March 2013 horoscope - Leo

I follow the sidereal calendar; this is the monthly solar horoscope for birthdays from 16^th August to 15^th September or Leo Ascendants and Moons

By Louise Gilbert

Leo, February 2013 was one of your biggest relationship months in a long time and the trend continues in the first half of March. The focus is on your closest relationships, your trade and business partnerships which require some attention now. This is the time of the year when partnerships usually take priority and questions around commitment and whether or not you are with the right partner – professionally or personally – crop up during this time. With so many planets in the sign of Aquarius, it’s likely that nothing will remain the same. Changes that have affected this area in your life may have felt quite sudden but this is only because you have let situations and circumstances become stale and solid for too long. Aquarius and Leo are a fixed signs after all so sudden eruptions may have been felt somewhat disruptive.

What may now be contributing to this feeling of disruption and perhaps even confusion is that Mercury, the planet of communication is retrograde until 18^th March and in opposition to your Ascendant, Sun or Moon in Leo AND conjunct Neptune, the planet of illusion. This means that there may be some misunderstandings around the finer details of a partnership, you may not be able to read what’s being said between the lines very well at the moment or, in a worst case scenario, someone could be trying to pull the wool over your eyes. For the first three weeks, it’s best to take eagerly made promises with a pinch of salt in case it turns out to be wishful thinking rather than a heartfelt commitment. The same goes for yourself – although there is a very strong desire there for the next 1 ½ years to from a committed relationship, if you are currently unsure about making a commitment to someone then wait until the storm has passed and you can see more clearly again. This is the case for Leo Ascendants and Moons in particular.

If you are currently not in a relationships that requires a fairly significant amount of attention, then you may meet someone who is quite a creative, artistic and musical and maybe someone who you would not have considered before. But this is also a combination of planets that means we sometimes prefer to see what we want to see. So be careful and clear in your communication and get your thoughts in order before falling head over heels. The new Moon on 11^th March in this area in your chart is a new beginning. It’s your annual refresh and update of your relationships and your opportunity to move forward with a new approach to your existing partnership.

The second half of the month shows a focus on money. Joint finances, property related matters – possibly some transformation in this area -, tax, inheritance and insurance are the focus now. If you and a partner have been trying to pull a new business off the ground, now is the time to sort out the paperwork around finances and sign on the dotted line. You may receive an insurance pay out or you are informed that you have overpaid some tax. In any, case, I feel that money is more likely to be coming your way than going in the opposite direction! There is also a strong link to your current career which has received a boost over the past year. There could be a nice little pay package or a bonus coming your way now. While this all sounds good, there is this undercurrent of transformation accompanying all these transits – and this is connected to your past, home environment, emotional state and your life direction. While your home itself may undergo a refurb or you even decide to sell, I get the impression that any transformation that is happening now has more to do with your emotional life and as a consequence the direction you now decide your life should move into. A possible change in life direction or more opportunities around career and work is nothing new for you as you have had Jupiter at the top of your chart since last summer in a very supportive position. This may make you want to go overboard at times but Jupiter here also protects you and tries to transform your career and the way you earn a living. With Jupiter transits – also with Saturn transits – we often don’t recognise how our life has moved on or changed until well after the transit has passed but if you already have a feeling of what the morning after, the next phase your life or the next chapter of the book shapes up to look like, then this underlying sense of transformation is nothing unsettling for you and instead, simply helps you move forward another step.

The full Moon on 27^th March in Virgo opposes the Sun, Uranus, Mars and Venus, all of which square up to Pluto. Although squares are productive in the sense that they inject the energy and the focus we need to get things going, they are not very comfortable aspects, especially in the mutable signs, and we often have to put a lot of effort into solving issues and removing obstacles in the areas touched by the squares.  Think about what began in late September 2011 with another milestone at the end of June 2012 and this should give you a clue as to what comes to a conclusion now or moves on to the next level. Again, for you Leo, this is in connection with your money, what you earn and what you need, your partner’s finances or those that you have applied for such as bank loans. Expect something around these areas to come to a conclusion now, it’s out in the open, decisions have been made or you will make them, to move forward.

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