Leo rising
Its own mind
Leo rising gives a frank, open and ambitious mind with a powerful will, proud, honourable and kind. It can also be hasty, quick tempered, fond of pleasure and apt to go to extremes.
Leo
Rising
The Leo ascendant
Leo was coming up over the eastern horizon when you were born. The old books call it the sign of the lion: a proud, stately bearing, a generous heart and a wish to lead rather than follow.
Leo rises today
Rising now
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Leo rising
at a glance
Rulerthe Sun
Element and modeFire, fixed
Symbolthe lion
Opposite, on the seventh houseAquarius
Time to rise each day in London
Your rising sign is the sign that was coming up on the eastern horizon at the minute and place you were born. Astrologers read it as the way you meet the world: the first impression, the manner, and in the older books the look of the body too.
With Leo there, the chart starts in a fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun. Aquarius, its opposite, sits on the seventh house, the house of partners.
How Leo
rising looks
After Max and Augusta Foss Heindel, The Message of the Stars, 1918
- The face
- Something of the cat in the features, the way the Aries face has something of the sheep.
- The eyes
- Large and full, blue or grey, with laughter and contentment in them.
- The skin
- A ruddy, high colour.
- The build
- A broad chest, massive shoulders, strong arms and a large head above a slimmer but still muscular lower body, the whole frame well knit, with great endurance and power to recover.
- The walk
- Pride and stateliness in every movement, which a keen observer will not miss.
These are types, written a century ago. Planets close to the ascendant, and where the Sun stands, change the picture, and pure types are rare.
Leo rising
personality
After the Heindels, chapters V and XIX
People with Leo rising like to be noticed. They are forward, they draw attention wherever they go, and they mean to lead, not follow. They make good speakers and hold an audience by the force of their personal magnetism.
Leo rules the heart, and the Heindels note that these people have hearts bigger than their purses. They give time, money and knowledge freely, without a thought for themselves. With the Sun rising here this can become lavishness; a badly placed Saturn can make them attach strings to their gifts, or spend on themselves instead.
They are honest and loyal. As children of the Sun they love light and truth, have no use for evasion, and go straight at their goal with a firm will and by honourable means. They draw admirers easily, and should keep desire in check, or heartache may follow.
The Leo rising
mind
The Heindels read the rising sign as the shape of the mind, first by the sign itself and then by the group it belongs to.
The fixed signs
Its group
Like all the fixed signs on the angles, it is a thoughtful mind but a slow and steady one, and it needs time to reach a decision.
Questions
It depends on where you were born, because signs take different lengths of time to rise. In London Leo takes about 2 hours 50 minutes of every day to rise, more than the two-hour average, so it is a little more common there. In Sydney it takes about 1 hour 34 minutes, less than the two-hour average, so it is rarer there.
No. Being a Leo usually means the Sun was in Leo, which happens from late July to late August. Leo rises every day of the year for a few hours, so a person born in any month can have it.
The Sun. The ruler of the rising sign is called the chart ruler, and where it stands in your chart colours the whole reading.