retrogrades every 18 months, tracing a five-pointed star across the sky—a cycle as ancient as time, a rhythm of creation, loss, and reclamation. This is not new. You have been here before. Look back to the last Venus retrograde - July to September 2023. What unresolved themes from that time are returning? What questions remain unanswered?
Venus has already stepped into her shadow, casting light on the themes that will unfold in the weeks to come. What comes up now, in love, in money, in your sense of worth - is not random. These are echoes of a deeper story, the first threads of a pattern that will unravel when Venus fully turns retrograde. Pay attention. Watch what comes up now is a preview of what will demand attention in the weeks ahead.
Venus Rx Pre-Retrograde Shadow & Valentine's Day
Venus will be retrograde from March 1 to April 12, 2025, moving backward through Aries and Pisces. We are currently in her pre-retrograde shadow. Venus Retrograde confronts us with the raw truth of what we want. When Venus enters Pisces, she will expose fantasies, illusions, and unresolved emotions that we may have ignored. Where have we romanticized the past or held onto a dream that no longer serves us? Venus Retrograde is about clearing energetic and emotional blocks so that love can flow freely and without distortion. If Venus Retrograde is pulling you into old patterns, this ritual helps you break free. If you feel like your love life is stagnant, blocked, or tangled in past wounds, this ritual clears the path forward.
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Ceres in Aquarius opposes the Moon.
Leo wants to be seen, but not at the cost of self-abandonment. Ceres in Aquarius reminds us that being part of a collective does not mean erasing yourself. Ceres, the mother, the provider, stands between the Sun and Mercury, facing off with the Moon. This is about nourishment, not just food or comfort, but what sustains your soul. Have you been feeding yourself lies? Have you been giving too much, taking too little? The Leo Moon calls for self-honoring. The Aquarius Sun reminds us: your well-being is inseparable from the whole.
Neptune aligns with the North Node in Pisces Saturn (the traditional ruler of Aquarius). The past and future touch. Neptune aligns with the North Node in Pisces, Uranus trines the South Node in Virgo. The path is misted, but the pull is strong. Uranus trines the South Node in Virgo The past holds a key. Not to go back, but to release. Look at what patterns repeat. They are here for a reason. You can’t see the ending, but you can feel the tide turning. Trust it.
Echoes of the Past: Historical Lessons for the Leo Full Moon
Astrology is a language of cycles. The last time a Leo Full Moon at 24º05’ formed under a sky this volatile, the world stood at a crossroads. To understand this moment, we look back; not just at past Full Moons in Leo, but at times when the same T-square with Uranus rattled the collective.
This isn’t the first time a Leo Full Moon with Uranian disruption has arrived at a critical moment. Similar configurations appeared in August 1995 (the dawn of the digital media age) and February 2001, months before the world, and my home city, was reshaped by 9/11. Before NYC was split into a before and after.
These past cycles remind us:
Truth vs. distortion. In 1995, the media landscape shattered, information became infinite, but so did manipulation. In 2001, the fight over truth became a war. Now, what has been hidden surfaces. What has been controlled slips through the cracks. The story you’ve been told may not be the whole truth.
Uranus collapses the foundation. In 1995, it was the media. In 2001, it was global security. In 2025? It’s stability itself: what you trust, what you cling to, what you thought could never change.
It’s not just about you. The last time we saw these patterns, entire systems collapsed. But within destruction, there is always the seed of something new. If 1995, 2001, 2008, 2016, or 2020 marked a turning point in your life, pay attention. We’ve been here before. The past is resurfacing, not to trap you, but to test you. You are being asked to respond differently than you did before.
Chiron’s wound does not disappear, it cycles through time until it is finally met with new action. If this moment feels familiar, it’s because it is.
What This Means For You
The tension is unbearable. Let it break. Let the truth be spoken. Let the shift happen. If something erupts in your relationships, in your career, in your own self-concept, know this: it didn’t come out of nowhere. The fault lines were already there. The wound that surfaces now isn’t new. But your response to it can be.
A Full Moon in Leo demands authenticity. It demands boldness. It does not let you hide. When the light hits, stand in it.
Horoscopes for the Leo Full Moon
This Full Moon is a breaking point. The Leo-Aquarius axis forces a confrontation between the personal and the collective, the heart and the mind, the self and the system. The Moon’s opposition to Mercury in Aquarius stirs miscommunication, resistance, and the fight between logic and feeling. The T-square with Uranus in Taurus is disruptive, what is stable will not remain so. Yet the trine to Chiron in Aries offers a way forward. If you can name the wound, you can begin to heal it.
Aries
(Leo Full Moon in your 5th house, Uranus in your 2nd) What are you afraid of? Not failure, failure has never scared you. What you fear is stillness. The moment when there is nothing left to chase, nothing left to prove. The Full Moon lights up your hunger, but hunger without direction is chaos. You must decide: are you running toward something, or just running?
