You deserve the very best, Leo, and this month you get it! God knows, you have worked hard enough for it.

In Astrology-speak, you are the star and light is shining all over you.

You have recently completed a very important journey, one that broadened your horizons more than you can even possibly know at this present moment.  

The camera is on you, as they say.

Yes, dear Leo, life really IS that dramatic, and as your horoscope begins, you will already know never to doubt your instincts again.

Now, this concerns a relationship arrangement, too. You have put up with one particular situation long enough, and it is time to put your foot down. Following a disappointment, you come back in a BEEG way.

A new financial order is exactly what the doctor ordered. It will be best for all parties concerned.

Just remember to keep your temper in check, and act like a lady - or gentleman. You are definitely in the world's spotlight right now. The sun is in Leo and shining down upon you!

In fact, there are many successes in your sign - besides your ruler, the almighty, life-saving Sun: brilliant Mercury; adoring Juno as of Thursday, August 5; and an exciting new Moon as of Monday, August 9.

The spotlight is on you, and everyone will be looking at and listening to you!

So, after you settle your argument, onto -- your reputation and fame!

Because Leo - your first house - also rules your body and self-image, the new Moon on Monday, August 9 offers a new look - try a new hairstyle or beautiful addition to your wardrobe - and a different way of you being perceived by the world at large.  

This also means a challenge is being offered to you by the universe and you must step up, like the true royal you are, and take it.

This may take the form of another confrontation around Monday, August 9. Remember - act like the true royal you are, always gracious - and listen to others' viewpoints. Don't throw out the baby (the relationship) with the bathwater (the argument) just to clear the air!

Be tactful and kind. Because you ARE - these things.

Some people can just go no further at this point, so you may have to be willing to concede in areas that are important to you. Professionally, this is actually to your advantage and you end up making a terrific deal!

As August gets underway, pressure is on in the public arena to prove more of your mettle.

You have already proved yourself - many times over.

Any questioning or uncertainty about yourself in the public eye will lift. In just over three weeks, as a matter of fact. This happens on Friday, August 13, when Uranus moves out of your ninth house and into your eighth.

You take the reins firmly in hand, dear Leo, and you go after what you want.

Your desires will be popping up all over the place: do not ignore them! In fact, the universe is urging you to express them - and thus yourself - as much as is humanly possible this August.

Wise Saturn, sexy Mars as of Thursday, July 29, love and beauty planet Venus as of Friday, August 6, and streamlining Vesta as of Friday, August 13, are all in the sign of Libra by -- Friday the 13th! This is a terrific line up, and promises great blessings to the part of you that Libra rules.

For you, Leo, it is your third house. This rules all of your COMMUNICATIONS. 

Be brave, and do what you must do.

This brings in fresh energy and great luck into these areas:

Healing problems of communication

Writing, emailing, and speaking

Expressing yourself through movement, also hands, arms, shoulders

Being in closer touch with your siblings or neighbors

Your neighborhood

Short trips and visits

Analysis

Publishing and recording

As impatient as you may feel for these good luck areas to begin manifesting, you should know, dear Leo, that you are more in control of results than you think. How you talk, walk, behave, dress, and generally express yourself now makes ALL the difference.

Another hot tip for this at the beginning of August: you may decide to take on a look that you think of as the "old you" - and it will do very well. Go for it! You have the strength to pull it off even better this time round!

If you have been waiting for a particular success or recognition, you will not have to wait much longer! 

The pressure you feel now is opportunity. Mere, and huge time, opportunity. Decide what you really want, and you hold the world in the palm of your hand, dear Leo.  

And internationally, you are still being blessed - until early September. A trip abroad works wonders - and brings profits - for you.  

There will be a new financial arrangement with a close partner, and thereafter several bolts from the blue with this person. He or she will begin to act differently this August.

Change all around you!

By handling people as brilliantly, as beautifully as you do, you will make sure the changes work to your benefit, and you will soothe many ruffled feathers in the process.

May I call you Ambassador Leo?

You will shine center-stage in this role - and in several others! And you will be worshipped.

ENJOY.

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I look forward to reading you, dear Leo.

YOUR LUCKY DAYS! Leo Sun and Leo Jupiter, your times of destiny are:

(Eastern Time) Sunday, August 8 from 7:23 PM; all day Monday, August 9; until 7:01 PM on Tuesday, August 10. 

Check both your Sun sign and your lucky Jupiter sign: double your luck!

Take care.

With love,

Madalyn Aslan