Leo Horoscope Today — April 6, 2025

FireJul 23 — Aug 22Ruling Planet: Sun

The Moon is in your sign today, and it’s sitting right on top of Mars in Cancer, which is lighting up your subconscious sector. This is a strange combination for you, Leo. Normally, when the Moon is in your sign, you feel visible, magnetic, ready to take up space. But today, you might feel more like a storm cloud than a spotlight. You’re irritable in ways you can’t fully explain. You might find yourself snapping at a partner or a coworker and then immediately regretting it, unsure where the anger even came from. It came from somewhere deep — a place you don’t usually let people see. And that’s exactly where you need to go today.

Mercury and Venus are both retrograde in Pisces, in your eighth house of shared resources, intimacy, and transformation. They’re conjunct Saturn and the North Node, which means you’re being asked to look at the parts of your life you’d rather ignore: debt, power dynamics in a relationship, a secret you’ve been keeping from yourself. Venus retrograde here can bring up old lovers or old financial agreements that need to be renegotiated. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s also liberating. You can’t move forward until you clear the debris.

The Sun in Aries is in your ninth house of adventure and expansion, and it’s sextile Jupiter in Gemini, which is activating your spiritual and philosophical sector. This is the part of your chart that wants to explore, learn, and grow. You might feel a pull to book a trip, sign up for a class, or have a deep conversation with someone who challenges your worldview. Don’t ignore that pull, even if the rest of your life feels heavy. You need a sense of possibility to balance the intensity of the retrograde.

Mars in Cancer is squaring the Sun, which could create a conflict between your desire for freedom and your obligations to others. Someone might accuse you of being selfish, and your first instinct will be to roar back with all the reasons you’re actually the most generous person they know. But here’s the thing: you might be overextending yourself in ways that aren’t sustainable. Today, ask yourself if you’re saying yes out of genuine desire or out of guilt. The answer will tell you everything.

The Moon opposes Pluto in Aquarius this afternoon, which could surface a power struggle in a close relationship. Someone is trying to control the narrative, and you’re not having it. Instead of fighting for control, step back and let the situation reveal itself. By evening, the First Quarter Moon asks you to commit to a personal intention. What do you want to create in the next week? Write it down. Say it out loud. The universe is listening.