2016 Leo Horoscope Preview

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Leo Horoscopes, Year 2016: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Leo, the Lion.

2016 Leo Horoscope Overview

The following is an overview horoscope for the zodiac sign of Leo for the year 2016.

2016 Horoscope Previews

Areas of Expansion in 2016 for Leo: Money, Possessions, Resources, Talents, Communications, Transportation, Learning

Your Leo 2016 Horoscope, Jupiter Profile points to areas of life that are destined to expand and grow.

Until September 9, 2016, money, personal possessions, and self-worth continue to expand and grow. Your desire for security and comfort is hearty now, and you’ll pursue these things with more confidence and verve. You feel that you deserve more!

This is a strong time for buying long-term valuables. You are likely to make bigger decisions about your material resources during this period.

This can also be a good time for developing your natural talents, perhaps reconnecting with talents that you’ve forgotten about. Others might also recognize these things and the feedback further fuels your motivation.

This cycle that has been in influence since August 2015 is strong for attracting more money from your professional endeavors and for expanding a business. You might also more easily attract support from others (but be careful if you are suddenly in the position to receive, for example, a credit line or sizeable loan – spend wisely). You should certainly watch for overspending. Until June generally speaking is better for making big-ticket item purchases, if necessary.

Potential negatives: Be on the alert for an attitude towards money that is careless. If you are accumulating personal possessions too quickly, this can lead to clutter and disorganization. If you’re overconfident about your ability to make money, then you might take foolish risks, such as borrowing from your future, and this tendency can be more pronounced in mid-February to March, late May, and mid-August. There can be a conflict over someone else’s resources or money, issues with others squandering your resources, or a frustrating clash of values. Watch for over-indulgence. Be extra careful if lending or borrowing. There might also be a challenge focusing on the right projects, as you can be feeling a lot of joy about a project or endeavor that may not be as practical as other endeavors that need your attention.

Otherwise, this is a good period for bringing a fresh, positive, and confident attitude towards your own self-worth and value, and to your practical affairs, including work. Until June especially is a period of opportunities to attract improved conditions in your work or services and financial picture. New business ventures can be especially successful. You might also take stronger interest in the healing of body, mind, and spirit.

From September 9th onward, your communications increase and expand. Your ability and desire to express yourself is greater now, and your personal interests grow. Good fortune with vehicles, transportation, through siblings, and with the communications industry can be experienced during this cycle that runs until October 10, 2017. You are more perceptive, and others are more receptive to your ideas. New opportunities to communicate can open up to you. There can be an especially strong mental connection with a lover or child during this period, and a more creative approach to communicating.

Potential negatives: Taking on too many daily activities, communications, new interests, and learning endeavors or studies can be a problem now. Don’t overload your plate. The more excessive tendencies of this transit are more likely to be experienced in late November and late December. There can be a real tendency to want to do it all, forgetting your limits in terms of time and energy. Taking on too many projects or becoming too entrenched in details can also interfere with higher learning pursuits or travels. You could experience some feelings of disillusionment with, or interruptions of, current studies or belief systems.

However, for the most part, you are likely to enjoy more opportunities through your communications and contact with others during this cycle in 2016. You could feel especially motivated to pursue your personal interests and to connect with friends, particularly from late September to mid-October. This is a good time for sharing your ideas, writing, pursuing a cause, and joining a cause.

You might find that you travel less and that you are busier locally, although Uranus in your solar ninth house offsets this a little. Your thinking is more upbeat, positive, and forward-looking, and so is the way you express yourself. In fact, this is an excellent time for improving your communication skills and your general attitude or mindset. There can be important opportunities through meetings, courses, teaching, and connections made in the neighborhood or through siblings. Some problems with siblings or neighbors could be put to rest now, although they might be magnified initially in order for problem areas to come out into the open and finally be resolved. Some of you might return to school or take some courses.

Some of you could find romance through communications, new mental interests, or studies. There can be improved relationships with a child or lover, largely through opening up the lines of communication and bonding as a result. You could be finding that transportation options now available make life a little more enjoyable. You can be teaching others in creative ways now.

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity: romance, Children, Creativity, Entertainment, Recreation, Self-Expression

Your Leo 2016 Horoscope, Saturn Profile, points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away with itself.

In 2016, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach are associated with the sector of your chart that governs creativity, dating and romance, pleasure, children, hobbies, and creative pastimes. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life, as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may very well crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are strong will endure and strengthen.

This influence began December 23rd, 2014, and will be with you until December, 2017. It can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Leo. This year, those born with an Ascendant of 10-21 degrees Leo and those born August 2-14 are most directly affected.

Tests can come to your romantic life during this cycle. For those of you who are single, there can be some reluctance to enter into light-hearted romantic relationships. If you do, you do so cautiously, and you are attracted to more mature or stable people during this cycle. Because you are more discriminating now, the pickings might appear to be slim.

