Leo Season Horoscopes 2024

 Leo season horoscopes are here! Ruled by the Sun…we hope they’ll help you shine your brightest (and we love to hear how Birthdate Co. brings the light your way!)

Leo Season: July 23rd-August 22nd

Our Lead Astrologer, Erin River Sunday, writes these horoscopes based on your Sun and Rising/Ascendant sign. Don’t know your Rising Sign? The Birthdate Book can help!

✧ Aries

This Leo season isn’t for the faint of heart, Aries. Mercury will be retrograde in Leo for the majority of the month. Rethink what your inner child needs.

 

✧ Taurus

Leo season is all about the home for you, Taurus. Mercury will be retrograde for the entirety of the season, though, so don’t paint the whole living room pink just yet.

 

✧ Gemini

This Leo season isn’t the time to speak without thinking, Gemini. Mercury, your ruling planet, will be retrograde the entire season. Focus on listening. 

 

✧ Cancer

There’s a critical focus on your finances this Leo season, Cancer, and a few wires might get crossed because of Mercury retrograde. Don’t spend anything you don’t have to.

 

✧ Leo

Happy birthday, Leo! It’s an intense time of year, to say the least, and Mercury retrograde will be a highlight of your season this year. Make space to celebrate yourself despite any drama.

 

✧ Virgo

Your ruling planet, Mercury, is retrograde this Leo season, Virgo, so move slowly. You’re a fantastic planner, but things could get worse before they get better over the coming weeks.

 

✧ Libra

You’re focused on your friends this Leo season, Libra, but there might be a few confusing conversations happening thanks to Mercury retrograde. Give people space if they need it.

 

✧ Scorpio

Your career is your central focus this season, Scorpio, but because of Mercury retrograde, you might have to re-do a few things. Take a deep breath and know that any frustration is temporary.

 

✧ Sagittarius

You’re ready to adventure this season, Sagittarius, but Mercury will also be retrograde…so you might need to hold your horses for a bit. Renew your library card instead.

 

✧ Capricorn

It’s an intense time of year for you, Capricorn, and that will be all the more true because of Mercury’s retrograde. If your collaborations have gotten confusing, triple check your contract.

 

✧ Aquarius

You’re focused on partnerships this season, Aquarius, but things could be a bit confusing because of Mercury’s retrograde. If you need to have a big conversation– wait it out if you can.

✧ Pisces

While you want to streamline your daily tasks this season, Pisces, before moving forward you might need to redo a few things. Mercury is retrograde, so clear things out before moving ahead.

  

Erin River Sunday is the Lead Astrologer for Birthdate Co., you can find more info on her here. 

A little more about Leo Season…

Keywords: Planetary/Luminary ruler: The SunAuthentic, Heart-Centered, Bold, Creative, Loyal

• Planetary/Luminary ruler: The Sun
• Modality: Fixed
• Element: Fire
• Symbol: The Lion
• Famous Archetypes: Jennifer Lopez, Viola Davis, Carl Jung, Barack Obama

 

Leo energy rules our painters and our poets, our playwrights and our performers. It’s about showing up in the world wholeheartedly and unapologetically- which leads to an abundance of charisma. Leo is like a bonfire…sizzling and showstopping, the center of the stage that keeps everyone warm and entertained.

 

And this year, with Mercury retrograde in Leo for much of the season…we’re set to rethink our inherent creative drives. It’s a time to reflect on what our inner child once craved more than anything else, and with some bravery, to honor it. While making any permanent changes might be ill-advised, trying on different thinking caps (literally!) will encourage this energy to sing.

 

With the Sun as the ruler of the season, the next several weeks are a time of remembering that no one shines in exactly the same way. The world needs each and every one of our unique hot takes and there’s no time like the present to shout them to the rooftops.

 

Journal prompts to connect with Leo energy:

1. What did you want to “be” when you were little? Why?

2. How do you connect with your inner child?

3. Who are the people/places/things that help you feel most like yourself?

4. When was the last time you truly put your heart into something? How did it turn out?

 

2024 Leo Season Highlights

• Monday, July 22nd: Sun enters Leo
• Thursday, July 25th: Mercury enters Virgo
• Friday, July 26th: Chiron stations retrograde
• Sunday, August 4th: New Moon in Leo
• Sunday, August 4th: Venus enters Virgo
• Monday, August 5th: Mercury stations retrograde
• Friday, August 9th: Juno enters Libra
• Wednesday, August 14th: Mercury Rx enters Leo
• Monday, August 19th: Full Moon in Aquarius
• Monday, August 19th: Jupiter square Saturn

If you'd like to dig a bit deeper and are familiar with your birth chart, check out which house Leo rules. That's where your energy will be focused throughout Leo Season! And if you're unfamiliar with your chart but curious to learn more, we’ve got a book for that.