Leo 2026 Year Ahead Horoscope & Astrology Forecast ♌

Hey, my name is Chris Brennan and this is your year ahead horoscope and astrology forecast for the zodiac sign of Leo for the entire year of 2026 Joining me today is astrologer Lisa Scheim. Hey Lisa. Thanks for joining me for our horoscopes this year. Hey Chris, glad to be here Alright, so for our horoscopes We'd recommend watching the one that matches your rising sign because that's gonna give you the best Forecast if you know your birth time if you don't know your birth time Then you can also watch the one that matches your Sun sign And we're gonna give kind of a big-picture overview of the major transits and themes coming up over the course of the next year So let's go ahead and jump right into it so here's the planetary movements calendar that shows the movements of the planets throughout the course of the year and Here's the major transits. We're going to be focusing on over the course of 2026 So the first one is that Saturn and Neptune at the very beginning of the year in January and February Are gonna move from the sign of Pisces into the sign of Aries Which is moving from your 8th house of shared resources to your 9th house of beliefs education and travel Right, so you've had these long transits going on in the 8th house. So Saturn and Neptune there Especially a Saturn since March 2023 has required a lot of work around Shared resources shared finances potentially things involving your partner's income if you have a partner taxes loans debts Or mortality related things like wills or inheritance, but now it's moving into the 9th house So there's going to be a lot more focus now on work around higher education long-distance travel Belief systems in particular like religion or philosophy Astrology also goes there basically how you understand the world yeah, so this is good in the one sense because there may have been some setbacks or some Nebulousness surrounding shared resources and financial matters It's going to be alleviated by the end of this transit or by this transit ending at the beginning of the year Especially going back to like March of 2023 when Saturn first went into Pisces and into your 8th house of shared resources so now this energy is shifting to the 9th house and it's going to put the focus much more on your beliefs and your education and the accumulation of wisdom and It's a little tricky at the start because Saturn conjoining Neptune in February is going to create what I call a reality distortion field that sort of been building up over the past few years that it's going to culminate at the beginning of 2026 with this conjunction and that could be a little bit tricky for you because as you're as It's bringing the focus into the 9th house of beliefs and wisdom and learning You may need to be careful if you start to learn new things or if you start to take on new political beliefs because you may have some challenges telling the difference between what's real and what's not real or between what's true versus what's false Because of this conjunction becoming so prominent in the very beginning of 2026 Definitely. Yeah, it's the time where you want to be careful of like Cultish type behavior around religion or philosophy which can go in any and you know in any sphere of religion or philosophy really It's also a time when your previous structures around how you see the world your belief systems your worldviews can start to dissolve and there can be a gradual process of Reformulating what exactly you do believe? yeah, so sometimes there can be some setbacks when it comes to Saturn transits in the ninth house and Saturn might close one door when it comes to some educational route that you've been taking up to this point or In terms of some belief system that you've had up to this point But when it closes one door It'll eventually open another and sometimes the long run those surmountable difficulties can be really good for us if we stick with things So and on top of that I think some of the reality distortion will drop off a little bit after February once that conjunction between those two planets starts to move into the past So that's our first major transit of 2026 Starting in February, we also get to our second major transit Which is a clip season one which is taking place in Aquarius and Virgo between February and March Which is in your seventh house of relationships and your second house of finances Yeah, so this will be the first eclipse in Aquarius and the Aquarius Leo series and we'll get the second part later in the year But the first clips in your seventh house of partnership and one-on-one interaction So there can be beginnings and endings with regard to personal partnership Business partnership if you do client work that can also go there any major one-on-one interactions It can change how you it can be, you know If you're not partnered there can be someone showing up that you're interested in being partnered with it can change also just relationship dynamics If you are partnered or it can be something new happening or something ending in your partner's life Yeah, so major beginnings and major endings when it comes to relationships starting with this first eclipse but it's going to be opening up a series of major beginnings and endings in that sector of your life over the course of the next year or two as we see a couple of at least Eclipses taking place in Aquarius and you know, those does not have to be bad necessarily I've had major relationships start under like an eclipse my seventh house I believe I've met met somebody at some point but during an eclipse if you recall you you may have There's like a legendary tweet about that from like 2008 or something from yeah, we're like enjoying my eclipse Right exactly So major beginnings sometimes major endings also whether it's end of a relationship Sometimes it can be end of a chapter in a relationship as well So it doesn't mean the end of a relationship per se even though it can the other important thing is the other eclipse taking place in Virgo in your second house and how that sort of part of a series of eclipses have been taking place there of major beginnings and endings in terms of your personal finances and sometimes that can End a chapter with respect to let's say a job but it can also open up a new chapter with respect to Trying to increase your income as well at the same time So look for opportunities Especially for new beginnings where you could set a new foundation to improve your financial status around the time of that eclipse Definitely. Yeah, it can be a time of you know I'm ending one job and starting