How To Work With The Solar Eclipse in Leo
Take a moment and check in with your body. What is your energy like? Are you exhausted? Are you ready to start something new? Whatever it is, don’t fight it. It’s eclipse season.
First, let’s chat about what eclipse season is.
Twice a year, the sun and moon take turns blocking each other out. This season, the first one is the sun (our identity) overshadowing the moon (our emotions). At the end of this month, the moon will take her turn. They are always in opposite signs and stay in those signs for about 18 months. They just moved into Leo/ Aquarius after a year and a half in Pisces/ Virgo (but we still have one more in that sign, which will talk about in two weeks).
Eclipses are like storms on the ocean. They are unpredictable, often turbulent and bring things up to the surface that once settled at the bottom. Our job is not to figure it out or control it, but to be present with what is.
This first eclipse on 8/12 is asking you to notice what parts of you need to shed to allow some liberation.
This solar eclipse is in the south node of Leo. The south node is what needs to be released. Since it’s in Leo, which represents our identity and how we want to be seen, you will likely feel a shift in how you want to show up. Maybe you no longer have the energy to mask like you once did. Maybe old patterns of perfectionism don’t seem as necessary as they once did. Either way, this is a time to offer something that probably didn’t serve you anyway in order to find some freedom.
If you want to know how this will likely affect you specifically, I have horoscopes for each sign here.
If you didn’t know, eclipse season is not a time for ritual or magic work. Instead, here’s how to work with this solar eclipse in Leo:
This practice will help you feel more grounded and open during this time. Remember, we are not here to “figure out” what this eclipse is trying to tell us. We are simply present for the ride. It includes:
20 min yoga practice for everyone (subscribe to my YouTube for weekly astro yoga!)
Tarot deep dive and unique spread
Recorded tarot reading
Guided meditation
