Leo Season, Mercury Retrograde & the Power of Emotional Truth
- Northern Light Lotus
- Jul 22
- 9 min read
🌟✨ Golden Hour Vibes | July 22, 2025 Energy Update
Sun in Leo ♌ | Moon in Cancer ♋ | Mercury Retrograde in Leo 🌀
Hi sweet souls 💛 Whether you’re here every day or just finding this space for the first time—welcome in.
You’ve landed in the right place for an honest, uplifting, and Spirit-led peek into what the cosmos are whispering today.
Let’s step into the glow of this golden portal together.
🔥 The Sun Has Entered Leo
Cue the drumroll and the gold confetti—Leo season is officially ON.
With the Sun at 0° Leo, we’ve just walked through a doorway into self-expression, confidence, creativity, and pure fire energy. But it’s not all sunglasses and spotlights.
Today, the Sun:
• Squares the Midheaven (MC), challenging us to balance authentic joy with our bigger goals.
• Opposes Pluto, digging up deep fears around power and visibility.
• Is sitting inside a Cradle and a Grand Cross—this is no chill Leo debut.
Translation?
You might be feeling bold, brave, and beautifully lit up… but also slightly overwhelmed, like you’re stepping onto a stage that’s bigger than you expected.
Trust this: you’re ready for it.
🌙 Moon in Cancer: Heart-Centered Flow
The Moon in Cancer is wrapping us in softness—inviting us to slow down and feel what’s real.
Conjunct Jupiter and opposite the Capricorn
Ascendant, this is a big feelings day. You may:
• Crave nurturing connection but struggle to ask for it.
• Feel torn between needing quiet vs. showing up for others.
• Be reflecting on your inner world vs. outside expectations.
Let it be both. Your sensitivity is your strength today.
🌀 Mercury Retrograde in Leo: Loud Thoughts, Loud Lessons
Mercury is officially retrograde in Leo, and it’s already stirring the pot. Communication may feel:
• Dramatic, delayed, or misunderstood
• Emotionally charged
• Laced with deeper truths rising up from the past
Let your thoughts unfold instead of explode.
This retrograde is here to rewrite old stories around how you express your voice and why it matters.
Give your mind some space to catch up with your heart.
🌌 The Tension is Real (But So is the Breakthrough)
With three T-Squares, a Grand Cross, and 11 squares dominating the chart, the energy might feel tight or testy today.
You’re being pulled in multiple directions—but all for the sake of clarity and growth.
Some highlights:
• Venus square Mars and the North Node = your values vs. your patterns vs. your destiny. What used to attract you might not anymore.
• Mars opposite North Node = fight or flight moments around purpose and pressure.
• Moon square Neptune & Saturn = emotional confusion and old beliefs resurfacing.
But remember: every square is a spark. Pressure makes diamonds—and you’re in the process of polishing yours.
🌠 The Gift of the Cradle & the Yod
Even with the tension, Spirit gave us a safety net:
• The Cradle: Sun, Uranus, Pluto, Neptune, Saturn — this rare configuration offers deep transformation, emotional resilience, and fresh ideas to solve long-standing problems.
• The Yod (Finger of Fate): MC, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn — Your destiny is being realigned through strange synchronicities, dreams, and intuitive nudges. Trust the odd signs.
💛 Spirit’s Message Today:
“You were never meant to stay small. Even your softness shines like gold when it’s honored. Don’t be afraid to take up space. Let your heart lead—even when your mind second-guesses.”
🎯 Final Takeaway:
This isn’t a lazy Leo day—it’s a soul-stretching, heart-awakening kind of entrance.
You might feel tense and tender at the same time.
Speak less, listen inward more.
Feel it fully. Trust the fire. Let your heart show you what’s next.
And now…
Let’s zoom in and see how today’s energy is showing up for you personally.
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Now, let’s see what’s rising to the surface for each sign tonight 👇
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🌞 Aries
Your inner spark is glowing—but today’s emotions might water it down a bit. You’re being asked to soften without shrinking. Let both your fire and your feels exist.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Write a love letter… to yourself. Yes, seriously. Bonus points if it starts with “I see you trying, and I’m proud.”
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🌙 Taurus
You’re craving comfort—but the universe keeps nudging you out of the familiar. Old roles and routines are dissolving to make space for something way more you.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Try something new in your home tonight. A different seat. A different dinner. Change the scenery to shift the energy.
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💬 Gemini
Your mind is in overdrive, but your heart has something softer to say. Give it a mic tonight. Even if Mercury’s retrograde, your truth still deserves airtime.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Turn off the noise (phone, podcast, group chat) and talk out loud to your own reflection. Something magical might come through.
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🌊 Cancer
You’re feeling everything—and then some. But here’s the thing: your feelings aren’t a burden. They’re a blueprint. Let them show you where to go next.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Place your hand on your heart and ask, “What do I really need tonight?” Then honor it, even if it’s a blanket and a nap.
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🔥 Leo
Happy solar return season, royalty 👑 But with all these intense transits, your shine may feel a little… shadowy. That’s okay. Growth happens in layers.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Make a list of 5 things that make you magnetic—without lifting a finger. (Hint: your energy speaks volumes.)
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🌾 Virgo
Your precision is a gift—but don’t use it to over-polish what’s meant to be messy. There’s beauty in the in-between today. Let it be imperfectly magical.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Declutter one small thing. A purse, a note app, a drawer. Create room for fresh flow without burning out.
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🌬️ Libra
You’re balancing a lot—but today asks you to center yourself first. You can’t hold harmony if your own scales are tilted. Prioritize you.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Say “no” to something. Even if it’s just a text you don’t want to answer. Protect your peace like it’s art.
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🦂 Scorpio
That quiet voice inside you? It’s getting louder for a reason. The cosmos are opening a fated window—if you’re willing to peek through it.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Light a candle, stare into the flame, and ask Spirit: “What do I need to see?” Trust whatever image or word arises.
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🏹 Sagittarius
Your wild heart wants to roam, but today’s sky is asking for something deeper: commitment to your truth. Not the loud truth—the honest one.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Journal a list called “Things I’ve outgrown.” Read it out loud. Close with, “And it’s okay. I’m allowed to change.”
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🐐 Capricorn
You’re not responsible for holding the world today. Let go of the pressure to have all the answers. Vulnerability is its own kind of leadership.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Let someone support you—even if it’s just by listening. You don’t have to solve everything before bed.
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🌊 Aquarius
Your mind is swirling with visions and what-ifs. Today’s energy says: root the dream. Anchor it in a small, doable action.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Tell someone you trust the wild idea you’ve been keeping secret. Watch how speaking it shifts the energy.
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🐟 Pisces
You’re soaking in the collective energy like a sponge. But some of that static isn’t even yours. Time to gently wring it out and reclaim your space.
✨ Tonight’s tip: Take a salt bath, or even a salt scrub in the shower. Visualize the water washing away anything that doesn’t belong.
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🕊 Spirit’s Message: When Closure Doesn’t Come, Come Home to Yourself
(Inspired by The Whip + The Stork from the Lenormand deck, with Mercury Retrograde in Leo guiding the emotional tide)
There are days when your heart aches for something you might never receive—
an apology
a message
a sign they care
a conversation you know your soul deserves.
But instead…
you get distance.
or silence.
or worse—confusion wrapped in mixed signals.
And what hurts the most isn’t just what they did or didn’t do—
It’s the empty space they left behind.
The ache of wanting to be understood
while sitting alone in your own emotional echo chamber.
You might be wondering: “Did I say too much? Should I have stayed quiet? Am I being too sensitive?”
You’re not.
What you’re feeling makes sense.
You’re not wrong for wanting resolution.
You’re not needy for desiring clarity.
You’re not broken for hoping someone would finally meet you halfway.
💔 Mercury Retrograde in Leo Is Turning Up the Volume on These Feelings
This retrograde stirs the exact part of us that wants to be:
• Seen
• Heard
• Reassured
• Loved back
But instead, we’re often met with:
• Delays
• Mixed messages
• Ghosting
• Reopening of old wounds we thought were closed
And what happens when that occurs?
We slide right into The Whip—the emotional pattern we thought we healed.
That pattern might look like:
• Trying harder to prove your worth
• Over-apologizing to keep the peace
• Reaching out again… and again… and again
• Spiraling into self-blame
• Believing it’s your job to fix it—again
But Spirit is not here to shame you for falling into that loop.
Spirit is here to say:
“Sweetheart… I know why you did it. You just wanted to feel safe.”
🌸 But Here Comes The Stork: Your Invitation to Shift
The Stork arrives when something inside you says,
“I can’t live like this anymore.”
Not in the chaos. Not in the silence. Not in the pretending.
The Stork brings evolution, self-return, emotional flight.
She lands beside you, tender and strong, and says:
“We don’t need their love to love ourselves.”
“We don’t need their closure to close the chapter.”
“We don’t need their text to validate our truth.”
This is your moment to break the cycle
and come home to the one person who has always deserved your gentleness:
You.
🛠️ Self-Soothing Tools for When You Feel Abandoned, Rejected, or Unseen
1. Say the thing your inner child needed to hear:
Put your hand on your chest.
Say aloud:
“You are not too much. You are not a burden. Your feelings matter. I am here. I am staying with you.”
2. Create an emotional safe spot.
Pick a cozy corner, chair, or bed space. Bring soft textures, warm lighting, and calming scents.
Every time you feel triggered, go there. Make it your self-love sanctuary.
3. Let the pain move through.
Dance. Cry. Journal. Scream into a pillow.
Emotions are energy—they don’t need to be buried; they need to be expressed.
4. Practice this self-regulation mantra when the spiral hits:
“This pain is valid, but it is not my fault.
I choose to stay with myself instead of chasing someone who can’t meet me.”
5. Pour yourself a warm drink with intention.
As you sip it slowly, say:
“I am filling myself back up. Every drop brings me home to my heart.”
6. Journal prompts for deeper release:
• Where am I giving love that isn’t being returned?
• What patterns do I fall into when I feel abandoned?
• How can I rewrite this moment with love instead of fear?
🧬 Spirit Whispers…
“You are not here to keep proving your worth to people who don’t know how to receive it. You are here to remember your light—and hold it close even when others look away.”
You are not unlovable because someone left.
You are not too intense because you crave connection.
You are not broken because someone couldn’t meet you where you were ready to meet them.
They have their own journey. Their own blocks.
Their silence says more about them than it ever did about you.
But you—you’re still here.
You’re still soft. Still brave.
Still full of love that deserves to be returned—not extracted.
💛 A Loving Truth:
This isn’t about giving up on love.
This is about choosing yourself first—especially when others don’t.
Let The Whip show you what hurts.
Let The Stork carry you beyond it.
And let Mercury Retrograde remind you:
If something is meant to be healed, it will be.
If not—it’s a lesson in loving yourself enough to walk away with your heart still whole.
You are lovable. Even when they go quiet.
You are valuable. Even when no one says it.
You are safe to choose you. Especially now.
🌾 You Matter To Me
If you’re still here, thank you for spending this moment with me.
I know today’s energy runs deep—and if it stirred something inside you, whether soft or sharp, that’s okay. It means you’re alive, aware, and beautifully connected to your own growth.
✨ Remember:
You are allowed to outgrow what once felt like home.
You are allowed to change your mind, protect your peace, and put yourself first.
And you are always allowed to come back to yourself—over and over again.
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Sending you a little extra light tonight…
You’re doing better than you think.
And you’re never alone in this.
I’ll see you tomorrow with more cosmic guidance 💛
—Laura
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