Leo Daily Horoscope

Today's Leo Horoscope from Cafe Astrology

February 16, 2026

You're paying special attention to your favorite things, and taking special care of them is enjoyable today, dear Leo. You want to understand someone special and also tune into your desires and ambitions. Fortunately, cooperation comes easily today, and conversations can be heartwarming and helpful. It can be an excellent time to strike up a conversation about a private or personal matter since Mercury harmonizes with Jupiter, which is currently transiting your house of karma, the past, endings, and resolve--it can be a time to overcome a challenge. Forgiveness and putting the pieces of an uncertain situation together in a satisfying manner can figure strongly. You're well-suited to teach, guide, and share ideas. You also have all the power to put something behind you and to make peace with the past. On this day before a Solar Eclipse, it's wise to hold off on new beginnings and concentrate on endings or letting go of things you no longer need. The day is good for tying up loose ends. Conflict resolution will be in focus in the weeks ahead, but today is better for releasing tension and letting go of grudges.

Creativity: Good ~ Love: Good ~ Business: Fair

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The Astrology of Today – All Signs

Horoscope for All on Monday, February 16, 2026

The Moon spends the day in Aquarius, aligning with Mars this afternoon, and we want something to do, ideally something different and non-routine.
Our thoughts might race, and we can be very quick (possibly too fast) to respond and react.
However, Mercury forms a quintile with Uranus and a trine to Jupiter today, inspiring creative approaches to technical matters.
We prefer not to follow the crowd with our ideas and communications.
We're getting our message across well, and we might gain a positive outlook through conversations and a sense of hope or trust in the future.
We seek a little extra meaning to our projects and experiences today. Our ideas are big, and our intentions are noble.
We might receive good news or offers, and curiosity stirs.
However, on this day before a Solar Eclipse in the sign, keep in mind that we can be missing some information.

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This Month: Leo

February 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:

February is a lively month for close relationships, dear Leo. While you may not always feel you're calling the shots, you have excellent opportunities to improve your interactions and connections. It's a powerful period for attracting or enhancing a special relationship, especially a partnership.

Often this month, putting others' agendas ahead of your own is the best strategy. This is a period for repairing your relationships and for reminders of your need for closeness. It’s also excellent for forming business or working alliances. At the same time, you're discovering much about yourself and focusing on bringing more balance to your life.

Themes related to independence and companionship are building in your life. This month, partnerships are in strong focus. You get a chance for a new beginning or a cleaning of the slate. A Solar Eclipse on the 17th prompts you to take a closer look at your relationship needs and lacks, especially in areas like trust and communication. You’re starting anew, and understanding these influences can help you navigate changes more effectively.

This is a big theme until January 2028, and the wheels are set in motion now. Other people in your life, and particularly those closest to you, have much to show you about the direction you need to take. This may not be explicit, and in fact, can come through your reactions to people’s actions, but the message will nevertheless be clear if you choose to listen to it. For some, a relationship crisis of sorts prompts a new beginning or approach.

But first, a Full Moon in your sign on the 1st brings epiphanies about your needs and true feelings, especially regarding your personal boundaries and self-expression. It can be a powerful catalyst for personal growth and self-discovery, helping you identify and correct imbalances, particularly in the ‘me-you’ department of your relationships. If you’ve defined yourself primarily through your relationships, now is the time to assert your own terms and understand what truly fulfills you. This awareness can guide your actions as you advance.

Even with this Full Moon in your sign, you begin the month with a congregation of planets working to improve your social life and relationships, as well as your sense of balance and order. Counseling, organizing, negotiating, and networking can be in focus. Turning to others for feedback or sharing the load can be beneficial. Socially, people see you in a positive light. Negotiating is especially favored, and so are earning respect, mending fences, and making agreements.

You seem to need to stay active with people in your life this month, or else tension builds. However, there is refreshing honesty and openness in your relationships, which you appreciate. Look for fresh ways to relate to others. The direct turn of Uranus, your partnership sector ruler, on the 3rd can help with this task! It also unblocks career or reputation matters that may have stalled.

Relationships can become very exciting, dramatic, or intimate towards the end of the month. Or the desire to specialize and devote special attention to one particular connection or project is strong. Better relationships can be a powerful motivator for self-improvement. Pushing boundaries just a bit can work well for you now, even if it’s a little messy. The last week of the month is excellent for talking about your needs. Some of the usual barriers and boundaries dissolve in a relationship. Transits bring light to and stir your passions. You’re getting into a period when taking charge of financial matters that you may have swept under the rug can also be productive.

From the 26th, Mercury retrograde in your solar eighth house suggests a possible delay or dilemma related to support, debt, income, or an intimate relationship. This may not be resolved until next month, but your workarounds can be creative.

