Starcodes July 22, 2022

The Sun joins Mercury in Leo and heralds the rich and abundant mid-summer Leo season. It calls us to step out of the house and join the festival- as safely as we can with Covid still wafting through the air. Leo rules the heart and the hearth, so this influx of Leo energy encourages each one of us to be a hearth-fire for our community, to shine and enrich the lives around us. It can bring out our inner Lionheart and add extra bravery and generosity, help us see the light in one another. Our we could just act out or laze about — it is up to us.

Leo encourages us to take our space in the world, shine in performance and negotiate for what we need relationship. Add romance and panache every summer moment. If we can’t add that extra touch of panache, some will add a touch of Greek tragedy or Shakespearean plot twist, anything to create interest. World events may play out as if they are a blockbuster summer movie, though we can hope not just a disaster movie but an adventure with heroic endings. How can we heroically save our ecosystem? That is the disaster so clearly leaning in right now.

Leo can make us want to speak in hyperbole, exaggerate to make a point. But the point may be true and needs to be expressed. Watch this play out in the headlines, the heat gets hotter, the drama more intense, politicians speak in overblown generalizations and take performative stances. Look for…