Moon in Leo at Home: Traits, Strengths, Weaknesses
Your Moon Sign describes your instinctive and emotional core. Whilst your Sun Sign describes the ‘you’ you project to the world, your Moon describes who you already are.
To understand the depth of these needs, consider your Sun Sign — it describes your personality, what motivates and drives you, and who you are learning to become. It’s a journey served by how you respond to everyday challenges and triumphs. How you re-act is how your life becomes. Can you see how your Moon sign has the power to charge your life? Conversely, can you see how out-of-control e-motions and re-actions can sabotage your life?
After all, the saying goeth: Behind every successful Man is a Woman. And thus, under every successful Yang is a bedrock of helpful Yin.
LEo in Cancer: Characteristics and Personality Traits
A Moon in Leo person needs to nurture, support and protect. Your empathy for others is likely to be strong, and you will have an intuitive ability to sense what others need.
The Moon rules Cancer, so is in its’ own sign. This will amplify the lunar qualities of emotion, empathy and intuition. You are likely to be strongly driven by emotion, influenced by your own ever-changing moods, as well as the moods of those around you.
The Leo Moon at Home
A Leo Moon is deeply connected to his/her home. This is also true for anyone with a Leo dominance in their chart.
A Leo Moon is a fixed sign, and they do not change their minds very often. This is great if you make the cut to be part of their tribe at work and/or at home. They love to bask in the love and adoration of their loved ones at home. This is the mum and/or dad who love a good tickle and rumble with his children (yes, preferably more than one).
Leo Emotional needs
Leo is a Fire sign, which gives an expressive and outward nature to the emotions. You will hear it when Leo Moon feels ignored or neglected. Even a quieter Leo Moon (say, paired with a Pisces or Virgo Sun) will not simmer long before coming to you to validate certain emotions.
The sign Leo rules the 5th house, which governs all things creative and pleasurable in life. You are best charged when you can feed yourself in ways that let you express pure joy in life; however, likewise when you are out of balance, you tend to feel empty emotionally and psychologically, feeling as if life itself has little to offer. It is a dramatic statement, yet Leo is highly attuned to the drama of everyday human life and prefers to live on the joyful curve of things.
Leo is ruled the Sun itself, in contrast to the gentle yin principles of the Moon. Leo needs to learn to harness his/her ego, which can be a real challenge when it is the Moon placed in this sign. Moon Leo seeks a patient and understanding partner who can balance his/her emotional ups and downs. The negative side of this placement is arrogance and selfishness.
Activities and practices that can help you raise your own Moon in Leo:
Create a masterpiece to take centre stage at home (or in a charming corner of the house)
Declutter your home, focusing on objects and things that are out-of-date to your current goals.
Rearrange your furniture.
Build a new hobby or ritual that makes you happy at home
Leo Loves Being in Love
Leo is associated with romance and fun. Trusting and loving relationships are the jackpot for a Cancer. Conversely, developing better partnership skills, because they can be so self-focused. Leos also have to learn how to voice their feelings for people, without being too demanding
For this reason, Leo Moons tend to gravitate to fellow fixed signs, Scorpio and Aquarius. Scorpios understand Leo’s need for loyalty, and they both crave a lot of intensity in partnerships. Aquarius Moons help balance a Leo Moon, as they shift the focus away from their own personal drama, and urge them to think in bigger picture terms about the future.
Here are some ways to enjoy and improve family and close connections:
Moon Leos love to laugh and perform for family. Share stories and laughter.
Game-ify taking turns so that Leo Moons don’t hog the family table but have a way to be aware that the other person may also have needs, wants, and troubles that they’re dealing with.
Create memories, habits, rituals that feed family pride and self-esteem.
Reach out to distant family members or friends you haven’t connected with in a while, expressing your love and appreciation for their presence in your life.
Sun pairings with Leo Moon and what they mean. A Leo Moon sign paired with a Sun in a clashing element can create feelings of discordance at times. Learning how your Sun signs interact with your Leo Moon sign can help you understand yourself better and develop a deeper understanding of how to navigate the world. Get in touch for a lunar reading.
What are Leos like when they are At Home?
To appreciate the home as a stage for dear Leo Moon, see how each person at home plays a role in keeping the energy at home alive. It is fun to be around someone who has their natal Moon in Leo, as they naturally fill the role of cheerleader.
Moon in Leos are very attuned to the functioning of the family (or team, group, community, etc.) and feel easily personally rejected when group dynamics are not harmonious.
They’re emotional expressive, and can be very dramatic, so they may blow small disagreements out of proportion or sulk when they don’t get their way.
It is easy to see this when you have other Fire Moons at home (lucky you!). Leo Moons naturally gets along with Aries and Sagittarius, because they both have a love for excitement and adventure. Fire Moon signs implicitly respect one another’s need for emotional validation and feel fed by optimistic energy.
If you have Fire Moon child, you will find they are constantly up and trying out new experiences and taking risks together.
A home remains a place for rest and relaxations, however. And any clashes with a Leo Moon can feel unsettling sometimes and matters can seem to get set ablaze easily. A loved one’s Leo moods can seem demanding as the King (or Queen) of the jungle himself, leading housemates to feel emotional exhausted, when they simply want to recharge in the quiet of a home. If you are living with a Leo Moon, you can help yourself by: checking in the Leo Moon loved one first, setting clear, respectful boundaries, airing emotional baggage, and doing physical activities together.
Remember: all a Leo Moon wants to feel is love, love, love…