Full Moon 👑 February 2026
Leo Full Moon with Regulus ~ Entering the Heart of the Lion
~ Insights ~
This February Full Moon rises in Leo, the Lion, illuminating themes of creative courage, heart-led leadership, and embodied self-expression – and invites us to Enter The Heart of the Lion Within 💛🦁💛
For those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, this is a high-summer Full Moon — bright, expansive, and unapologetically visible. She hangs high in the sky amplifying warmth, vitality, and the call to be seen as we truly are. In contrast, those in the Northern Hemisphere experience this as a deep-winter Full Moon, often known as the Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, or Storm Moon — a beacon of inner fire during a season of cold, stillness, and conservation.
Different seasons. Same medicine. 🔥 Remember your inner flame. Choose with Self-Responsibility.
It is time for us, too, to be unapologetically authentic and step into Our Own Sovereignty… Self-sovereignty is the experience of living from one’s own center — through regulating one’s inner life and making aligned choices. By tending our Inner World — our thoughts, beliefs and feelings — with awareness and integrity, we are able to meet life from choice rather than reactivity.
This is Self-Responsibility, in Action.
🦁 Leo Medicine: Heart, Courage, and Creative Fire
This Full Moon occurs during Aquarius season, with five planets currently in Aquarius, heightening collective themes of community, innovation, and future-oriented thinking. Against this cool, cerebral backdrop, the Leo Moon pulls us back into the body — into the heart and solar plexus — our Inner Sun — and the pleasure of being alive.
In Leo, She asks:
Where have you dimmed yourself to belong?
Where is your creative fire asking to be expressed, not explained?
What part of you is ready to lead — not from ego, but from authenticity?
This lunation is especially potent because it arrives shortly after Saturn and Neptune shift into Aries, a rare and powerful threshold that signals the beginning of a new cycle of spiritual courage and initiated action. In perfect timing to prepare us for the New Year of the Fire Horse, in Leo, the Full Moon acts like a spotlight:
✨ What are you now willing to stand for — and stand in — fully?
🌕 And She reminds us… Now is the Time to Take Action.
🌟 Regulus + the Royal Heart
In 2026, this Full Moon appears near Regulus, the “Heart of the Lion,” one of the most significant fixed stars in astrology. Regulus is associated with nobility, integrity, and leadership aligned with the heart — but it also comes with a reminder: true power is maintained only through humility and alignment with purpose.
Remember, this is not about performance.
This is about sovereignty. 👑
And you’re ready…🔥
~ Ritual ~
🌕 Full Moon in Leo: Anchoring Sacred Fire in the Body & Nervous System 🔥
Choose what feels alive — Leo rituals should feel pleasurable, not obligatory.
Theme: Courage • Expression • Authentic Leadership • Integrity
Element: Fire 🔥
Energy: Leader, Creator, Steward of the Heart
🔥 1. Heart–Fire Embodiment Ritual
Best done at moonrise or anytime on Feb 1-3 for ~10–15 minutes
Sit or stand comfortably.
Place one hand on your heart, one on your belly.
Inhale slowly through the nose, imagining warm golden light filling your chest.
Exhale with a soft sigh through the mouth.
Ask inwardly:
What part of me wants to be expressed more fully now?
Let any image, sensation, or emotion arise — without forcing meaning — and then let them pass without attaching…
To complete:
Speak one sentence out loud beginning with
“I give myself permission to…”Feel the statement reverberate through your nervous system.
This helps integrate Leo energy through the vagus nerve and voice, not just cognition.
✍️ 2. Creative Release + Celebration
Full Moons are about culmination and release, not planting seeds.
Try one:
Finish a creative project you’ve been holding back from completing or sharing
Dance to one song that makes you feel embodied and alive
Wear something bold, playful, or expressive — even if no one sees it
Then journal:
Where have I outgrown an old identity or role?
What version of myself is ready to be celebrated — though not fixed?
🌊 3. Fire-to-Water Integration (Especially Potent in the South Hemisphere)
🌏 Because this is a summer Full Moon in the Southern Hemisphere, balance Leo fire with water.
Take a swim (ocean, river, or bath)
Visualise excess pressure, performance, or self-judgment washing away
As the water drains or you dry off, imagine your core essence remaining steady, warm, and intact 💛
🌎 For Northern Hemisphere readers, this can be done as a warm bath or candle-lit ritual, invoking fire as an inner resource during winter. (Or a quick cold plunge outside, with experience or expert guidance — stay safe!)
🌑 Looking Ahead 🐎
This Full Moon brings illumination, not just for closure’s sake but to prepare us to enter the Lunar Year Year with Grace and Sovereignty.
🌑 The next New Moon on February 18, 2026 (1:01am NZDT) — often called the Hunger Moon or Storm Moon — will invite a quieter, more inward reset.
For now, this Leo Full Moon asks only one thing:
