Mercury in Leo

With Mercury in Leo, you think with flair and speak with warmth. Your mind likes to persuade, tell stories and create, and your ideas come alive when you can present them with conviction to an audience.

When you tell a story, people put their forks down to listen. Mercury in Leo gives generous, expressive speech that knows how to hold a room. You don’t think only to understand, but to create and share: an idea really excites you when you can carry it, defend it, stage it. You learn well when you are encouraged, and a teacher who believed in you may have changed your path. Your conviction pulls people along, and you are at ease presenting a project, running a meeting, giving a wedding speech. The shadow of that talent is attachment to your own ideas. It can cost you to admit someone had a better hunch than you, or to back down from a position you stated in public. You may also hog the conversation without noticing, or take disagreement as a personal slight. Your intelligence shines brighter when you leave room for other people’s ideas and are genuinely glad to see them succeed.

Mercury next enters Leo on 2 August 2027. Dates computed from the ephemerides, Paris time.

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