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December 2020 Horoscope: Predictions for Leo
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Overview for this Month: Leo (All)
December 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
December brings good energy for feeling that you're moving forward, dear Leo. Your enjoyment sector hosts Mercury and the Sun until the 20-21 and Venus from the 15th onward. A Solar Eclipse occurs in this same, favorable part of your chart on the 14th, bringing even more power to areas ruled by this sector, including romance, creativity, hobbies, entertainment, children, and pleasure. Confidence with sharing and expressing yourself more freely is on the upswing.
You are spirited and self-expressive this month. In recent months, you may have been more focused on refining your approach to getting what you want in life than you have been pursuing your desires. Now that Mars is picking up speed, your motivation is rebuilding. It's an excellent time for pursuing intellectual interests and studies, hobbies, and romantic pursuits.
Until mid-month, you're in a great position to boost relationships with family, finding new ways to enjoy home life or time spent nesting. Creativity is peaking at this time of year, and you have the chance to find new and exciting ways of expressing yourself. You gravitate towards the things you truly love doing, and it's where your greater chances of success lie.
On the 14th, the New Moon Solar Eclipse prompts you to express your feelings and do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining. There can be opening doors, new beginnings, or restarts along creative or romantic lines. You can be enthusiastic about making changes in these areas.
Both Jupiter and Saturn change signs this month and both head into your partnership sector. While Jupiter will stick around here for much of 2021, Saturn will transit this relationship-oriented area of your solar chart until March 2023.
Saturn's influence here can put some pressure on committed relationships. It's also traveling opposite your sign, and you could feel that others, or life itself, demands a little more from you than usual. There may be the question of whether or not to commit to someone, or a current relationship may encounter some tests, particularly if it's been limiting or confining you. Some of you could be slowly but surely easing into a stable relationship.
This transit helps you get to a better understanding of your relationships and partnering needs. You may face some tests to a current relationship's strength or your sense of what you want from others along the way. This transit can also stimulate a stronger desire for long-term, real connections, or it may bring a more mature or serious partner into your life. While problem areas in a relationship can magnify, eventually, clarity comes. Decisions are more comfortable when you can see people and things for their strengths and weaknesses, so aim for this sweet spot. Once beyond the exaggerated stage of realizations, you'll be in an excellent position to reassess your needs from your relationships. For some, a problematic relationship irons out or ends, and this can feel right to you.
In a rare turn of events, you have Jupiter in the same sector of your chart for a fair part of the first year of Saturn's transit here, starting this month.
It's a fine time to benefit from counseling or partnering. Someone coming into your life during this period can be significant. You learn a lot through your experiences and interactions with an important person.
Alliances might be made, and partnering matters are strong, committed, clear, and beneficial. The realization of a goal may seem even more possible through collaboration or the support of a special person in your life. For some, you might partner up to work or improve your health. Still, with Saturn leaving your work and health zone, not to return for another 26 years, your attitude towards daily routines and work tends to improve.
Mercury and the Sun move into your work and health sector on the 20th and 21st, respectively, and your focus shifts to daily routines, employment, health, and self-care or self-improvement programs. Favored now are activities that get your life and your mind tidy and organized. Your willingness to put in the detail work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
If you've been ignoring your needs for rest and reflection, you could be feeling especially drained and sensitive around the Full Moon on the 29th. While you're often busy and engaged, this lunation reminds you of the need to slow down and listen to your body's signals. It's time to consider ways to regenerate and strengthen emotionally.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Leo (Born July 23 to August 2)
AND Leo Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Leo:
December 2020 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 20th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fifth house. This is a time when pleasure-seeking and creative activities come into focus and grab much of your attention. You are particularly personally charming in a spontaneous, natural way during this solar cycle. This is the time of year when you are ready to perform and to express yourself creatively.
This is a very playful cycle, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. It's a good time for recreation, romance, connecting with children, and enjoying and performing the arts. Your ego is tied up in your children, romantic relationships, and creative output now, so that you can be especially proud of these people and things. You can also be over-sensitive about these matters if you feel you are not getting enough appreciation.
From December 21st forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.
It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.
