08/12/2026
🌑☀️ NEW MOON SOLAR ECLIPSE IN LEO ☀️🌑
August 12, 2026
Today, the Sun goes dark.
For a few extraordinary moments, the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, creating a Total Solar Eclipse — while simultaneously beginning a brand-new lunar cycle with the New Moon in fiery Leo. 🦁🔥
And if ever there were a day that whispered something is changing... this is it.
New Moons are traditionally a time of beginnings, intentions and planting seeds for what we wish to grow.
But an eclipse?
An eclipse has always carried a little more mystery. 🌑
Rather than forcing manifestation today, think of this as a threshold — a moment between what was and what is becoming.
And Leo asks one rather important question:
✨ Who would you become if you stopped making yourself smaller?
Leo is ruled by the Sun and carries the energy of courage, creativity, passion, confidence, joy and authentic self-expression.
Perhaps today's magic isn't about asking the universe for more.
Perhaps it's about remembering the fire that was already yours. 🔥
🌿 HERBS FOR TODAY
☀️ Sunflower or Calendula — solar energy, joy & vitality
🌿 Rosemary — clarity, protection & remembrance
🔥 Cinnamon — fire, courage, success & abundance
🍃 Bay Leaf — intention, victory & manifestation
💎 CRYSTALS
☀️ Sunstone — confidence, vitality & personal power
🔥 Carnelian — courage, creativity & passion
✨ Citrine — optimism, abundance & solar energy
🐅 Tiger's Eye — courage, grounding & determination
🌑🔥 A SIMPLE LEO ECLIPSE RITUAL
Find a quiet place and gather:
🕯️ A candle
🌿 A pinch of one or more of the herbs above
💎 A corresponding crystal
📜 A small piece of paper
Hold your crystal and spend a few moments thinking about the version of yourself you are ready to leave behind.
On your paper write:
“I release the version of myself who believed I had to dim my light.”
Beneath it, write one thing you are ready to step into — a dream, a boundary, a new beginning, a creative calling... whatever has been quietly tugging at your soul.
Place the herbs around your candle and your crystal beside it.
Light the candle and say:
“What is finished, I release.
What is awakening, I welcome.
I do not chase the light.
I remember that I carry it within me.”
Sit quietly for a few moments.
You don't have to know exactly what comes next.
Sometimes the most powerful magic is simply making room for it. 🌑✨
And remember — eclipses were considered powerful and mysterious long before we understood the celestial mechanics behind them.
Today we get the privilege of knowing both:
The science is extraordinary.
And the symbolism?
Well... that's rather beautiful too. 🌑☀️🦁
✨ Mae's Meadows ✨