Leo – The Lion

Leo, the sign of the Lion and king of beasts, is the fifth sign of the Zodiac. Leos usually manage to acquire their own individual kingdoms over which they can rule supreme.

LEO – 120°    (23rd July-22nd August)

Sanskrit Name: Simha

Symbol: Lion

Ruling Planet: Sun

Element: Fire

Quality: Fixed

Day: Sunday

Colour: Red, Orange, Gold and White

Stones: Ruby, Amber, Diamond and Sardonyx

Numbers: 1, 10, 28, 37,46, 55 

Ideal Match: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius and Gemini 

Traits:

• Strengths: Creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous
• Weaknesses: Arrogant, stubborn, self-centred, lazy, inflexible
• Leo likes: Theater, taking holidays, being admired, expensive things, bright colours, fun with friends
• Leo dislikes: Being ignored, facing difficult reality, and not being treated like a king or queen

Characteristics:

You are extremely sympathetic, generous, honest, straightforward and authoritative. You are honest, frank, and outspoken. You are enterprising and like to command. In fact, your strongest instinct is to rule and command. You love authority. You are quite proud and lucky in money matters. You possess strong willpower and you achieve your objectives in spite of the difficulties or obstacles that come your way. You are an enterprising, soft but outspoken helpful and righteous personality. You are a sincere, reputed, independent, impatient bold, generous and respectable person. A traveller, obstinate and a happy-go-lucky person. You are affectionate, enthusiastic, cheerful, and optimistic, bringing sunshine into other lives. 

Physical Appearance:  

You are tall, physically strong, and attractive and have a fair complexion. You have broad shoulders and beautiful eyes with abundant energy. Your constitution is generally robust; you appear to have a fashioned round face with model looks. 

Personality:

You are inclined to quick anger. Success comes to you only after much struggle. You would remain devoted to your parents. Your wife would be a virtuous and happy lady. 

Physically, you are strong and if you happen to fall ill, you will recover soon. You are both courageous and valorous. You never want to give away. You shun inferior jobs and are fond of a life of luxury works and jobs. You have a strong desire to travel, and you prefer to have an aristocratic society. 

Professions and Career:

The career best suited for you are Civil Services, Finance, Politics, Armed Forces, and Business of a Commanding Nature, You are quite courteous, and diplomatic and do well in all professions where you may have to deal with dignified people. You are not generally good at dealing with masses or where labourers are involved. Your life starts to boom and you have the tendency to earn money at a much younger age.

Business and Finances:

You are magnanimous and are, therefore, unable to save in proportion to your income. Business partnerships lead to litigation, which should be settled out of court. There is a danger of part of your property being destroyed by fire. In financial matters, you may not get a square deal from your brothers and sisters, and this may even lead to litigation.

Romance and Marriage:

You love steadfastly, and usually get married fairly early. However, being stubborn, you do not have a smooth relationship with your partner. You want to be overbearing, and unless the partner is submissive and docile, this leads to frequent clashes. 

Health and Disease:

The heart and the aorta, upper back, spleen and spinal cord form your major vulnerable health areas and can result in heart diseases, back problems, or spinal meningitis. Your sign rules the heart and back, and your tendency to drive yourself hard often puts them under pressure. The pressure increases because you enjoy good food and are prone to be overweight. For good health, you’ve got to respect your body’s needs.