Leo Weekly Horoscope

So many passions, so little time! It’s never easy for you to attend to your countless personal interests with your professional obligations, Leo—though you give it a PhD-candidate’s college try. But on Tuesday, May 26 you might feel as stretched and twisted as a balloon animal. A testy square between go-getter Mars in your career corner and shadowy Pluto in your relationship house throws your artful juggling act off-balance. Finding equilibrium IS possible, but the path forward might surprise you. It’s not about sacrificing more and more of yourself on the altar of ambition or devotion to your family. That would leave nothing left for YOU, and by extension, everyone around you. While it might be instinctive for you to play the role of regal provider, that can lead to burnout, especially when the giving gets lopsided. Enough already! Put your summer sandal down and assert yourself. Simultaneously, understand that the people you think are “trying to take advantage of you” may simply have no idea where your boundaries lie. Begin with a clear, but kind, explanation. Mars and Pluto can create quite a pressure cooker, and you might not realize how much your compounded frustration or resentment has added up. The people who truly care about you will be happy to honor your needs—and those who don’t will out themselves as a matter of course.

Thursday brings another loud PSA from the cosmos to stop giving ‘til it hurts. That’s no way to prove that you care; but it is a recipe for a meltdown. This Thursday, as sacrificial Neptune bangs into convivial Venus, stop yourself from reflexively saying yes…to anything! Helping a friend pack up her house for a move might seem easy; and it’s no big deal to pick a relative up from the airport. But when you add more than one of those offers to your long list of commitments, they can send you over the edge. The same goes for fun plans that will sap your finite free time or cost more than you expect. Much as you’d love to chip in for the RV rental and tickets to that festival weekend, pass if you get a single whiff of complication from such ideas. This is your week to embrace the art of the gracious “no.” For example, “I’d really love to join you, but it’s not going to work out for me this time around.”

This Sunday is for love, which could easily expand into several weeks and even months if you play your cards right! May’s second full moon arrives as a rare blue moon in Sagittarius, which sends a jolt of electricity through your fifth house of passion, creativity and fame. These next two weeks will be brimming with prospects who are magnetically drawn to you. When you catch a vibe and you’re intrigued, make your curiosity known. You don’t have to go pounce like a jungle cat. Just keep up your end of the conversation with witty banter and meaningful revelations and see where it goes. If you’re in a hard-to-define relationship, this lunar lift could illuminate aspects of the connection that help you decide whether to put more effort into it or cut your losses. You’ll have the confidence to speak up and, if that doesn’t move the needle, to initiate the shift you desire. Couples could experience a sweet romantic reboot. Gift-giving is a love language of the fifth house and one your sign is fluent in. Colorful and luxe gestures will keep the wheels of commitment greased, especially if you bring in the element of surprise. This fertile fifth-house full moon could inspire talk of babymaking—now or over the next half-year. Not quite there yet? How about a “creative brainchild” that you pour every ounce of your passion into?