General
The year 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, can be a busy, but exciting year for Leo. A year of trials, but also of many opportunities to achieve success in career and personal life. In the Year of the Rabbit, things won’t be easy for Leo. You’ll have to work hard to achieve goals.
All Mercury retrogrades and Ceres retrogrades of 2023 will affect Leo’s career and finances. With Saturn in Pisces from March 8, 2023, the focus is on patience, honesty, trust, endurance and perseverance. Until May 16, 2023, Jupiter in Aries is the irrepressible energy behind the preparation of your career plans. From May 17, Jupiter travels through Taurus (House of Career) and if there is no stopping it, Leo enters the stage to rule.
Love and Relationships
Saturn (Karma) has been traveling through Aquarius (the House of Relationships) since December 18, 2020 and will remain there until March 7, 2023. Both private and business, commitments have been tested and hard lessons have been learned. Stable relationships have proved to be permanent and less fruitful relationships have come to an end.
Saturn travels through Pisces from March 8, which is the 8th House of the Soul. Until the end of May 2025, Leo will have to deal with power and control by others or by yourself or you will have to deal with these themes within your social network. This year, Leo may be dealing with something profound, uncomfortable, and stressful, issues intertwined with sexuality, intimacy, and shared financial resources. Emotional ties are strengthened or broken. So people will disappear from your life, but the ones that stay or take their place are forever. Due to the influence of Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, a strong spiritual, emotional, and physical bond can develop when issues of intimacy and trust are resolved.
From March 24, 2023 Pluto will begin its long transit through Aquarius, the House of Relationships for Leo. Pluto will remain there for now, shifting back to Capricorn (retrograde) from June 12, 2023. This sneak peek of Pluto in Aquarius can lead to spring 2023 themes related to your specific role in the relationship. Do you really dare to be yourself in the relationship?
Is your relationship based on equality?
In the next 21 years, Pluto in House of Relationships will transform Leo. What do I want, what do I need, what am I willing to give? There will also be major transformations in your relationships until 2044. In the spring of 2023, Leo will get a taste of this.
The year 2023 ends with focus on love, as Mars and Ceres both travel through Sagittarius (House of Love) from November 25, 2023, this collaboration makes Leo supportive, loving, affectionate and romantic.
So the end of 2023 is a great time for love, dating or reconnecting with the one you love. Mercury goes in retrograde in Sagittarius from December 24, 2023, so the last week of 2023 is a good time to clear up minor misunderstandings in your relationship or reconnect with a lover, so you can start 2024 with a fresh start.
Career
The year 2023 starts with Mercury retrograde in Capricorn until January 17, 2023 (House of Work) and that means 2023 is off to a slow start. Leo can feel overwhelmed by work pressure or things don’t work out the way you’d like. Also at the end of 2023, Mercury is retrograde in Capricorn, so from December 13 to December 23, 2023 there may be work to catch up or finish.
Watch out for stress. Pluto in Capricorn will return to your House of Work from June 12 until the end of January 2024 to complete matters.
In the past 14 years, Pluto in Capricorn has changed a lot in your daily life and the work you do. Pluto has brought passion into your daily life, because only work that you feel with heart and soul counts.
Retrograde Mercury in Capricorn reassures you that passion for the work you do is most important. Due to Mercury retrograde in Taurus from April 21 to May 14, 2023, there may be some challenges, setbacks, delays or disappointments.
Asteroid Ceres travels through Libra until May 22, 2023, and this influence calms mental stress. Ceres retrograde from February 5 to March 26, and during this period, Leo feels like your ideas aren’t supported, you’re being bullied, or you’re not being listened to. It is a time to rethink and revise old ideas or plans.
Uranus will remain in Taurus until early July 2025, the House of Career and Life Path for Leo. From May 17, 2023, Uranus will be supplemented with the energy of Jupiter in Taurus and that is a very favorable conjunction for Leo.
The second half of 2023 can be successful with career opportunities, recognition and influential people helping you on your way.
Due to the influence of Jupiter you are seen as an example or role model. However, success comes with more responsibilities.
The Lunar Eclipse in Taurus of October 28, 2023 is the cosmic gateway to changes in your career. This cosmic event shows the possibility of progress and success, but only if you put your heart and soul into it. This Lunar Eclipse shows that projects are coming to completion or being pulled along. Profound career changes such as a reorganization or change in company policy, different government regulations or management change are possible. This Lunar Eclipse also indicates the need to restore balance between career or public life and the needs of your family and private life.
It is also possible that you will take a completely different course in the next six months.
The universe offers Leo opportunities, but you have to make sure that the pillars underneath are strong enough to support your success.
Finance
The beginning of the year 2023 shows a good start for Leo’s finances.
Sufficient money is coming in, but unplanned expenditure must be taken into account in the first half of 2023.
Asteroid Ceres goes retrograde in Virgo from March 26 to May 6, 2023, and that could be the cause of financial stress in the House of Finance. There is then a question of financial obligations and the feeling that you are not getting any financial back-up or that there is a shortage of money, even if that is not the case.
