Pluto in Leo: you need what you do to be seen and remembered

A business you founded, a house you built, a book, a garden, a family recipe: you put your whole self into one project and find it hard to let go. That intensity is why your work tends to last.

The risk is holding on too long. Hand the project over while you can still watch it succeed in someone else's hands. Mentoring suits you: your influence continues without you guarding every detail.

Retirement, a younger colleague taking your role, children who stop asking your advice: moments like these can feel like a small death. Pluto brings a crisis, then a reinvention.

Say out loud that you feel sidelined, instead of acting as if everything is fine. Then find a new stage. A club, a class you teach or a choir gives your need to be seen somewhere to go.

Children matter enormously to this placement, whether your own, grandchildren or the young people you train. You want them to shine, and sometimes you want them to shine in the way you chose.

Power struggles with grown children often start there. Praise the life they picked, even when it is not the one you imagined. They ask for advice more readily when it is not a condition of your approval.

In love you are generous, warm and theatrical: surprise trips, a speech at the anniversary, a gift that is slightly too expensive. You stay loyal.

Jealousy flares when attention drifts elsewhere, and generosity can quietly become a way of keeping control. If you feel unappreciated, tell your partner directly what you need to hear.

At work, many of you became the founder, the manager or the person who speaks first at the meeting. You lead by example and expect loyalty in return. Once your mind is made up, it rarely changes, which gives you staying power and makes you slow to admit a plan has failed.

With money, you spend on things that show who you are: a good car, a well-kept home, a family celebration. When it comes to a will or the family property, decide who gets what, say it openly and put it on paper, so your wishes do not turn into a family dispute.