Leo: The 5th Sign of the Zodiac
July 22 thru August 22
I WILL
Courage...
Any Accomplishment Truly Worth Achieving Requires Courage.
Leo teaches the spiritual power of conscious will. Its key phrase, I Will, is more than determination—it is the ability to choose a meaningful purpose and remain faithful to it.
True willpower is not about forcing life to conform to your desires. It is the art of gathering your energy, focusing your intentions, and directing your heart toward what serves your highest good. When scattered desires are united behind a single worthy purpose, they become one of your greatest spiritual strengths.
The biblical story of Samson and Delilah reminds us that strength is not measured only by physical power. Every spiritual journey includes moments when we must face disappointment, temptation, loss, or uncomfortable truths. These are the experiences that test whether our commitment is deeper than our comfort.
True courage is the willingness to endure discomfort without abandoning your higher purpose. It is choosing integrity over convenience, growth over fear, and purpose over momentary desire.
The greatest victories are often won within. Physical bravery may overcome external obstacles, but moral and spiritual courage transform desire into enlightened will. By steadily aligning your choices with your highest ideals, you awaken the inner strength to fulfill the purpose your soul came here to express.
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Character Insight from Spiritual Astrology:
Robert Redford...the Higher Expression of Corvus
The Third Decanate of Leo (August 12-22)
Leo/Aries—Constellation: Corvus.
Keyword:AMBITION (Desire to achieve a particular end.)
Paraphrased Spiritual Text: Your thoughts and conversations shape the person you become.
Corvus: From Scavenger to Steward
Corvus
Robert Redford’s Sun is in the Corvus decanate of Leo and positioned in the 6th house of service. Corvus, the crow or raven, is an opportunistic bird that survives by recognizing and making use of available opportunities. Symbolically, it represents the ability to perceive when a person or situation is vulnerable or underserved and to act decisively. When motivated by selfish desires, this instinct can lead to taking advantage of others for personal gain. For this reason, C. C. Zain presents the spiritual lesson of this decanate as a caution against allowing ambition to become an instrument of self-interest.
Yet ambition itself is neither good nor bad. Its value depends on the direction it is given. People tend to become that which they most think about and talk about, and ambition naturally follows the focus of the mind. When thoughts are centered on personal advantage, ambition seeks opportunities for selfish gain. But when attention is devoted to service, creativity, and the welfare of others, the very same drive becomes a force for constructive achievement.
Redford's life illustrates this higher expression of Corvus. Motivated by disappointment with the rigid, profit-driven Hollywood studio system, he saw an opportunity to help independent filmmakers whose voices were being overlooked. In the 1980s, he assumed leadership of the struggling U.S. Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and transformed it into the Sundance Film Festival. Rather than exploiting a weakened institution for personal benefit, he revitalized it with the vision of creating a supportive community rooted in mentorship, artistic freedom, and meaningful work—qualities reflected by his 6th-house emphasis on service.
Endowed with the natural AMBITION of this decanate, Redford pursued that vision tirelessly. He stood outside the 300-seat Egyptian Theatre during Park City's frigid winters, personally handing out tickets to passersby. He used his celebrity not to promote himself, but to draw attention to filmmakers the major studios would never have supported, gathering an audience for voices that otherwise might have remained unheard.
His ambition continued to express itself beyond the film industry through environmental advocacy in the American West, where he championed the ideal of living in harmony with Nature. His life demonstrates that the Corvus instinct to recognize opportunity can be transformed into a powerful instrument of service. When ambition is directed by thoughts of universal welfare rather than personal gain, it fulfills the highest spiritual purpose of this decanate.
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For use when we lack vitality, desire to unduly exert authority or express dictativeness or a domineering attitude to others.
Constructive Power Urges express as Rulership and control over the environment, and in cooperation and sympathetic understanding of views and problems of others.
O Thou Eternal Spirit, in Whom I live, move, breathe and have my Being! Manifest through me Thy Life, Light and Love. Aid me to conduct my affairs with dignity, courage and consideration for others. I desire to express self assurance—for my soul is at one with the All. Whatever Life may bring to me, I can with Thy aid, undertake and build therewith constructively.
In Elbert Benjamine's classic series, he explains the astrological significance of the sign Leo and its relationship to Arcanum XIX, The Sun tarot card.
EXPRESSION:
“In the spiritual world, the supreme heaven. In the intellectual world, true happiness. In the physical world, sacred union.”
ADMONITION:
“Remember, then, son of earth, that the light of the mysteries is a redoubtable fluid, put by nature at the service of the will. She lights those who know how to direct her; she strikes down with a thunderbolt those who ignore her power or who abuse it. If Arcanum XIX should appear in the prophetic signs of thy horoscope, happiness awaits thee in domestic life if thou knowest how to strengthen the conjugal circle and guard its sacredness in the sanctuary of the heart.”
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Why Astrology and the Tarot are so important to understanding Traditional Knowledge
The word Kabala signifies traditional knowledge. It thus refers to the Oral Law, as handed down from antiquity; and embraces the occult traditions of all lands and all peoples. Often it is used merely as referring to the esoteric doctrines of the Jews; but in its broader sense it includes also the secret doctrine of other races. This secret doctrine, common to many lands, was jealously guarded from the profane, and was never permitted to pass into writing except in such ambiguous terms as to baffle the uninitiated as to its true purport. In this sense the sacred books of the world, including the Avesta, the Vedas and the Bible are largely kabalistical; for they set forth traditions that are capable of an inner, or esoteric, interpretation. In fact, there are usually several interpretations possible, each more inner version revealing a deeper truth to those who have advanced along the path far enough to comprehend it.
And this seems the proper place to point out that the unwritten kabala, like the written kabala, is set forth in symbolical language, with purposeful blinds and subterfuges to confuse the uninitiated; so that of the few who undoubtedly exist at the present day who have received it, most remain in as much ignorance of its true interpretation as the majority of students do after studying the more accessible written kabala. This unwritten kabala has been transmitted only through certain secret schools. Those receiving it well merit what is given to them. They are left to their own devices in the matter of interpretation. And because the real keys to its interpretation—astrology and the tarot—have been largely ignored, or distorted, they have floundered sadly in arriving at its meaning. Whether written or unwritten, the kabala is a philosophy correlated to esoteric astrology as exemplified by the tarot; and it can only be comprehended fully by those who perceive the true relation between astrological energies and their pictured tarot exemplification.
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