Gemini 17° (June 7)

Pretty crappy Monday overall, but we will straighten everybody out. Work beckons: This works for the Leo man in a number of ways. His trademark confidence itself opens doors. There is never a whiff of desperation, or even the suggestion of a need in his for others to offer acceptance or approval or desired green lights. And he’s not about to jump through hoops or work too hard to convince anyone of his abilities or to provide him with breaks or legs up. He’s not looking for favors, he is offering himself as one. Being so sure of himself, so at ease and self-possessed, and so commanding a presence rightly suggests that he is a natural born leader who could easily head up a project, a department, a team, a company, or whole industry. On the flipside, Leo isn’t one to much consider in what areas he has need for improvement, which can be especially difficult in his personal relationships. He is disposed to call the shots in his love bonds, sometimes without even being aware of this default dynamic. Leo will have a lot of free reign in love relationships and family life, expecting others to revolve around his schedule, and he won’t make the kinds of compromises others necessarily feel they have to when settling into a long-term commitment. He understands early in life what his interests and indulgences might be and he will continue to prioritize solo pursuits over those of familial demand. That naturally occurring Leo feels nary a need to make alterations to his lifestyle, even as he may ascend to great success and become an increasingly higher earner. Many a Leo man might be making major bank without others even knowing it, as he often needs convincing to make upgrades to his living conditions, preferring to sock it away for a rainy day rather than squander on so-called luxuries. He tends to be a man of simple tastes. And he does have his weaknesses. Because he is so willful, it is difficult for him to come to terms with the fact that he might have addiction issues, admitting powerlessness in such a case going against his prideful grain, which brings us to another paradox: Although substance abuse can be an issue for the Leo, it is most often some form of gambling to which he is most susceptible, while any addiction at all has elements of playing Russian roulette. The shadow side of the fifth-house rule over fun and games can manifest in this form of risk-taking, and many a Leo man has found his luck run out one too many times. You know, we said in the first sentence of this chapter that Leo “is certain” that the game of life is one of self-determination and not one of chance, but we didn’t say he matched his behavior with that belief. He might convince himself—what is conviction after all?—that he gets where he wants to go in life by utilizing the sheer force of his sign-ruled backbone, but really he does spin the wheel much of the time, hoping to land on a desired opportunity, not working as hard to reach his goals as he may think he does. Like the male Lion in the wild, Leo can be rather lazy; it’s the female of the species that does all the hunting and rearing of her pride, the male mainly looking impressive and roaring a lot to scare prey out of hiding for the females to pick off, padding up to join in the fait accompli feast. 

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Gemini 16° (June 6)

My father’s birthday. I don’t feel much. Off to work: To be a Leo man is to feel oneself quintessentially male, and human for that matter, predisposed to see himself as the most perfect embodiment, that paragon again, or the most typical, i.e. natural, of human beingness. Literally meaning the fifth essence, in ancient and medieval philosophy, quintessence was thought to be the highest element, after fire, earth, air and water, believed to be the substance of the celestial bodies as well as latent in all things. In modern terms, it is a hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe. The assignment of this elusive element to the heavens, while being hidden or dormant in everything, requires some unpacking. What the Romans called quinta essentia was, already to the Greeks, synonymous with the ichor, the blue blood, that ran in the veins of the gods, and ultimately the nobility, who claimed divine inheritance and the right to rule as such. Five, the number associated with the sign of Leo, is also central to proportionality in human beings as well as nature, from a mathematical perspective. We have cited Leonard DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man, that famed nude drawing of a male with arms and legs outstretched, as illustrating the human body having five appendages, the two arms and legs ending in five fingers and five toes, and the head, five openings as relate to the five senses. Likewise, the number five is central to the Golden Ratio, also called the Divine Proportion, and it can be derived from several formulas based on that number, most accessibly, geometrically—if you were to take a pentagon with five equal sides and then connect all the intersecting points inside the pentagon, it would form a five-pointed star all the lines of which would be in Golden Ratio. At the risk of losing you, here, Leo, your sign number five is mathematically linked to all concepts of quintessence as the most “typical” that is to say naturally occurring pattern in nature, here on planet earth, but also in the known cosmos, as the Golden Ratio, to which the number five is so central, repeats in the proportionality of the human body, in the patterning of plants and animals and the formation of galaxies—it is proof of some kind of natural and divine ordering, a recurring rhythm, the reality, and understanding, of which you are astrologically designed to embody. You might find further reading on this elsewhere to be interesting Leo. For purposes here, it’s important to hit home the fact that, as your archetypes already suggest, you carry such quintessential cosmic DNA as predisposes you to see yourself as not only the best of the male human bunch offer but also the most naturally occurring of men. Beyond the notion of being authentic with a disdain for any artifice on your part, it also suggests that you are enough just as you are that your self-evidence means you never need prove yourself, take it or leave it. 

