Read your sign’s 2024 horoscope to see what’s in store for you this year, or check out the Leo personality profile.
Welcome to your first Leo horoscope of 2024. January demands self-care, especially around a potentially stressful full moon in your sign at the end of the month. Back in December, Mercury started one of its annoying retrogrades. Thankfully, it ended its backward dance on New Year’s Day, by going direct in lavish Sagittarius and your 5th House of Pleasure on Monday, January 1. Whether you’re sleeping off an epic New Year’s Eve party or opted to stay in so you feel perfectly well-rested, celebrate both 2024 and the end of Mercury retrograde by selfishly treating yourself. Don’t worry about your phone. Take a bath, get some sleep, and watch as much TV as you want.
Just a few days later, on Thursday, January 4, passionate Mars enters Capricorn and your 6th House of Health. Reading the word “health” can be nerve-wracking, but astrologers aren’t doctors, so it’s nothing clinical. Rather, when your 6th House comes up in horoscopes, translate it as permission to enjoy decadent skin routines, glam makeup, or even get a piercing — any excuse to prioritize your physical and emotional well-being, which, of course, is very good for your health.
New Year’s resolutions usually conjure thoughts of horrible diets or exercise plans. You won’t get that from us. What we will say is that Thursday, January 11, brings a new moon in committed Capricorn and your 6th House of Health that begs you to add another tool to your beauty arsenal. What’s something that intrigues you but is not part of your regular routine? Whether that’s massages, face masks, or even injectables, the dark new moon lunar phase is for fresh starts. So go ahead and start a new wellness routine to celebrate 2024 — but only if it makes you smile instead of shudder. Your cosmic theme for January, and frankly, all of 2024, is upping your self-care game.
And, speaking of self-care, it’s okay if you take your time getting back into the swing of things at work. There’s a lot of pressure to rush back to the (metaphorical, if you work from home) office once the holidays end and January begins. But around the time the communicator Mercury enters Capricorn, a sign associated with business, on Saturday, January 13, the stars want you to know that it’s okay to ease into it. Of course, you gotta pay your bills, and we don’t want to jeopardize that. But this transit, which even invokes hardworking Capricorn, reminds you to play at least as hard as you work, which, you guessed it, includes self-soothing. This means keeping your stress levels down. Slow and steady wins the race, as they say. You’ll feel better about your professional life if remember that it’s going to take a little adjusting to get back into work mode, and that’s okay.