This August the planets make you alluring beyond all compare. You always look good but this time - wow!  

Happy Birthday, Leo!

This is your time to shine. To aim high and to have confidence in your goals and to make others helpless before your wishes!

All the action this month is happening in your sign and in your first house.

In here you have: your ruler, the glorious, almighty Sun; brilliant Mercury (in retrograde August 2 - 26, more on that anon); sweet and beautiful Venus from Thursday, July 28 to Sunday, August 21; and an exciting new Moon on Saturday, July 30. 

Everything that is ruled by your first house:

Your body and body-image

Your confidence

Your self-esteem

Your behavior and manners with others

Being honest about who you are and what you need

Projecting yourself

Moving forward with hope

Seeing yourself as the special person you are

Remember to wear those shorts and tops close to your skin! Venus entering your sign as of Thursday, July 28 sets your attractiveness off the charts.

Anything you start now will go successfully. This includes professional and personal and business arrangements. Lotto lucky Jupiter is so favorably aspected in your tenth career house that your career can't help but hit a new high. Celebrations this month will be magical, and anything celebrating YOU will be spectacular.

Mid-August your insecurity about sex AND other people's money is GONE. If you've been waiting for a check to come in, it is likely to after Saturday, August 13.  

Let's talk about insecurity for a moment - I know, after all this talk of confidence, right? But Mercury in your sign and first house is in retrograde from August 2 - 26. And it will drive some Leos mad - madder than hell, actually - and will be a strain for even Leo saints to bear.

It's important not to feel self-doubt at this time. A past relationship stirred this to a boiling point, and you will feel great relief as this calms down.

Sex and anger, sex and anger. These two, interestingly, can live together.

As long as you don't blame others, it will be a beautiful month.

Remember, Mercury retrograde hits everyone and everyone will make mistakes.

Ah, Mercury retrograde! Remember, everyone goes through this - everyone on the planet - and everyone makes mistakes - so be kind and compassionate to everyone out there.

The official day Mercury goes retrograde is Tuesday, August 2. This lasts - for everyone in the world - until Friday, August 26.

This is the time to take a break, go zen, play a little. Because, for everyone, no matter how hard you try, business is not as usual.

The hardest thing is to have patience. But with patience, come the rewards!

For everyone Mercury rules cell phones, as well as land lines, computers, cars, planes - and all thought and movement, including all forms of travel. He likes to go fast - he is the winged messenger who flies.

But he's going to be retrograding for twenty-four days.

If you are traveling during this time, just relax.

You will be noticing how travel is delayed, phones aren't working properly, and everyone keeps changing times on you.

You need to be aware that you could lose or misplace things - such as your wallet, your phone - cars break down - appointments are forgotten or broken - and the ordered universe generally goes awry.

The good news? It only lasts twenty-four days!

Mercury particularly affects electronics and any form of travel. Back up your computer files. Mercury rules all forms of communications, including, from the 1940's, computers. Computers go wonky during Mercury retrograde, as do phones, and anything that has to do with communication.

The work you can do?   

RE-trograde means to go backwards. The past becomes very powerful. You can re-examine it. Old people pop up in your life.

A great deal of healing is possible at this time. Mercury, after all, also rules healing.  

Retrograde rules all the RE-words.

See, Leo, which of these REsonate with YOU:

Reduce, recycle, remix, repurpose, recreate, repair, refresh, reinvigorate, refine, redo, reinvent, recommit, refocus, revive, reconnect, reuse, reform, rejoice, re-evaluate, relive, rethink, renew, reorder, regnerate, respect, reactivate, rearrange, reclaim, revisit, relate

Reciprocate

Receive

Reconstruct, revise, re-engage, rewind

Release, recruit, rewrite, respond, reflect, review, relieve, rebound, remember, reward, reface, reassign, reinforce, rework, revere, refuel, regain

Regard, reinterpret, reconsider, re-educate, repeat.

And, finally, RE-lax. It's really the best thing you can do during a Mercury retrograde. Not to get, as the English say, your knickers in a twist, if things don't go according to plan. That's life!

Take some time out for yourself, dear Leo - it is crucial that you do so. In a new relationship take baby steps. Nurture yourself as you would your own baby.

You don't have to do everything yourself. You don't even have to feel that you have to do everything else! Streamline your energy and save it for only the most necessary things.

Enjoy the Sun - your ruling body - which is in your sign, and realize that the universe is working with you (and aiding and abetting you).

Personally, August really is Passion Month with a captial P. You will feel everything as deeply as a volcano. This includes...yes. Sex. Remember those baby steps...

Your value is high! Give yourself a break by thinking of different ways to make more money. Once this month's celebrations are over, that's where your mind will be.

Speaking of making your life better and improving your luck - and wealth - here's me talking about Jupiter and my book on The Today Show! Take a look-see! (And please feel free to leave a comment on youtube.)

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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) Saturday, July 30 from 2:16 AM; all of Sunday, July 31; until 4:42 AM on Monday, August 1; Friday, August 26 from 12:09 PM; all of Saturday, August 27; Sunday, August 28 until 2:13 PM.  

Check both your Sun sign and your Jupiter sign: double your fortune!

Take care.

With love,

Madalyn Aslan