LEO July 22nd - August 22nd

This is your month – a time to shine. Your solar return demands your presence. It is in your nature to shine and with Mercury in your sign between the 8^th and 23^rd, you will all be able to command attention with your communications.

Before the 28^th however Mars is in Cancer which suggests that some of you will be feeling a little bit that you have to beaver away behind-the-scenes in an uncharacteristic way because of necessary pressures being made on you to give your life more infrastructure. More importantly, don’t let anger fester; and a reviewing of your life, your past and pondering on your own relationship to life is good, but as the month closes, you will emerge in your usual Leonine regal way.

However with Jupiter also in your solar 12^th house, this is a time and opportunity for gaining psychological profundity and more peace for many of you.

Saturn is being less benevolent to those born July 27^th to 31^st. He is demanding that you pay attention to domestic and family issues and they will be making sure that you keep your nose to the grindstone, and bringing reality checks that may well be needed, if painful. Get rest, acknowledge that you are not getting any younger, look after the body and do simply what is necessary. What you want to do and what you need to do are often very different.

Uranus however is really bolstering the energy, confidence and belief in self if born August 3^rd to 6^th. This is an excellent time for enlightened, innovative travel and wisdom.

The new Moon falls in your sign on the 6^th, directly impacting all born around August 7^th.  For this group a new beginning is in the offing and a new vista tempts, whereas on the 20^th/21^st the full Moon directly impacts those born August 11^th who may find some reality checks spoken by others or demonstrated to you, are in fact needed truths to be internalised.