The fire inside you is restless. The Leo Full Moon ignites your 5th house of creation, desire, expression. A flame that refuses to be dimmed. But Mars in Cancer, retrograde and exalted, squares Chiron in Aries. You feel it in your body, a wound still raw, an old fear still gripping.
Uranus in your 2nd house of worth sends tremors through the structures you rely on. Money. Stability. Self-esteem. The things you’ve built may not be as solid as they seemed.
But the Moon trines Chiron, a reminder: The wound is not the enemy. Fear is not the enemy. Silence is. With Mars still retrograde in Cancer, home and family wounds resurface. The feeling of fighting battles alone, the anger that comes from not being fully seen. You don’t have to keep playing the same role. The world will not collapse if you rewrite the script.
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Taurus
You have always craved certainty, the comfort of the known. But certainty has never been real, and the Leo Full Moon forces you to confront that. The walls around you are trembling. The Leo Full Moon presses against your 4th house of home, belonging, foundation. Uranus in your sign makes this deeply personal. Uranus chaotic and demands change.
There is no safety in stagnation. The places you have called home, the relationships you have anchored yourself to, what happens when they can no longer contain you?
Mercury in Aquarius, opposing the Moon, forces a confrontation between logic and instinct. What you think you should do vs. what your body knows is right. The trine to Chiron in Aries points to the past, not as a refuge, but as a lesson. If the foundation crumbles, who do you become?
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Gemini
(Leo Full Moon in your 3rd house, Uranus in your 12th)
Mercury is shifting, and so are you. You can feel it in your bones, in the way language is starting to fail you. This Full Moon does not need you to explain yourself. It needs you to feel. To sit with the discomfort of not knowing. The air is thick with static. The Leo Full Moon electrifies your 3rd house of speech, thought, perception. The unspoken weighs heavy.
There is something you have not said. A truth that lives in your throat, restless and sharp. The Leo Full Moon forces it forward, ready or not. Uranus in Taurus stirs something deep within, pulling at subconscious threads you haven’t fully unraveled. The opposition to Mercury in Aquarius pushes logic against feeling. What is real? What is distortion? Not everything that sounds good is true.
Mars squares Chiron, an old insecurity about being misunderstood, unheard, dismissed. The trine between the Moon and Chiron reminds you: You do not need to be perfect to be worthy of being heard. But if you remain silent, the moment will pass without you.
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Cancer
(Leo Full Moon in your 2nd house, Uranus in your 11th) Mars is pressing against your ribs, demanding action. The Full Moon sets fire to the part of you that has been waiting, hesitating, convincing yourself that "someday" is a real place. There is no someday. There is only now.
There is no such thing as emotional safety. Not now. The Leo Full Moon exposes your 2nd house, money, security, self-worth. Where you have over-given. Where you have accepted too little.
Mars, still retrograde in your sign, is fighting old battles. The ones you said you were done with, but never really left behind. The square to Chiron in Aries pulls at the core wound: Did I do enough? Did I matter?
Uranus in Taurus rattles your 11th house of friendships, alliances, the future. Not everyone gets to move forward with you. This is a hard lesson, but one you already know.
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Leo
(Leo Full Moon in your 1st house, Uranus in your 10th)
This is your moment. But don’t mistake the spotlight for salvation. The Full Moon strips you bare, forces you to see yourself without the armor of attention. Who are you, when the applause fades, when the room empties? There is no hiding. Not from yourself, not from the world. The Leo Full Moon floods your 1st house of identity, self-image, presence.
You have shaped yourself in the eyes of others. You have played the part, given them what they needed. Now, the mask fractures. Mercury in Aquarius, opposite the Moon, challenges your self-perception. Uranus in Taurus shakes your public life. An old version of you is breaking away. A relationship reaches a turning point. A breakup, an ultimatum, or a defining conversation pushes things forward, or ends them.
Chiron in Aries trines the Moon. You cannot return to what was. You must move toward what is. But first, you must decide. Who are you when no one is watching?
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Virgo
(Leo Full Moon in your 12th house, Uranus in your 9th) The Leo Full Moon illuminates your 12th house of the unseen, the subconscious, the unfinished. What rises now is not new. A memory. A regret. A moment you thought was over. Uranus in Taurus forces a change in belief, perspective, understanding. The opposition to Mercury in Aquarius stirs confusion. Are you making sense of the past, or rewriting it?
Mars retrograde in Cancer, squaring Chiron in Aries, makes it clear, you have been carrying something that was never yours to hold. The Moon’s trine to Chiron offers relief, but only if you’re willing to face it. What are you still running from?
