Susie Cox’s chapter on Leos, in her book Susie’s Sun Signs, could very well have been dedicated to our zodiac personality of the month: Mick Jagger. Just read her various descriptions of this sunny sign:

“Confident,” “charismatic” and “flashy.”
“Leo is the entertainer and entertain they must.”
“Leos own glamour in a big way.”
“Their presence is commanding and they most definitely stand out in a crowd.”
“Leos are also very attached to their long hair, which often resembles the lion’s mane.”

Sound familiar?

For over half a century, Jagger’s been a magnet for adoration and attention. There’s no denying his consummate stage presence; he is the rock star’s rock star. “This fire sign radiates warmth to its adoring fans, who huddle around the Leo for comfort from the cold,” continues Cox. “Leos love an audience — no, they need an audience.”

The Guardian, in a 2012 article, once called him “a 20th-century Byron… It’s the crowd reaction that makes one think of Byron, girls climbing up the platform for the ecstasy of touching him. Like Byron in his period, Jagger was the focus of hysterical sexual fantasy.” And fellow Rolling Stones’ bandmate Keith Richards — with whom Jagger had a famously love-hate-love-hate friendship — noted in his 2010 memoir, “It’s almost as if Mick was aspiring to be Mick Jagger, chasing his own phantom.” (On the flip side of this confidence coin, Cox says that a Leo’s biggest challenge is vanity and ego. One of Richards’ biting nicknames for Jagger? His Majesty.)

Then there’s this jewel of a line in Susie’s Sun Signs that’s practically tailor-made for Jagger, whose hips are as celebrated as his lips: “Leos don’t walk,” Cox writes. “They strut.”

To discover more about this month’s horoscope from Cox, now that we’re in the sun sign of Leo
(July 22nd – August 22nd), keep reading.