If you didn't win any beauty contests as a baby, you know it's simple because you weren't entered. You go through life with your head held high, self-esteem and ambitions even higher. A born leader, you thrive in the creative field where you are valued for your ideas and optimism. But your big thing is love - giving and receiving it. You are a romantic idealist and you ask much of a potential partner - just don't ask too much (we're all only human after all), and try not to be such a snob!

Vivid and hectic though Leo's life is, you benefit from the discipline that Virgo brings to it. You become less scattered in your affairs - both professional and emotional. Details that used to bore you now absorb you. As a life partner you were always a 'catch' with your style and generous spirit, but you have still more to give now, especially to a home, and you can transform even the most drab place into a palace. But remember - it is possible to be way too houseproud.

Peace at last! The years of striving have seen changes in your fortune, and you may have loved every minute, but now it's time to relax and smell the roses. All the energy and talent you have poured into self- advancement can now be channelled into your romantic life. You have never lost your belief in - or yearning for - perfect love, and you could find it in this new phase with someone new, or work together to create it with an existing partner who you look on with new eyes.

Time to put your feet up? To live on memories? Not on your life! Scorpio conspires with the old Leo in you to drive you onwards and upwards once more. There is a new urgency in all your dealings, and a new passion within you. You are keen to take charge of an enterprise, to write a steamy blockbuster, to launch an invention or to travel the world. If you have a partner, they will be swept along on the tidal wave of your enthusiasm. If love even now eludes you, there could yet be wedding bells!