Leo season marks the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere and the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere…

…Leo is a fixed sign meaning it takes place in the middle of a season in the four-season system of a year. we can interpret this as a stabilizing energy that maintains, steadies and holds a course. Leo is a fire sign. it is associated with the Sun. i feel like Leo energy is very connected to the sensation of being oneself and being seen, as well as a kind of celebration and expression of performance and play. Leo always makes me think of a fireplace in a home, where people gather to tell stories and sing songs.

some keywords we can associate with Leo are: self-expression / sovereignty / awareness / confidence / visibility. (remember, this doesn’t necessarily mean people with a Leo sun always connects with these words, rather i am speaking to the archetypal quality of the zodiac sign itself.)

this month’s horoscopes are inspired by the world of larp (Live Action Role Play) and are written as fictional narratives for you to imagine yourself in. if role-playing and imaginary games are not appealing to you, the core of the astrological message is at the end of the horoscope.

leo

you’re the ruler of a troubled kingdom that has entered a new era since the arrival of a super-intelligent aliens species. every day you encounter a new challenges, trying to communicate with the aliens, determine what they want, and figure out the possibilities of co-existence whilst simultaneously managing the fears in your kingdom. communication with the aliens is riddled with difficulties when suddenly, your voice disappears and you begin to effectively engage with them only through your dreams. this disturbs your entire system of reality and you don’t know how to inform your counselors and kingdom of this mysterious development.

your job: allow your identity to humbly undergo transformation and let normative communications break down as your belief systems start to structurally shift. retain hope through connecting to mystery.

virgo

as a gravedigger, you are used to wielding heavy tools and working in close to proximity to death. your existence is an isolated one, since you’ve outgrown many of your friends and your profession isn’t necessarily appealing on the dating apps. but this has never bothered you before. one day you come across a fan-fiction group for your favourite child-hood adventure novels. you join the group and your social world expands, as they celebrate the imagination you bring to this unique community. you start writing fan-fiction stories in your spare time and the joy it brings you also brings questions around your work, opening desires for radical career changes.

your job: give yourself permission to not know yet and receive encouragement and support from your community. let physical labour be a healthy expression of any frustrations you might feel.

libra

you’re a high-powered executive of a world-renowned fashion label. despite a series of annoying technical issues around the office, your career is booming and you are set to receive an award for the advances in sustainable fashion that you’ve brought to the industry. however, nobody knows that in your private life, your partner has evaporated – literally. you witnessed their particles dissolve into nothing one morning after they showered. unsure of whether to seek the advice of a medical doctor, astrophysicist or occult specialist, you start a secret hunt to find your invisible partner and in the process, discover missing parts of yourself.

your job: balance the growth and gifts that might be taking place in your public life with the loss and confusion you might be experiencing in relationships – all of this contributes to the opening of a new chapter.

scorpio

as a death metal musician who experienced great fame in the late 80s, you’ve been invited to do a world tour of the album that made you famous. the fans in your niche following are delighted and despite the pleasure of traveling and performing, you feel tension in revisiting your older works on stage – the sounds feel outdated and only serve nostalgia. as you get into the rhythm of the tour, you begin to experiment with the songs live until they’re barely recognizable to your audiences. your manager warns you against this radical rerouting, and your band mates are annoyed and struggle to keep up, but you’re willing to risk everything to remain true to your artistic voice.

your job: stay true to the roots of your creative energy and let this transform you. be willing to make ripples in your public life, but try to master the balance between authenticity and diplomacy.

sagittarius

you’re a research academic who specializes in funerary cults and you’ve been invited to present a paper at a conference on ghosts and ancestor veneration. your journey, however, is littered with strange interruptions and missed connections. along the way, you briefly encounter someone who you may or may not fall in love with, lose your luggage, miss your plane and finally get intercepted by a ghoul who you end up befriending. the ghoul is several thousand years old and has haunted cemeteries all over the world. after some drinks, the ghoul agrees to an interview and your research benefits hugely. although you miss the conference and you’re not sure how to cite the ghoul, you decide that it was worth it.

your job: trust that mishaps may bring in knowledge that is more illuminating than you thought and be open to potential gifts of strange encounters.

