My mom's sun is in Leo and she absolutely hates being the center of attention or being praised. She's incredibly creative and talented; people keep asking her if they can buy what she made (for example, I'm currently wearing pants she's sewn from scratch), but she doesn't like the attention or the pressure she feels comes with it. She's very generous too. She totally has that tendency towards jealousy in areas she doesn't feel fulfilled and then can become petty. It always surprises me but now it makes more sense. Her light comes from within, that's for sure.
i really appreciate the jealousy/projection part… it’s something i’ve always noticed but felt like it was narcissistic or something to acknowledge that dynamic. i’ve thought too that there’s such a shortage of people truly content to be themself in the world and actually loving who they are that it can be triggering to see someone else doing that. thanks for this super compassionate and understanding video! ❤️
I have so much Leo in my chart and I never could understand it…because I’m pretty shy, introverted, don’t like to be center of attention, avoid spotlight, etc. Do crave praise maybe but also feel very shy and awkward when I get it. And a lot of the Leos I know are pretty quiet and humble people. This helped me understand how i actually am very Leo. Thank you!
Same, I've been painfully shy my entire life and any sort of public speaking/public anything really makes me panic. I wish people would stop making assumptions based on sun signs alone in general, I'm so tired of seeing twitter astrologists teaching people these simplistic stereotypes when they don't even look at the whole chart. It's such a relief ti find a channel like this to watch.
This was great. And you are so right about that jealousy thing. As a Leo ascendant, I was always perplexed as to why that was happening when my intentions were to cheer and motivate people by example. Not only that many people don't want to be motivated, but they will make it their mission to bring me down, so that 'I can see how hard and terrible everything is'. Many people will rather prove me wrong in my courage and positivity than to be inspired by me and find goodness in this life. It is their choice, of course, but it always kinda makes me a bit sad. Thank you, Acyuta!
This was so lovely, I have always felt a little surprised by some of the stereotypes that get thrown my way. Made me a bit teary too. Looking forward to studying with you x
Working my way through this series. Leo is my favorite so far. Such great explanations. One of the saddest things to me is the "wounded Leo" who has lost their light.
This makes sense. Especially when I think of a chart with Leo as rising, at its roots (4th house/IC) would be Scorpio (darkness, death, change; power of Pluto, energy, drive of Mars) and at its Midheaven is Taurus (steadfast, consistent; Venusian dignity and diplomacy; creation of beauty, financial security). 12th house in Cancer: nurterer of the collective.
Very accurate description - the fixity of Leo rising and the depth of how Leo rising functions . Fifth house is Sagittarius and both my children sag rising and both so different but they turned out amazing ! I just loved them because they were alive and worthy of love ❤️ I think that’s my greatest gift - to share that love is abundant !
As a sun, mercury, chiron and Venus in Leo, I feel seen as well. And this actually helped me perceive things about myself that I typically am down about towards myself based on the stereotype !
This was beyond insightful. My 9yo son is a Leo rising & moon with Sag sun in the 5th house and this archetype has been a struggle for me to understand and see the healthy expression of it come out. I think self-esteem is an important factor with this placement because it seems to affect everything in their world. For better or worse. Thank you for sharing your wonderful insights with us! ❤️
"When one person lives that way other people want to live that way." All of this!! Leo Sun, Mercury, Midheaven and North Node and I am convinced, 100%, that my mission on this earth is to live my dreams so I can show other people they can do it too. I want to turn hobbies/passions into income then teach someone else how to find their passions/hobbies and turn those into income. If I am doing it only for me then I am not living my ideal, but if I am doing it to uplift, empower, and honor others' strengths...then I'm in my territory. And, yes, it does hurt like hell when I hold my light, then have someone (even family members) try to discourage or disempower me from doing what I am doing.
Hallelujah! Leo Sun/Rising. My Father, My maternal grandmother, my aunt all Leo's. My role models. My mom was a Cancer, so by the time I arrived (5th of 7) she just "Let It Be" Lol. I have dealt with a lifetime of sibling jealousy, I let that go, many moons ago. I was always everyones favorite because "I Let it Shine" Thank You
Totally dead on! Thank you for describing the connection between jealousy projections and the mission driven life of the Leo archetype. It resonates very accurately. Have a blessed day. For anyone considering learning from Acuyta, DONT wait. Do it now. I'm in year 2 and loving it. My question is can I take year 1 over again even though I received my certification. There are so many nuggets in the class, I am certain I missed some.
I’ve never related to any Leo Sun description, and I chalk that up to having a 12th House Sun. Would be interested in hearing you speak on how the signs might be expressed in that house. 😁
Thank you so much for this Acyuta-bhava! I understand my daughters so much better, especially my 29° Leo Sun daughter. I love these deeper dives. So helpful.
So juicy so wonderful another fabulous teaching thank you Acyuta! Lightbulbs going off again and again as they do with all of your teachings! I am so grateful for you every day! Thank you! 🥰💫💖🌻✨🙏
I love it when people get access to their Leo energy when they talk about the Leo archetype. I need it. You really inspired me and reminded me of that passionate energy. That passion for life. I have the Sun in the 12th house in Cancer, so I really find it difficult to find that light within by myself, while also being aware that I'm always self-generated.
