The Other Side of Me

I don't remember when I became aware of zodiac signs, but I was fascinated the more I learned about them. I'm born in August, falling under the Leo zodiac sign. I find it pretty cool that my zodiac sign is the embodiment of a lion, the king of the jungle. However, I find that I don't exactly fit the typical Leo archetype the deeper I read into it.

Similarities

There are parts of my personality that I can connect with being a Leo. As a person, I strongly value loyalty and consistency in a person's character. I put in my all in making sure that I elevate and bring joy into the lives of my closest friends and family. Growing up, I always like to dream big and have such a strong attraction to being creative. Leo is also known to have big ambitions; not gonna lie sometimes my ambitions are sometimes bigger than my ability to make things happen. It's good I have some self-awareness so I always seek to continually improve myself. I'm also extremely determined to make something of myself in this life and enjoy it to the fullest. I'm willing to sacrifice more of my leisure time now and work towards a better future for my family, friends, and myself. Although all of these Leo traits are very relatable to me, there are some characteristics that is definitely not me, at least not yet.

Differences

There are times that I wonder maybe the reason why I turned out a little different from the typical Leo is because of my upbringing and my circumstances. In early childhood, I moved around from place to place a lot and was never able to stay in one place. I never got the time to find my own "tribe" you could say and making friends was harder earlier on as a kid. So unlike a typical Leo, I'm a bit more introverted and reserved. I prefer smaller group of friends that I know I can count on and a lot more cautious in letting people into my inner circle. Many people might see me as pretty outgoing and extroverted but that side of my personality feels more like a persona than like a part of my personality. The only time that outgoing side feels right is when I feel a connection with people, when people actually open up to me and we have a heart to heart talk rather than surface level conversations. Maybe that is still a pretty Leo thing to say, I love being open and showing compassion to others.

Now on the part of being in the spotlight I actually prefer to not be directly in it, let me explain. I'm very uncomfortable with being the center of attention and I'm bad at handling high stress situations. I guess you could say that it is kind of ironic that at times I can't be the courageous like a Leo. The problem is I'm so empathetic towards other people that sometimes I have a hard time being courageous for myself. I find it easy to stand up for someone else but find it hard when trying to stand up for myself. I want to believe that I don't have an ego like a typical Leo but maybe the fact that thinking I'm so selfless and such a saint is pretty egotistical by nature. Over the years, I'm slowly learning that it is ok to be a little bit selfish, that it is not inherently bad to take care of myself and be more protective of my time and energy. In a way I'm courageously taking steps to overcome my flaws, maybe I'm really a Leo after all.

On another note, I don't show off and try to be extravagant as I don't see the point in doing that for myself. I like to be the type of person who is lowkey about their wealth, their intelligent, and their influence, and that no one knows about unless they really dig up information about me. Kind of like James Bond secret agent vibe if you know what I mean. I want people to see a hit a hint of those things and look at me and be like:

"Who is this guy? I need to look into him."

I do like hosting and organizing events and gatherings, it brings me great joy to see that people are happy and enjoying themselves. One big drive for success in my life is that once I can properly take care of myself, I'll be able to help more people out of bad situations because now I have a better mean to do so.

Moving Forward

Although I see myself lacking in some key characteristics in a Leo I do look up to them. whenever I get into situations where I normally can't handle I always tell myself to bring out that Leo part of me that can do it, and it's really motivating and inspiring to be able to tap into that persona, the character of a king.

Anyways enough of all this ridiculous self praise let's talk about something more fun!

Dating

Zodiac compatibilities always seem to intrigue me. It's funny because I would search up the compatibility of my love interests even though I'm not a very superstitious guy. What got me into all this was when this girl that I was talking to in my freshman year of college, told me that we can't date because we aren't "compatible." At first I was kind of turned off by the fact that this girl determined our fate based on a stupid sign, so I looked into it, determined to prove her wrong. Let's just say it didn't work out with this girl...

Not saying that I believe it, but there's no harm in checking. Just saying.

Here are some famous Leo people you might know of:

Barack Obama

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jennifer Lopez