Vacation
Tips Suggestions on how and where to enjoy your
precious time off.
Leo: Kick Up Your Heels
When Leo is blue, they should be with
friends, not shut up in isolation. Fire sign Leo burns brightly
in the company of others. A ticket to a play would refresh
you, or a walk through a museum. Go dancing at a club. Treat
yourself to a good meal at a restaurant (make it an elegant,
well-reviewed place--Leo is depressed by shabby surroundings).
Eating out always cheers up a Leo. While you're down or worried,
wear something new, clothing that is well designed in a becoming
color. The complements you receive will surely give you a
lift! Since you are a bit competitive, stay away from those
people who make you feel deficient in any way, whether in
looks, status, or achievement.
Leo is a gregarious, big-hearted sign which
needs plenty of affection. Don't discount this now! The more
love and support you feel from your significant other and
from friends, the faster you will recover from whatever has
rocked you. Leo is a larger-than-life, dramatic sign but you
could be prone to over-dramatizing your plight. If so, you
could be unnecessarily increasing your panic level. Take a
moment to ask yourself. Find out!
Sometimes you are a contradiction unto yourself.
While your fire element loves action, your fixed nature tends
to stop you from instituting the innovative steps you should
take. As a Leo, you loathe being told what to do, even when
it's excellent and well-meaning advice, criticism or points
you may have overlooked. Be careful of the Not-Invented-Here
mindset. What does that mean? When those around you urge you
to consider a certain point, if you usually say to yourself
"Hell, if I didn't come up with that idea, it couldn't possibly
be any good..." and wave it off automatically, that's a bad
sign!
In the meantime, plan a brunch so that everyone
special in your life can surround you. Bask in the good feelings
your friends provide and listen to their words of advice.
Be sure to order in food--don't cook. Leo doesn't like to
fuss. Or make it a supper where everyone brings their specialty
and you provide the beverages.
If you can travel to someplace warm, so much
the better--Leo is ruled by the Sun, and rarely happy in cold
or rainy weather. While bronzing on a beautiful beach, new
solutions will come to you. No cash? Warmth may still be only
a step away. Get to a health club and relax in a steamy sauna,
step into a warm Jacuzzi, or swim in a heated Olympic-sized
pool.
If you've got a good stereo system, use it
now, for like Taurus, Libra, and Pisces, your sign is highly
sensitive to music. Put on your earphones and turn up the
volume. Bond with your music. Drink it in. Later, take a walk
over to the music store and stock up on a few new CDs you've
wanted to buy. Stereo on the fritz? Buy a ticket to a concert.
Or see a dazzling opera, even if you have to be in the standing
room section. Leo adores rich spectacle. The point is that
you should find ways to pamper yourself. Remind yourself that
you are king of the jungle.
Generally, Leo isn't very sports-oriented,
unless it is a social sport like tennis. Solitary sports don't
interest you. Your sign rules the heart, so your circulation
could suffer in times of anxiety. You may find yourself cold,
and huddled under blankets. Taking an aerobics class to fine-tune
your circulatory system would be a great idea, and at the
gym you are likely to run into people you know--all the better!
Leo tends to be more creative than physical,
for your sign needs regular expression of feelings. Try your
hand at writing a screenplay, short story or learn to paint.
A fabulous idea would be to join an amateur theater club--you
may discover you have real talent! Any emotion you are feeling
now can be poured into your role. Leos make the best actors
of all the signs, for the sign rules the natural 5th house.
The 5th house also rules children, so get out
of your self-absorption (one of Leo's pitfalls) and do something
for a children's charity, perhaps by volunteering for children's
literacy, or if you have your own children, doing something
special for them. Kids are as important to Leo as they are
to Cancer. Children keep you smiling, refreshed, and distracted
long enough to let you unwind.
Finally, remember that confidence is the key
to your personality, and if it is shaken, you won't be able
to move forward as smoothly as you might wish. Being a fixed
sign, change is hard for you to adjust to, at least initially.
Surround yourself with only your most supportive friends.
Reminisce over your biggest victories. Find the common thread
in all your successes, no matter how small, to discover your
personal formula for success. Keeping your faith in yourself
and feeling pride in your accomplishments is the single most
important factor in turning around your situation. Continue
to reward yourself with small treats as you take steps which
are hard for your fixed nature to do. You'll be well on the
way to your old jovial self--and holding court!
