Dating A Leo Woman: The Red Flags and What To Expect

Dating a Leo Woman: What to expect and why she may not be for you

Highlights:

• What To Expect
• What Her Rising Sign Can Tell You
• The Importance of Her Moon and Venus
• What Her Mars Energy Reveals
• Her Sun Qualities Explored

**The q****ueen, the diva and the starlet —**She’s aggressive

but sensitive,

generous but proud,

loving and loyal to a fault.

Jennifer Lawrence, Madonna, Charlize Theron and Kristen Wiig are just a few female celebrities known for their remarkable Lioness qualities shining through their grand performances, stature and big personalities. We notice them, and they thrive on our attention.

Deny it all she wants, Leos crave the spotlight, even if it is low-key and given by a few people. She wants to shine their unique light. If you’re not willing to provide adoration, aren’t good at being an audience from time to time(always), I wouldn’t bother.  She will look somewhere else.

Her healthiest Leo expression is when she shows who she is despite who is looking or not. It is a spark lit by her inner fires of child play and warmth felt within. An almost effortless action, she radiates that bright internal light and inspires others. A natural glow of confidence that creates awe wherever she goes.

What may not be apparent at first is that in between all that passionate energy is quite a sensitive soul. Vulnerable to criticism, Leo’s are proud, but if it is not strengthened from their heart, they can easily be bruised by the smallest slight. Feeding her fire means cute banter, inspirational courage and calling her out when her fires have raged out of control.

A desire for pure dominance is a misconception. No doubt, she is a natural leader, but more than having the upper hand, is her need to feel special and sitting at the top of the food chain gives her a solitary seat, the golden spotlight—a position of praise and respect.

Your Lioness needs to constantly feel special in your life. Her self-awareness level determines her reliance on the outside world to feel alive, worthy and purposeful. In its healthier expression, your Leo mate is shaped by the confidence and compassion lit from the kindle of her heart, from authentic self-love.

The difference between the Leo male and female is their expressions through their feminine and masculine divine. Although Leo signifies outward masculine sensibilities, a female on high expression is the anointed queen who rears her kingdom into strength reflective of her own, from the healthy pride of her spirit.

The lower expression is the diva and the self-importance she waves around.

Rising Sign

A Leo Rising will naturally attract others. Beyond her noticeable physical attributes, she’ll likely have a larger-than-life personality, a commanding presence when she enters a room. Her Leonine sociable charm can fire up a scene, while other parts of her personality can tone the shade into subtlety.

Selena Gomez is a great example with her Rising sign in Leo. Her Cancer Sun in the 12th House balances the attention she attracts. It is likely that part of her which keeps her Leo ego in check. Regardless, we notice her flare for showmanship on and off the stage. She embodies attributes of cuteness while also having a commanding presence.

Her millions of followers are not only tuned in but are moved by her grace, strength and courage when she announced her Lupus condition. She used her wide platform to give awareness while being outspoken about the detriments of social media in her life and her struggles with stardom as a child actress. A Leo Rising experiences life as if the world is her stage and often shares her charisma and talents to inspire and encourage.

When you date a Leo Rising on a mundane level, it means engaging in plenty of social and recreational activities. As fixed energy, expect routines and specific food preferred. She is someone is knows what she likes and can sometimes be on autopilot to reach her desires.

  Moon Sign

Our moon is our non-negotiable. What we need to feel safe, nurtured and comforted. The signs’ qualities indicate our personal pacifier. How our mamas nurtured us, whether she made us feel loved, and, in the end, for females, our own mothering style.

A Moon in Leo can be a very sensitive and selfish moon. When she is feeling down, lifting her spirits means paying attention, feeding her fire back into a roaring flame of confidence. You could start to witness a dramatic stage play in the making with emotionally colorful lyrics on blast.

To co-write a more harmonious script is to keep her heart lit, and to nurse her ego back to health. What you feed her matters. Rather than feigning constant adoration, encouragement, motivation, and reminders of her natural gifts is one of the best ways to cultivate a lush and thriving kingdom with your Leo girl.

Venus Sign

Venus Leo is similar to her feminine Moon aspects. It speaks about her beauty and preferences and how she expresses her divine feminine appeal to her partner. Through her Venus qualities, she shows her personal charm and how she can attract a mate. With Venus in a masculine energy, she doesn’t necessarily need to pursue but rather exhibits her confidence and light to the world. It is about showing up and shining in abandonment.