another or just new ideas percolating all of a sudden about Future ways to where you can make a living Yeah, exactly. All right So let's move on to our third major transit of this year Which is going to be Uranus departing from Taurus where it's been for seven or eight years since 2018 2019 And moving into the sign of Gemini for good Starting in April and this is going to be a transit where it's moving from your 10th house of career And it's going into your 11th house of friends and groups and alliances So on the one hand, it's ending a transit that's happened for seven years That's caused or at least Coincided with probably a major shakeup in terms of your career and your overall life direction in the 10th house and now it's leading to some unexpected changes and Innovations and seeking freedom in the sphere of friends and groups and alliances Mm-hmm. Yeah, so for the first third of the year through April, it'll still be in your 10th house of career and There'll be a little bit of a last hurrah in February as you're in a stations for the last time in Taurus and then the inner planets and even the eclipse all square it by degree throughout the rest of February So whatever you've been innovating around around your career your professional life how you're known publicly There'll be a last little burst of that in February And then as of April it goes into your 11th house of friends groups the larger social sphere social networks social alliances all of those things and That can bring sort of unexpected changes with regard to friends your Sometimes it's the case that Uranus goes through your 11th and your friends start acting You know sort of abruptly oddly or is the things like that? It can just represent them or what's going on in their lives where your friends have sudden changes in their lives But it can also be definitely be Major changes around how you want to interact with community. It can be like either sudden Sort of additions or departures from community efforts, you know groups boards, whatever those sorts of things Yeah, definitely and there was a preview of this transit that already started last year in July of 2025 when Uranus first moved into Gemini for a few months but then it retrograded back out into Taurus and now it's coming back for good and it's going to be transiting through this sector of your chart until like 2020 2033 so this is a long-term transit and there will be some Unexpected disruptions and upsets when it comes to friends and groups during this time potentially but also The urge for having and seeking freedom and liberation when it comes to your friends and groups and in some ways that should be exhilarating in terms of finding friends and groups and like-minded people that are more authentically connected with what your true beliefs and Desires are in life, which is ultimately a good thing Definitely if you're also if you're inclined towards this it's a great transit for social activism, right? Because Uranus is is very excitable and wants to do things that are you know Potentially like revolutionizing things and it's going through your your community sector So can be a great time to work in like social action groups right, like we've been watching that documentary on like the Revolutionary war and like all of these guys that were like forming these little groups and stuff for The American Revolution at that time when Uranus was in Gemini it must have had a similar transit like this happening. I bet Right, probably Yeah. Alright, so let's move on to our next transit Which is Jupiter's moving from cancer in the first half of this year Which is your 12th house and Jupiter's gonna move into Leo Starting in late June for the entire second half of 2026 and that's moving into your first house of mind body and soul Which is your rising sign, of course Mm-hmm. So Jupiter was already in cancer for the second half of 2025 and I'll do the next six months In 2026 and that expands things around like things that are positive that come out of being in solitude So it can also be really good for mental health. It can be good for Recognizing ways in which you have blind spots and like not having those blind spots anymore It's basically really positive for subconscious things. It can also be positive surrounding dealing with You know enemies like people you don't get along with aka like, you know thinking of better ways to Orient yourself around those things but in particular the biggest thing I usually see with Jupiter transiting the 12th house is just really positive things that come out of Doing things on your own in seclusion, which can be working on a project which necessitates you working alone For a while that kind of thing yeah, so there's sometimes in our life where we feel a lot more social and Jupiter for example in previous years was transiting through the 11th house, which is more like growth in friends and groups, but Jupiter here is having benefits by Delving into internal matters. So for example, it can be a good time to focus on mental health things such as You know like starting to see a therapist or Other things like that that is like self-work that you do either alone or with somebody that's helping you to dive into some of those internal depths and that's sort of like the first half of the year and that's a trend that already started in the second half of 2025 when Jupiter first moved into cancer, but we really see that culminate in an important way in the first half of 2026 But that Jupiter transit once it goes from your 12th house to your first house starting in late June for the entirety of the second half of 2026 is really going to feel like coming out of that period of internal work and becoming more extroverted again and Reinventing yourself. Sometimes it can be good for like a makeover or changing something about your body or your physical appearance as well as An increased period of potentially of good health, for example when Jupiter's transiting through your rising sign Mm-hmm. It's really great for things that Require attention on you on you. So and that can be anything right? Like it gives you more kind of personal power for a little while I think and so and I also think about if there were things that you were working on behind the scenes that can be like a you know a Bringing that out into the light of the public when Jupiter moves from your 12th house to your first house, so But yeah, definitely more of a contrast the first half of the year is much more internal And then the second half of the year is very it's it's much more warm It's much more extroverted and particularly for you because that's going