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The bestiary of Leo

The 16 Spirit Animals of Leo

Leo is not one animal. It is sixteen, and which one is yours depends on your personality type.

Dates 23 July - 22 August Element Fire Modality Fixed Ruler the Sun Symbol the Lion
Every animal in the Leo bestiary is a cat. Sixteen of them, from the lion down to the marbled cat that almost nobody has photographed in the wild. Leo is ruled by the Sun and the bestiary is arranged like light: the ones that blaze, and the ones that move through shadow and are no less regal for it.

The animals of Leo

Leo is the Lion, and the bestiary is entirely cats. Sixteen of them, which is more distinct felids than most people could name. The obvious ones are here, but so are the cats almost nobody has photographed in the wild. Leo is ruled by the Sun and the bestiary is arranged something like light: the ones that blaze in the open, and the ones that move through canopy and shadow and are no less regal for it. The lion is the first entry, not the only one, and several of the sixteen would beat it in a fight.

Three of the sixteen

A glimpse of the bestiary. The remaining thirteen are revealed when you find your own.

Lion of the Gilded Mane, the African Lion, spirit animal of the Leo ENTJ
ENTJ

Lion of the Gilded Mane

African Lion
sovereignstrategically commandingdecisive architect

You build structures that win and then you run them. The Lion of the Gilded Mane doesn't hold territory through constant aggression.

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Puma of the Copper Ridge, the Puma, spirit animal of the Leo ISTJ
ISTJ

Puma of the Copper Ridge

Puma
strategicself-sufficientlong-game architect

You have already thought through this from the other end and worked backward to here. The Puma of the Copper Ridge holds the largest natural range of any wild land mammal in the Western Hemisphere, from the Yukon to Patagonia, adapting its hunting strategy to every ecosystem it passes through without losing any essential quality of what it is.

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Serval of the Copper Grass, the Serval, spirit animal of the Leo ENFP
ENFP

Serval of the Copper Grass

Serval
inventiveleaps-at-ideassocially electric

You make connections between things that no one else noticed were related, and the leap from one to the other looks effortless because for you it genuinely is.

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The other thirteen

One for every remaining personality type. Yours is among them.

INTJ
ENTP
INTP
ESTJ
ESTP
ISTP
ENFJ
INFJ
INFP
ESFJ
ISFJ
ESFP
ISFP

How Leo is read here

Fixed fire ruled by the Sun, the only sign with a ruler that does not move. Fixed signs sustain rather than start, which is why Leo's bestiary is less about the charge and more about holding a territory once it is taken. The Sun rules visibility, and every animal here has a relationship with being seen.

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