Leo daily horoscope

Today the Sun is in Scorpio, at a square to your sign. You do things wholeheartedly or not at all, and you would rather be seen trying than be safely invisible.

At the middle of the day the Moon is in Libra, which runs sociable and conflict shy, at its best when everything is even. The Moon is new, sitting with the Sun and giving no light at all. Cycles start in the dark, so this suits a quiet beginning and suits a launch that needs an audience very badly indeed. It is 3 per cent lit and shrinking. The Moon crosses into Scorpio later today, and the mood turns over with it.

Leo is ruled by the Sun, which governs where your attention and your energy go. It is currently in Scorpio, which takes that part of life deeper and makes half measures unbearable.

Mercury is sitting right on top of the Sun, your ruler, about 6.5 degrees off and just past exact and widening. A conjunction concentrates things. Whatever that planet does, it does it to this part of your life at full strength and without much subtlety.

Mercury is retrograde, which means Earth has overtaken it and from here it appears to track backwards against the stars. The old advice holds up better than the superstition around it: reread before you send, confirm the time and the address, and expect conversations you thought were finished to come back round. Venus is retrograde, which happens far less often than Mercury doing it. It is a reviewing stretch for what you value and who you want near you. Old names tend to resurface. Hold off on the big purchase and the big promise, and just notice what you actually want. Saturn is retrograde, so the deadline pressure eases off a little. The work does not go away, it comes back for a second look when Saturn turns direct, which is the argument for doing it properly now.

Let yourself be seen doing it. Hiding the effort is a habit, not a virtue, and today somebody needs to know it was you.