Leo Meaning and magickal uses

A fixed fire sign of warmth, creativity, generosity and heartfelt self-expression.

• Intentions: Confidence, Creativity, Luck
• Element: Fire
• Planet: The Sun
• Day: Sunday
• Dates: July 23 - August 22
• Modality: Fixed

How to use it

• Sun blessing. On a Sunday during Leo season, late July to late August, stand in morning light with a sunstone or citrine in your palm. Name one gift you want to share with the world and ask for the courage to show it.
• Create something. Leo rules play and art. Make something purely for joy, a drawing, song or decorated candle, and dedicate it to your own creative fire. Light a gold candle beside it and let it burn for a while as you admire it.

Works well with: Sunstone, Gold Candle, Sunflower, Sunday, Lughnasadh

Folklore

Leo the Lion is linked in Greek myth to the Nemean lion, whose hide no weapon could pierce until Heracles overcame it. Long before that, lions stood for kingship and the sun in Egypt and Mesopotamia, and Leo's season matches the hottest weeks of the northern summer. Traditional astrology gives the sign to the Sun alone. In practice, witches turn to Leo for confidence, creative work, leadership and generous love, and its season includes Lughnasadh, the first harvest.