The Leo type is the most dominant, spontaneously creative and extrovert of
all the zodiacal characters. In grandeur of manner, splendor of bearing and
magnanimity of personality, they are the monarch's among humans as the
lion is king of beasts. They are ambitious, courageous, dominant, strong
willed, positive, independent, self-confident there is no word as doubt in
their vocabularies and self-controlled.

Born leaders, either in support of or in revolt against the status quo,
they are at their most effective when in a position of command, their
personal magnetism and courtesy of mind bringing out the best of loyalty
from subordinates. As they are uncomplicated, knowing exactly what they want
and using all their energies, creativeness and resolution to get it, as well as
being certain that they will, their followers know where they are with Leos.

Leos think and act bigger than would normally be dared; although the
ambitiousness of their schemes and idealism may sometimes daunt their
followers, their practical hardheadedness and ability to go straight to the
heart of any problem reassures them. If Leonians meet with setbacks they
thrive on the adversity.

On the whole they are powers for good, for they are strongly idealistic,
humane and beneficent. They have powerful intelligence and are of a broad,
philosophical, sometimes religious, turn of mind. Those who are devout may
become very obstinate in upholding traditional beliefs and will cling
tenaciously, but with complete sincerity, to practices and doctrines which
liberal thinkers regard as absurdly out-of-date.

Their faults can be as large in scale as their virtues, and an excessively
negative Leonian can be one of the most unpleasant human beings imaginable,
displaying extreme arrogance, autocratic pride, haughtiness and excessive
hastiness of temper. If jealously suspicious of rivals, they will not hesitate
to use cunning, lies and trickery to discredit them. Self-centeredness,
greed for flattery, boastfulness and bombast, pomposity, snobbish superiority,
and overbearing and intolerant disdain of underlings - to whom they will
nevertheless delegate the carrying out of minor details in their grandiose
schemes, and from whom they are not above borrowing immoderately if an
occasion necessitates it - any of these can be characteristic of Leo.

Add to them a passion for luxury, a lust for power, unlimited sexual lust
and emotional indulgence, and a character emerges that no one would want
to know either in public life or private. But their pride may go before a fall
as uncontrolled impetuosity is likely to bring them low. Fortunately it is
rare that a Leo is so undisciplined as to give way thoroughly to this list of
vices, and their tendencies to them are usually balanced by an innate wisdom.

In professional life they do well at any vocation at which there is room
at the top. As politicians they are content with nothing less than a powerful
position in government. In business they may be the chairman of their
company's board, or at least directors or managers. They are excellent
organizers and overseers, and if from the artisan ranks of society they
will aspire to become the boss, partly because they are ambitious by nature,
partly because they dislike manual labor, preferring to take charge of others
doing it. If artistic, Leos can become stars of stage or screen (their bent is
serious rather than light drama), maestros as musicians when they will
gravitate toward the grand instruments or activities, such as the organ
or conducting  Of orchestras and as painters; anything grand in conception
and scale appeals to them.

Leo women make exceptionally good welfare workers.

In his or her relations with others the Leo type is open, sincere, genuine
and trusting. Outgoing, spontaneously warm hearted and plain spoken, though
never lacking in kindliness, Leos are more disillusioned than the average
if let down by those they trust. They are not good judges of character and
are inclined to favoritism and an exaggerated faith in their followers which too
often ends in disappointment. They have a strong sex drive and are so attracted
to the opposite sex that they find it hard to be constant; they can be so intensely
sexual as to become dissolute.

They may have numerous love affairs for their love of pleasure and beauty
is liable to drive them from one attractive partner to another. They are very
much inclined to deceive. Their marriages may fail for the same reason, yet
they are sincere and generous to their lovers while love lasts, and will
remain attached to their homes so long as it is run for their benefit. They
demand service but are incapable of giving it.

Physiologically, Leo governs the upper back, forearms, wrist, spine and heart.
Its natives are subject to a number of ailments: pain in the back and lungs,
spinal complaints, diseases of the heart and blood, sickness in ribs and sides,
convulsions, pleasantries, violent burning fevers including, in former days
when they were prevalent, plague and pestilence jaundice and some
afflictions of the eyes.