Moon in signPractical Alchemy
The Moon is next in Leo from Sat, 28 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC to Mon, 30 Nov 2026, 14:12 UTC, a stay of 2 d 2 h, and returns about every 27.3 days. Moon in Leo is the two-to-two-and-a-half-day monthly transit through the fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun. Emotion turns outward and wants witnesses: warmth, pride, generosity, and the ache of not being seen. The tradition reads it as the month's window for finding the heart's actual centre — the one that does not need applause.
The Moon is in Virgo right now — not in Leo.
Next entry
Leaves Leo
Length
2 d 2 h
All times are UTC, and the signs are tropical: 30° sectors counted from the March equinox, not the constellations. Computed 3 November 2026; this page recalculates every hour.
Entry and exit of the Moon through Leo, found by searching the Moon's real ecliptic longitude for the 120° and 150° crossings.
| Enters Leo | Leaves Leo | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2 d 2 h | ||
| 2 d 1 h | ||
| 2 d 0 h | ||
| 2 d 0 h | ||
| 2 d 1 h | ||
| 2 d 3 h |
Mean length across these six: 2 d 1 h. Shortest 2 d 0 h, longest 2 d 3 h — the Moon runs faster near perigee and slower near apogee.
The three of the 28 lunar mansions that fall inside Leo, sampled from the next transit.
10/28
Al-Jabhah
The Forehead — Regulus and the royal stars. A mansion of sovereignty and the honest exercise of power.
11/28
Al-Zubrah
The Mane — the hair of the Lion. A mansion of becoming visible and letting the Work be seen.
12/28
Al-Sarfah
The Change — the turning of the Lion's tail. A mansion of pivot and the redirection of effort.
Meaning
The heart at the centre. The wish to be seen arrives.
The Sun rules Leo, and when the Moon passes through the Sun's sign she reflects a light that is not her own — which is exactly what the sign teaches. Fixed fire does not flicker like Aries; it burns steadily and it wants to be looked at. Under this Moon you may notice a hunger for recognition that embarrasses you, or a generosity so large it is slightly performed, or the sting of a room that did not turn toward you. All of these are the same question asked three ways: is the light mine, or am I borrowing it from the audience?
The alchemists called the yellowing of the Work citrinitas — the dawn stage, when the Sun rises inside the vessel and the material begins to shine from within rather than by reflection. Leo Moon is a monthly rehearsal of citrinitas. The gnostic instruction is to locate the heart-centre, Anahata, and to notice that it does not actually require anyone to be watching in order to radiate. Performance is what the heart does when it doubts this.
The Moon crosses Al-Jabhah, the forehead, Al-Zubrah, the mane, and Al-Sarfah, the turning — three mansions that map the lion's face, its glory, and the moment the season changes. Pride, warmth and the turning away: the whole transit in three stations.
Practice
Moon in Leo belongs to Practical Alchemy — the pillar this site gives the Fire signs. Open the pillar
Do one generous thing that no one will ever know about, and watch how the mind tries to leak it. That is the practice. Then sit for ten minutes with attention in the centre of the chest and let it warm without imagining anyone seeing you do it. Leo Moon is the monthly opportunity to discover whether your warmth survives the absence of a mirror — and it usually does, once the panic passes.
Avoid manufacturing drama to feel the fire. Avoid the loud correction, the story that makes you the hero, the quiet fishing for praise. Avoid, too, the opposite mistake — hiding the light because wanting to be seen feels shameful. The wish is not the problem. Making the wish into a demand is.
Moon in sign
Sign is the where; phase is the when. Right now the Moon is in its Waning Crescent phase. The two phases that best fit Leo's instruction: Full Moon, Waxing Gibbous.
Questions
No. Today the Moon is in Virgo. It next enters Leo on Sat, 28 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC and stays until Mon, 30 Nov 2026, 14:12 UTC. Computed 3 November 2026; all times UTC.
Moon in Leo means the Moon is passing through the fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun. Emotionally it reads as warm, proud and expressive — feelings want to be seen and shared, and the sting of being overlooked is sharp. The tradition treats it as the month's window for locating the heart's true centre.
The Moon spends about 2.1 days (2 d 1 h) in Leo each pass — across the next six transits, between 2 d 0 h and 2 d 3 h. A Leo pass runs below the average when the Moon is near perigee that week and above it near apogee — the durations in the table are each computed from the real crossings.
The next Moon in Leo begins Sat, 28 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC and ends Mon, 30 Nov 2026, 14:12 UTC — in 25 days (computed 3 November 2026). The Moon returns to Leo about every 27.3 days, so each calendar month holds one Leo transit and occasionally the beginning of a second.
Creative work, play, honest celebration, generosity, speaking from the chest, and any practice that works with the heart-centre. It is the best transit of the month for expression and a poor one for being invisible on purpose — or for pretending you do not care whether anyone noticed.
Before and after
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If your Sun is in Leo, the Moon's monthly return here is the window the sacred-secretion tradition works with.
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