into your first house Jupiter in Leo Yeah, absolutely So around this time around June before Jupiter leaves cancer, it's gonna have a conjunction with Venus which is really auspicious Which is something that we noticed when we're working on our 2026 electional astrology report Which we just finished and released Where we go through the next year and we pick out and highlight the best dates for doing things next year Giving you a handy guide basically to fortunate dates in 2026 Yeah, so this is for anything you want to either important actions you want to take or important projects you want to start it can Be around your love life business Home anything basically that's important to you And what you do is start them or take those actions at those selected dates and times for better prospects of successful results So we go through each of the next 12 months and we give you a forecast of each month and tell you what the best Dates are but we also tell you what dates to avoid doing things Because electional astrology sometimes is just as much about what dates you should avoid if there's like a Mercury Retrograde or a hard Mars aspect as it is knowing which days to do things So we have 28 auspicious charts plus tutorials in the report it includes a video version and audio version as well as a written report and you can use it for business love or Pretty much any major life event in your life over the course of the next year to accomplish major things So the report was just launched and it's on sale, but just for the first month for $49.95 but only until the beginning of January when the price will go up to $65 so you can get the report now at the astrology podcast comm slash 2026 report Alright, so let's move into the second half of the year where we get our second eclipse season Which is actually happening in Leo and Pisces in August and going into early September So this is important, of course because Leo is your rising sign in your first house of body and self and Pisces is your eighth house of shared resources and other people's money right, so that first eclipse is going to be the very first one in that Leo series and That just kind of reiterates a lot of things we were talking about with the Jupiter transit in your first house of self Body and mind in the second half of 2026. So eclipses will bring Important beginnings and endings with regard to the topics they're touching so in this case, it can be a new beginning or an ending with regard to you know, bodily habits exercise routines even appearance related things But also just your sense of self which again is broad, but you bring to the rest of your entire life So it can be really important turning point with regard to How you view yourself or how you present yourself? Yeah, and I think part of what this is is earlier in the year in February we saw the first eclipse in Aquarius, which is in the seventh house of relationships for Leo rising people so sometimes that's like starting a new relationship and then suddenly putting a lot of focus on that relationship and a lot of time and energy towards a new relationship or Sometimes a new chapter in an existing relationship But then when you get the second eclipse in the first house six months later, this is suddenly Needing to balance things out because maybe you've been putting a lot of time and energy into relationships earlier in the year But suddenly you feel the need later in the year to rebalance things and put more time into yourself And figuring out who you are and what you need and what's important to you yeah, that happens a lot with the eclipses across the first and seventh or anything really impacting the first and or seventh houses as You know anytime you have one impacted it obvious and automatically impacts the other one Yeah, definitely And that's going to be a theme that's going to be continuing into 2027 because this eclipse series is just getting started in 2026. So this is like the opening sequence of events It's then they're going to unfold over the course of the next year or two Definitely. All right So that's a clip season two then we get into The third quarter of the year and we get a Venus retrograde in the signs of Scorpio and Libra in October in November Especially and this is happening in your fourth house of home and living situation and parents and your third house of communication short-distance travel and siblings neighbors and extended relatives so anytime we have a Venus retrograde there can be either or people coming back from the past that you're not as there that you haven't been communicating with as closely for a while or Just reworking interpersonal dynamics with those the people in those areas or the things in those areas so With a Venus retrograde starting in the fourth house It can be reworking dynamics with your parents if your parents are still around or ancestry in general Reworking things around the home or living situation and then connecting it back to the third house, which is siblings or other extended relatives While that has other topics in the third house like communications and Short-distance travel neighbors your immediate neighborhood and so forth. This one pretty easily can be connecting Family for you, right because their family relationships going on in the fourth house in the third house Which is where the Venus retrograde is happening for you in both of those houses Yeah, definitely family things and Venus retrogrades always have this backwards looking orientation where it can either be about people from your past coming back into the present so that could be like Family things but it can also be like neighbors or friends that you grew up with like going back to and revisiting the place that you grew up with and therefore Reconnecting also with your old neighborhood or people that were in your neighborhood or extended family around that area Venus retrogrades can also connect us back to Events that happened in eight-year increments So the last time this same Venus retrograde happened was eight years earlier, which would have been October November of 2018 for example or eight years before that which would be October November of 2010 and Sometimes events that occurred during those previous eras can come back in some significant way into the present if not in an exact repetition sometimes in just some sort of archetypal or formal similarity because it's again activating your fourth house of Living situation home and parents and your third house of communication neighborhood siblings and travel Definitely. Yeah so this is more of a looking backward and Revisiting and the first part of it