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The rising of Leo is always a sign of spring. How do you find it? Easy. Find the Big Dipper again. Find Merek, the root of the bear's tail, follow the line of the Dipper's bowl to Phecda, then follow the line 45o to the bright star Regulus. Merek and Phecda are dimmer than Regulus. Merek is magnitude 2.44 and Phecda is 2.44, but Regulus is 1.35. Regulus is the 'dot' of the backwards question mark that make up Leo's head and mane.
The stars Dubhe and Merak are called the pointer stars because they point to Polaris, the North Star, but they also point to Castor and Pollux, the twin stars in Gemini.
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