Those of you who are dating might feel some loneliness, as it can be hard to find what you are looking for at this time. An existing romance may be tested but strong ones strengthen further. Those Leos who are in committed partnerships could find the romantic or fun element of the relationship becomes a strong area of focus during this cycle, for better or for worse. Keeping this aspect of your partnership alive requires work. A romantic partner could feel like a “heavy” at this time, and you might feel restricted in terms of making acquaintances and enjoying other people’s company. For those single and looking, be careful that you don’t project a negative attitude without even realizing it, as this can intimidate some.

Those of you who are parents could feel the weight of responsibilities towards children during this cycle. They may require more of your attention now.

Creatively speaking, you are a little more serious in your approach. You might be turning a hobby into a business now, or you might find that there is less time for creative hobbies, pastimes, amusements, and entertainment. Your work can require more show, drama, creativity, and entertainment value, and may be a hobby turned business. Romance and work can be tied together in some significant way. Some of you could be working hard on, and putting a lot of effort into, creative hobbies or pastimes.

You can be filled with desire, or circumstances create a need, for more structure in all of these areas of life, including children, romance, creativity, and recreation.

In late March, late May, mid-June, and then in September, the challenges of this position are more likely to be felt. Particularly in March and May, there can be a need to take a more realistic look at spending habits and income. Look for areas of waste in terms of money, energy, and time. Particularly in June and September, you might struggle with some form of creative block or financial realities that make it difficult to pursue your craft. A dream or fantasy in its current form may fall through, and motivation levels can drop off temporarily. There may also be some confusion over property and possessions, shared resources or business. This may require a process of rebuilding as you attempt to make a dream realizable, but this can very much be worth the effort.

Beginning in December and sticking with you for much of 2017, you’ll find it far easier to turn your ideas into concrete realities. You might uncover the right resources to build a business or project that you love. Teaching may be part of this, and a creative project or endeavor can thrive as you develop your craft or techniques.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed: Belief Systems, Travel, Perspective, Education

Your 2016 Leo Horoscope, Uranus Profile, points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you are able to take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize.

In March 2011, you entered a lengthy cycle in which your belief systems and knowledge change and develop, and this is active throughout 2016 and beyond (until March 2019). You experience a spiritual awakening of sorts. Travel opportunities may arise. Learning needs to be exciting or cutting edge for you in order to keep your interest, but while you are less interested in traditional subjects or methods of learning, if you are on an educational path, be sure to “endure” some of these things so that your training is relevant to your career goals. Life experiences are unpredictable and exciting. You are embracing change and easily incorporate changes into your personality.

This may be a time when your life path takes an unexpected turn. Although this can happen in 2016, this influence spans many years. Mundane tasks capture your attention, but the urge to get out and about is bound to grab hold of you as well. Finding a balance can be difficult, but necessary for peace of mind. You may need to give a little when it comes to expanding your mind and experiences, and dealing with the tasks of your daily life or work that keep you organized and healthy. Make sure you don’t shirk important responsibilities or jump on a bandwagon that is impractical, particularly in March and August, when you could be going overboard with spending.

April and May are better for opportunities related to travel, publishing, promotional activities, favorable legal outcomes, or education. This can be a very romantic and creative period. Certainly, you’ll find channels and outlets for self-expression that can be very personally rewarding.

An influence that begins in December and sticks with you throughout much of 2017 brings opportunities to apply more self-discipline to these areas of life as Uranus connects with stabilizing, practical Saturn. Teaching and publishing can be especially strong areas for you now.

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation: Health, Work, Service, Routines, Income, Resources, Partnerships, communications

Your 2016 Leo Horoscope, Pluto and Moon’s Nodes Profiles, reveal areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new”.

Attitudes towards work, services you provide for others, daily routines, and health continue to transform this year, and they will for many years to come. This is a good period for ridding yourself of bad habits or routines, but be careful that you don’t replace one bad habit with another!

Since October 2015 and until June 2016 is a strong period for these matters, when you can more easily get the support and backing of others. This is also a powerful time for healing the body. You might turn around a difficult financial situation at this time. A more challenging period is possible in November, when overdoing and overscheduling can be a real problem. At this time, your desire to pursue mental interests or studies is big, but you’re also inclined to feel especially ambitious about health and daily routine endeavors. Both can eat up your time and energy. Watch for excess.

In 2016, the Moon’s Nodes and eclipse activity continue to affect your sectors of learning, transportation, and communication, but this influence ends around March, when a Lunar Eclipse gives you a final push towards managing the demands of daily life more effectively.

As well, your finances continue to evolve in important ways. You will be called upon to strike a balance between your own needs for security and comfort and the same needs of other people, such as those of a significant other. You are learning to ask for what you deserve, and to take charge of your earnings. The North Node in your finance sector all year points to a real need to manage your income, resources, valuables, and talents. Work on balance between independence and interdependence, and between holding on and sharing, particularly around the eclipses in March and September.

Finally, a new set of eclipses that fall along the Leo-Aquarius axis begins with a Lunar Eclipse in your partnership sector in August. This begins a cycle in which finding a balance between partnering and independence is the challenge (and the joy).

2016 Yearly Overview Horoscopes:

See also 2016 Summary Horoscopes for neat summaries of the year ahead for each sign and 2016 Love Guides/Horoscopes for Each Sign for forecasts in the areas of romance and relationships.

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