Journalling the Zodiac: Leo shining

I've missed several signs I know, and I'll write them up soon, but with just a few hours to go before the Sun moves from Leo to Virgo, I'm feeling the need to seize the last of that shining summer energy. So here are my journalling prompts for Leo:

• How do I express my creative energy?

• Where do I create drama?

• How do I play, and how do I connect to my inner child?

• Where do I shine, and how do I help others to shine?

• Where do I demand recognition?

 One of the things that has been bothering me about my journalling lately is how self-focussed it can make me - always analysing and working on myself, rather than putting what I've learned into action or looking at the wider picture. Leo is the sign of individual self expression, of our unique self, but has its opposite in the collective self of Aquarius. With Moon in Leo and Sun in Aquarius, this is a dynamic I am constantly working with. But we always slip into our lunar comfort zone, so for my Leo journalling, I tried to get out of my own way, and got this...

Leo is the sun, shining. Leo is you, shining, so bright you make others shine too. Each shining is unique. we are all creators - we are creating ourselves and our lives, anew and afresh, moment by moment. What happens when you let yourself play? What magic unfolds? We are all a process of becoming, creating our deepest, most authentic self. We are all radiant, vital, alive. Leo is life as drama, as theatre, as myth. Leo is us, larger than life, shining so brightly that while planets are set in motion around us, Our Leo self can give and give and give, our fires burning so bright that we light the spark of the divine in anyone who comes close. and they will come close, our Leo self demands it, not ashamed of our pride or our urge to be noticed. Leo self is all heart, standing strong and shining bright in the spotlight of our own personal theatre.

My Leo Moon is opposite the personal gateway of the Ascendant, so I have a habit, aka another lunar comfort zone, of giving that energy away. Writing the above reminds me to take ownership of it, Leo as a part of myself as well as something I see in others.

And in just an hour or two, the Sun will move into Virgo, and we begin the process of refining what Leo has helped us to create. So here are my journalling prompts for Virgo:

• Where and how do I give service? 

• How can I best us my powers of discrimination?

• Where can I be of practical help?

• How can I use my ideas to make a tangible difference?

• What am I in the process of perfecting?