while Venus is retrograde and then the second phase of that will be you know Taking that and going forward with you know Whether that was just like a nice memory to revisit and now you go forward again in those areas of life or whether it's like Reworking like sibling relationships and then deciding how you want to move forward together with like better communication dynamics or things of that nature yeah, or sometimes like there can be a crossover between the third and the fourth house of like reconciling your parents and your siblings or parents and other extended relatives or things like that or sometimes Connecting your home and living situation with siblings like maybe there's a sibling that has to move in with you or an extended relative that has to move in with you for a period of time so that you're Sort of going back in time in a sense of experiencing what that relationship was like for some reason for better or worse For those of you with night charts This is actually probably going to be one of your most if not the most positive transit that will take place this year Whereas for the day chart people it was the Jupiter transit earlier in the year that started in June going into your rising sign That was probably the most positive transit But the Venus Venus people or night people often experience the Venus retrogrades as being more positive than almost any other transit Yeah, especially after it turns and then goes forward again because there is still sometimes a working out of things during the retrograde itself yeah, and a bringing up the past and bringing up people from the past especially but You know, there's different scenarios for like Somebody comes back from your past and sometimes that can be really good things other times It can be a little bit more challenging of a thing. Mm-hmm. Definitely Alright, so that brings us to our final major transit of the year which is Mars entering its shadow in the signs of Leo and Virgo from September through December because it's Preparing to go retrograde in those two signs starting in January of 2027 But it already starts the build-up to that retrograde in Leo and Virgo in September through December Which is going to take place in your first house of self and your second house of finances Mm-hmm. So this is going to be a very extended Mars transit Usually Mars transits through a sign in about six weeks and this between the two signs is going to taste take us all the way through the spring of 2027 so it'll last quite a while So meaning you're going to be putting a lot of effort for some reason or attention towards these topics So the first house being the first house of self, it can be a health thing. It can be bodily practices Health habits like improving those it can be it depends on you know that again with the day and night Distinction the date the night chart people It'll probably be a little bit more Moderated and more constructive where the Mars retrograde period is just tend to be like a period of extended effort in that area Whereas the day chart people on the one hand you're going to get a great Jupiter transit through the first house Which is more positive for day chart people but you'll kind of get more extremes rather than more moderated because you have the Best extreme with the Jupiter transit and then potentially more Challenge with the Mars transit there which can be things involving health It can also just be a time where you're getting into a little bit more conflict You're feeling a little bit more heated and things of that nature But on the whole for everyone It'll be time where you're going to be putting a lot more effort or attention into those two topics And I can see for some people this won't be relevant for everyone necessarily, but for some people like it's like working on Self presentation that is connected with how you make a living like if you work for yourself in particular That matters, although I can see it still mattering even if you have a regular nine-to-five Yeah, especially for the night chart people. I think it's just gonna be working really hard to make more money and sometimes Centering yourself in terms of that where your personality your appearance and your sense of selfhood is more important towards Expanding smear of financial aspirations than at other times in your life and that you'll find that you have the Capacity for more work and for harder work during this time But that it'll be to good effect like you'll be able to accomplish a lot during this time for the day for the and I think that's just gonna go together with some of the Jupiter transits and the eclipses and other stuff that Are happening around the same time this year For the day chart people there will be the potential for a little bit more challenging things because Mars transits through The first house can make you a little bit more irritable a little bit more Bombastic and prone towards getting into fights and arguments So especially if you started a new relationship earlier in the year with the Eclipse and Aquarius in your seventh house you're gonna want to be careful going into this Mars retrograde transit that In feeling a little bit more forthright and having the ability to express yourself more directly that you don't accidentally create Conflict and discord and tension in your relationships by you know Being more authentic and expressing yourself more directly at the same time you also want to be careful about that transit just in terms of the potential for sometimes if you spout off and like start an argument with somebody or Create some sort of tension or conflict that it could lead to some challenging things in terms of your financial situation Since Mars will also be retrograde in the in the second house of finances But as long as you're careful and exercise caution and restraint during that Mars retrograde transit You should be able to get the best things out of it because Jupiter will be there at the same time Mm-hmm. All right. I think that's it That's the last major transit dimension this year for the horoscope for Leo and Leo rising for 2026 So those are your major transits for 2026 So as we said if you want help planning out your year next year then get our 2026 electional astrology report Which is on sale only until January for $49.95. Then it goes up to $65 after that You can get it at the astrology podcast comm slash 2026 report if you want to learn more about our approach to reading birth charts Then you can check out my Hellenistic astrology course, which is available at the astrology school comm but otherwise good luck in 2026 And we'll see you again next year