Note that Saturn moves into your solar ninth house and into harmony with your sign this month. This powerful transit lasts until 2028, bringing a more stable, predictable, and practical theme to your life. You’re likely to enjoy a steadier pace as this transit encourages you to build something slowly and carefully. Learning and studying practical skills and brushing up on your knowledge are themes. With Saturn here, you’re challenged to look at life and your future more realistically and practically. There can be important accomplishments in publishing or education in the years ahead. You might recognize the need to concentrate, focus, and specialize.

This month is strong for dealing with problem areas that you’ve been clinging to but have prevented you from moving on and expressing yourself authentically. You might feel strongly about your interests, beliefs, or studies, and you can also feel stronger as you learn valuable skills.

In the last week of February, it’s the start of a more introspective, deeper, intense period of the year. New insights can be intensely revealing, particularly about money, love, or intimacy.

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This Year: Leo

2026 Yearly Horoscope Overview

A powerful year is ahead for you, dear Leo. Jupiter will move into your sign mid-year, sparking a personal new beginning of sorts and upping your personal magnetism to new heights. Until then, you are in a strong period for healing and doing inner work.

In the first half of 2026, you’re especially drawn to your inner world. This period offers a sense of security in introspection. You might sometimes prefer to keep to yourself, where it seems safer and happier, but you can also be a pillar of support for others. It doesn’t feel like a time for major changes or decisions. In reality, you’re in a phase of significant soul-searching, questioning your approaches and paths, and it’s a valuable process.

It’s a powerful period for healing and serving – and thoroughly enjoying the process! There is, however, a tendency to overdo escapism, which should be watched. Perhaps your most important work in early 2026 is finding peace with the past, which will free you up for better enjoyment of the Jupiter-in-Leo transit that begins on June 30th and runs well into 2027.

July ushers in Jupiter into your sign, and you’re coming into your own–and into the light. The second half of the year is about awakening. Your desire to truly live life, rather than simply go through the motions, takes over. You project yourself with more confidence, and you’re letting go of past, more immature behavior patterns and becoming especially comfortable in your own skin. You’re improving your personal presentation in some manner. Personal pleasures, freedom, self-expression, and creativity are big on your list of priorities.

Exciting energy is with you in your love life. What is most important to you at this point in your life is a meeting of minds. In the first half of the year, love may be on the complicated side. There may be a relationship that is private or sacrificial in some manner. From mid-year forward, there is a romantic revelation, blossoming, or awakening. It’s also a strong time for adventure, education, and recognition of your creative talents.

A long-term cycle that’s influenced your career for many years is coming to an end in April. With this cycle’s end, dramatic ups and downs in your career path tend to subside. You’ll enjoy more predictability with your reputation, profession, life path, or status. Your aspirations begin to evolve. The cycle that starts as this one ends is bound to shake up your social circle. Some friendships may be left behind, and new ones made, although they may not be quite as reliable as the ones you had in the past. You may be moving with a new or different crowd in the years ahead. You are less prone to rebel in 2026 and more inclined to live authentically.

A new theme is weaving into your life this year, starting with the Solar Eclipse in February. Especially from the last week of July onward, your personality and partnerships can evolve. Your definitions of “me” and “you” are transforming. Issues of personal courage, confidence, and independence come to the fore. In particular, the North Node in your partnership sector from July onward nudges you toward better balancing and understanding your needs for independence and partnership, with an emphasis on improving negotiations, compromise, and one-on-one connecting.

With both Saturn and Neptune visiting your spirit sector starting early in the year, it’s a powerful time for special attention to courses or training, as well as for your voice! People are very interested in what you have to share. You’ll be firming up (and perhaps putting to the test) your beliefs or educational pursuits. Your attitude, outlook, and worldview are evolving in 2026. Life begins to feel more stable and directed, and your increased self-awareness puts you in a better position to make better decisions.

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This Year in Love: Leo

2026 Love Horoscope for Leo

There are key changes in 2026 that suggest shifting attitudes and needs concerning committed partnerships, dear Leo. Pluto continues its role of long-term guest in your partnership sector. As well, the ruler of this sector, Uranus, is moving from Taurus to Gemini, and while partnering is complicated, it’s also becoming friendlier in some ways.

A Solar Eclipse in your partnership sector in February portends new beginnings.

Love and romance may be on the quiet side as you begin the year, but with Jupiter entering your sign on June 30th, and sticking around there until mid-2027, your life picks up the pace considerably. You’re also experiencing a Solar Eclipse in your sign in August–it’s a powerful year for self-discovery.

Uranus rules your solar chart’s partnership sector, and it’s in Taurus and your career/reputation sector again this year, but only until April 25th, 2026, when it leaves for good! This trend has been with you for years and it has tied partnerships with business and career goals, making meeting and pairing up with a partner through your career, business, or larger life goals a real possibility…cont’d

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Here’s to a fun, happy, and successful day!

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**Keep in mind that date ranges for Sun signs are always approximate since the cusp/cutoff dates vary each year. The exact dates depend on your birth year, time, and place! If you’re born on or near any of these dates and you’re unsure of your Sun sign, use our calculator What’s My Sign? for a definitive answer.

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