Breakdown to Breakthrough 🌀

Leo Full Moon Guide + Rituals. PLUS, This Week in the Stars💫

Anyone else think that Tuesday was Friday this week? It's def been a LONG and uncomfortable week and Wednesday's Full Moon may be causing some mid week crash outs. I'm just here to say if you have had at least one moment this week wondering WTF you're even doing with your life or what's the point of it all, you're exactly where you are supposed to be.

With Venus and Mercury retrogrades on the horizon (both in Aries), don't be surprised if ghosts from your past are popping up in your DM's or at the grocery store. We're preparing to enter a very Aries era come March, and it's got me thinking about the Fool card in Tarot (who is associated with Aries) - packing a knapsack for a journey without knowing the destination. We're excited, throwing in snacks and tools and water, but with each step down this unknown path we realize we packed entirely wrong because what we needed didn't even exist yet. That's what this spring holds for us - we're preparing to build things we haven't even dreamt up yet. So yeah, give yourself some slack rn. Things feel weird because we are the precipice of some seriouuuus change. And this week is forcing us into some of said change.

The headline of the week is this FULL MOON in LEO. The Moon rules our emotions and intuition, and when she's hanging out in vivacious Leo (let alone at her FULL phase), every.little.thing feels larger than life (and not in a cute Backstreet Boys kinda way). Uranus, the modern ruler of Aquarius, crashes the party more than once this week leading us to all navigating some BIG feelings about how we show up in the world right now. Some of us are having breakthrough moments while others are having breakdowns - and some of us are having both at the same time! Either way, you're right on time. Who is feeling this the most? Leo of course. Aquarius without a doubt. Taurus MAJORLY. But most of all, Scorpio, who is sitting at the release point of all of this tension. More to come on this below.

Before we dive into Wednesday's Full Moon, let's talk about how we're getting there because this week is serving up Uranian chaos in layers. One important thing I want to note about this week: THE SIGNS AND OMENS ARE RAPANT. If you are seeing repeating signs, or something feels like an omen, take notes. Keep an ongoing note in your phone. They are going to come back around to mean something.

Monday, February 10th: Mercury square Uranus
Mercury in Aquarius squares up with King of Surprise, Uranus in Taurus, and it's giving major Mercury Retrograde vibes. No, Mercury hasn’t gone gatorade quite yet (that happens on March 15th), but this week WILL be riddled with haywire tech and weird delays. Mercury is doing its best to keep up with Uranus’ curveballs, but logic is no match for erratic revolution. Expect:

• Wild downloads that I promise will make sense later

• Haywire tech (double check that your email actually sent)

• Bizarre miscommunications

• Inspiration when and where you least expect it

Tuesday, February 11th : Sun square Uranus
Oh, you’re having a complete and utter “who am I EVEN” moment? RIGHT ON TIME! If Monday was about our thoughts and comms getting shook up, Tuesday is our whole identity getting rattled - to.the.core. The Uranian fun just don’t stop! For those of you who have uterus, you know the complete and utter joy of looking in your closet during your lutuel phase and wondering who the EFF these clothes belong to because you most certainly hate all of them on you. Well, this transit feels like that but for your WHOLE identity and with an added existential cherry on top. If you’re questioning everything you thought you knew about yourself, you’re not alone. It’s giving evolve, migrate or die.

Wednesday, February 12th: Full Moon in Leo at 6:53 am MST
The piece de resistance of the week is here, and honey, it's bringing DRAMA (Hello, it IS a Leo full moon after all). It's giving cosmic pressure cooker thanks to a fixed T-square (a T-square is when two planets in opposition, in this case the Sun and Moon AND Mercury, all aspect a third planet by right angle, in this case Uranus). Everyone involved wants to have it THEIR way in this situation. Did I mention all 4 of them are in fixed signs, so they are more stubborn than your MAGA relative who claims every source you present is fake news, refusing to budge even when you're holding direct quotes and peer-reviewed studies right in their face.

Full Moon's always create tension as we have two opposites facing one another down asking how the two can integrate. This particular Full Moon has us individually and collectively navigating the tension between these LEO vs AQUARIUS themes:

• Individual values vs community values

• Gathering around ME vs gathering around WE

• Creativity for creation's sake vs creative problem solving

• Being a STAR vs being part of a CONSTELLATION (shoutout to queercosmos for this analogy)

• Sparking Inspiration vs Sharing Information
  

We're being pushed to turn our personal upheaval into something that actually moves the needle. Your breakdown might just be the breakthrough the collective needs.

Uranus is bringing erratic, anxious energy that makes it hard to sit still. Expect the unexpected. Expect the glass to break when you drop it. Things need to break right now . Uranus, the wacky, wild Wizard of a planet brings inspired thinking and a bit of wildness to the table, pushing us to grow in order to truly metabolize, understand and integrate the Aquarius-Leo axis within ourselves.

