The Sun Sign Leo

Sun Sign Leo

August 13, 2002

Hello everyone! It feels great to be back after a trip-back east to visit family. I hope you enjoy today’s wisdom. I am a bit partial to it. I am a Leo, born on August 20. Enjoy!

Today’s Wisdom Teaching is focused on the Astrological Sign Leo. (July 22nd_Aug 23rd). Leo is the sign of the Lion; it is the fifth astrological sign and the Second Fire Sign. Leo’s are optimistic, warm, creative, generous, and self-confident.

Leo’s are the “creative ones” of the zodiac. They are dedicated to uniquely expressing and creating themselves in the world. Royalty and grandeur are also attributes of Leo’s. These qualities can be seen by their need to rule like our great kings and queens. On the other hand, they are very eager to show their love and joy. Much like the innocence and freshness of a child. What are the symbols for Leo?

 The symbol for Leo is a circle with a long upward-moving curled tail. This symbol looks like a chamber linked to an artery. Leo is associated with the heart and the circulatory system. Thus, Leo is related to the center of the body, the heart. The heart is the vortex to which all energy must flow and from which all life force emanates. The tremendous amount of blood pumped in and out of the heart daily is likened to how the sign Leo feels they must move and express their life force and creativity.

The key phrase that expresses Leo’s direction in life is “I Will.” Leo moves through life with the desire to create and express themselves with joy, love, and trust. Aries has pioneered the land, Taurus has cultivated it, Gemini explores new regions, and Cancer finds the secure dwelling or home in which they will reside to feel safe and protected. Leo desires to forego the security of these previous signs and explore creativity, love, and self-expression.

Leo’s wisdom comes through knowing the importance of “creating new life.” Leo comes into life with an inner sense of confidence and trust. It is these qualities that draw others to them. Leo’s wisdom comes from the heart. They have a unique way of bringing out the best in people and are very loyal. They possess a tremendous amount of courage. Their most profound wisdom comes from knowing that their most extraordinary light shines “through” them, but not from them. They teach us to learn to become vehicles of the Divine Will. Everything we create ultimately comes from a more incredible divine source. They teach us that to perform for the world is to learn to trust it and, in the end, to learn to trust the love that can come through us and not from us.

Self-confidence, creativity, and self-expression are wonderful attributes of this sign, but the shadow of Leo is pride, laziness, and arrogance. If confidence turns to vanity, others can turn away and will. If there is too much royal rulership, this may leave little room for other people to play. Leo’s project can become everyone’s project. If you are not on his side, you fail to prove your loyalty, an absolute capital crime in the State of Leo. Leo’s can be very gullible; in this respect, they can be ruined by flattery and applause. Easily hurt by neglect and absence of love, they will find themselves doing anything for a morsel or scrap of anything that looks like love. Leo must develop self-confidence on merit, not words. They must learn to connect to a higher humanitarian purpose and will succeed when their ambitions are linked to this higher purpose. If Leo’s creativity is inspired by a truly divine and higher cause, his heart’s passion will connect to the Divine Will, ultimately serving to light and warm the hearts of others and the entire world.

“Quote For The Week”

“I want to be thoroughly used up

when I die,

for the harder, I work,

the more I live.

Life is no brief candle for me.

It is a sort of

splendid torch

which I have got hold of

for a moment,

and I want to make it burn as

brightly as possible

before handing it on to

future generations.”

~George Bernard Shaw