Eclipse
A Solar Eclipse Occurs on December 14th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar fifth house, suggesting a new approach to love, children, or creative projects. A new set-up in existing love affairs or a new love affair altogether may be formed in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to your ability to express yourself spontaneously and creatively. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of your need for fun and leisure activities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 15th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fourth house now. Domestic relationships and the home environment tend to be especially harmonious and peaceful during this cycle. You may have a desire to decorate your home with better quality items or more attention to aesthetics. An inner sense of peace and security tends to dominate now, or the desire for peace motivates you now. Your affections are strong but you don't wear your heart on your sleeve just now, preferring quiet moments with loved ones.
From December 15th forward:
Venus warms your solar fifth house. This is an expressive period for the goddess of love! It's natural for you to turn on the charm without even lifting a finger. You are especially attracted to aesthetic forms of recreation. You feel a little more playful now, and love matters tend to be laced with a touch of drama. That shouldn't be a problem--in fact, you kind of like it that way for the time being. More loving and appreciative relationships with your children may also figure now. Your powers of attraction skyrocket during this cycle. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From December 1-20:
Mercury transits your solar fifth house. During this cycle, there is a powerful mental connection with your creative self-expression. You are proud of your ideas, and very good at expressing them to others smoothly now. Your thinking is more creative than usual. You tend to entertain others with your conversation; and your sense of humor (and of mischief!) is especially strong.
Your thoughts turn to children, pleasures, or romance during this expressive cycle. You might enjoy researching speculative ventures now. You especially enjoy games that involve competing with others on a mental level. You have a stronger need than usual for intellectual stimulation. Therefore, your friends and romantic partner are best appreciated now if they are intellectual types. You're more willing to take risks on a mental level now, so take advantage of the increased spontaneity and creativity that comes with this position.
From December 21st:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
December brings good energy for feeling that you're moving forward, dear Leo. Your enjoyment sector hosts Mercury and the Sun until the 20-21 and Venus from the 15th onward. A Solar Eclipse occurs in this same, favorable part of your chart on the 14th, bringing even more power to areas ruled by this sector, including romance, creativity, hobbies, entertainment, children, and pleasure. Confidence with sharing and expressing yourself more freely is on the upswing.
You are spirited and self-expressive this month. In recent months, you may have been more focused on refining your approach to getting what you want in life than you have been pursuing your desires. Now that Mars is picking up speed, your motivation is rebuilding. It's an excellent time for pursuing intellectual interests and studies, hobbies, and romantic pursuits.
Until mid-month, you're in a great position to boost relationships with family, finding new ways to enjoy home life or time spent nesting. Creativity is peaking at this time of year, and you have the chance to find new and exciting ways of expressing yourself. You gravitate towards the things you truly love doing, and it's where your greater chances of success lie.
On the 14th, the New Moon Solar Eclipse prompts you to express your feelings and do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining. There can be opening doors, new beginnings, or restarts along creative or romantic lines. You can be enthusiastic about making changes in these areas.
Both Jupiter and Saturn change signs this month and both head into your partnership sector. While Jupiter will stick around here for much of 2021, Saturn will transit this relationship-oriented area of your solar chart until March 2023.
Saturn's influence here can put some pressure on committed relationships. It's also traveling opposite your sign, and you could feel that others, or life itself, demands a little more from you than usual. There may be the question of whether or not to commit to someone, or a current relationship may encounter some tests, particularly if it's been limiting or confining you. Some of you could be slowly but surely easing into a stable relationship.
This transit helps you get to a better understanding of your relationships and partnering needs. You may face some tests to a current relationship's strength or your sense of what you want from others along the way. This transit can also stimulate a stronger desire for long-term, real connections, or it may bring a more mature or serious partner into your life. While problem areas in a relationship can magnify, eventually, clarity comes. Decisions are more comfortable when you can see people and things for their strengths and weaknesses, so aim for this sweet spot. Once beyond the exaggerated stage of realizations, you'll be in an excellent position to reassess your needs from your relationships. For some, a problematic relationship irons out or ends, and this can feel right to you.
In a rare turn of events, you have Jupiter in the same sector of your chart for a fair part of the first year of Saturn's transit here, starting this month.
It's a fine time to benefit from counseling or partnering. Someone coming into your life during this period can be significant. You learn a lot through your experiences and interactions with an important person.
Alliances might be made, and partnering matters are strong, committed, clear, and beneficial. The realization of a goal may seem even more possible through collaboration or the support of a special person in your life. For some, you might partner up to work or improve your health. Still, with Saturn leaving your work and health zone, not to return for another 26 years, your attitude towards daily routines and work tends to improve.
