Leo
- Ruling Planet: The Sun
- Element: Fire
- Phrase: I will
- Colors: Orange, gold, bronze
- Modality: Fixed (stable, determined)
- Love Compatibility: Gemini, Sagittarius, Libra, Aquarius
- Friend Compatibility: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio
- Symbol: The Lion
- Polarity: Active
- Medical astrology: The heart
- Zodiacal House: 5th house of creativity
- Season: Summer
- Keywords: Bright, expressive, exuberant, generous, boisterous, leading, stubborn, dominant, flamboyant, creative, unrelenting, regal, loyal, committed, brave, lion-hearted, playfulness, willpower
Leo Personality
The Leo personality is expressive, creative, and willful — you are playful just as much as you are serious. You like things a certain way and often take charge in situations in order to orchestrate things based on your preferences. Immense amounts of creativity allow you to share your talents with the world. You enjoy being appreciated for the things that you do, being yourself, and the gifts that you share.
Many things come naturally to you, therefore, you have a wide range of different abilities and skills you can play within life. You were born under the fixed modality, which means you are determined and prefer situations that allow you to feel stable, secure, and alert to what might happen next.
This means that, although you have many skills, you are specific in how you choose to display and share them. You like to receive positive feedback from others, so are relentless in your pursuit of doing a job well done.
You carry with you the regal energy of a lion, your sign’s symbol, along with bravery and courage. There is no question you are the main character in your own life, and you shine with brilliance — aware of the magic you bring into the world.
Your energy is fierce, loyal, and fiery. You are willing to put in a steady effort to achieve what you desire. A strong sense of willpower coupled with passionate creativity ensures the life you live will be anything but a footnote in someone else’s story.
Leo in Love
A Leo falling in love is a beautiful thing. You are a warm and generous lover, tending to be romantic in how you approach affection. You are a fire sign and with this often comes a high sex drive or desire for consistent physical closeness. Rushing into a relationship is not really your thing, instead, you prefer to date for a while or date around.
You do enjoy long-term commitment once you connect to someone you feel compatible with. Over time you may come to recognize that emotionally opening up or expressing vulnerability is a bit of a challenge for you. Whereas intellectual and other physical connections may be easily had, finding a way to trust someone enough to be able to reveal what is on your heart, can only happen after some time.
Relationships for you need to have a good blending of both excitement and consistency. You don’t want to get bored, but you don’t want to feel unstable either. Leo really needs both in order to feel satisfied in a partnership.
You really shine on dates and in situations where you can show off to lovers. Generally more outgoing or extroverted, you tend to be direct when dating and able to verbalize what you want, need, and desire from a connection.
Meeting someone that is able to match you in dominance and communication skills is great for your sign and creates more fulfillment and mutual attraction in a connection. When you and another person are able to give each other the compliments, gifts, and attention each of you wants, things tend to be more harmonious for you in love.
Leo Career + Money
Possible Careers: Business owner, teacher, performer, comedian, creative writer, athlete, researcher, manager, artist, creative, singer, instructor, mentor, religious leader, salesperson, child-care worker, screenwriter, director, psychiatrist
Leo leads by example, therefore you often go for careers that allow you to take charge or make decisions. Jobs where you can instruct, teach, or direct are recommended. You are able to tell people what to do and clearly explain, define, and articulate exactly how things should go. Putting you in charge of situations, especially when they involve creative decision-making, tends to play out well for everyone.
Your sign is ruled by the Sun, the planet symbolic of self-identity and self-expression, this allows you to shine in a multitude of work settings. You are also very playful, witty, fun, and comedic — which can translate into careers in entertainment, as a performer, screenwriter, or director. In addition, you may enjoy working with children and would make a great child psychiatrist, or daycare owner, or worker.
Careers that allow you to be creative and mentoring at the same time is what you are attracted to doing. The Sun is also symbolic of consciousness and can draw you towards careers that have a spiritual or religious teaching element to them as well. You enjoy knowing the answer to things and assisting people in finding their way in life.
Other careers that allow you to receive the appreciation that fuels you, are professional athlete, artist, singer, dancer, and actor. At times you are also attracted to working in the medical field where intensity, rational thought, and social interactions are required. You often stand as a pillar in your community or place of work as a source for information, guidance, influence, and inspiration to others.
When it comes to your finances in life, money seems to find its way to you. There is a general feeling of luckiness or happenstance. You also are willing to work hard for your cash. You enjoy spending as much as making, both fit into your life with ease.
Leo Psyche + Life Path
Your life path is one in which you get to fully develop who you are. The way you play and glamour your self-identity creates interesting twists and turns on your journey. Getting in touch with your inner psyche and penetrating the layers of who you are is a life-long process — one in which amazing moments can play out for you.
You are willing to put in work, effort, and dedication to achieve the things in life that you feel will bring you fulfillment. When obstacles arise, you face them head-on, with courage and resolve. You are capable of having great influence in whatever path you take, and when you are receiving appreciation and praise for your skills, talents, and abilities you feel more motivated to keep going.
The things you do are not for selfish reasons, they are for deepening who you really are and displaying the full range of beautiful joy and creative ability that you can master. Everything that you make, produce, or birth into being has a little piece of you in it, and you like that very much.