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Gemini 15° (June 5)

Gots lots to do: Bring on the new messiah: Beyond his default belief that he is god’s gift to the universe, typically everything in Leo’s demeanor says others should show gratitude on that score. He will have you know that you are fortunate to know him, even casually or vaguely, those inside his intimate sphere always on notice they can be cast out. One can’t help thinking of Robert DeNiro’s character Jack Byrnes in Meet The Parents with his “circle of trust” and eyeballing hand gesture suggesting he’s always watching you, like god, ready to punish you for your sin of disloyalty; the name Byrnes makes a nod to the fixed-fire, the sacred heart/h symbol of the divine eternal. We always say you can’t escape your archetype, and the most obvious examples we have that prove this adage are the way actors are mostly cast in roles that typify their own sun signs. Let’s just say that Leo actors are good at playing controlling, overbearing characters with some kind of god-complex, even if they’re a simple taxi driver. And in the game of life, Leo is most apt to play god. The father principle associated with the sign makes the Leo man patronizing, a (s)word that cuts both ways. Embodying that fifth-house attribute of “the love you give” Leo doesn’t stop to ask others if they are willing to receive it. As is often the case, Leo most often finds himself in a position of power to make or break others’ careers and would-be successes. He typically assumes a fatherly role as some kind of director of, boasting a talent for ushering other talent toward their own artistic, professional goals, even when having a creative career of his own—think Redford’s Sundance or DeNiro’s TriBeCa films enterprises, festivals et al. The Lion most readily finds his way to the top of professional food chains, in position of decider and he will form personal, albeit blurred bonds with those he’s helped along their paths. What he’s done for people is never divorced from who he is to them. And he’s watching and waiting for your latest show of gratitude, just as he is for you to give off even the slightest hint of taking his grace for granted. The Leo giveth and the Leo can taketh away. Sometimes even the closest of friends—well, as close as you can get to the fixed-fire Lion without getting burned or your head bitten off—will find themselves cast out of his intimate sphere for seemingly for the slightest infraction or none at all they can think of. Disloyalty to the Leo can simply be perceived as disagreeing with his opinions or decisions, that dictatorial shadow side emerging, which means his personal life will be increasingly filled with yes men and women. As it is his friendship base is largely made up of clients and colleagues who need defer to him, often along with childhood cronies who’ve genuflected to the Leo since his glory days. Like J.C. Superstar suddenly returned from his trip into the mystic, now aged somewhere in his Leo year span (28-35), focusing now on amassing a following, from his twelve apostles (corresponding to the twelve signs of the zodiac with him at the center of the universe) to the increasing masses, the Leo manchild is designed to draw others to him, rallying them to his way of thinking, causes and point of view. He is rarely not the alpha among his young male peers. The sword Excaliber is a symbol of Arthur’s own divine kingship and endows him with the power to gather his knights of the round table; likewise, the incisive Tom Sawyer, with his suggestively cutting name and cut-up personality, is also a leader of the pack who rallies his peers to do his bidding. It’s not that Leo man is forever stealing the spotlight, rather he is the spotlight and when he is beaming upon others it can make them feel most special. There is something encoded in his cosmic nature that makes people want to both please and be accepted by him. And it’s not wholly unconscious on your part, Leo. Au contraire: Leo is generally aware that the loving attention he pays to others is currency, his presumed love is a drug on which he hooks people. The favors he bestows or any opportunity he provides come with heartstrings attached. You owe him total dedication and devotion, which shouldn’t be expressed too subtly. This greatest player of the game of life is forever keeping score, make no mistake. Of course, Leo sees himself as wholly uncomplicated.

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Gemini 14° (June 4)

