The Leo Flame Ritual | Moon Shine Spills
As the moon wanes in fiery Leo, we’re called to release what dims our inner spark and return to the courage within. The Third Quarter Moon in Leo arrives on November 11, 2025, at 11:24 p.m. CT, inviting reflection, renewal, and reclamation of our heart’s true fire.
This is the time to let go of self-doubt, perfectionism, and old fears that keep your creative flame small — and to reignite your passion with confidence. Because this Leo moon falls on a Tuesday, the day ruled by Mars, the best time to perform this ritual is during the Hour of Mars — when determination and boldness flow most strongly.
🌕 The Leo Flame Set
Each handmade piece in this Moon Shine Spills ritual collection embodies the warmth and radiance of Leo — swirling tones of solar yellow, ember red, and soft rose, kissed with a shimmer of stardust glitter. Together, they form a sacred stage for your Third Quarter Moon ritual, channeling courage, release, and inner power.
✨ Runic Wheel Tray — The Circle of Release
This piece anchors your ritual energy, symbolizing the cycle of endings and beginnings. Place it at the center of your altar as your grounding base. Its fiery pattern represents transformation — what burns away becomes space for renewal.
🕯️ Trinket Tray — The Flame’s Foundation
Rest your candle holders here, allowing the resin’s molten colors to reflect the steady glow of your candlelight. The sparkles capture the magic of Leo’s courage — reminding you that even in release, your light remains vibrant and alive.
🌬️ Incense Holder — The Breath of Fire![]()
Burn incense here to represent the element of air feeding the fire of transformation. As the smoke rises, visualize it carrying away fears and doubts, leaving clarity and strength in their place.
💧 Three Tiny Bowls — Elements of Balance
Use them to hold salt, herbs, or crystals — grounding, cleansing, and protecting your space. Their petite shimmer mirrors the stars within Leo’s constellation, small but radiant points of guidance and power.
☀️ Pendant — The Solar Heart Talisman
When your ritual is complete, wear this pendant as a charm of courage and self-expression. It carries both the fire’s warmth and the moon’s reflection — a reminder that you hold light and strength within you.
🔮 Magical Correspondences
- Moon Phase: Last Quarter — release, boundaries, decisive edits
- Zodiac: Leo (Sun-ruled) — courage, heart, authenticity, leadership
- Day: Tuesday (Mars) — action, resolve, momentum
- Colors: gold/yellow (Leo), red (Mars), black (banishing)
- Herbs/Scents: bay leaf, rosemary, cinnamon (sparingly), frankincense
- Crystals: tiger’s eye, sunstone, carnelian, citrine
- Element: Fire (supported by grounded Earth for balance)
🌙 You’ll Need
- Candles — Gold or Yellow for Leo, Red for Mars, Black for Banishing (place on the trinket tray)
- Herbs — Rosemary, Bay Leaf, Cinnamon (in one tiny bowl)
- Oils — Sunflower, Cinnamon, Rosemary, or Olive Oil (in one tiny bowl)
- Salt or Soil for grounding (in a tiny bowl)
- Crystals — Tiger’s Eye, Sunstone, Carnelian (on the Runic Wheel Tray)
- Incense — Cinnamon or Frankincense (in the incense holder)
- Two small slips of paper and a pen
- Pendant to wear as your Solar Heart Talisman
🔥 The Ritual
🌕 Preparation
- Cleanse your space with smoke, sound, or a simple clap-and-sweep.
- Light your incense to call in the element of air.
- Arrange your Leo crystals intuitively on the Runic Wheel Tray.
- Place herbs, oils, and salt in the three tiny bowls.
- Anoint your candles lightly in oil, then roll them in crushed rosemary and cinnamon.
Hold your candle and say:
“Sun-heart within me, burn bright and true.
Mars, lend courage to do what I must do.”
Light the gold and red candles. Gaze at their flame and visualize a steady golden sphere expanding around your heart — your solar power reigniting with every breath.
🌒 Step 1: Release
On Slip A, write what you’re releasing — habits, fears, self-doubt, or people-pleasing.
Read your words aloud once. Place the paper beneath or beside your candle.
If using a black chime candle, light it and say:
“By the waning moon, what dims my light now wanes from my life.”
Tear Slip A into small pieces and burn them safely in a heatproof dish. Sprinkle rosemary and bay over the ashes as you say:
“I sever what drains. I keep what aligns.”
🌗 Step 2: Reclaim
On Slip B, write your heart-centered intention — something bold, brave, and creative. (Example: I show up for my art daily with joy.)
Hold Slip B to your heart with Tiger’s Eye on top and speak three times:
“I choose the brave path of my truest self.
By Sun and fire, I stand in my center.
By Mars and will, I move with purpose.
Under the waning moon, I make it so.”
Pass Slip B briefly through the candle’s heat — not the flame — and tuck it beneath your crystal.
🌘 Step 3: Ground and Seal
Touch the salt or soil and feel your energy root deep into the earth. Say:
“What is not mine returns to earth.
What is mine remains and grows.”
Let your candle burn safely for 15–30 minutes (or until naturally extinguished), then snuff, don’t blow, to retain the work’s energy.
✨ Optional Boosts
- Sigil: Carve a simple sun or heart sigil into your gold candle.
- Bay Leaf Wish: Write one power word (like Courage) on a bay leaf and pass it through the flame’s warmth. Keep it on your altar until the New Moon.
- Planetary Hour: If possible, perform the release during the Hour of Mars and the intention-setting during the Hour of the Sun.
🌕 Closing Reflection
As the candles fade, sit with your Solar Heart Pendant in your hand. Feel the courage of Leo and the determination of Mars blending in your chest — steady, radiant, and ready to act.
Your light has never left you. It simply needed space to breathe again.
Affirmation: “I am grounded in courage and guided by the light within.”