Mercury and the Sun move into your work and health sector on the 20th and 21st, respectively, and your focus shifts to daily routines, employment, health, and self-care or self-improvement programs. Favored now are activities that get your life and your mind tidy and organized. Your willingness to put in the detail work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
If you've been ignoring your needs for rest and reflection, you could be feeling especially drained and sensitive around the Full Moon on the 29th. While you're often busy and engaged, this lunation reminds you of the need to slow down and listen to your body's signals. It's time to consider ways to regenerate and strengthen emotionally.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2021 Leo Preview Horoscope and the detailed 2020 Leo Yearly Horoscope.
Leo (Born August 3 to 12)
AND Leo Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Leo:
December 2020 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
Eclipse
A Solar Eclipse Occurs on December 14th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar fifth house, suggesting a new approach to love, children, or creative projects. A new set-up in existing love affairs or a new love affair altogether may be formed in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to your ability to express yourself spontaneously and creatively. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of your need for fun and leisure activities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 23rd:
Venus continues to transit your solar fourth house now. Domestic relationships and the home environment tend to be especially harmonious and peaceful during this cycle. You may have a desire to decorate your home with better quality items or more attention to aesthetics. An inner sense of peace and security tends to dominate now, or the desire for peace motivates you now. Your affections are strong but you don't wear your heart on your sleeve just now, preferring quiet moments with loved ones.
From December 23rd forward:
Venus warms your solar fifth house. This is an expressive period for the goddess of love! It's natural for you to turn on the charm without even lifting a finger. You are especially attracted to aesthetic forms of recreation. You feel a little more playful now, and love matters tend to be laced with a touch of drama. That shouldn't be a problem--in fact, you kind of like it that way for the time being. More loving and appreciative relationships with your children may also figure now. Your powers of attraction skyrocket during this cycle. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until December 7th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fourth house. Your thoughts tend to revolve around personal matters, especially family, home, and domestic issues. You enjoy, more than usual, discussions and stories about the past and about family.
You are more rational and objective when it comes to your relationships with those close to you, so it is, in fact, a good time to open up discussions with family. There can be increased activities in and around the home during this cycle. You are not as interested in worldly matters and career as you are in your personal life for the time being.
From December 8-26:
Mercury transits your solar fifth house. During this cycle, there is a powerful mental connection with your creative self-expression. You are proud of your ideas, and very good at expressing them to others smoothly now. Your thinking is more creative than usual. You tend to entertain others with your conversation; and your sense of humor (and of mischief!) is especially strong.
Your thoughts turn to children, pleasures, or romance during this expressive cycle. You might enjoy researching speculative ventures now. You especially enjoy games that involve competing with others on a mental level. You have a stronger need than usual for intellectual stimulation. Therefore, your friends and romantic partner are best appreciated now if they are intellectual types. You're more willing to take risks on a mental level now, so take advantage of the increased spontaneity and creativity that comes with this position.
From December 27th forward:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
December brings good energy for feeling that you're moving forward, dear Leo. Your enjoyment sector hosts Mercury and the Sun until the 20-21 and Venus from the 15th onward. A Solar Eclipse occurs in this same, favorable part of your chart on the 14th, bringing even more power to areas ruled by this sector, including romance, creativity, hobbies, entertainment, children, and pleasure. Confidence with sharing and expressing yourself more freely is on the upswing.
You are spirited and self-expressive this month. In recent months, you may have been more focused on refining your approach to getting what you want in life than you have been pursuing your desires. Now that Mars is picking up speed, your motivation is rebuilding. It's an excellent time for pursuing intellectual interests and studies, hobbies, and romantic pursuits.
Until mid-month, you're in a great position to boost relationships with family, finding new ways to enjoy home life or time spent nesting. Creativity is peaking at this time of year, and you have the chance to find new and exciting ways of expressing yourself. You gravitate towards the things you truly love doing, and it's where your greater chances of success lie.
On the 14th, the New Moon Solar Eclipse prompts you to express your feelings and do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining. There can be opening doors, new beginnings, or restarts along creative or romantic lines. You can be enthusiastic about making changes in these areas.
Both Jupiter and Saturn change signs this month and both head into your partnership sector. While Jupiter will stick around here for much of 2021, Saturn will transit this relationship-oriented area of your solar chart until March 2023.
