08/12/2026
🦁✨ THE LIONS GATE MAY HAVE PASSED, BUT THE SPARKLE IT AWAKENED IS STILL HERE. ✨
The energy of the Lions Gate was a beautiful reminder to come back to love, joy, courage, and the things that make us feel most alive.
To find your sparkle again.
Not the sparkle someone else expects from you.
Your sparkle.
The little things that light you up. The dreams that make your heart beat faster. The laughter that comes from somewhere deep. The parts of yourself you may have tucked away while simply getting through life.
And now, as we move beyond the Lions Gate, the sky gives us another beautiful invitation.
🌑 A New Moon in Leo
☀️ A Solar Eclipse
🌠 The peak of the Perseid meteor shower
The New Moon in Leo brings us back to the heart. New Moons are traditionally a time for new beginnings and setting intentions in the dark, while Leo invites us to reconnect with creativity, play, passion, confidence, and authentic self-expression.
It asks:
What brings you joy?
What makes you feel alive?
What are you ready to create?
Then comes the Solar Eclipse, when the Moon temporarily moves between us and the Sun.
An eclipse can be seen as a beautiful reminder that sometimes we need a little darkness to recognize the light.
What are you ready to let go of?
What no longer feels like you?
What has been blocking the joy that wants to come through?
And then, almost like a little wink from the universe, we have the Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak. 🌠
The Perseids are created as Earth moves through debris left behind by a comet, producing brilliant streaks of light across the night sky.
And this year, the meteor shower arrives around the New Moon, when the darker sky makes those sparks of light even easier to see.
Darkness doesn't mean there is no light.
Sometimes it simply makes the light more visible.
✨ And perhaps that's the message tying all of this together.
The Lions Gate reminded us to return to love and find our sparkle.
The Leo New Moon asks us to plant new seeds of joy.
The Solar Eclipse invites us to release what is blocking our light.
And the Perseids remind us to look up and notice the magic.
Collectively, perhaps we're being invited to move toward more love, more authenticity, more creativity, and more joy.
Individually, maybe the invitation is much simpler:
Find your sparkle.
Do something that makes you laugh.
Listen to the song that changes your mood.
Dance in the kitchen.
Create something for no reason.
Call the person who makes you feel like yourself.
Go outside and look at the stars.
Follow the little flicker of excitement instead of always following what is practical.
Because joy isn't frivolous.
Joy is energy.
Joy is connection.
Joy is remembering that you are alive.
So as we move through this New Moon, eclipse, and meteor shower energy, ask yourself:
✨ What makes me sparkle?
And then...
go find more of it. 🦁💛🌠