Well, I don't know you all that well! But you seem nice.
I'm talking about certain Leos I've known who seem fun on the surface but once you get close to them, they end up being domineering and suffocating. They expect you to worship them and be their little slave and if you disagree with them on anything, they take it as a personal attack. It's not fun if you can't be yourself. Friendship is supposed to be equal imo, not one-sided.
Leo is best when it supports the individuality of others as well as themselves! I do believe there are evolved Leos out there. I know some.
Totally agree with the bolded part.
I know a Leo stellium guy who is respectful and does not have any of the undesirable traits we've described thus far. He is actually kind of a loner -- pretty introverted and uninterested in socializing -- but when he
is required to interact with others, he doesn't at all attempt to dominate/rule them and he seems to be quite tolerant. This is in stark contrast to several Leos I've met, some of whom had zero tolerance for opinions that weren't their own (to the extent where they acted like you were threatening their lives by having a differing viewpoint). But it just goes to show that people of the same Sun sign, or people who have stelliums in one sign, can appear to have nothing in common. Clearly aspects, house placements, house lords and other signs occupied by planets in the chart are huge defining factors when it comes to seeing how a Sun sign or stellium will play out.
Or, it could just be that some people are more evolved than others spiritually lol. Though I don't necessarily feel like this is a thorough enough explanation. It is easy to say that so-and-so is unevolved, which may be true; but do we
really know that they weren't a great sage in a past life? If you believe in reincarnation, you might also believe that we can fall from grace, the memories of our high spiritual attainments/achievements wiped from our consciousness. We are all ultimately here for the same reason; we wouldn't be on Earth if we were truly fully evolved and beyond egoic desires.
And the interesting thing -- in the context of Leo -- is that, just because one Leo is socially domineering and another is reserved/introverted does not mean that the second has more evolved desires. Funnily enough, their reasons for doing things may actually be similar; the reserved Leo may be a loner because he doesn't want anyone else's needs to get in his way or influence his life too much, and the dominant Leo may want other people below him because this gives him the feeling that his power is kept in tact. In both instances, the preservation of the Sun energy/Solar Plexus is of paramount importance. One shows it in a more overt way, but hiding out and keeping a distance from people (out of fear that they might overpower your will) is just a different way of trying to fulfill the same need, I think. But with that being said, I can't be around someone who is actively hurting or controlling others -- so the more conscious, self-controlled, reflective Leo would get my vote for most evolved, if I had to choose