Leo
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Generous, warm, and would like that acknowledged.
- Element
- fire
- Modality
- fixed
- Polarity
- yang · active
- Ruler
- sun
Leo is fixed fire — warmth that sustains rather than flares. The vanity is real and it is also the least interesting thing about the sign. What actually defines Leo is generosity: it gives attention, credit, money and time with a freedom that other signs find reckless, and it is genuinely delighted when the people around it do well.
In love, Leo is wholehearted and slightly theatrical about it. It wants to be proud of you and it wants you to be proud of it, and if that second part goes missing for long enough, something in Leo goes cold in a way that is very hard to reverse. Praise is not an indulgence with this sign. It is maintenance.
Strengths
- Generous
- Warm
- Loyal to their people
- Brings the energy
Friction
- Needs recognition
- Proud
- Struggles to be wrong out loud
- Dramatic
At their best
The person who makes everyone in the room feel like the interesting one.
The shadow
Confuses being admired with being loved, and cannot tell when it has stopped being either.
Leo pairs best with
The hardest is Capricorn, at 27 — which is not a bad relationship. It is a demanding one.