Saturn's influence here can put some pressure on committed relationships. It's also traveling opposite your sign, and you could feel that others, or life itself, demands a little more from you than usual. There may be the question of whether or not to commit to someone, or a current relationship may encounter some tests, particularly if it's been limiting or confining you. Some of you could be slowly but surely easing into a stable relationship.
This transit helps you get to a better understanding of your relationships and partnering needs. You may face some tests to a current relationship's strength or your sense of what you want from others along the way. This transit can also stimulate a stronger desire for long-term, real connections, or it may bring a more mature or serious partner into your life. While problem areas in a relationship can magnify, eventually, clarity comes. Decisions are more comfortable when you can see people and things for their strengths and weaknesses, so aim for this sweet spot. Once beyond the exaggerated stage of realizations, you'll be in an excellent position to reassess your needs from your relationships. For some, a problematic relationship irons out or ends, and this can feel right to you.
In a rare turn of events, you have Jupiter in the same sector of your chart for a fair part of the first year of Saturn's transit here, starting this month.
It's a fine time to benefit from counseling or partnering. Someone coming into your life during this period can be significant. You learn a lot through your experiences and interactions with an important person.
Alliances might be made, and partnering matters are strong, committed, clear, and beneficial. The realization of a goal may seem even more possible through collaboration or the support of a special person in your life. For some, you might partner up to work or improve your health. Still, with Saturn leaving your work and health zone, not to return for another 26 years, your attitude towards daily routines and work tends to improve.
Mercury and the Sun move into your work and health sector on the 20th and 21st, respectively, and your focus shifts to daily routines, employment, health, and self-care or self-improvement programs. Favored now are activities that get your life and your mind tidy and organized. Your willingness to put in the detail work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
If you've been ignoring your needs for rest and reflection, you could be feeling especially drained and sensitive around the Full Moon on the 29th. While you're often busy and engaged, this lunation reminds you of the need to slow down and listen to your body's signals. It's time to consider ways to regenerate and strengthen emotionally.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2021 Leo Preview Horoscope and the detailed 2020 Leo Yearly Horoscope.
Leo (Born August 13 to 22)
AND Leo Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Leo:
December 2020 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 11th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fourth house. This is a period of recharge, of getting in touch with your innermost feelings, of connecting with your roots, and of spending more time and energy on home and family. Home and family matters capture your attention and are a strong source of pride now. It's a time when worldly matters are not as important to you.
Use this energy to find ways to improve your family relations and your home environment. During this heart-warming cycle, you would do best to allow yourself to explore your inner needs so that you can nurture yourself and others in a healthy, growth-oriented manner, in preparation for more outgoing times to come.
From December 12th forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
Eclipse
A Solar Eclipse Occurs on December 14th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar fifth house, suggesting a new approach to love, children, or creative projects. A new set-up in existing love affairs or a new love affair altogether may be formed in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to your ability to express yourself spontaneously and creatively. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of your need for fun and leisure activities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until December 6th:
Venus continues to play in your solar third house during this period, indicating a more light-hearted, curious, and intellectual approach to love and pleasure, as well as a more easygoing communicative style.
During this cycle, you are especially charming in your communications. Your words are soothing, and you tend to use words to smooth over problems that you see around you. You are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual.
Essentially, you are quite companionable during this cycle. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you see value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. Good companionship is as equally important as romance to you during this cycle.
You prefer an intellectual, communicative, and witty partner just now, and your powers of attraction increase through expressing these types of qualities. You are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport, and you are especially good at mediating conflicts now. If you were to begin a romance or friendship during this cycle, it would likely be quite light-hearted.
From December 7-31:
Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.
You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.
In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 14th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fourth house. Your thoughts tend to revolve around personal matters, especially family, home, and domestic issues. You enjoy, more than usual, discussions and stories about the past and about family.
You are more rational and objective when it comes to your relationships with those close to you, so it is, in fact, a good time to open up discussions with family. There can be increased activities in and around the home during this cycle. You are not as interested in worldly matters and career as you are in your personal life for the time being.
From the 14th forward:
Mercury transits your solar fifth house. During this cycle, there is a powerful mental connection with your creative self-expression. You are proud of your ideas, and very good at expressing them to others smoothly now. Your thinking is more creative than usual. You tend to entertain others with your conversation; and your sense of humor (and of mischief!) is especially strong.
