Planetary Influences：Ruling planet:Sun;First decan:Personal planet is Sun. Virtues：Protective, influential, tireless. Vices：Bossy, controlling, unfeeling. Careers：Social campaigner, government officer, events organizer. Skills & Aptitudes：Highly organized, focused on community, reliable. Compatible with：April 18–19, April 26–30
Strong-willed leader
An abundance of feeling, sensitivity, and imagination is usually associated with your birthday. Dramatic and talented, with a charming personality, you are a determined Leo who with inspiration and encouragement can reach great heights.
The subinfluence of your decanate ruler, Leo, suggests that, being proud and needing recognition, you display a confident and assured image. As you judge everything by the way you feel, you may need to find avenues for self-expression or an outlet for your artistic or creative talents. This suggests that your emotional range is tremendous, and with your thought- fulness and warmth, you can win the admiration of others. If, on the other hand, you fail to get your own way, you can become dominating or melodramatic, with an inclination for emotional outbursts.
All your sensitivity does not detract from the fact that you also possess a tough business sense and an awareness of material considerations. This part of your personality can be resolute and inflexible, with a strong sense of duty. If especially interested in something, you can become really determined. Combined with your strong sense of vision and enthusiasm, you can inspire others; it might, however, be necessary to keep your feet on the ground by staying humble and well balanced.
After the age of twenty-four, when your progressed Sun enters Virgo, you begin to be less dominant, as your mental focus becomes more analytical, practical, and reflective. Your duties start to take up more of your time, and you may want to work more perfectly and efficiently. From the age of fifty-four, when your progressed Sun moves into Libra, there is a change of emphasis in your life and you become more relaxed, diplomatic, and creative, with your relationships playing a more important role in your life.
Sun: Leo
Decanate: Leo/sun
Degree: 6°30’-8° Leo
Mode: Fixed
Element: Fire
Star’s name:Praesepe, also called Praesaepe
Degree position:6°16’-7°16’ Leo, between the years 1930 and 2000
Magnitude:5
Strength:**
Orb:1°
Constellation:M44 Cancer
Applicable days:July 30, 31, August 1
Star qualities:Mars/Moon
Description:A star mass of more than forty stars located on the head of the Crab
Praesepe imparts an adventurous yet industrious nature with good business acumen. This star also suggests good fortune and may indicate involvement in founding large businesses. Praesepe, however also carries an influence that suggests impulsiveness and restlessness and warns against an inclination toward creating unnecessary trouble by being too insolent. This star also warns against involvement in lawsuits and risky dealings.
Linked to your Sun’s degree, this star imparts energy and vitality, inner pride, and an ability to focus on goals with great determination. Once you make up your mind, you refuse to give up, but continue to strive toward your final objectives. This star’s influence can attract friends, bring popularity, and lead to high-profile positions and even fame. Praesepe, however warns against fluctuating moods, doubts, and fears, which could arise from misunderstandings with others, and may result in self- destructive behavior.
• Positive:enthusiasm, spirit of enterprise, strong will, openness, frankness
• Negative:aimlessness, defiance, incompatible, misunderstood personality, reclusive
Always directed toward achievement, you need strong aims and objectives. With your large dreams, it is necessary to apply strong self-discipline and be very focused in order to accomplish them. One of your major challenges may come from negative thinking or expecting too much from others. This can cause frustration or disappointment that may lead to feelings of emotional dissatisfaction. With your potential to go from the depths of depression to the heights of inspired humanitarianism, it is vital to find positive outlets for your sensitive imagination and creative spirit. By harnessing all your dynamic emotions into work that has some sense of purpose, you are likely to find a deeper recognition of your inherent powerful role in society.
With your natural sense of authority, you do not like to be in a subservient position and may be at your best when working selflessly for a cause or an ideal. This could lead you to a career in politics, charity work, or social reform. Your excellent sense of the dramatic may fare well in acting or the world of entertainment, and you can share your knowledge with others through teaching or writing. Your sensitivity and sense of vision can help you become successful as a film director or photographer. Similarly, you have the ability to commercialize art or things of beauty and use your social skills to combine business and pleasure.
Famous people who share your birthday include statesman Dag Hammarskjöld, dictator Benito Mussolini, actress Clara Bow, and film director Bill Forsyth.
