Planetary Influences：Ruling planet:Sun;Second decan:Personal planet is Jupiter. Virtues：Intellectual, creative, loyal. Vices：Perfectionist, obsessive, pushy. Careers：Writer, entrepreneur, media or advertising executive. Skills & Aptitudes：Honesty, decision-making, capacity for hard work. Compatible with：January 17–19, May 1–5
Fiercely loyal
Your charismatic personality, charm, and love of pleasure and fun are usually eclipsed by a need to succeed or a strong desire for material gains. As a Leo, you are proud and outgoing, with a youthful or childlike quality and high spirits. Although you are determined and capable, a somewhat carefree attitude may be an obstacle to your attainment of success.
With the added influence of your decanate ruler, Leo, you enjoy entertaining others and have a love of grandeur. Dramatic, you project self-assurance and have a royal air about you. Sunny and spontaneous, you are often dignified and creative. Open to praise, you need to be appreciated and admired. Guard against fair-weather friends, who only tell you what you wish to hear. High-spirited and idealistic, yet ambitious and practical, you are an interesting combination of materialism and optimism.
Although you are spontaneous by nature, a love of freedom endows you with individuality. Joint efforts and collaboration with others usually produce profits and success, and a responsible attitude on your part will not go unnoticed. In the pursuit of your dream, your personal magnetism, versatility, and popularity will play important roles, and by being adaptable, witty, and entertaining, you win the hearts of many.
From the age of twenty, when your progressed Sun moves into Virgo, there is an increasing desire for practical order, analysis, and efficiency in your life. In the following thirty years, you will feel the need to become more health-conscious or introspective. There is another turning point for you at the begining of your fifties, when your progressed Sun enters Libra. From this time you may develop a desire to be more involved in your close personal relationships, and may turn from more practical considerations to more creative ones.
Sun: Leo
Decanate: Sagittarius/jupiter
Degree: 10°-11°30’ Leo
Mode: Fixed
Element: Fire
Although your Sun’s degree is not linked to a fixed star, some of your other planets’ degrees certainly will be. By having an astrological chart calculated, you can find the exact position of the planets on your date of birth. This will tell you which of the fixed stars listed in this book are relevant to you.
You are blessed with a strong personality, a good intellect, and an ability to learn quickly. Occasional moods of worry or confusion may leave you prone to temperamental behavior or escapism. These periods do not last for long, since your bright, personable, expressive qualities and many interests are likely to stimulate your need for creativity and new opportunities.
With your own unique approach to life, you like to be different and are usually ahead of your time. You can easily make friends with anyone and mix with people from all walks of life. Freedom and independence are liable to be high on your list of priorities, and you prefer to be honest with your feelings. You are aware of the image you project and can use this constructively to promote yourself. Receptive and influenced by your surroundings, you possess a friendly and warm personality, with good social skills and a diplomatic approach.
Having a naturally creative approach to life, you may find outlets for your emotional expression in the arts or the theater, especially as an actor or playwright. Your natural charm and charisma can prove particularly useful in promotion, sales, or negotiation. With excellent social and communication skills, you can prosper as a writer or in education, advertising, or publishing. All careers that use the personal touch, such as public relations, media, or counseling, can also be excellent outlets for your talents. With your strong independence, you need the freedom to work in your own way or may wish to become self-employed. Alternatively, you may do well in business, banking, or law.
Famous people who share your birthday include actor Peter O’Toole, writer James Baldwin, psychologist/journal keeper Ira Progoff, and actress Myrna Loy.
Shows resilience and power in gentleness, often provides the role of mediator, and linked to psychic abilities. Sensitivity and a strong need to be part of a group are suggested by a number 2 birthday. Adaptable and understanding, you enjoy cooperative activities where you can experience interaction with others. In your attempt to please those you like, you may run the risk of becoming overly dependent. Nevertheless, by developing confidence, you can overcome the tendency to get easily hurt by the action and criticism of others. The subinfluence of the number 8 month indicates that you are ambitious and determined, with practical and executive skills. Avoid becoming preoccupied with power and control by overcoming a tendency to be critical or demanding perfection. You may need to find a balance between being overly helpful and suddenly withdrawing. If insecure, you may find it hard to carry out your own personal plans. Conversely, if you find an original form of artistic or creative expression, you can make your dreams real.
