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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

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Leo

Also called Leo sign

The fifth sign; astrologers associate it with warmth, pride, play and being seen.

Astrologers associate Leo with creativity, generosity, loyalty and a wish for recognition. It is the only sign the Sun rules. In the tropical zodiac the Sun is in Leo from about 23 July to 22 August, the exact moment varying by a day from year to year.

How it is worked out
Tropical longitude 120° to 150°; element fire, modality fixed, polarity yang; traditional ruler the Sun.
  • Kind: Tradition, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Fire signs, Fixed signs, Polarity, Zodiac sign, Sun

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