Leo Weekly Horoscope

The week at a glance

The First Quarter in Sagittarius on Friday, September 18 falls in your 5th house of romance, creativity and play. Quarter Moons are decision points rather than turning points — a nudge to adjust rather than restart.

Underneath that, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are retrograde all week. Here is where the slower bodies are sitting, counted from Leo:

• The Sun in Virgo — your 2nd house. It is the month’s centre of gravity, and it sits there.
• Mercury in Libra — your 3rd house. It routes the week’s messages, admin and second thoughts through it.
• Venus in Scorpio — your 4th house. It smooths it, which helps taste and diplomacy more than it helps effort.
• Mars in Cancer — your 12th house. It pushes hard there — useful, and abrasive if nobody is warned.
• Jupiter in Leo — your 1st house. It is generous with that part of your life and has no sense of proportion.
• Saturn in Aries (retrograde) — your 9th house. It is slow, exacting and unimpressed by that part of your life just now.

The Moon through your week

The week starts with it in Libra, through the talking part of your week. On Monday, September 14 it crosses into Scorpio, through home ground, where you can drop the performance. Wednesday, September 16 takes it into Sagittarius, through the part of you that wants to play. It shifts on Saturday, September 19 into Capricorn, through the working hours, useful for grinding through a list.

The Moon covers the whole zodiac in a month, which is why it is the only body worth consulting about a single afternoon.

Love and connection

Venus is in Scorpio, your 4th house of home, family and roots, so this week the centre of gravity moves indoors, to home and the people who feel like home. Fix something domestic, or have the family conversation you keep postponing.

Venus squares Pluto on Tuesday, September 15 — they pull at cross purposes, and the friction is the point rather than a fault. That is the day the romantic weather of the week is set, whether you are choosing it or reacting to it.

Work and money

Mars is in Cancer, your 12th house, which is where your effort will actually land this week — rest, solitude, endings and what happens off-stage. Mercury in Libra puts the conversations and paperwork in your 3rd house instead, so the thinking and the doing are aimed at different targets.

The Sun is still in Virgo, your 2nd house, which is the background theme for the whole month rather than just this week: the practical questions are about money and what you actually value.

Wellbeing

The Moon does not touch your twelfth house this week, so there is no built-in rest window. You will have to make one. The Moon reaches your sixth house of routine and health on Saturday, September 19, which is the natural day to deal with the appointment, the admin or the habit you have been avoiding. Energy tracks the Moon this week: it shifts around the quarter Moon on Friday, September 18. As a fire sign you tend to run on momentum and notice the cost late; the fix is usually sleep rather than discipline.

Dates that matter

6 aspects perfect this week. These are the ones with enough weight to notice:

• Monday, September 14 — Mercury trine Uranus. They flow together, which makes this a good day to attempt the thing you assumed was hard. It connects your 3rd house (talking, learning and short trips) with your 11th house (friends, networks and hopes).
• Monday, September 14 — Sun sextile Mars. They cooperate, but quietly — this one passes unnoticed if you are not looking for it. It connects your 2nd house (money, values and self-worth) with your 12th house (rest, endings and the inner life).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus square Pluto. They grind against each other, which is uncomfortable and productive in roughly equal measure. It connects your 4th house (home, family and roots) with your 7th house (partnership and other people).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus quincunx Neptune. They sit at an angle with no natural resolution — you adapt rather than solve. It connects your 4th house (home, family and roots) with your 9th house (travel, study and the bigger picture).
• Wednesday, September 16 — Neptune sextile Pluto. They cooperate, but quietly — this one passes unnoticed if you are not looking for it. It connects your 9th house (travel, study and the bigger picture) with your 7th house (partnership and other people).