I can’t even. Work to do: In the Major Arcana of the Tarot, the Strength card depicts a lion and, along with the heart, a symbol of strength itself, the other body part ruled by Leo is the backbone, a mark of strength again, along with conviction, determination and courage. Prowess combines the notion of having talents, abilities, expertise and mastery with courage, gallantry and valor. The more evolved, un-cowardly Lion will be in full heart-felt possession of all these elements, which is a tall order. In a way, you might say Leo has to be somewhat delusional in order to walk the exalted path he’s been put upon, otherwise it might appear too daunting. Whereas the Moon, ruling Cancer, represents the mother principle in the cosmos, the Sun, ruling Leo, is that of the father principle. The Moon is nurture, care and intuition, the Sun is might, right, agency and authority, the Arthur archetype as author and architect of manifested dream of Camelot, the famed round table, a reiteration of the twelve thrones of Olympus (and the twelve signs of the zodiac) circled round a central hearth, the heart center of the palace, tended by the goddess Hestia. The round table is referred to as the table of Hestia, connecting Greek mythology with Arthurian legend. The point is, as Arthur finally alighted on the notion that might should be in service to what is right, Leo man increasingly draws the strength and courage of his convictions from the indisputable rightness he feels he brings to the table. It is nearly impossible to convince him, or for him to ever admit, that he is wrong, about anything. Even when his stances are ubiquitously embraced, there is typically a self-righteous, a hubris, in his expression. One might politically side with a Sean Penn or a Robert DeNiro but it’s difficult to deny that they can be smug in their assertions—don’t let’s get started on Steve Martin—which brings the notion of being entitled to one’s opinion to a whole new level. Even when warm and smiley, Leo so fully embodies an easeful self-evidence in positions of power or privilege, unquestionably suited to the spotlights that might entail. It comes as no surprise that the first ever African American president would be born under the sign of Leo. Barack Obama seemed a natural fit for the job and nothing in his attitude, demeanor or very persona suggested anything but. Everything about him screamed of course. And the fact that his presidential slogan started with the word Yes is right in the archetypal pocket of the sign: We have long asserted that Yes is the word of creation, No being negation. Read James Joyce’s Ulysses all the way through and it will hit home the point, or just listen to (Leo) Kate Bush sing The Sensual World, which she lifted from Joyce’s pages. As the sign of Leo and its fifth house is that of creation of every kind, from intellectual or artistic form to literal procreation, and the real and brain children that result, the fixed-fire of the sign is the immortal flame, the light that never goes out, the eternal Yesof the ever expanding universe. Ever listen to (Leo) Louis Armstrong’s musical catalog? In song after song he vocally riffs on the word Yes. From the Old English meaning “may it be so” or “so mote it be” it is an utterance of the will, as if just saying it could even make it happen. It is a word of both acceptance and affirmation, these two elements going hand-in-hand in the Leo personality. Nobody is more self-accepting than the Leo who views the world, and the people in it, as having to bend and adapt to his natural way of being, not to mention his will as well; and one meaning of an affirmation is a declaration of an intention—we’ve all heard of the concept of making lists of affirmations, statements of desired outcomes worded in the present tense as a sort of magical means of manifestation. Well, this is a naturally occurring mechanism in the Leo who is forever in the process of creating chosen outcomes by the sheer force of his will. Affirmation also carries the meaning of providing positive reinforcement, emotional support and encouragement to others, “the love you give” being square in Leo’s wheelhouse. The shadow side of this naturally fatherly energy is that of the aforementioned tyrant which has been exemplified by some of the many film directors who are born under the sign. 

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Gemini 13° (June 2+3)

Feeling very in-between-y. It is a transition day for sure which still means much can be accomplished if I focus. Am still trying to make this journey work and meet myself at the end of it. I think now that we are getting on the exact same page it will be much easier. Anyway going to make some hay: Leo finds it his duty in life to be as good a sun king as he can, to embody the best of what man can be, and thus not exploit this godlike designation, but to be a positive life force for others, creator as well as creature, a positive life force that, to use the vernacular, gives us life. The shadow side of the king, of course, is the tyrant and anyone acquainted with a Leo man has probably seen it creep into their interactions. Being one so cosmically endowed with nobility, Leo man will take personally every lousy move made by others. Even in circumstances that have naught to do with him, if you cross his well-drawn moral boundaries, you will make a direct insult to his majesty. He is all or nothing on that score. And when you’ve been cast out of the realm of his kinship, you typically remain so. He is one of the zodiac’s greatest grudge holders. It will take major recompense to enter back into his good graces, which rarely happens. He is the golden boy in his youth, the wholesome Picaresque hero around which everything revolves, a typically athletic class clown who charms others with a disarming Tom Sawyer panache. He can nonetheless be emotionally distant and will be hostile, especially, to other males he considers sneaky or conniving. In the cartoon version of life, he is the eternal Archie Andrews (often with the ginger hair to prove it) and always has a rival Reggie on whom to heap his tsk-tsking disapproval. As he matures, his world tends to get smaller, not bigger, his fan base limited to family and a handful of friends. He can be nostalgic, lost in his proverbial glory days; and must take pains to focus on the future, the uncertainty of which he finds uncomfortable. Many twentysomething wunderkinds are born under Leo; and they risk equating inexorable aging with a weakening of their power. For King David and King Arthur, their greatest successes come at an early age. So, Leo must fight not to see himself as over-the-hill at thirty-five; and to consciously and constantly reinvent himself—which can his biggest challenge. The age group ruled by the sign of Leo is actually 28-35, a full seven-year cycle since coming of age, leaving school and establishing oneself, while still being young enough that achieving successes will be that much more impressive, the proverbial young lion. Following the cardinal-water sign of Cancer, associated with flood myths and recovery, a metaphor for, among other things, surviving and healing the more traumatic aspects of one’s childhood conditioning, the fixed-fire sign of Leo is centered on restoration, self-creation and -establishment. Superimposing the zodiac onto the pattern of Old Testament we equate cardinal-fire Aries as the big bang spark of creation, fixed-earth Taurus as the garden, Eden, mutable-air Gemini as consciousness, characterized as duality and the Fall, Cancer, the flood, and next comes Leo, corresponding to the book of Kings and the postdiluvian age of miracles, magic and majesty. Receptive Moon-ruled Cancer’s motto is I feel (the effects of the past), while forceful Sun-ruled Leo’s motto is I will(determine the future), intention being at once, on the surface, something one aims to do and, more profoundly, the power to bring about a desired outcome. Thy will be done, Leo, on earth as it is in heaven.

