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Leo: All the portraits are of the same lion.
All the portraits are of the same lion.

The Monthly Paper

Leo monthly horoscope

Jul 22 to Aug 22

Mars moved in and rearranged the chairs

Mars has been in your sign all October, and you know what that does. You walked faster, you said more, and you may have replaced something that was still working. It opposed Pluto on October 3, within a hair of exact, and for you that means you against a partner, or you against an old rule of theirs. It felt big that day, and it looks smaller now. Jupiter is in your sign too, and the Sun made a friendly angle to it on October 15. That was your lucky fortnight’s best day: praise, a kind word, a table by the window. Since the Sun entered Scorpio on October 23 your attention has moved indoors, to the home corner of your chart, and Mercury is retrograde there. So the last week has been about what was said at home, and who meant what. The Moon is in Cancer as October ends, in your rest corner. Do as it says. Lie down. You have been very good value this month, and the audience can wait until November.

The sky behind this

  • Moon09°31′ Cancer on Oct 3, your 12th house, until Oct 4
  • Mercury20°58′ Scorpio R on Oct 24, your 4th house, until Dec 6
  • Mars01°58′ Leo on Oct 1, your 1st house, until Nov 25
  • Jupiter19°40′ Leo on Oct 1, your 1st house
  • Mars opposition Plutowithin 0°01′ on Oct 3
  • Jupiter sextile Sunwithin 0°07′ on Oct 15
  • Sun enters ScorpioOct 23

Worked out for noon UTC, and dates are UTC days. Houses count from your sign, so they say nothing about your own birth chart. An R means the planet looks like it is moving backward. How we calculate

Next up: November 2026

Your month has one very big day

Mars and Jupiter have shared your sign for a while now. On November 16 they meet, exactly, and it is about the loudest thing the sky can do on your behalf. You may feel ten feet tall. Plan one big thing for that week and let it be yours: the party, the pitch, the haircut. Then comes the catch. The Sun, in your home corner, squares Jupiter on November 18. Then the Sun squares Mars on November 19. Someone at home wants you back down at normal height. They have a point, and also they did the shopping. Mercury and Venus both turn direct before this, on November 13 and November 14, which clears your messages and your family plans. On November 25 Mars enters Virgo and leaves your sign, so things calm down. Jupiter stays. You keep the good luck and lose the need to shout about it. Enjoy that.

The sky behind this

  • Sun09°04′ Scorpio on Nov 1, your 4th house, until Nov 22
  • Jupiter square Sunwithin 0°05′ on Nov 18
  • Mars square Sunwithin 0°08′ on Nov 19
  • Mercury turns directNov 13
  • Venus turns directNov 14
  • Mars enters VirgoNov 25

Worked out for noon UTC, and dates are UTC days. Houses count from your sign, so they say nothing about your own birth chart. An R means the planet looks like it is moving backward. How we calculate

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