Your thoughts turn to children, pleasures, or romance during this expressive cycle. You might enjoy researching speculative ventures now. You especially enjoy games that involve competing with others on a mental level. You have a stronger need than usual for intellectual stimulation. Therefore, your friends and romantic partner are best appreciated now if they are intellectual types. You're more willing to take risks on a mental level now, so take advantage of the increased spontaneity and creativity that comes with this position.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 11th:
Mars continues to energize your solar eighth house. This is a less outwardly assertive or aggressive stage for you as you take the time to process recent events in your life and to develop strategies for going after what you want in the future. You are more observant than active during this cycle, and more strategic and deliberate when you do take action. There may be an increase in sexual appetite now. It's an excellent period for eliminating wasteful activities. Shared finances can come into focus, and you might feel an increased need to take charge of these matters. This could lead to disputes and disagreements if you are not careful or sensitive in your dealings with others.
From the 12th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar ninth house. During this period, you are especially enthusiastic and more bold than usual. Some restlessness and hunger for adventure is experienced now. Essentially, you are looking to expand your activities, and you may find that you have a lot of energy for higher studies, travel, or simply new subjects. Negative potentials include being excessively opinionated or getting easily fired up over differences in points of view, or legal fights.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
December brings good energy for feeling that you're moving forward, dear Leo. Your enjoyment sector hosts Mercury and the Sun until the 20-21 and Venus from the 15th onward. A Solar Eclipse occurs in this same, favorable part of your chart on the 14th, bringing even more power to areas ruled by this sector, including romance, creativity, hobbies, entertainment, children, and pleasure. Confidence with sharing and expressing yourself more freely is on the upswing.
You are spirited and self-expressive this month. In recent months, you may have been more focused on refining your approach to getting what you want in life than you have been pursuing your desires. Now that Mars is picking up speed, your motivation is rebuilding. It's an excellent time for pursuing intellectual interests and studies, hobbies, and romantic pursuits.
Until mid-month, you're in a great position to boost relationships with family, finding new ways to enjoy home life or time spent nesting. Creativity is peaking at this time of year, and you have the chance to find new and exciting ways of expressing yourself. You gravitate towards the things you truly love doing, and it's where your greater chances of success lie.
On the 14th, the New Moon Solar Eclipse prompts you to express your feelings and do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining. There can be opening doors, new beginnings, or restarts along creative or romantic lines. You can be enthusiastic about making changes in these areas.
Both Jupiter and Saturn change signs this month and both head into your partnership sector. While Jupiter will stick around here for much of 2021, Saturn will transit this relationship-oriented area of your solar chart until March 2023.
Saturn's influence here can put some pressure on committed relationships. It's also traveling opposite your sign, and you could feel that others, or life itself, demands a little more from you than usual. There may be the question of whether or not to commit to someone, or a current relationship may encounter some tests, particularly if it's been limiting or confining you. Some of you could be slowly but surely easing into a stable relationship.
This transit helps you get to a better understanding of your relationships and partnering needs. You may face some tests to a current relationship's strength or your sense of what you want from others along the way. This transit can also stimulate a stronger desire for long-term, real connections, or it may bring a more mature or serious partner into your life. While problem areas in a relationship can magnify, eventually, clarity comes. Decisions are more comfortable when you can see people and things for their strengths and weaknesses, so aim for this sweet spot. Once beyond the exaggerated stage of realizations, you'll be in an excellent position to reassess your needs from your relationships. For some, a problematic relationship irons out or ends, and this can feel right to you.
In a rare turn of events, you have Jupiter in the same sector of your chart for a fair part of the first year of Saturn's transit here, starting this month.
It's a fine time to benefit from counseling or partnering. Someone coming into your life during this period can be significant. You learn a lot through your experiences and interactions with an important person.
Alliances might be made, and partnering matters are strong, committed, clear, and beneficial. The realization of a goal may seem even more possible through collaboration or the support of a special person in your life. For some, you might partner up to work or improve your health. Still, with Saturn leaving your work and health zone, not to return for another 26 years, your attitude towards daily routines and work tends to improve.
Mercury and the Sun move into your work and health sector on the 20th and 21st, respectively, and your focus shifts to daily routines, employment, health, and self-care or self-improvement programs. Favored now are activities that get your life and your mind tidy and organized. Your willingness to put in the detail work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
If you've been ignoring your needs for rest and reflection, you could be feeling especially drained and sensitive around the Full Moon on the 29th. While you're often busy and engaged, this lunation reminds you of the need to slow down and listen to your body's signals. It's time to consider ways to regenerate and strengthen emotionally.
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