capricorn

you’re an ordinary watchmaker who has always worked from home but a freak flood has recently destroyed your equipment and workshop. your partner is a great help and fortunately you have insurance. even though proceedings with the lawyer and insurance company are riddled with delays and complications – you end up with enough money to slowly rebuild your workshop or start a different venture entirely. the idea of a change in your work is appealing, but the thought of starting something new both terrifies and confuses you. out of desperation one day you consult your favourite watch and to your surprise it tells you something other than the time!

your job: be open to support from close friends and partners as you process sensations of loss. seek meaning and magic in ordinary objects to remind yourself that your surroundings are always participating.

aquarius

you’re the neighborhood teacher at the local time-traveling school, teaching both technique and protocol for short distance time travel to young students. due to a technical mishap during a demonstration in class, you find yourself way off target in distant time-space continuum. keeping your cool, you approach the closest creature (who happens to be a beautiful feline being) to ask for a tool that you need to return back to your own timeline. not only does the feline creature help you, but they also gift you with a technology that will greatly benefit your teaching plans. despite the fact that you and the creature don’t speak the same language, you’ve never felt so seen before…

pisces

as a caterpillar on the cusp of butterfly-hood, your life currently teeters between sensations of liberation and enclosure – not yet arrived, not yet departed. on top of this, you’re encountering a strange sensation of not wanting to destroy the cocoon that you built so lovingly and which has so sweetly housed your changing body. caught in a kind of existential conundrum, you begin to hear the voice of a neighboring crab, it is singing playful songs of encouragement that also describe the wonders of the world beyond your chrysalis. inspired, you continue wriggling with the difficult labour of becoming yourself, and bravely start to break through into your new form.

your job: let play and games remind that although truly being yourself takes work, it is a process that is ever-centering. the core of your roots are ready to change.

aries

you are a powerful typhoon with deep empathy for humanity, and thus you are encountering a fundamental existential identity crisis: how to be who are you fundamentally are and live in accordance with your values? you jump on the group chat with your friends squall, blizzard, cyclone and hurricane and ask them how they manage this conundrum, but it only opens a massive debate and flurry of misunderstandings and assumptions. after a period of reflection and a long hard look in the mirror – you remember that you’ve always been a shape-shifter. the essence of you is both a verb and something to be played with. so you start to play…

your job: navigate any confusion around identity through reflection and playfulness, trusting that how you show up in community is ready to change.

taurus

as an ice-cream truck driver, you’ve always found a simple joy in selling ice-cream to the people. one day, your musical ice-cream jingle stops working and your truck goes silent. with your call to ice-cream gone, you start to lose customers. unable to repair the jingle machine, you begin to sing aloud to announce your arrival. your resonant voice carries beautifully through the streets and people come not only to purchase your delicious wares, but also to hear your voice. you realise you love to sing and have things to say, and start to wonder if perhaps you want more from life than delivering ice-cream. this new development causes some tension in the home, but you’re ready for whatever challenges this growth may bring.

gemini

as a glitch detective, your main job is to identify and report malfunctions in digital systems. inevitably this means that every time mercury turns retrograde you’ve got your job cut out for you. one night, you’re working late wrestling with a particularly error-ridden software system when suddenly a glitch jumps out of the hardware and onto your shirt. you stare at the glitch and it tells you it wants to be part of the revolution to dismantle the collective belief that capitalism is an acceptable system. you introduce the surprisingly radical and politicized glitch to your trade union and together you, your union and the glitch set out to cause capitalism’s system to crash.

cancer

as the jolly captain of an intercity ferry, you’ve always enjoyed being at sea and being at service to the commuters of the city. recently, you received a promotion to manage the entire coastal network of ferry-lines. you’re pleased to be recognized in this way and the little boost to your income is not bad either, yet something feels strange. you’re still able to pilot your ferry, but administrative tasks keep you indoors more than you wish. you start to have strange electric dreams of navigating vessels that don’t even exist. you start sketching these vessels late at night and wonder to yourself whether the real promotion might be to become an experimental vessel inventor?

your job: let your personal growth support any tensions or confusions in your career, whilst giving space for your unconscious to dream up new ways for spirit and body to travel.