The Throne, the Fire, and the Underworld
Leo New Moon – July 24, 2025 | 2°08' Leo
There are moments in the lunar cycle that don’t just ask you to set an intention.
They ask you to kneel at the altar of everything that no longer serves.
To burn the scripts that were never written in your voice.
To stop performing for a world that was never designed to hold the fullness of your light.
This is one of those moments.
On July 24th, the Sun and Moon merge at 2°08' of Leo—a sign that governs creation, courage, self-expression, and the unrepentant glory of being seen. This is a lunation that would, on its own, beckon you toward radiant self-possession. A chance to step onto the stage of your own becoming and say: I will no longer dim to survive.
But this New Moon does not arrive alone. It comes directly opposed to Pluto in Aquarius—an exact confrontation between the personal heart and the collective shadow. Between the individual’s desire to be sovereign… and the systems that have punished that sovereignty for centuries.
And—just to make sure you don’t miss the message—Mercury is retrograde in Leo as this lunation unfolds.
This adds an even deeper layer of internal reckoning: not only must we face how we express ourselves outwardly, but we must now confront the inner monologue that’s been shaping that expression all along. Mercury Rx in Leo unearths the old scripts—programming around worth, visibility, and what it has cost to be seen. It asks:
Where did you learn to equate visibility with danger?
What internal stories stop you from speaking freely?
How has your self-expression been distorted by the need to be liked?
This isn’t just miscommunications and social glitches. This is the deep rewire.
The retrograde motion is a call inward, back to the root of the wound, back to the moment your voice began to fracture. And paired with Pluto’s pressure? You don’t just revise the script—you burn it.
Four Consecutive New Moons. Four Encounters with Pluto.
April 27 – Taurus New Moon square Pluto
The tension was immediate. Security vs. surrender. Possession vs. power. What once felt solid began to crack. A confrontation with the illusion of safety.May 26 – Gemini New Moon trine Pluto
A breath of clarity. Not soft, but penetrating. Truths rose from the depth, and the mind was finally willing to hold them. Communication became confrontation—of the most necessary kind.June 25 – Cancer New Moon quincunx Pluto
An ache with no name. The family system whispered. Old loyalties strained. You felt it in the nervous system—in the places where the body kept the score.July 24 – Leo New Moon opposite Pluto
Now the tension is unmistakable. This is the reckoning. No bypass. No back door. A full-bodied confrontation with the false self. You can either stay adored by others… or become adored by your own soul.
Each lunation carved deeper.
Each one dismantled another layer of performance, perfection, or protection.
Now it’s just you and the fire.
This New Moon also forms trines to Saturn and Neptune in Aries—the builders and the dreamers of this era—and a sextile to Uranus in Gemini, the rebel-visionary. These aspects offer tools. Structure for your liberation. Vision for your becoming. Innovation for your next steps.
But don’t get it twisted: the main event is the Pluto opposition.
The others are just the scaffolding.
The Performance Is Over
Pluto doesn’t want your branding.
It wants your essence.
This New Moon asks:
Who have you been performing as… just to stay safe?
Where are you still pretending to be palatable, digestible, likable—just to belong?
What truth have you swallowed so deeply you’ve mistaken it for absence?
The Leo archetype wants to shine. To create. To lead.
But in its shadow, it seeks attention instead of alignment.
It performs instead of embodies.
And when Pluto opposes Leo, the cost of pretending becomes unbearable.
This lunation says:
If it’s not sourced from soul, it will not survive.
Journal Prompts for the Leo New Moon
Where am I still performing, posturing, or pretending to stay safe or accepted?
What truths about my identity or purpose am I finally ready to own, no matter the cost?
What needs to die so my creative life force can fully rise?
How has my relationship to power evolved over the last four lunar cycles?
What does it look like to lead with heart, not ego?
Closing Transmission
This Moon is not for the faint of heart.
It’s for the ones who have dared to look their shadow in the face and still choose to rise.
It’s for the sovereigns, the artists, the rebels, the witches—
The ones who will not let the underworld take their fire.
You don’t need permission.
You don’t need applause.
You don’t need to prove your worth anymore.
You just need to choose yourself.
Over and over.
Until your life becomes a ritual of remembering.
Light the candle.
Write the vow.
Burn the script.
And begin again—in your own voice, on your own terms, under your own name.
With depth + devotion,
Jacquelyn
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