Leo

Symbol: The Lion.
Element: Fire.
Type: Positive.
Quality: Fixed.
Sign ruled by the Sun: vitality and personality.
Color: Orange, Brown.
Gemstone: Ruby, Peridot, Topaz.

Precarious partners: Taurus, Scorpio, Aquarius.
Pleasing partners: Aries, Sagittarius.
Promising partners: Gemini, Libra.

At best:
Magnanimous, principled, honorable, warm-hearted, forthright, indefatigable, positive, good-humored.
At worst:
Extravagant, ostentatious, patronizing, disparaging, opinionated, arrogant, uncompromising, egocentric.


Image:
Cordial, sociable and stylish; often colorfully dressed. Vital, deliberate, warm and eloquent, with a lithe grace, dignified presence and winning smile.

Needs:
Apractical outlet for creative skills; public recognition; encouragement and appreciation. Must beware a tendency to tackle too much for own well-being.

Likes:
Splendor, flattery, attention, prestige and responsibility. Games, handicrafts, the theater, sport. Teaching, offering help, entertaining and being pampered.

Dislikes:
Trifling details. Mean and negative people. Coarse or sly behavior and undue-familiarity. Failing, giving up; also being nagged, mocked, or ignored.

In mind:
Proud and trusting, with a strong and decisive will; once formed, views are fixed. Optimistic and enthusiastic, but with discipline and sound sense.

In action:
Brave, capable and cool in a crisis. Generous, playful, with a flair for the dramatic. Frank, and often effusive. Has copious energy, but channels it.

At work:
Diligent, efficient, authoritative and ambitious. Able to organize, delegate, manage large-scale plans and lead by example. Actively inspires confidence.

With friends:
Respected, popular, and well known for lavish hospitality. Gregarious, loyal, benevolent. Also far more sensitive than some realize. Fond of children.

In love:
By nature constant and true. Loves to show affection, to provide support and protection, and to spoil a partner. A passionate heart, but a jealous one.

In life:
With determination, whole-heartedness and an idealistic, independent spirit, a Leo standsw firm if problems arise and stays committed to a chosen path.

Health:
Basically vigorous, recovering quickly if ill. Vulnerable to chest and back complaints, sudden fevers, faints or palpitations; also accidental injury.

The body:
Leo is associated with longevity, and governs the heart ans spine. The Sun influences physical energy, stamina and strenght, instilling a zest for life.

 

Famous Leos:
CG Jung
Guy de Maupassant
Mick Jagger
George Bernard Shaw
Henry Ford
Claude Debussy
Alfred Hitchcock

 

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