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Libra
(Leo Full Moon in your 11th house, Uranus in your 8th) The Leo Full Moon ignites your 11th house of friendships, the future, the dream. Something in your vision shifts. What you thought you wanted may no longer fit. Uranus in Taurus shakes your 8th house of entanglements, dependencies, control. The terms of an agreement are changing. The opposition to Mercury in Aquarius stirs tension in creative expression, in how you connect to joy. Chiron in Aries is still there, an old wound in relationships: the fear of being chosen, the fear of being abandoned. The Moon trines Chiron, showing you that healing does not come from waiting. It comes from stepping forward.
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Scorpio
(Leo Full Moon in your 10th house, Uranus in your 7th)
Something shifts in your 10th house of career, reputation, and legacy. The structures you’ve built, the roles you’ve played, the identity you’ve carefully cultivated—all of it is under cosmic review. Not because you planned for it. Not because you were ready. But because Uranus in your 7th house of partnerships is shaking the ground beneath you, whether you asked for it or not.
The way you move through the world is changing. The way you are seen is changing. You were the protector. The strategist. The one who saw five moves ahead and played accordingly. But the game has changed, and the old playbook is useless. What once kept you in control now keeps you trapped.
Mercury in Aquarius dissects the past, pulling at the seams of your origin story. The version of home you’ve carried in your bones, even when you left it behind. There is a choice ahead, one you’ve been avoiding. A step into something unfamiliar. A release of something that was never truly yours.
Mars retrograde in your 9th house of belief systems exposes where you’ve been holding on to an outdated framework. Where have you mistaken old wisdom for truth? Where have you convinced yourself that growth means staying put? What’s shifting now is not negotiable. You don’t have to know exactly where you’re going. You just have to stop gripping onto where you’ve been.
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Sagittarius
(Leo Full Moon in your 9th house, Uranus in your 6th) The Leo Full Moon ignites your 9th house of expansion, wisdom, and higher vision. Something is being revealed—maybe a long-held dream, an urge to break free, or a truth you can no longer ignore. This lunation is a call to adventure, a moment where your beliefs and worldview are tested. A shift is coming. Where have you outgrown the story you've been telling yourself?
Meanwhile, Uranus in Taurus sends tremors through your 6th house of work, health, and daily routines. Your sense of stability is shifting—maybe your job no longer fits, your body demands new care, or your schedule refuses to stay predictable. What systems in your life need restructuring?
Mars retrograde in Cancer pulls you back to the past. The square to Chiron in Aries stirs old doubts, old mistakes. But the trine to Chiron says: You are not who you were. What story about yourself are you ready to stop telling?
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Capricorn
(Leo Full Moon in your 8th house, Uranus in your 5th) The Leo Full Moon ignites your 8th house - death and rebirth, power and surrender, the unseen contracts that shape your life. A cycle is closing. You cannot control what happens next, and yet, part of you is still clenching, still gripping onto what was. What are you afraid to release? Uranus in Taurus shakes the ground beneath your feet, unsettling your 5th house of creativity, love, and risk. Have you been holding back? Denying yourself joy? The opposition to Mercury in Aquarius forces you to reconcile what you believe you need versus what you actually crave.
Mars in Cancer, still retrograde, squares Chiron in Aries. The wound is ancestral. The fear of dependence, of needing too much. The pressure to always be strong. But the trine to Chiron reminds you, control will not save you. Only trust will.
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Aquarius
(Leo Full Moon in your 7th house, Uranus in your 4th) The Leo Full Moon blazes through your 7th house - partnerships, commitments, the way you see yourself through the eyes of another. Who have you become in your relationships? Have you stretched yourself to fit another’s expectations? Have you given too much, or not enough? The opposition to Mercury in your sign forces you to confront the difference between who you are and who others believe you to be. Uranus in Taurus crashes through your 4th house of home, security, the past. Something is shifting. A break in family dynamics. A change in where (or how) you belong. Mars in Cancer squares Chiron in Aries, the wound of self-sufficiency. The belief that if you don’t handle it yourself, no one will. But the Moon trines Chiron, offering a different truth: you do not have to hold it all alone.
And then there’s your Solar Return. A Solar Return signals a new cycle, but when a Full Moon rises within it, the past demands closure before the future can begin. Something must be released. A chapter that has run its course. Something in your life is reaching its natural end. A version of yourself that no longer fits. Endings are not interruptions, they are initiations. You do not need permission to be yourself.
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Pisces
(Leo Full Moon in your 6th house, Uranus in your 3rd) The Leo Full Moon lands in your 6th house work, health, daily rituals, the structures that shape your reality. Something needs to change. You feel it in your body, in your exhaustion, in the quiet ways you’ve been avoiding what needs attention.
Uranus in Taurus disrupts your 3rd house of communication, thought, perception. A realization strikes suddenly. A message arrives that shifts everything. The opposition to Mercury in Aquarius clouds your intuition, are you overanalyzing, or is this a sign?
Mars, still retrograde in Cancer, squares Chiron in Aries, the wound of feeling unworthy of care. The belief that suffering must be endured in silence. The trine between Chiron and the Moon asks you to see where this pattern began. To break it, you must first name it.
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