No. 05 of 12 · Fire · Ruled by the Sun

Leo

Jul 23 – Aug 22

A room is often warmer for Leo being in it. There is rarely a small version of this sign — mostly heat, given freely, and a hope that someone noticed.

WarmGenerousBright
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Worn
The other eleven
Gift pairing

Two signs, one chain each

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More about Leo

Ruled by the Sun · Fire
the Sun

The Sun — the centre everything else is measured against.

Element & mode
Fire · fixed — high summer, holding.
Dates
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Metal it suits
Gold
Opposite sign
Aquarius
Birthstone
Onyx
Also born under Leo
Barack Obama
Coco Chanel
Andy Warhol
The constellation

A curved sickle of stars led by Regulus, the little king — unmistakable in summer.

Wearing it
Gold, and worn where it can be seen.
Engraving suggestion: BRIGHTLY — up to 14 characters on the back, +100 kr.
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Leo,
in short

The things people ask most about Leo — dates, ruling planet, birthstone and the rest.

Leo runs Jul 23 – Aug 22. If your birthday falls within a day of either end you're on the cusp — order either sign and mention the date, and we'll check the exact ingress for your birth year before it ships.

Leo, at length
Jul 23 – Aug 22

Leo is high summer, holding. The season isn't building toward anything or coming down from it — it simply is, at full strength, for weeks. The Sun rules this sign, and it is the only one ruled by the centre of everything.

So the warmth here is not a performance, or not only. Leo generates something and gives it away: attention, encouragement, the sense that the evening improved because they came. A room is usually warmer for this sign being in it, and everyone in it notices without quite locating why.

There is a hope for recognition alongside the generosity, and it isn't vanity — more the reasonable wish that the giving is seen. Leo does very little in a small way, and would rather be found slightly too much than forgettable.

Gold suits it, and so does being visible. A Leo pendant belongs where it catches light: worn out, worn often, worn with the collar open.