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Gemini 12° (June 1)

Rabbit, rabbit. Slow morning but I haven’t slept as well as I did last night in probably a year. I’ve been taking a long time to write chapters but I’m hoping that now that I have a third of the book in the can that I can start speeding up for the second third and get that handed in so I can then have the rest trickle in. We shall see. The real estate market sucks and we aren’t fully on the same page as to how to approach it, but I am going to do my level best to make the right choices. Now, on to writing the necessary six-to-eight pages that will henceforth characterize the next fifty-six days (and nights): In our first book, Sextrology, the Leo man chapter is titled The Natural. This speaks to recognizing elements of self that are innately prominent, such talents and skills with which he was gifted in this lifetime. He won’t give time and attention to all his many natural abilities of, only those that inspire his true passion. The fixed-fire sign of Leo is a steady, slow burn; and once he has his heart set on a life pursuit, the Lion likewise sinks his teeth into it, most often proving that the realization of goals and dreams is largely due to never giving up on them. Being a Leo man is an inside-out affair, and, despite a ferocious determination, nothing about his life journey should have the slightest whiff of an uphill battle. You are here to meet your destiny on a level playing field, Leo Yeah, we’re talking to you. Leo shouldn’t subscribe to trying to grab for brass rings—his notion of reward is an ongoing process of being able to shine, more and more, through the creative revelation of his inborn endowments. All of the fire signs share a similar sense of being divinely touched, appointed or otherwise ordained; fire symbolizes spirit, in astrology and other esoteric disciplines: a divine spark (Aries), eternal flame (Leo) or flashes of genius (Sagittarius) that cannot be learned or otherwise gained through experience—you either got it or you don’t. The Leo man is pretty much programmed to pursue creative, career and personal goals, that is to say a winning combination of all three, at which he’s all but certain to excel. Life for him should be a no-brainer one way or another, and should he not be able to slam-dunk in a desired career role or professional field, say, one for which he burns with passion, he will likely work a job about which he cares little to absolutely nothing. In his career, specifically, Leo is typically either a great success or a complete underachiever. Either way, he’s not going to sweat some middling life pursuit that provides challenge but no loving feeling. He would sooner work some, even menial job that he could do in his sleep and front-burner non-vocational passions—activities, hobbies, artistic or sporting interests—for which he has the greatest affinity, and thus smack to him of a genuine experience. 

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Gemini 11° (May 31)

Two Favorite clients today. I think I’m starting a new regime but am reminded that it is a holiday—I forgot—so one more day before the purge begins, which is a fine thing. I did precious little as I want to use the day to truly rest in a way I haven’t in a while. The big inhale before the plunge. I have some fundraising copy I can draft on this so-called day off: I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Last year at this time, knowing there would be no AFTERGLOW FESTIVAL in 2020, we quickly pivoted our operations to create an artist-relief initiative, commissioning a dozen artists to create works that they could perform on our stage at a future date. Although we raised just a fraction of what we normally do year on year—many regular sponsors were unsure about their own finances in these troubling times—we not only kept many performers afloat, but we also became a model for other arts organizations, much bigger than our own, some with which we’ve partnered over the years, to emulate in their own relief efforts for artists. It was my honor to participate with other non-profit arts professionals in many virtual think tanks and seminars aimed at supporting our creative community.

As Afterglow launched in 2011, last year would have been year ten of the festival, but we can still hope that year ten will materialize, now, in 2021! As I write this the jury is still out—our hosting venue is hoping that we can stage the festival, not in September, but in November instead this year. Fingers crossed. In any case I can no longer play chicken with fundraising in case the shows do indeed go on. That said, if this year turns out to be a repeat of the last, we will again funnel what funds we do raise into more commissions for artists to create works to be performed at a later date. In the meantime, we have these last two years personally absorbed all other costs so that any monies the non-profit raises go directly to the performers, many of them young and not firmly established, who need assistance most. 

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