🌕 The Sturgeon Moon – 9 August 2025
A Time of Resilience, Realignment & Reawakening
The Sturgeon Moon returns on Saturday 9 August 2025, reaching its peak brightness at 8:55 AM BST. Although the exact moment occurs in the morning, this full moon will be most visibly stunning in the UK on the evenings of Friday 8 and Saturday 9 August.
🌿 What Is the Sturgeon Moon?
The Sturgeon Moon is named after the time of year when sturgeon fish were most abundantly caught in North America's Great Lakes – a powerful symbol of strength, survival, and deep ancestral wisdom. It arrives at a liminal point in the year – between summer’s intensity and autumn’s stillness – offering an invitation to reflect and recalibrate.
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đź”® What Energy Will This Sturgeon Moon Bring?
This year, the energy of the Sturgeon Moon is intensely amplified, as it coincides with the Lion’s Gate Portal – a high-frequency alignment that peaks on 8 August and remains active through 12 August.
The Lion’s Gate occurs when the Sun in Leo aligns with the star Sirius, Orion’s Belt, and the Earth, creating a powerful energetic gateway. This alignment brings ascension energy, intuitive downloads, and increased potential for manifestation and spiritual awakening. With the Full Moon peaking during this portal, the effect is supercharged.
Expect a mix of:
Emotional clarity – old emotions may surface to be witnessed and released
Soul realignment – a return to your truth, purpose, and authenticity
Energetic upgrades – downloads, vivid dreams, intuitive flashes, and chakra shifts
Release & renewal – space to cut ties with what no longer serves your growth
Collective consciousness – a call to rise not only for yourself but for the greater good
Astrologically, this Full Moon falls in Aquarius, balancing Leo’s heart-centred energy with Aquarius’ visionary perspective. It asks us to integrate individuality and community, passion and progress, soul and service. The planetary aspects surrounding this moon – including influences from Uranus, Neptune and Saturn – bring a mix of innovation, insight, and grounding.
This moon holds profound spiritual power. It’s a rare combination of lunar wisdom and cosmic ignition.
✨ 5 Crystals to Work With Under the Sturgeon Moon
1. Labradorite – The stone of transformation and magic. Shields your aura and enhances intuitive downloads.
2. Smokey Quartz – A grounding and detoxifying crystal that helps you release stagnant or negative energy.
3. Moonstone – Connects you to lunar energy, emotional flow, and divine feminine wisdom.
4. Black Obsidian – Perfect for cord cutting, shadow work, and uncovering deeper truths.
5. Sodalite – Encourages truth-speaking, emotional insight, and clarity during reflection.
Place these crystals under the moonlight to cleanse and charge them. Use them in ritual, meditation, journaling, or manifestation work to amplify your intentions during this potent cosmic moment.
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🔥 Ritual Tip
Write down anything you’re ready to release – behaviours, patterns, stories, fears – and burn the paper safely under the moonlight. As the smoke rises, visualise your energy field becoming lighter and clearer.
You might also wish to sit in quiet meditation and call upon your spirit guides or higher self for any messages now that the Lion’s Gate Portal is open.
This is a sacred moment to shed, to receive, and to realign with your power.
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🌌 Final Thoughts
This Full Moon is a moment of sacred clarity. With the Sturgeon Moon in the sky and the Lion’s Gate Portal wide open, you are being invited to step into your highest timeline.
Let go of what dims your light. Reclaim what sets your soul on fire.
You are not starting over – you are rising wiser, clearer, and more divinely aligned than ever before.