Leo Season 🦁 2022

artist: Spirit Daughter

July 22 – Aug 22, 2022

Your sun sign is just one planet in your star soup. Curious about the rest? Contact me for a natal chart reading ~

Happy birthday all you feisty catz and kittenz!

Welcome to Leo, prowling emperor of the rainforest. Leo is ruled by the sun, so the sun is “at home” for this cycle. This is auspicious. It’s why everyone loves Leo season. It simply feels good, feels right.

Leo Season is a celebration of who we are as unique individuals. Part of this celebration means luxury and leisure. It’s time to chill out, take it easy, kick back. Leo is also associated with play and recreation. “Work hard, play hard” is definitely a motto that applies to Leo, with an emphasis on play. Leo is associated with aspects of life like sports, competition, entertainment, theater, art, color, music, dance, and children.

The idea behind Leo Season is that by spending more time with ourselves – thinking about ourselves, expressing ourselves – we increase our self worth, self respect, and self love. Leo rules the ego but the ego is not an inherently bad thing. It’s not all flames and fury and aggression. It’s actually about softening the heat, or at least finding our place in the furnace of Self and Ego. It’s an intense and flamboyant journey.

The lion is truly driven and hardworking, though this is difficult to imagine if you catch him in lazy cat mode. The karmic purpose behind incarnation as a Leo is to unlock the secret of will power. This cycle is about manifestation. It’s about creation, expression, and pride in our accomplishments.

In Ayurvedic medicine, Leo belongs to the pitta dosha. Pitta individuals are loyal and ambitious. Their character is like the fire element: assertive, active, decisive, and determined. Pitta types should avoid nightshades (peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, etc) and oily/fried foods as these increase internal fire (agni) and therefore make the individual more aggressive or impatient. During Leo Season, try eating cool foods like melon, cucumber, mint, basil, and raw foods. There are free, legitimate tests you can take online to determine your dosha. Search for “dosha test” or “prakriti test.” I highly recommend finding out your dosha – this is a HUGE help in deciding which foods are best for you.

July 28: New Moon in Leo (moon-sun conjunction) + 1st day of Jupiter Retrograde + Mercury in Leo square Uranus in Taurus

July 31: Sun trine Jupiter Retrograde in Aries. Good positive vibes, a bit restless. Let it flow.

Aug 5: Quarter Moon in Scorpio 🦂

Aug 11: Super Full Moon in Aquarius + Sun square Uranus in Taurus + 1st day of Venus in Leo ~ Erratic energy, sudden change of plans, unusual weather patterns. Tension, social awkwardness, arguments. Tread extremely lightly, trust your intuition.

Aug 14: Sun opposite Saturn Retrograde in Aquarius + Mars in Taurus trine Pluto Rx in Capricorn. Grieving heart; feelings of dejection. Saturn’s influence is heavy and stagnant.

Aug 18: Quarter Moon in Taurus 🐄