Your star sign’s Leo season 2026 tarot horoscope reading

Leo season lands July 22 and brings with it the passionate, dramatic, centre-stage loving and bold nature of this star sign.

It feels like breaking up for school holidays with the best outfit ready to go for the leavers disco that night, knowing you’re about to have an epic, main character-esque summer.

Push yourself forward. Take the stage. Voice your needs. Pursue your passions. Be brave and bold to do the things you want to do, without apology.

Let this tarot reading tell you where you are ready to showcase a side of yourself that others don’t really realise is there. Let the main character out to play! Step up and out, and be seen!

Aries

March 21 to April 20

Tarot card for Aries for Leo season: Queen of Coins

Meaning: This is all about leadership. Maybe you’re ready to literally take on a promotion or responsibility increase in your role, maybe in your family or community. Perhaps you’re going to start a solo enterprise or side line.

You feel strong, competent, and like you’ve outgrown what you’re doing right now, you want more, and you want more scope and opportunity… and reward. Go for it. This card is a great omen that Leo season will bring you the upwards mobility you seek and deserve.

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Taurus

April 21 to May 21

Tarot card for Taurus for Leo season: Ten of Wands

Meaning: This is all about less is more. You have a secret belief that being popular, outgoing, and in demand is effort, too much hard work, draining. In some cases, yes. The wrong crowd can drain a social battery faster than fast. But, amongst friends and kindred souls, that’s not true.

I think it’s possible you’ve been hanging out too much with the wrong crowd; they’re not your tribe. Find the right one this Leo season, Taurus, and you will feel energised and full of beans, letting your Venus flirty nature out to play and feeling good about it. Experiment with your friendships.

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Gemini

May 22 to June 21

Tarot card for Gemini for Leo season: Five of Swords

Meaning: This is all about letting your inner lion roar, and showing ’em you’re not just a cute kitty cat! All Geminis have huge capacity to be scary and dominant, but choose not to because it’s so tiring, negative, and often counterproductive. So you tend to play nice.

But some folk mistake kindness for weakness, and it’s now time to show them you have sharp teeth and claws that they never saw coming. Leo always sticks up for the underdog, and right now you are being painted as the underdog, so fight for yourself. Be assertive, clear, and unshakeable… they will soon be regretting they awoke the ‘other twin’.

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Cancer

June 22 to July 23

Tarot card for Cancer for Leo season: Ace of Cups

Meaning: This is all about starring in your very own love story. A new suitor is going to enter the stage and you will catch each other’s eye and possibly fall in love right then and there! A bold claim? Yes, but Leo season is bold, and your happy ever after was never in doubt.

So, be social, be outgoing, be visible. Put yourself in the path of true love. If you’re happily attached, then this could be a fertility omen (should you be seeking that outcome), a new friendship, or even a rekindled family tie. Love songs are the theme tune of your Leo season — what bliss!

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Leo

July 24 to August 23

Tarot card for Leo for Leo season: Nine of Wands

Meaning: This is all about perseverance. Sometimes the applause is loudest when you feel worst. Folk watch and admire those who tackle their problems or hardships with grace and determination, it sets an example and creates dignity and respect (the very things you most want).

Use your own star sign’s season not only to party and celebrate, but to do something difficult and onerous. Take it on. Face it. Make it submit to your regal lioness will! Others will be amazed. This is you being the ultimate protagonist and hero. Go for it — it’ll be easier than you think.

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Virgo

August 24 to September 23

Tarot card for Virgo for Leo season: Ace of Swords

Meaning: This is all about telling the whole truth. You are ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication, but you’re also a practical Earth sign so you always think very carefully about what you say. Maybe too carefully…

This Leo season, speak up, speak out, express your inner thoughts and feelings, say it how it is (to your mind, anyway), then listen well to what comes back. When you spark up a lively topic and express a spiky view, you will hear things back that surprise you, and that’s the beauty of this. True communication is unfolding, and you started it. Enjoy the dialogue, don’t back down, but listen well. This is all new news.

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Libra

September 24 to October 23

Tarot card for Libra for Leo season: Two of Swords

Meaning: This is all about you calling the shots and making big decisions. Don’t do what others want you to, just to please them. Don’t say yes to things you’re not excited to actually do. Don’t opt for the easiest, lowest energy route ahead. Choose your own adventure carefully!

This Leo season will bring ‘main character plot twist’ choices. Treat them as such. Be brave and aim for a higher self energy and outcome. Do what will bring most reward in the long run and provides greatest potential for growth, new ideas and learning. You’re the director and script-writer of your own movie right now.

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Scorpio

October 24 to November 22

Tarot card for Scorpio for Leo season: Knight of Swords

Meaning: This is all about fighting for what you want. Some things come easy, some don’t. What you want right now is of the latter type, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not meant for you. It just means it’s a harder job to acquire it, but Leo season and the formidable, unstoppable Knight of Swords are here to help.

Dig in, stand tall, speak up. Know your goal and aim true. Don’t get distracted or waylaid. Keep going, give it your all and see how far you get by mid August… I think you will be surprised. And don’t worry too much about ruffling feathers along the way either!

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Sagittarius

November 23 to December 21

Tarot card for Sagittarius for Leo season: The World

Meaning: This is all about winning. You are going to score a great victory in your Fire sign sister’s season. You are going to bank a win and then look ahead and see that there’s even more potential here, that your success can possibly be the foundation for even more success.

You are the luckiest star sign as you are ruled by Jupiter, so when the going’s good… go harder! Travel and international connections may be involved, this could be about broadening the scope of what you’re doing well, making it accessible to more folk. Good luck, Sag — not that you need it.

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Capricorn

December 22 to January 21

Tarot card for Capricorn for Leo season: Page of Wands

Meaning: This is all about dancing to your own beat and not caring about the rest of it. Don’t toe the line. Don’t bow down to others’ will, opinions, ideas or demands.

You’re not ruled by anyone, you’re free to make your choices and do your own thing, and this Leo season is the right time to flex those muscles and enjoy playful and carefree experiments, adventures, and explorations, with no agenda or objective. Be wild. Be spontaneous. And be happy. You deserve it.

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Aquarius

January 22 to February 19

Tarot card for Aquarius for Leo season: Three of Wands

Meaning: This is all about getting lucky. Leos are lucky because they’re popular, so fortune and opportunity often seems to find them. People want people they like to do well, and unconsciously help them. And you get a magical dose of that energy this Leo season with the serendipitous Three of Wands.

Be open-hearted and welcoming, follow the signs, go where the flow leads you, respond to demands, give more of what folk seem to like getting from you… when you step into the tide that life sets for you, you can’t go wrong.

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Pisces

February 20 to March 20

Tarot card for Pisces for Leo season: Page of Cups

Meaning: This is all about playfulness and childlike wonder. You’re a fluffy lion cub, discovering the wide world for the first time, enjoying a taste of exploration, and being amazed by everything you encounter. Adopt this innocent and wholesome approach to where you go, what you do, and who you meet… and the world will open up to you even more.

Everyone likes to be gratefully received and appreciated, so this energy is opportunity-building too. You have a childlike energy, lean into it, be the lion cub, go out and play. Adventure awaits.

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Kerry King has been reading, teaching and creating tarot for 30 years. Join her magical, exclusive Tarot Club for forecasts, predictions, lessons and readings straight to your inbox. Enjoy one month free for all Metro readers (no lock-in or commitment) over on Patreon.

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