Full Moon In Leo: “Who is this I?”

On By Ka Malana - Fiestaestrellas.comIn Astrology

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I’m sitting here in the firelight with the chart for the full moon in Leo. See above, above. As a “Leo Sun,” myself, it gives me something to draw from: my own limited (yet nevertheless valuable) experience. Ironically, my own experience is deepening and expanding so much so that I am not identifying with the same “I” as I used to. Take a pause here with me.

Does the “I” have context and contents that are really real?

There is more awareness around myself AS others. You and me, we are one. Sometimes I can see myself sitting at my desk, writing. Doing the things I do with awareness of both being in the body, and not of the body.

We are.

It’s odd how the mind just needs to be trained to see things as they really are.

The Course In Miracles and many other tools exist to try to train/untrain the mind into clarity. You may ask, why isn’t clarity just inherent? It’s a great question.

I think the answer is that the mind is malleable, flexible, and at best: ‘neutral’ as its own inherent quality. But this also makes the mind impressionable. We are formed and forged by our backgrounds, environments, ancestors, connections, and familiarity. Eventually these impressions harden like any good molding material that you want to use for later (memory!).

What I learn from my deepening with Buddhism through the lens of my current teacher Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, or “Geshla,” is that the nature of reality really is emptiness. Nothing exists on the other side of the mind. The mind is the generator of all phenomena on the mind’s side of things. So if we identify this mind with the “I” we are lost in the woods, so to speak. But, if we never form memories or impressions, we are also lost in the woods, so to speak. chuckle.

What the meaning is of life therefore is the meaning you give it. Who is “you?” Where are its boundaries?

A fun experiment to meditate with is to feel the edges of your awareness, and practice softening to it.

For this Full Moon in Leo, we have Uranus in a nearly perfect square (90 degree) aspect to both the Sun and Mercury (in Aquarius) as one point of focus and the moon in Leo on the opposite point of focus. Dividing that opposition (180 degrees) or line, is Uranus: the Great Awakener. The planet does have this reputation for a reason. In 1781, the astronomer William Herschel looked up into the constellation of Gemini and thought he found a comet but it turned out to be the 7th planet in our solar system. In fact, Herschel wanted to name Uranus after a British monarch but many others in the world disagreed so they stuck to the convention of naming the planet after a figure in mythology; however, Uranus is Greek, and not Roman like the other planet names, which makes Uranus “unique.” This is a “break” from convention. If that’s not weird enough, Uranus’s orbit is virtually perpendicular to its orbital pathway; Uranus is laying down and spinning. Since Uranus was a later discovery from Saturn (the rule-maker), Uranus gets the reputation of reality construct breaker. Uranus is also “in charge” of what we consider the collective for humanity. Well, as if we aren’t completely thrown into a new world, already this year in 2025 with great billionaire bulls in the China shops of politics, government, and businesses, slashing and burning our structures and institutions one by one. Institutions (like Rome) that weren’t built in a day. The majority of us would probably agree the slash and burn is happening without any ideas of reasonable replacement. It FEELS careless, at best.

So, where does all this put a Leo full moon? Well, you can run around talking about how Leo is so self-important and aiming to just “show off” or you could see how the “individual,” “me” and “I,” is really a veneer or avatar FOR the collective. No one gets anywhere without their ego to help them stay alive. If you are dead, then, well, you aren’t doing anything–at all. Unless you are a strong ghost (but even then, you probably needed to have a strong ego in life before you died). Ego is almost synonymous with the mind in the way I am defining here. It’s inherently neutral and merely a creator. It’s a little creator, though. It doesn’t make anything real. The false Ego is the one that generates the delusions. The healthy ego is the one that is in balance with the whole, as part of it, as a collaborator with the collective.

Imagine if we didn’t have names. It would be very confusing in the early days of telephones when they used to be SHARED by households. Who are you calling for? What if you wanted to get someone’s attention in a crowd? What if you are the one holding the “hot potato” in the “hot potato” game. WE can’t call you. Having a name is like having an existence. Having an existence allows you to be considered, heard, referred to, etc etc. So the mind is so important for sorting things out and helping all of us be US– getting through our days with some healthy little bit of order.

