Leo is lucky – Leo is fire.
But if like me, you have no fire (Leo, Aries, or Sagittarius) in your astrological chart that won’t mean that you won’t have to deal with it. [1] Indeed – astrologically – what you’re missing is more important than what you have.
Did you know that statistically you’re highly likely to be missing one of the four elements (water, earth, fire, or air)? Further, until you devise a conscious, constructive outlet for this missing energy, it will operate unconsciously through the collective in what is often referred to as ‘fate’.
Consider the story of Simba – a rambunctious lion club full of himself and his future. He will be King of the Pride Lands one day! However his unchecked enthusiasm for adventure makes him easy prey for his jealous, cunningly evil uncle. This results in the death of Simba’s father and Simba’s guilt-ridden self-imposed exile from home.
Simba now discovers a new philosophy – Hakuna Matata – ‘no one cares at all’ and lives happily with new friends repudiating all that a lion should be. But, after a visit from the ‘Wiseman’ and the spirit of his dead father, Simba reconnects with the ‘Circle of Life’ and returns home to overthrow his usurper uncle and claim his rightful throne. Simba has come full circle with regards to his fiery energy.
Simba may have too much fire in his chart or – more likely – none at all. We can only tell the difference by the way he behaves.
Accordingly to Liz Greene, a missing element is like a wild animal that can never be domesticated. It can be either a powerful friend or enemy. But the point is you’re never going to be in control. Yet your ‘missing element’ holds both your greatest creative potential – as well as the seeds for your downfall.
I’ve had to work hard to develop my intuition (a manifestation of fire) but its erratic expression has head to such unpredictably that I’ve been inclined not to trust it. Yet without it, I can’t make any progress in life.
Simba seems to have the same problem. His easy passion for life turns to tears and his sense of destiny deserts him in his hour of need. He looses faith in life and himself.
Fire is naturally extremely dangerous even at the best of times. But as Liz suggests, those of us who lack it must still deal with it – albeit not directly. With help from others, Simba was able to reconnect with fire in a more healthy way through his emotions (water) and reason (air). No doubt it was also helped by the responsibility (earth) thrust upon him by his position as once and future Lion King.
[1] I do have Pluto in Leo, which being a generational planet (as opposed to a personal planet) I figure doesn’t count.