How The Intense Astrology Of 2025 Affects Leo All Year, According To An Astrologer
An astrologer breaks down exactly what Leo will experience in life, career, and money throughout all of 2025.
Design: YourTango Leo, you are the lion of the zodiac, ready to roar and shine bright wherever you choose to leave your mark — and the Leo 2025 horoscope shows this is a year that helps you do just that. After all, when a fixed fire sign makes up its mind, who can stop it?
Leo 2025 horoscope
The first half of January and the major part of June and July will be the best months for Leo.
Your Sun is on the rise (both metaphorically and literally) in 2025. This will start right from January 1 until Aquarius season starts on January 19. You are encouraged to list the qualities you are proud of in yourself and want to expand further this year. Then list habits you would like to introduce and interests you'd like to cultivate in 2025.
This focused attention will benefit you greatly during the best months for your zodiac sign by helping you channel your good luck exactly where it needs to go.
April and parts of August are the most challenging months for Leo.
April will be challenging for Leo because of Neptune's transition to Aries on March 30. This Neptunian new cycle will influence all fire signs in unique ways, and Leo will feel it in their love life and creativity. So beware of romantic dreams that may turn out to be delusions and make sure any new enterprises have a stable foundation.
Most of the time, each zodiac sign's personal zodiac season is always a great period for them. But the 2025 Leo season will have Chiron retrograde in Aries (starting on July 30) throwing everything in a bit of loop. This will bring challenges to Leo in the form of emotional triggers, new situations that feel like history repeating itself, or even people from the past who tried to hold you back or crush your dreams wanting to weasel back into your life.
Grounding yourself can help you overcome this intense period and bring immense healing. But do remember that healing takes a while. So patience will be your best friend (and also a good therapist)!
Leo 2025 career horoscope
Leo, your career will experience a big boost during the June 11 Full Moon in Sagittarius. So make sure to set plans into motion in the new moon cycle preceding it (from May 26). Career entertainers will have the most success at this time, especially if you launch something new in this window, whether it's a new book, a new social media channel, a theater experience, or even a performance art show.
Leos in other professions will also feel this boost but in a more understated way. Your period to shine will arrive on and after September 6 when Uranus retrograde in Gemini sets in. But because Uranus retrograde will act more as a challenger, you will thrive when you meet each challenge with confidence (or courage) in your heart and show them all what you've got!
Leo 2025 money horoscope
In the arena of money and finances, Leo will experience tremendous success and boons on and after July 18 when Mercury retrograde in Leo begins. This can sound strange since Mercury retrograde is so dreaded in astrology, but in truth, this will bring opportunities you may have missed in the past so you can capitalize on them with renewed focus and strength.
Just remember: Mercury retrograde's impact on your money will be more mysterious and behind the scenes since that's how retrogrades behave. But your finances will grow and grow until Uranus retrograde comes into effect on September 6 when you will have the power to utilize your resources to do something big. As mentioned earlier in your career horoscope, there will be challenges, but they do say “no risk, no reward”!
Leo 2025 health and wellness horoscope
Leo, pay attention to your health in 2025 because you may put it on the back burner while pursuing everything else under the sun. You must be proactive and try to incorporate healthy habits right from the start of 2025 so that when things pick up speed later in the year, you already have these good habits on autopilot and don't have to think about them twice.
September 21 will be an important period for you healthwise as we have a New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse in Virgo on that day. Try to drink more water leading up to this period as this will have a positive impact on your physical and spiritual bodies during the eclipse. After all, prevention is better than cure, and you don't want to take chances with the runaway effects of the eclipse.
January 2025
The month of January 2025 will be mostly great for Leo as mentioned earlier, starting from January 1. But things will take a challenging turn after January 19's solar transit to Aquarius. Some of you may face problems with your friends when the shift occurs and may realize that some people have polar opposite beliefs that don't go well with your core beliefs. This can be political in nature, but also in terms of spirituality, health, creativity, and even how to spend money and what kind of lifestyle is considered “good enough.”
February 2025
February will be Leo's crucible for victory, a month that challenges you to engage with your strengths, skills, and talents to make things work for you or procrastinate and allow the cosmic energies to run all over the place. February 12's Full Moon in Leo will be the best day for you in terms of manifestations and setting intentions for at least the next six months of the year.
March 2025
Venus retrograde in Aries on March 1 will set the tone for the month for Leo, bringing signs that things are about to change for the better with new growth on its way. This energy will bloom finally when Venus retrograde changes signs from Aries to Pisces on March 27. That's when things will become really positive for you, especially in terms of new ideas, inspiration, and friendships.
April 2025
Leo will benefit from being more low-key in April as this will allow you to incubate any ideas you received or cultivated in the previous month. An introspective approach will help you find your legs in new settings too and engage with the blessings of Venus direct in Pisces on April 12 and after.
May 2025
Watch out for a few challenges in the month of May! The period after Mercury enters Taurus on May 10 will force Leo to be more intellectual and try to solve problems with creative intelligence rather than fire sign brute force. This will build your patience too for what's to come in September 2025.
June 2025
May 2025's energy will bleed into June and the need to be intellectual will persist as Mercury enters Cancer on June 8. Every challenge will make you stronger, though, and you will experience the rewards of your diligence and never-give-up attitude once Cancer season begins on June 20.
July 2025
As mentioned earlier, July will be a great month for Leo, especially after Mercury retrograde in Leo begins on July 18. Things will begin to stir behind the scenes for you and good things will suddenly bloom in your life. The change of zodiac seasons from Cancer to Leo on July 22 will make everything more prominent.
August 2025
August will be a mixed bag for Leo with challenges and blessings coming to you in equal measure. Try to stay grounded and you will do well during this period. You will have a great time after Mars enters Libra on August 6 though, at least in the arena of friendships, conversations, and new romance. But whether this has longevity or not depends on many factors, including how much energy you are willing to invest in shaping these relationships and events.
September 2025
Leo, you need to prepare yourself properly for September 2025, whether through goal-setting exercises or making complex plans and outlines for the next few months of your life in whichever arena you wish to focus on. Your career will naturally benefit from all this, but so will other areas of life, especially after Uranus retrograde in Gemini on September 6. Since Uranus retrograde will play the role of cosmic challenger who turns out to be a best friend in disguise, that will be the “make it or break it” period for you.
October 2025
Things will become more steady in October for Leo. Your love life benefits from Juno entering Sagittarius on October 1. Those who want something long-term and committed are encouraged to show up in positive ways in their love life and initiate conversations about the future. You will know if you are with your soulmate or not.
November 2025
November is a transitional period for Leo, especially on and after November 6 when Venus enters Scorpio. You can write your own story or choose to follow the script someone else has written for you. Either can be positive or negative, depending on the context of the situations you experience. So try to be engaged, mindful, and aware during November so you can pave a positive path for yourself as 2026 approaches.
December 2025
In December, Leo will benefit more from resting, rewinding, rejuvenating, and recharging yourself. Trust this cosmic incubation period and you will enter 2026 with golden energy just like you did at the beginning of 2025. December 27 will be an important date for you in this regard as we have a First Quarter Moon in Aries on that day. If you set strong intentions, you will find soar high!
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Valeria Black is a Tarot Reader, astrologer and YouTuber with expertise in charm-casting, runes, and all things magic. She writes about astrology, tarot and spirituality.