Direct Ceres in the House of Finance until June 21, 2023 provides financial relief. Good things are coming your way with the entry of Jupiter into Taurus from May 17, 2023. Jupiter and Uranus together in Taurus promise favorable developments in your career with improvement in your financial situation.
From July 11, 2023 to August 27, 2023 red planet Mars travels through Virgo (House of Finance) and with this energy more money comes in, more financial opportunities and Leo gets a better feeling about the financial situation.
Mercury retrograde in Virgo from August 23, 2023 to September 14, 2023 can shift the focus to a financial problem with a debt or loan.
From the second half of 2023, the financial situation improves due to the transit of Jupiter in Taurus on May 17, 2023. Financial assets are flowing to Leo.
Leo can count on a pay rise, return or reward for services rendered.
When the year 2023 comes to an end, finances will be stable. It remains important, however, that Leo does not exceed the budget in 2023. Be careful with gambling or speculation.
Family and Home
Until May 16, 2023, the transit of Jupiter in Aries is a favorable period for a beautiful journey with your family, a time to go on an adventure. The Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio of May 5, 2023 falls in the 4th House of Family and Private Life and directly relates to your home and family.
In the 2nd half of 2023 this Lunar Eclipse brings up emotional energy, unspoken anger and negative aspects in the family. Emotional reactions are inevitable, but they do help find a solution to fix a lingering situation. Something that has been hidden and that has to do with parents, elders or relatives, even from previous generations, is now coming out.
There may be a career move in the next six months that makes it necessary to move. It is also possible that you are going on a trip with your family or that there is a happy event to celebrate in the family.
However, it is of the utmost importance that the balance between private life and career is restored.If you feel disconnected from where you live or from your family or you feel angry and need emotional support and comfort. What can you change yourself that makes you feel more connected? If you do feel that connection, this feeling becomes even stronger after this Lunar Eclipse, it makes Leo more emotionally stable and self confident.
Asteroid Ceres travels from September 16, 2023 to November 25, 2023 through Scorpio, the House of Family and Private Life and red planet Mars travels October 13 to November 24, 2023 through Scorpio. This period is extra supportive for your family or relatives or people you consider as your family.
A solid home base is of priceless value to you and the solid foundation you need to live your life to the fullest. Mars brings energy and drive, so a favorable period for domestic activities, work on and around the house, repairs, renovation or moving and getting everything organized.
Due to the influence of Mars, Leo can react defensively and protectively when it comes to your family or relatives during the Fall of 2023. During the transit of Mars in Scorpio from October 13 to November 24, 2023, family ties can be restored or Leo can welcome new family members.
That can also be a pet! Especially in 2023, it is advisable to maintain balance and peace in the family.
Health
At the beginning of 2023, due to the influence of Jupiter in Aries and Saturn in Aquarius, there may be some health problems such as infection and flu. Especially the Leo with chronic problems should be careful with medication and lifestyle. Leo may be prone to nervous disorders and stomach problems in 2023. Don’t let mental stress be a trap.
Due to the influence of Mars in Cancer in the House of Cosmic Consciousness and Letting Go from March 26, 2023 to May 20, 2023, Leo is consciously and resolutely addressing unconscious issues to release all superfluous baggage from the past. This transit can lead to more stress, headache, infection, rash or fever.
Ceres is in Libra from June 22 to September 15, 2023 and that is a mental period when ideas and plans get off the ground and that benefits your health. As the year progresses, your energy and vitality will increase, but it is still advisable not to overexert yourself physically and mentally.
A healthy diet and adequate rest also help to keep you fit and healthy. Keep exercising!
Physical activities are necessary to prevent gloom and depressive moods. Quit smoking and alcohol and anything that could be harmful to your health in the long run.
Mars travels through Libra from August 28, 2023 to October 12, 2023 and that gives a lot of mental energy to work out new ideas and make plans to get started.
Furthermore, there are no planetary references that would negatively impact Leo’s overall health and well-being in 2023.
Advice
Until January 11, 2023 Mars in Gemini is retrograde in the House of Hope, Future and Social Involvement. The year 2023 therefore starts with doubts about your future and uncertainty whether dreams can be realized. This retrograde keeps Leo on the starting blocks, but the race doesn’t start until March 15, 2023, when direct Mars will be back at 25º Gemini.
Put your plans on hold until then, Leo and use this time to prepare everything well.
The Solar Eclipse in Aries of April 20, 2023 gives you a great idea.
Mars travels through Leo from May 21 to July 10, 2023 which is a boost of energy. This is the best period for starting new projects and ventures. Mars in Leo only happens once every two years, so go for it. Use it to your advantage!
Venus retrograde in Leo from July 23 to September 3, 2023 has a delaying effect. Rather than pushing and expecting too much, this retrograde is meant to be a second chance. So think carefully about your options during your holiday!
The Solar Eclipse in Libra of October 14, 2023 falls into your third House. In the next six months this will profoundly affect the way you communicate with close relatives, friends and family, everything to do with making connections, networking and information.
Mutual ties will be restored with close family or acquaintances or you will distance yourself from family or friends that you have outgrown. This Solar Eclipse can generate a new opportunity, bring useful information or good news that you have been waiting for.