This is where Leo comes in. What stands out to me with Leo, as a sign, is COURAGE. Leo exists. There’s an organizing principle not because anyone is special and deserves it. But, nature and energy, is organized. When we watch and marvel at life being formed, we look at how the cells collect and specialize. That’s a lot like us. We are nature. We are not separate from it. We are not merely destroying nature separate from ourselves. We are organization. We are an organizing force, and this is where, to me, the APPEARANCE of Leo shows up. The energy to BE. The energy to exist. It requires collaboration. It requires creation even in the form of little “i.” That “i” cannot be negated, nor should you really want it to be. It need be integrated, but not to fully dissolve. It can gain momentum and organizing power, momentum. Courage is not just a quality of character, its a quality of energy. It requires health to be courageous. It requires strength. This is what we want to cultivate during our Leo times.

61 thoughts on “Full Moon In Leo: “Who is this I?””

        1. Yes. I remember as a child eagerly waiting, looking out the window for someone to come down the driveway (I don’t remember who) and my Nana telling me to learn patience.

          Nowadays, I have developed the following phrase for my kiddo, “patience is a superpower.” I mean she’s 5, and I’m also still working on patience, even more than ever! 🙂

          So I hear you! 😆

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    1. Hi Yassy,
      In another comment, I see that you are having problems commenting here on this post. I got this message from another, so I will be contacting WP support. Thanks for letting me know. I’m sorry that it’s been happening and I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ why!

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          2. Hello! Dearest Yassy! I thought I already approved this message. I know sometimes I miss replies…. Gah 😫 dang technology. It’s also user error, I guess? I’m gonna keep looking into it when I can. There is NO REASON that this message was lingering in this “pending” spot I just found. Maybe the buttons don’t work when I press them? More questions than answers, my friend! 🤗

          2. Good Morning, Yassy! I’m not sure where you are geographically but its morning for me, and I just got to my desktop to view my blog post. I can see that your comments have showed up on the “Who is this I?” Blog post. Is that not what you are seeing from your end? You are not the only one who said they had a problem commenting. I’m sorry. I’ve had that problem on other blogs from time to time. I’m not sure what causes it.

          14. I added a new post to see if it has the same problems. Janet was able to post a comment, and I know that Mark said he had a problem. Your comments were showing up here. Intermittently in the past, Janet has said she has had problems with commenting, and the same has been said for Mark, at times. I have no idea why there would be intermittent problems for comments. 🤷‍♀️

          16. This is very bewildering. I will contact support again today. Mark’s descriptions of his challenge with commenting was similar to yours and you are both using different operating systems! The main problem was being unable to click in the box. This has definitely happened to me with other blogs at different times. I find I have to click around using the Reader in those cases!

            I would never want to have you be missing from my blog!!! 🤗🥰

            Thank you for your efforts and I’m so sorry for the annoying letdowns with the technology 😬

          17. Wow, I will do anything to get to making this work. I am so glad it’s all been resolved now. I can’t not be shooting my mouth off on your page. Hey, you are family .. my sweetest soul sibling love you 🥰

          21. Okay .👌 12 hours eh 🤗

            A lovely and productive day to you , Ka. Take good care of yourself! Will check out your blog to see if you have a new post. Ta

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Karen. I put so much care into these astrological posts because it comes from deep within me (past lives!) South Node in Aquarius ♒️ Hugs and love dear friend. I am so grateful ☺️ to be able to share these experiences with you that transcend the blog/writing/subjects. 🤗🥰

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  6. I love this thought provoking post, Ka! I think I’ll take a walk and mull over ‘the nature of reality really is emptiness.” Well said about the billionaire bulls in the china shops of all of our institutions too! It feels radically destabilizing and like a distraction so other things can slip by unnoticed, like perhaps the lack of tax payments by said billionaires…just a thought :).

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  7. Hello dear Ka,

    As a fellow Leo, I LOVE this post. And it has a very specific meaning for me right now as I embark on a new journey…THANK YOU!! I particularly love the ending…and that is what I am taking with me…and you will never know how it helped me…well, maybe you will…I will tell you later 😉

     “Courage is not just a quality of character, it’s a quality of energy. It requires health to be courageous. It requires strength. This is what we want to cultivate during our Leo times.”

    I will draw on this ENERGY…health and strength! Thanks my friend. Hope all is well with you and your family ❤

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