The meaning of Mars in Leo

Mars reflects your drive and desire — the way energy pours out once your heart catches fire, and how you pursue what you want and push forward. With Mars in Leo — fixed fire, and the sign of the Sun — you tend to throw yourself proudly into whatever you can burn for with your whole heart. Not by halves, a powerful drive lives within you, pouring your full light into what you've chosen and expressing who you are.

You shine wherever you can express your passion to the full. Creating something, encouraging and leading others, standing up boldly for what you love — this is where Mars in Leo comes fully alive. Your innate generosity and a pride that will not break even in hardship bring courage and lift to those around you. As a fixed sign, you also carry the steady strength to keep a passion, once lit, from going out.

Your capacity to throw yourself in proudly can also arrive as a forceful ego, or a swell of wanting to be recognized. You may want to push your own way through, or lose heart when the spotlight doesn't reach you as hoped. This is less self-centeredness than the natural sway on the far side of a rich passion longing to be expressed.

The key to working with this energy is to use your gift for burning boldly not only for yourself but to light up someone else. When you can wholeheartedly cheer a friend's success, your passion only blazes wider. Treasuring the challenge that gladdens your heart, rather than leaning on others' approval, becomes a source of unshakable confidence, too. When you rouse a room with warmth, Mars in Leo shines at its most magnificent.

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