Full Moon in Leo – conjunct fixed star Acubens!
This Full Moon in Leo is leading us toward the Solar eclipse in Aquarius on February 17th, when our sense of idenitity will be challenged. This is a moment to confornt who we trulu are versus who society expects us to be.
The Full Moon at 13°03’ Leo is conjunct the fixed star Acubens, inviting us to shine boldly while remaining aware and clever under pressure. Acubens carries the lesson of applied intelligence in challenging situations.
We may find ourselves pushed into action, yet the key is to respond with courage and skill. This star also highlights mental sharpness and practical problem-solving. It reminds us that pressure, constraints, or external expectations can actually be a catalyst for brilliance, helping us achieve recognition and respect—through clever, heartfelt action.
The archetype says: “Step forward with your heart, but observe carefully.”
About Acubens: the Guardian and “The Wicked One”
In Greek mythology, the story of the Crab is one of loyalty, persistence, and unwavering determination. According to legend, the Crab earned its place in the heavens when it bit Hercules’ toes during his battle with the Hydra, whose constellation lies just below. In doing so, the Crab sacrificed its life. Moved by its loyalty and courage, Juno placed the Crab among the stars, honoring its steadfast spirit.
Archetypally, the Crab represents subconscious strength that defends and protects what is truly valuable, even in the face of danger or threat.
The Crab “bites Hercules”—a symbol of the moment when our often hidden qualities must surface, even if it causes tension or conflict.
Use this energy to protect what matters—your heart, your truth, your creative vision—while still expressing it boldly. Show your heart, but notice what’s around you; step forward, but with discernment. This is a time when Leo discerns well!
Strong Leo – Aquarius opposition
Everything that has been hidden, suppressed, or denied is now rising to the surface—to be felt, integrated, released, and transformed. That is the nature of Full Moons.
The Full Moon moon opposes a stelium of planets in Aquarius, highlighting the tension between individual creative expression and collective mind. Aquarius can appear—and often is—cold, mental, rational, detached, and overly analytical. Yet it is also visionary and full of potential to innovate and serve humanity. Leo brings the heart into that vision: the courage to create, the boldness to act, and the fire to inspire. This opposition calls us to confront where we have sacrificed our personal authenticity for social conformity, and to be courageous, to stand fully visible in our truth.
Too often, belonging to a group, family, or to the collective, comes with an unspoken rule: fit in, be polite, think the same, don’t make waves—don’t rock the boat, even when you see a poisonous reptile on board. Difference becomes uncomfortable, undesirable, sometimes even punished, and conformity quietly takes over.
True belonging asks something else: the ability to accept others as they are, without trying to fix or reshape them according to our own image—whether in a group, a relationship, or a friendship. Real connection arises through the space we allow one another. When we stop trying to “smooth each other out,” individuality stops being a problem and becomes a gift. Healthy communities, like healthy relationships, or fam. don’t grow from sameness, but from mutual respect—for boundaries, perspectives, and the right to remain oneself while walking together.
And let’s be honest—can’t we already see what Pluto in Aquarius is exposing? Social hypocrisy, cowardice, disconnection, group think and hollow or corrupt systems. Did we really get tools like ChatGPT just as Pluto entered Aquarius, as if by coincidence? Do phones and technology truly connect us—or do they slowly pull us apart? Can artificial intelligence replace a friend, a human voice, energy, or a body? Can it replace someone being there when it truly matters? Is being with someone in person, vulnerable and alive, the same as having screens and pixels between you?
The internet is meant to serve us—to connect, exchange information, and expand awareness—but not to replace presence, real relationships, live experiences of art, or true education. We were never meant to inhabit a world mediated solely by screens and algorithms.
What happens if the internet shuts down? Where are you then? Who are you? Who are you with? These are not abstract questions. We are being called into presence.
When did the human heart become optional, and conversation turn into a stream of data? We are being invited to notice—to step out of an overly digitized world and awaken our hearts again. To shine, to speak our truth, to be heard by our people, to connect authentically, and to create structures, ideas, and communities that truly serve life, soul, and humanity—not the illusion of connection that leaves us alone in a crowd.
Now is the moment for creation in every direction: to connect, exchange ideas, find solutions together, and build something new. Saturn preparing to enter Aries and join Neptune reminds us that visions are ready to become reality.
This requires courage—the courage to risk rejection, support one another, and act both locally and collectively. To build new ways of living that serve both the individual and the whole—not systems that kill the soul, divide us, destroy life, attempt to replace intuition and spiritual guidance with AI, and leave us isolated, lonely, and easily manipulated.
We need new models of education, different values, authentic connections, innovation in medicine and science, healthy food, and alternative ways of family, society, and living that truly support life.
The opposite of destruction is creation.
It’s time to create something new! In all directions.
Full Moon blessings!
-Tea