Shows resilience and power in gentleness, often provides the role of mediator, and linked to psychic abilities. As a number 29 individual, you have a powerful personality and extraordinary potential. You are highly intuitive, sensitive, and emotional. Inspiration is the key to your success story, and without it you may experience lack of purpose. Although you are a true dreamer, the extreme sides of your nature indicate that you may have to guard against alternating moods. If you trust your innermost feelings and open your heart to others, you can overcome your tendency to worry or use your mind as protective armor. Use your creative thoughts to achieve something special and unique that can motivate or be of service to others. The subinfluence of the number 7 month indicates that honesty and compassion are your true powers, and with them you can create love and harmony. While you are charismatic and forceful, if you wish to be in a position of authority, a responsible attitude, fairness, and integrity will gain you the respect and loyalty you want from others.
• Positive:inspirational, balance, inner peace, generous, successful, creative, intuitive, mystical, powerful dreams, worldly, faith
•Negative:unfocused, insecure, nervous, selfish, vain, moody, difficult, extremist, inconsiderate, overly sensitive
Drawn toward people of power and influence, you can be romantic and dramatic. However, on occasion your personal relationships may suffer from your contrasting moods. With your powerful emotions, you can be sensitive and caring, with a compassionate and expressive nature. Loyalty and devotion are very important to you, but avoid an inclination to be bossy and demanding. Through being responsible and giving, you often receive the respect and admiration of ot’
Your opportunities to find that special person are greater with those born on the following dates.
Love & friendship:Jan. 3, 22, 25, 29, 30, Feb. 1, 20, 23, 27, 28, Mar. 18, 21, 25, 26, Apr. 16, 19, 23, 24, 28, May 14, 17, 21, 22, 26, 31, June 12, 15, 19, 20, 24, 29, July 10, 13, 18, 22, Aug. 8, 11, 15, 16, 20, 27, 29, 30, Sept. 6, 9, 13, 14, 18, 23, 27, 28, Oct. 4, 7, 11, 12, 16, 21, 25, 26, Nov. 2, 5, 9, 10, 14, 19, 23, 24, Dec. 3, 7, 8, 12, 17, 21, 22
Beneficial:Jan. 17, Feb. 15, Mar. 13, Apr. 11, May 9, 29, June 7, 27, July 5, 25, Aug. 3, 23, Sept. 1, 21, Oct. 19, 29, Nov. 17, 27, 30, Dec. 15, 25, 28
Fatal attractions:Jan. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, May 31, June 29, July 27, Aug. 25, 30, Sept. 23, 28, Oct. 21, 26, Nov. 19, 24, Dec. 17, 22
Challenging:Jan. 20, 23, Feb. 18, 21, Mar. 16, 19, Apr. 14, 17, May 12, 15, June 10, 13, July 8, 11, Aug. 6, 9, Sept. 4, 7, Oct. 2, 5, Nov. 2, Dec. I
Soui mates:Jan. 4, 31, Feb. 2, 29, Mar. 27, Apr. 25, May 23, June 21, July 19, Aug. 17, Sept. 15, Oct. 13, Nov. 11, Dec. 9
In common with the majority of their leonine fel- lows, those born on July 29 are positive and energetic types, whose natural inclination is toward controlling the actions of those around them, a predilection that is redoubled if they were also born in the Chinese year of the dragon. Yet unlike many others born under the sign of Leo, their ambitions are directed less toward achiev- ing personal success and acclaim (although they are not averse to receiving the applause of others) than toward furthering the interests of the social group with which they primarily identify—for example, their family, their local community, their country or even humanity as a whole. They may thus typically be found working as politicians or social campaigners—or even as athletes or artists—indeed, in any profession in which there is an inherent sense of team spirit. Within such environ- ments those born on this day typically gravitate toward leadership positions, others deferring to their strong wills, clear-cut goals, and organizational talents, as well as to their gifts of motivation and inspiration.
Their willingness to protect and assume responsi- bility for those around them—and this is especially true if they are males—as well as the generosity and loyalty that these leonine characters display toward the members of their “pride,” is generally reciprocated by the objects of their concern. Although their personal liaisons are similarly characterized by mutually pro- found feelings of affection, the overridingly communal orientation of July 29 people may leave them with little time to spare for their nearest and dearest—or indeed, for the pursuit of any independent individual interests.