Themes from early in the week persist - Mercury and the Moon together are REALLY antagonizing Uranus, and it's a bit…confusing. And then the Sun-Uranus situation really has us questioning our identity. Everything that you have navigated this week is about to boil over. And where is it boiling over to? Scorpio, which is the release point in this situation. Yes, this means my Scorpio friends are likely feeling this THE MOST. It also means leaning into Scorpio themes could provide much-needed solace, and this is where the Full Moon rituals will be focused (keep reading for those). ✨

Friday, February 14th: Mercury enters Pisces
Just in time to etherically express your love to your Valentine, Mercury enters its fall in dreamy Pisces. Buckle up as your intuition becomes the GPS.

Your brain is about to go full kaleidoscope mode. Thoughts will shimmer and shift like watercolors, refusing to be pinned down by hard edges or strict definitions. You'll be less about facts and more about feelings - those glimmering whispers that can't quite be translated into words but make for a fantastic non-linear ride. And, yes, it’s ok to communicate entirely in giphy’s.

Decision-making? It's now powered by gut instinct and emotional radar. You'll be guessing, sensing, and vibing your way through conversations. Expect to communicate in metaphors, images, and those moments where you just know something without knowing how you know. It’s a really interesting time for divination practices or taking your channeling to the next level. See what happens when you channel in the bathtub.

Full Moon Rituals and Practices
These are ripe to use until Wednesday, February 19th 2025. Like I mentioned before we are leaning into the Scorpionic as our release point so there is a meditation, a creative practice, a tarot spread AND a bath (of course) to choose from. Try one, try all. Or radically trust fall into your intuition and listen for what you need to do at this time to not just shed and evolve your own identity but to show up stronger for your collective and community.

🔮 Inner Child Meditation
Dive deep into the tender landscapes of your inner world. This isn't just a meditation - it's an excavation. Find a quiet space, light a candle, and prepare to have a heart-to-heart with the younger versions of yourself who've been holding wisdom you've forgotten.

What you need:
A comfortable and quiet/private place to sit
A candle (of any sort)
A journal and pen

Set the space however you like - lighting your candle, cleansing with smoke or sound, calling on your guides. Get comfortable, close your eyes and take three grounding breaths. Imagine a bubble of golden light surrounding you and protecting you, allowing you the safety to go deeply inward. Once ready, visualize yourself in hallway full of doors. Behind each door is a different younger you. Go to the door that is beckoning you. Take note of who/what is in there. Explore, ask questions. Ask the person inside or the space itself “What do you know about us that I've forgotten?” Take all the time you need listening, feeling or watching what is shared. Give thanks to the space/person and exit the room. Return back to where you began. Slowly open your eyes and journal on what you experienced.


🎨 Alchemical Art Ritual
Your creative practice is a portal this time. Gather materials that feel like transformation - whatever speaks to your soul. This isn't about making something pretty. This is about breaking apart your current identity and rebuilding from the fragments. What wants to emerge? What's been waiting in the wings?

What you need:
Whatever materials are calling to you at this time: paint, markers, colored pencils, glitter glue or just a few magazines you can cut up for collage. Give yourself a nice big base paper for whatever materials you choose. Turn on your favorite playlist.

Now, create your current self/identity. This can be literal or representative. There is no wrong way to go here. You can also say “fuck this” and just let it flow, let whatever needs to express itself be expressed at this time. There really are no rules here. We are aiming to get into creative flow and let go of our thinking brain. Once you have created something, take a picture of it. I want you to flip it upside down, tear it part, burn parts of it - alter it in anyway that feels good. Then go back to it. Reimagine it. Let it become something totally else then where it started. Once done take a picture of it.

Bonus points: Journal about how version 1 and version 2 make you feel and let any realizations emerge.


🛁 Ritual Release Bathtub
I don’t subscribe to Full Moons being exclusively a time for release, but HONEY, this Moon? She is screaming for us to unbind ourselves from something old. There is something that needs to be let go. I feel it so heavy rn. My favorite place to shed? In the bathtub, naturally. Plus, there is NO better place to channel IMHO.

What you need:
A bathtub
Epsom salts
Any sort of sugar or salt scrub
Helpful but not necessary: A dry brush
Candles, crystals, other accouterments you are drawn to for setting the space

As you run the tub, speak to the water letting it know your intention of release. Ask for the water to wash away what is no longer serving you. Call on the water spirits for their assistance as well as any other helpers you would like to call in. Add your epsom salt in. Not necessary but you can also add in herbs or non-water solvable crystals that support your process. If you have a dry brush, use it before getting into the tub speaking aloud which each sweep “I prime my body for release of ____.” Submerge yourself in the tub and really welcome what you are releasing into your body and aura. Use your scrub and in a sweeping motion exfoliate your entire body, which each sweep stating “I shed this skin. I no longer need to carry (whatever you are releasing) forward with me. I shed this from all timelines. So mote it be.” After you have exfoliated your whole body, fully submerge yourself in the water, feeling the scrub fall away from you. Once done, stand up in your tub, scraping any residue of the scrub off your body and into the water. Thank the water spirits and your helpers for their assistance. Step out of the tub, turn on the drain and state “As this water drains, my shedding is complete. So mote it be.”

I have very limited February spots available for readings at goodhussey.com including 2 sliding scale reading openings left this month. See you next week!