Leo Weekly Horoscope

There is an interesting mix of energies on offer this week, Leo, as your attention will be pulled between secrets and the truth, emotional intensity and joyful enlightenment. Come the 18th, the skies will play host to the beautiful New Moon in Pisces and your 8th House of Shared Resources and Intimacy, putting the focus on the most intense aspects of your life, as the 8th House governs everything from sex to death to rebirth to major finances. In simpler terms, the energy of this lunation is all about planting seeds for something beautiful to grow, and because the 8th House doesn’t play around, it looks as though whatever you try to establish now will come back to support you for years to come. Trust your intuition and any voices that might be guiding you right now, because chances are good they know exactly what they are talking about. This lunation is benefiting from a supportive sextile to eccentric Uranus in your career sector, so keep your eyes open for unusual opportunities, because something exciting could land in your lap when you least expect it.

Now, the Sun has indeed spent the last month moving through Pisces and your intense 8th House, which can be great for getting your intimate life in order but doesn’t make for the lightest of transits. On the 20th el Sol waves farewell and jumps into Aries and your expansive 9th House of Adventure and Higher Learning, encouraging you to let a fantastic dose of newness and spice into your life. While the world might have felt very tight and boxed in lately, all of a sudden, it’s going to feel like someone kicked open a door and a few windows to boot. Once you’ve got all your ducks in a row, you can go out into the world and look for new opportunities to increase your standing, so don’t sit back and rest on your laurels when there is so much on offer.

With all this in mind, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if you’ve been forced to deal with some rather extreme issues lately. This is thanks to the fact that Mercury has been hitting the snooze button in retrograde cycle for the last few weeks in your 8th House, which is no easy place to host such a transit; Mercury in the 8th House can help us feel like a detective and read between the lines, but when it is retrograde we lose any intuitive benefits the cosmic communicator might bestow upon is, and it is easy to see conspiracy everywhere you look. Fortunately, things are getting straightened out as Mercury wakes up and starts moving forward again later on the 20th. You can breathe a sigh of relief; happier skies are on the horizon, and you can come together with others without so much drama developing between you.