Just a fun story. I became interested in astrology from friends wishing me a happy birthday in October then being shocked I was a Leo thinking I was a libra and still shocked I have no Leo traits; friends I had most of my life. I don’t celebrate birthdays, it’s a weird family thing. I hated astrology, so I pulled my chart up to build a case against it and found I’m a 12th house Leo with a LOT of libra so I ate those words quickly. I was raised by a mother who HATED Leo’s and had those misconceptions which wasn’t why I disliked astrology; it was just that predictions and transits were never right in general terms. Sun sign astrology didn’t help. Despite those misconceptions and the obvious bad relationship issues you’d expect; it actually made sense a 12th house Leo would be in that situation because how else would it develop? Maybe there’s purpose to misconceptions sometimes? To consolidate: a funny side humor to the virgo misconceptions is astrology was adopted as a way to analyze people to get to know them in a fun way and I have a virgo ascendant; I liked how astrology worked as a model. I would say it’s a story of hope to convince others who don’t like astrology to be open to it but I recently found it was during a major series of transits (Saturn return, Pluto conjunct transit with Neptune and Neptune conjunct transit with moon). Never mind on that.
WOW 29:50 to 30:37 described in simple phrases how Ive felt multiples times, im a scorpio rising with mars in Leo almost conjunct my MH... sometimes it feels Im burning. That phrase "even when we struggle, we struggle the best we can" I have this sense of being " was a huge click for me, I feel Im "too tought" for my own good at times, but those few phrases changed something and just now, i can inmediatly feel much more compassion for myself. Its true, it feels lonely to walk this walk, it feels like I need to force myself to be my own source of motivation even when I feel at my worse. To rise my head in honor to my pain, using it as fuel... Also, SO true that comment about Leos not having to have the praise everyone speaks about, its was just perfect that description, I DO need to feel that what Im doing its worthy of praise, my soul strives for that fullfilment not the fame it might come from it. Thats why also people with strong Leo placements often seem like "too professional" or "married to their jobs", because the dedication put is no joke.
I have Leo twin boys (teenagers). It's really hard for Leo's to be twins because they have to share the limelight, so there's lots of fighting. But they both have lots of heart and people always want to be around them
Wow, Acyuta, this is the best intune-ment of Leo that I have ever heard. I saw your Capricorn video so I decided to watch my sun sign of Leo. There was a part in your talk that I felt like you were actually channeling Leo. In your ♑ talk, you said your moon is in ♑and I think you have a Taurus rising, earthy. Don't know your whole chart of course and don't want to be presumptuous but going forth from your earth element to channel Leo with such depth of understanding, feeling and fire, gives me even more respect for your gifts! As you complete your talk, you explain the Leo connection but this talk has elevated my appreciation for what you do even more so. Thank you. All the best ~from the Harte.
i don't thrive on praise or anything, but words are important to me. they mean a lot to me rather good or bad. i don't use words without intention. Also, i study the dictionary for fun. and it's funny hearing you curse. lol
I'm a Leo Rising with Jupiter Rx in Leo. My partner is a Leo Sun, Mercury, South Node. The other day I was watching this at my desk, while he laid in bed scrolling his phone watching food videos. As he heard you speak he began to pay attention. By the end of this video he was sitting on the side of the bed, fully engrossed, and saying, "Why is all of that so true?" You are an amazing teacher. I was supposed to start your course back in June of last year, but I've had so many issues. We are trying to at least keep the payments up, so that I can access it when things calm down. I'm the one whose nephew stabbed the other nephew in the Grabbed series. That's my life. My sister and I said last night we should write a script and sell it to Netflix about our lives. Thank you for all that you do.
With Venus, Jupiter, Sun, Mars, Mercury, and Pluto all conjunct in Leo 12th house, I am grateful for how you have handled this topic. ❤ As a young person this was terribly difficult, in old age the gift is clear (ha! Saturn is in square aspect to all those planets).❤
I'm Aries sun and rising with no planets in Leo. And when I look back on all my romantic partners and top-tier friends a significant portion of them are with Leo suns. Why am I so drawn to those lions???
Just some ideas... With Aries rising, Leo is your 5th house (pleasure, romance...) Also, the Sun is exalted in Aries. If your Mars is in Leo or Aquarius, that would potentially make the connection even stronger.
Acyuta,: I am a Leo rising with Virgo moon Sun Taurus, you definitely described the psychology of my experiences with life in the world past the 70' adulthood. My emotional cavities run deep and Andreas fault:; , "Wild but Tame".🌈🖤💙💜❤🍒🍇🍉🥝🎆🍾🍷🐑🎰🥂🏡🐃🎱♠️☕🦁
The 3 greatest Male Tennis Players are Leo. Rod Laver, Pete Sampras & Roger Federer are all Leos and all are wildly different to each other. All born between 8th to 12th August. And they do love holding court; ha ha. Many others have personal planets there with strong trines to the other Fire signs and Gemini (ruling the hands as they do)
I often find that Americans have a very limited perspective of astrology forgetting that the entire Southern Hemisphere exists. Taking that into consideration why even mention the fact that leo season takes place in summer?
@@You0gotta0be0sneaky because it's a symbolic, not literal/causal system, of divination that comes from from relative orientation of the northern hemisphere...so the exchange of light and dark itself isn't to be taken literally but symbolically...just like the death card in Tarot doesn't literally cause anything to happen...neither do signs or planets and so the NH orientation isn't to be taken literally or understood as a causal mechanism. I've done at least four or five videos on this question in my archives if you look back and are interested. 🙏