• Positive:good partnerships, gentle, tactful, receptive, intuitive, considerate, harmonious, agreeable, ambassador of goodwill
•Negative:suspicious, lack of confidence, subservient, oversensitive, emotional, selfish, easily hurt, dishonest
Fun-loving and sociable, you can be a great friend and a good companion. Although loving and affectionate, you may have to be careful in choosing your relationships to ensure that they are long-lasting. You can be romantic with those you love and display honesty in your feelings, but in order to be happy, make sure you are also financially secure. With all your charm, you can be very attractive to the opposite sex and desire a relationship, but you may be pulled by an equally strong desire for freedom.
To find long-lasting love and friendship, you may want to look among those born on the following dates.
Love & friendship:Jan. 6, 8, 10, 14, 23, 26, 28, Feb. 4, 10, 12, 21, 24, 26, Mar. 2, 10, 12, 19, 22, 24, Apr. 8, 14, 17, 20, 22, May 6, 15, 16, 18, 20, June 4, 13, 16, 18, July 2, 11, 14, 16, 20, Aug. 9, 12, 14, 22, Sept. 7, 10, 12, 24, Oct. 5, 8, 10, 26, Nov. 3, 6, 8, 28, Dec. 1, 4, 6, 30
Beneficial: Jan.9, 12, Feb. 7, 10, Mar. 5, 8, Apr. 3, 6, May 1, 4, June 2, 30, July 28, Aug. 26, 30, 31, Sept. 24, 28, 29, Oct. 22, 26, 27, Nov. 20, 24, 25, Dec. 18, 22, 23, 29
Fatal attractions:Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, Feb. 1, 2
Challenging:Jan. 11, 13, 29, Feb. 9, 11, Mar. 7, 9, 30, Apr. 5, 7, 28, May 3, 5, 26, 31, June 1, 3, 24, 29, July 1, 22, 27, Aug. 20, 25, Sept. 18, 23, 30, Oct. 16, 21, 28, Nov. 14, 19, 26, Dec. 12, 17, 24
Soul mates:Jan. 11, 12, 29, Feb. 9, 10, 27, Mar. 7, 8, 25, Apr. 5, 6, 23, May 3, 4, 21, June 1, 2, 19, July 17, Aug. 15, Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 9, Dec. 7
The ambitions that motivate August 2 people are generally of the briskly progressive rather than the more nebulously idealistic type. These are straightfor- ward people and their incisive clarity of vision makes it easy for them to identify their goals and then, aided by their directly logical approach and exceptional organizational abilities, work single-mindedly toward their realization. The nature of the aims that fire their enormous energy and determination inevitably vary according to their specific personal interests, but their great imaginative powers and sensuality typically propel them toward such artistic careers as acting, writ- ing, painting or composing. Their intellectual curiosity furthermore promises potential success as scientists or even inventors. In all their professional endeavors they are rarely afraid to take a brave lone stand when convinced of the correctness of their convictions, and their self-knowledge and confidence is such that they will often prove their detractors wrong. Indeed, many August 2 people will eventually set up their own busi- nesses rather than conform to a corporate ethos.
While their professional relationships are frequently characterized by confrontation—the result of a conflict between their driving urge to promote their ideas and the demurral of their colleagues or competitors—their personal liaisons are generally far more harmonious. August 2 people cherish the strongly supportive bonds they enjoy with their kith and kin, to whom they man- ifest their capacity for unwavering loyalty. Fiercely pro- tective of those closest to them, they not only desire the physical and material well-being of their loved ones—especially their children if they are parents— but also their happiness.
