Oddly, your biggest challenge isn’t facing challenges; it is knowing who you can rely on when you need guidance. Being the one who others come to, you are not always aware who you need to go to. This may be one of your biggest challenges of all.
Fun can be planned, but the best moments are as unexpected as they are thrilling
As a Leo and a fire sign, for you action is like breathing. However, every once in a while, you need to stop and take a different kind of breath, the kind of breath that stimulates you and also that helps you break patterns.
As a Leo, you can get so involved in doing—doing what you’re good at and doing more of it—that you don’t stop to consider whether it’s just repetitious and if it’s time for you to break patterns, to do things in a new way, to develop new habits.
If there is any difficulty with this, it’s that being what’s termed a fixed sign, one of the fixed signs of the zodiac, you occasionally have trouble coming up with that new pattern, and this will actually encourage you to do something else, which is seek guidance or help from another.
Normally, you’re the one who is advising and supporting those around you, but in this particular case and, in fact, every once in a while in your life, it is essential that you recognize that you need that little boost from somebody. Perhaps it’s a sharper kick that is important, to break those habits and to discover the new world that is ready to open up before you. This world will open up only if you begin to do things differently, and, more than that, see possibilities in different ways and in looking at life from a different angle.
In this particular case, the trick is to learn the degree to which you tend to lead the way. Even more it is about the importance of letting go of that. Why? So you can allow others not only to shine their light, but to shine their light for you.
The standard combination of eating well and living well is an important one. However, for you to feel truly well, another component is essential. In fact, it is even more important, and that is joy. Joy in life, joy when you wake up in the morning, and joy when you go to sleep at night.
Oddly, your biggest challenge isn’t facing challenges; it is knowing who you can rely on when you need guidance. Being the one who others come to, you are not always aware who you need to go to. This may be one of your biggest challenges of all.
One of those difficult periods, during which single problems seem to have no solution, is what you’re facing. The trick to dealing with these is to walk away, possibly for a few days. Once you have some distance, you’ll recognize there is an entirely different approach, one that works perfectly.
Leo: JULY 22 – AUGUST 21
Ruler: The Sun
Symbol: The Lion
Element: Fire
Flower: Marigold
Whatever you’re doing, you Leos have style. Being ruled by the Sun, your magnetism comes naturally, and being fire signs, you’re usually juggling your busy calendar while charming others. However, when you’re relaxing, you’ll do it with the conviction of your symbol, the lion. Your flower is marigold; your spice, golden saffron; and your trees are the heady, scented bay and the olive. Your stone is gold topaz, or simply wearing gold.