Her best qualities shine through in artistic pursuits, creating beauty and sparkling in her own wherever she goes. Like all the fixed signs, a female Leo will commit when she has found someone worthy, someone she views worthy enough to sit on the same high platform. Her fun-loving, generous spirit seeks to create a theatrical love story, with her as the queen and her ideal mate reflecting it back.

Red Flags

To start a healthy love story takes reciprocation.

When a Leo has been deprived of attention, never valued for her uniqueness, was teased for her flare for drama, or any of her Leonine qualities suppressed and denied, she will crave the royal value she feels deeply within her. Not having access to it or unaware that she has lost her natural gleaming light, she can become selfish and act out her voracious hunger selfishly under the illusion that her needs trump yours. Her inability to connect to vital parts of herself creates the pride she inherently feels but cannot share in healthy ways. The misplaced sensitivity can be a trigger point when she believes she is not given enough attention or acknowledgment.

Mars Sign

Mars in all of us is our desire, what we are willing to fight for and in which we put our efforts. This is our energy force directed by our instinctual nature. The diva traits are amplified in Mars in Leo. She is not afraid to be who she is and voice exactly what that is. Outspoken and opinionated, she can be aggressive but will show you her undying loyal spirit when you’ve shown her you’re a devoted ally. A Mars in Leo won’t think twice about defending her lot, and if you are part of that tribe, you’ve got a supporter for life.

She is a ball of energy who is always in active mode. Creative and physical outlets will be essential to burn off all that Leonine passion. This is fiery energy that can strike in reaction and emotional whirlwinds. On the same note, she can also be quite detached and focused on a doggedly determined course.

If you’re Leo energy yourself, she will gravitate towards you. You are the ideal physical attraction to her carnal desires. Mixed that in with her Venus, she desires someone with spirit, confidence and initiative. With the ideal match, your energy level is at par and burning it can involve a shared love of physical activities and planned adventures. The challenge being grounding, focusing your combining energies. Look for Earthy parts in each chart to give shape and direction. Air energy can also sustain motivation and objectivity when flames roar too fiercely.

In the bedroom

No matter what combination of Mars is lit up, she will require lots of stamina and endurance from you in the bedroom. Expending hers in between the sheets is a good way to release tension–to put fires out or spark up new energy. She desires game and play behind closed doors. Changing it up like a theatrical stage production will keep the fires from burning out. She will likely dominate in the bedroom, taking the lead to get your hot juices flowing.

Red Flags

Similar to her Moon and Venus Leo, if the fire has not been shaped to express its unique identity, it can get out of control on an intimate level. Mars in Leo is quite a selfish energy. Achieving her desires can be a straight and rigid path. Look out for tunnel vision that can trap you in their line of fire.

The Sun

In modern times, the Sun serves as a neutral influence on both men and women. It can also represent the mother for some. However, males and females can have significant differences regarding their Sun qualities. For example, if we were to assign the Sun to the father in two different charts of siblings, one being a female and the other being male, based on gender, the points of view of father can differ. The son may see the father figure he is to become with similar gender aspects they share. The father’s influence might be the physical strength and protection he shows and provides for the family or lack thereof.

He will grow into his Sun based on his gender bias compared to his sister, who sees a father figure perhaps in a similar light and could possibly inherit what she sees growing up, but the main difference is that she will also look for it in her potential mate. Generally, there is a kind of separation or integration based on physical gender. There are, however, many factors to consider whether her Sun dominates over her Moon. (Her Moon can represent her father too!)

If she is a Leo Sun, the qualities reveal her health, purpose of goals and growing into her confidence. While we know she breeds in climates where she is the centre of the show, she will likely be energetic, social and full of ideas—her way of sustaining excitement in her life light.

Red Flags

The diva in her can turn into arrogance. A god-complex, she might believe in her mighty status and purpose without regard for anyone else. Proving her wrong will be seen as an offence, seeing you as disloyal. This is a clear translation of a fragile ego. One that cannot be contested for fear of losing her self-importance. Accountability is key, and with consideration, calling out on her unsavoury diva-like behaviour can kill the delusion of grandeur. Embedded deeply enough, you might find she will hold onto their most loyal companion of pride. The part of them that lets their inner fires burn in wild reactions to minor gib, jab thrown at them.

Generally speaking, Leo energy is gregarious and will steal the show without callous, rather under the natural calling to take hold of the audience. If you’re dating a Leo woman, know that she flares in such bright light that she can often blind you and consume from your own, but if you’re the right person, she can also warm you all in the right places.

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