Dua Lipa is a Leo, but according to ELLE’s resident astrologists, The AstroTwins, she is a very “unLeo” Leo in a lot of ways. In anticipation of her upcoming album, ‘Radical Optimism,’ ELLE's May Cover Star dives deep into her sun, rising and moon sign character traits. From her opinion on being in the spotlight to her ideal first date, find out how much Dua really falls into the categories of her star sign or if she's making 'New Rules' around what a typical Leo is.
Read the cover story here: www.elle.com/dua-lipa-2024
Pre-order Dua Lipa's Upcoming Album 'Radical Optimism' out May 3rd here: https://dualipa.lnk.to/radicaloptimism
Get tickets for Dua Lipa's 'Radical Optimism' European tour here: https://www.dualipa.com/tour/
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Read the cover story here: www.elle.com/dua-lipa-2024
Pre-order Dua Lipa's Upcoming Album 'Radical Optimism' out May 3rd here: https://dualipa.lnk.to/radicaloptimism
Get tickets for Dua Lipa's 'Radical Optimism' European tour here: https://www.dualipa.com/tour/
#DuaLipa #ELLE #Starstruck #RadicalOptimism
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00:00 Indoor skydiving. My extensions got tangled.
00:03 Never again.
00:04 Hey, I'm Dua Lipa and today I'm gonna find out how much I know about myself based on astrology.
00:10 And I'm about to be read for filth by the Astro Twins.
00:13 So we are gonna walk you through your birth chart.
00:20 So Dua, you're a Leo, you are a fire sign, passionate, that's the essence of who you are.
00:26 But your rising sign is Gemini, which makes you a bit more analytical,
00:31 more willing to share the spotlight than most Leos, very collaborative.
00:36 And then your moon is in Cancer, so in comes this like sensitive, private, emotional self.
00:43 So you have this range that you inhabit and are able to tap into as tools for yourself when you need.
00:50 I like that.
00:51 Does that Cancer moon just drive you crazy sometimes?
00:54 Yeah, I mean that's definitely my big emotional side.
00:57 Do you follow the moon?
00:59 I do follow the moon.
01:00 Probably do your best creative work then.
01:02 Yeah, there's a lot of adrenaline at that time.
01:04 It's like go, go, go, go, go.
01:06 Well, kind of a secret nerd, right?
01:09 Definitely. Massive bookworm for sure.
01:12 And you're Mercury in Virgo.
01:13 You think about things in a very systematic way, don't you?
01:16 Yeah, I'm a planner for sure.
01:19 Which is not very Leo.
01:20 No, but I'm also Leo Virgo cusp.
01:23 Like I'm one day before turning into a Virgo.
01:25 Yeah, you're that very last bit of Leo, but you're still a Leo.
01:28 And you know you're in your Saturn return now.
01:30 Oh yeah.
01:31 You probably have a lot of foreboding news about that.
01:35 But the Saturn return could be one of the most amazing times.
01:38 It really is when you come into your own.
01:41 Are you feeling like your life is starting to make more sense now?
01:44 1000%. I feel like I'm being propelled into a completely new part of my life.
01:49 Yeah.
01:50 See how much of a Leo Leo you are.
01:53 So Dua, when it comes to attention, you are
01:57 A. Avoiding it at all costs.
02:00 B. Equally giving and receiving it.
02:03 Or C. The center of it.
02:05 I think B.
02:07 Equally giving and receiving.
02:10 Sometimes when I'm on stage or I'm performing
02:13 or I'm in, you know, a certain version of myself,
02:16 I enjoy the attention, of course, because I'm there
02:19 presenting myself in that way.
02:21 But I think in my everyday life, it's a very big push and pull.
02:26 Yeah, that's something Leos get a bad rap and
02:28 "Oh, they're spotlight hogs."
02:30 But they're really generous and big hearted.
02:32 At least the good ones like you.
02:35 I was very much the kid that when my parents would have
02:38 friends around, I'd be like, "I'm going to put on a show!"
02:41 And everyone has to watch me.
02:43 And it would drive them mad.
02:44 But now they're trying to get tickets.
02:48 Question two.
02:49 On vacation, we can find you A. Asleep,
02:53 B. On the dance floor with the locals,
02:55 or C. Brainstorming by the pool.
02:58 Dancing with the locals.
03:01 Well, we had C. for you, but...
03:03 Brainstorming by the pool.
03:05 I was stuck between B and C.
03:07 There's a big part of me that just loves to go out
03:09 and experience a place.
03:11 But then I do so much of my thinking and my writing
03:14 and stuff in my down time.
03:16 These are all kind of your big three.
03:18 It's your chart.
03:19 That's your chart.
03:20 Yeah.
03:21 I think it's A, B, and C.
03:24 Your biggest fear is being ordinary A.
03:28 B. Heights, C. Heartbreak.
03:31 I have being ordinary.
03:32 Yeah.
03:33 Yep. That's right.
03:34 That was a percent Leo there.
03:35 I feel that.
03:36 Yeah.
03:38 You will always prioritize A. A good time,
03:42 B. Perfecting your work, or C. Rest.
