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Leo in astrology

Mars and Jupiter are in Leo today.

Element
Fire
Modality
Fixed
Ruling planet
the Sun
Symbol
The Lion
The Sun is in the sign
About 23 July to 22 August
Opposite sign
Aquarius

Leo is the fifth sign of the tropical zodiac. The Sun is in Leo from about 23 July to 22 August, the height of summer in the northern hemisphere. Leo is a fire sign, fixed in modality, and the only sign ruled by the Sun.

With the Sun as its ruler, Leo is the sign that tradition links most closely with self-expression and visibility. The traditional keywords are warmth, creativity, generosity, pride, loyalty and a wish to be seen, with vanity and stubborn pride as the usual counterpart. Its symbol is the Lion.

Leo sits opposite Aquarius on the wheel and shares the fire element with Aries and Sagittarius. By analogy the fifth house corresponds with Leo, the house of creativity, play and pleasure. Leo follows Cancer, and the two are the signs ruled by the luminaries, the Moon and the Sun.

In the traditional scheme the two luminaries each rule one sign, the Sun Leo and the Moon Cancer, while every planet from Mercury to Saturn rules two.

At a glance

Often feels
Warm, and wants it noticed
Shows love by
Grand gestures and open praise
Needs
An audience that means it
Watch for
Pride standing in for feeling

Planets in Leo

Sun in Leo
The Sun in Leo is read as warm and expressive: a wish to be seen and to see others shine, with generosity and pride in roughly equal measure.
Moon in Leo
The Moon in Leo is read as a heart that needs warmth and acknowledgement: generous when appreciated, wounded by being overlooked, and loyal to the end.
Mercury in Leo
Mercury in Leo is read as speech with presence: ideas delivered with warmth and conviction, a flair for the story, and a dislike of being corrected in public.
Venus in Leo
Venus in Leo is read as affection with ceremony: grand gestures, open admiration, and a need to be the one who is adored in return.
Mars in Leo
Mars in Leo is read as energy with pride: wholehearted effort, a flair for the dramatic, and anger when dignity is touched.
Jupiter in Leo
Jupiter in Leo is read as large-hearted confidence: a love of celebration and audience, generosity on a grand scale, and a belief in one's own light.
Saturn in Leo
Saturn in Leo is read as a careful relationship with being seen: pride tested, creativity disciplined, and confidence earned rather than assumed.
Uranus in Leo
Uranus in Leo is read as a generation that reinvents self-expression and performance; personally it is read as a need to create in one's own way.
Neptune in Leo
Neptune in Leo is read as a generation enchanted by glamour and spectacle; personally it is read as a romantic imagination and a love of the stage.
Pluto in Leo
Pluto in Leo is read as a generation that transforms self-expression and leadership; personally it is read as a powerful need to create and to be recognised.

Leo rising

Leo rising is read as a warm, confident first impression: a presence that fills a room, a generous manner, and pride in appearance.

Leo with each sign

Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.