To be a Leo is to either have a power ballad for a personality or to create a standup comedy routine out of your attempts to hide from the spotlight. With Leo, there’s often either an overt desire to be seen and appreciated or a sort of self-effacing humor that inadvertently draws more attention to itself.

The shift from the navel-gazing of Cancer to the proud, confident strides of Leo is a lot like the dichotomy between impressionism and expressionism. We care less about the immediate perceptions we absorb from the energies around us, and more about the drama of our subjective experience.