03:47 Oh my God.
03:48 It's definitely not C. That's for sure.
03:51 B. Perfecting my work.
03:53 So then I can do A.
03:55 Right.
03:56 Which is enjoying every moment.
03:59 But yeah, it's always about perfecting the work first.
04:02 Like my dad always had this saying,
04:03 "Never leave today's job for tomorrow."
04:06 And it's something that's lived with me.
04:07 Like I always make sure that I finish everything
04:10 that I have to do so that I can chill.
04:12 Do you wake up like ding, ready to go?
04:14 Yeah, pretty much.
04:15 I'm not a snoozer.
04:15 No. At all.
04:17 Like I hate the snooze button.
04:18 I'm very much like alarm off, out of bed.
04:22 Wake up, workout, shower, get ready, go to work.
04:25 You know, whatever it is, it's all down to the minute.
04:29 I'm pretty-
04:30 At Gemini Rising, you can be very nervous and analytical.
04:33 It needs to know what's happening.
04:35 Otherwise you start to spin, right?
04:36 No, it's the control.
04:37 What's next? What's next?
04:38 What's next? Yeah.
04:40 If you weren't a performer, do you A.
04:42 You would B. A. A fitness instructor,
04:45 B. A life coach, or C. A famous author?
04:49 God, I don't know.
04:51 A movie and author?
04:54 Gemini Rising, I like to write.
04:56 So I think that's probably the closest
04:59 to songwriting I could get.
05:01 One of the things your chart shows
05:03 is that you really have a strong destiny
05:05 to be some sort of a community organizer,
05:07 a teacher, a trainer, where it's not enough
05:10 for you to just go out and do it all for yourself.
05:12 You want to share it and bring people along.
05:15 I like to do things together.
05:16 Like, I also feel like things are way bigger than just me.
05:19 You're like an un-Leo Leo in a lot of ways.
05:22 There's sometimes some Leos that I'm like,
05:24 I'm just not like that.
05:26 Exactly. It's very different.
05:27 Your go-to movie genre is a chilling horror film, A.
05:32 B. Heightened drama, or C. A classic romantic comedy?
05:38 I think a heightened drama is me.
05:41 Or even a classic rom-com.
05:42 Like, I'm such a sucker for a rom-com, but I don't know.
05:46 Okay, well, that's the one. C.
05:48 The rom-com? Yeah.
05:49 Well, actually my favorite film is Notting Hill.
05:51 But nothing rocks me like a good drama.
05:54 Leo's ideal first date is A. Something adventurous,
06:00 B. Dinner and drinks, or C. A walk in the park.
06:04 Oh, my ideal first date, a walk in the park.
06:07 A walk in the park, okay.
06:09 Well, that's not very Leo of you,
06:10 because there's something adventurous.
06:11 That is my ideal.
06:13 What's the worst first date you've ever been on?
06:16 (beep)
06:17 Indoor skydiving.
06:19 Oh, horrible.
06:21 My extensions got tangled.
06:23 I was not having fun.
06:25 Never again.
06:26 Off the bucket list, done.
06:27 Fine.
06:28 A shark is approaching.
06:32 You A. Swim away at the speed of light,
06:35 B. Summon your animal instincts
06:37 to let it know you're the boss,
06:39 or C. Freeze and hope for the best.
06:42 Summon your animal instincts
06:44 and let them know you're the boss.
06:46 Yep, ding, ding, ding.
06:48 So what inspired your album cover, speaking of sharks?
06:51 The feeling of the juxtaposition of danger and calm,
06:56 and those two kind of worlds colliding in the album cover.
07:00 I'm very peaceful in the moment.
07:04 I feel like that essence gives me so much radical optimism
07:07 in the sense of everything's gonna work out
07:09 and it's gonna be fine.
07:11 Yeah.
07:12 You know, I'm not gonna get eaten by the shark.
07:13 Right.
07:14 That's very fitting for Saturn returning.
07:15 It's like that.
07:16 It's the sign of the fish in the deep ocean, right?
07:20 I'm feeling it.
07:21 Saturn is the boss.
07:21 Yeah, I'm feeling it.
07:23 The city that's not home but feels like it
07:26 is A. Mexico City,
07:28 B. Paris, or C. New York.
07:31 Ooh, that's really hard.
07:34 Gosh, I don't know.
07:36 Like, all of them.
07:37 I've said that I could so easily live in Mexico City.
07:40 I love it there so much.
07:41 It's my favorite food city in the world.
07:45 Paris, I have a lot of friends.
07:47 Again, a great food and wine place.
07:49 Like, that's a good time.
07:51 And New York, it's just busy and bustling
07:53 and it's hard to choose.
07:55 I have no idea.
07:56 Well, we picked Mexico City.
07:57 Okay, that was my first instinct.
08:00 Yeah.
08:00 Yeah, you have Jupiter, the traveler,
08:02 in Sagittarius, the sun traveler.
08:04 So you are a world citizen.
08:06 Mexico City, I knew it.
08:08 There's something magical about the way.
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