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The Tao of Astrology
Leo Midheaven When Leo the performer is rising, Aquarius the genius is setting. These people have faces of strength, nobility, and courage with keen, lively eyes, an open forehead, a thin, pointed nose, and a clear-cut, defined bone structure. This is the royal appearance of a charismatic personality. The hair usually resembles a lion’s mane and the style of dress is often colorful, romantic, and dramatic. The character is playful, joyful, generous energetic. They excel in acting out the dramas of life as the most theatrical of all the Rising Signs. The celestial sphere that governs this fire sign is the Sun, the core of our star system. As the sun is also a star, these people act like stars, living grand lives. Like the Sun, Leo craves the center of attention. The Sun’s position in the chart will further define the Ascendant. Leo Rising, like a brave night, is a champion of light. Leadership ability and charisma are never lacking. If Leo is not expressing identity in a regal, vitality-oriented way the shadow comes out to play. Dark Leo is egotistical and domineering, overflowing with excessive pride and narcissism. On the spiritual wavelength, Leo exists to teach others how to love and enjoy life, spreading warmth and energy like the Sun. They act as the gravitational centers for mankind. This is the style of finding your inner child, of romance and creativity. The spiritual child’s endpoint is spontaneity in action, which induces laughter, and tears in others so they can feel the sheer joy of being alive. Cosmically, Leo Rising can guide others to the eternal flame of life. They come to master the p[principle of creativity. Leo Rising admires individuality in a partner with Aquarius on the Descendant. They are mastering the principle of individuation (freedom to express originality) through relationships. Leo Rising steps out of the clown or monarch costume to search for love and adapts to the Aquarian detached, humanitarian style of relating to others. In love, friendship, partnership, and aesthetics this person needs autonomy, freedom of expression, and metaphysical mental stimulation. Partners need to have that electric, uncanny aura of genius to really satisfy their noble hearts. They can’t settle for the ordinary. Saturn, as the classical governor of Aquarius, has a ton of information to offer about the flow of unifying relational energy in Leo Rising’s social life. The integration of the Leo-Aquarius polarity adds up to creative individuality. Imagine a community that supports and encourages creativity and creative people adding life to the community in a symbiotic relationship. This will be the paradigm of the emerging Aquarian Age. The planet Uranus by its house position and aspects to the personal planets also has an influence on relationships. In actualizing the axis of life, Leo Rising must learn to integrate spontaneity and pleasure with unique insight and familiarity with the strange and unusual. Their life intent is to express dramatic creative individuality. Uniqueness is the key to relationships and living their dharma.
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