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Leo personality, love and compatibility The sign that lights the room.

Leo is the fifth sign of the zodiac, a fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun. It usually runs from 23 July to 22 August. By the zodiac's geometry, its easiest matches are Aries and Sagittarius, and its hardest are Taurus and Scorpio.

Leo people are warm, proud and generous, and they want their effort to be seen. Under the performance is a loyal heart that wilts when it is ignored.

Dates
23 July to 22 August
Element
Fire
Mode
Fixed
Ruler
The Sun
Symbol
The Lion
Opposite
Aquarius
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Leo on the zodiac wheelLeo sits at the top of the wheel. Trines, the easiest angle, run to Aries and Sagittarius; sextiles to Gemini and Libra; squares, the friction, to Taurus and Scorpio; and the opposite sign is Aquarius.ARITAUGEMCANLEOVIRLIBSCOSAGCAPAQUPIS
Leo and the other eleven signs. TrineSextileSquareOpposite

Personality

Leo gives warmth and asks to be seen in return

Leo is a fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun, and Leos behave like the centre of their own small solar system. They are generous hosts, loyal friends and natural leaders: the person who organises the birthday and makes the toast. When a Leo walks in, the room tends to rearrange itself around them, and most Leos know it.

The need for recognition is the sign's engine and its weak spot. Praise makes a Leo grow, and indifference hurts them more than criticism does. Pride can make it hard to admit a mistake or ask for help, and a wounded Leo can turn dramatic. The Leos who thrive find a stage worth standing on and people who clap sincerely.

CardinalFixedMutable
FireAriesLeoSagittarius
EarthCapricornTaurusVirgo
AirLibraAquariusGemini
WaterCancerScorpioPisces
Leo sits where fire meets fixed. It shares its element with Aries and Sagittarius and its mode with Taurus, Scorpio and Aquarius.

At their best

Warm, generous, brave, creative, loyal to the end, and wonderful at making other people feel celebrated.

Under pressure

Proud, dramatic and sensitive to being overlooked. A Leo who feels unappreciated can sulk loudly or chase attention in places that do not deserve them.

What they need

Recognition that is sincere, a creative outlet, and people who are proud to stand next to them.

Love

A Leo in love courts in public and wants to be adored

Leo romance is generous and visible: the grand gesture, the good restaurant, the surprise planned for weeks. Leos are affectionate, playful and loyal, and they love showing a partner off. They fall for confidence and warmth, and for someone they can be proud of in a full room.

In return, a Leo needs admiration that does not run dry after the first year. Take them for granted and they notice at once. Partners who say out loud what they love about a Leo, and say it often, get a devotion few signs can match.

Compatibility

How Leo gets on with each of the twelve signs

Leo's easiest matches are Aries and Sagittarius, the other two fire signs, which sit in trine. Gemini and Libra, a sextile away, come next. Aquarius, directly opposite, is the classic pull of opposites. The hardest angles are the squares to Taurus and Scorpio.

  1. AriesTrine, 120°Easy flow

    Aries challenges Leo and Leo gives Aries an audience. Passionate and proud on both sides, with fights that burn out quickly.

  2. SagittariusTrine, 120°Easy flow

    The most carefree match Leo has. Sagittarius brings adventure and humour, Leo brings warmth, and neither is jealous by nature.

  3. GeminiSextile, 60°Open door

    Gemini entertains Leo and Leo delights Gemini. A social, witty couple, as long as Gemini's attention stays put when Leo wants it.

  4. LibraSextile, 60°Open door

    Libra appreciates Leo's style and Leo loves Libra's charm. A graceful, sociable match with a lot of mutual admiration.

  5. AquariusOpposition, 180°Opposites attract

    The heart against the group. Aquarius is cool where Leo is warm, and each is drawn to what the other has. Magnetic and stubborn.

  6. LeoSame sign, 0°Mirror

    Two Leos make a glamorous, generous pair, and two people who both expect the spotlight. It works when they take turns.

  7. CancerSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Cancer nurtures and Leo protects. Leo needs to be seen in public, Cancer needs to be held in private, and both are loyal.

  8. VirgoSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Virgo sees Leo's flaws and helps fix them, which Leo does not always want. Virgo gains confidence and Leo gains polish.

  9. CapricornQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Capricorn respects achievement and Leo loves to achieve. Leo finds Capricorn reserved, Capricorn finds Leo showy, and together they can build a lot.

  10. PiscesQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Pisces adores Leo and Leo protects Pisces. Romantic and tender, with a gap between Leo's need for attention and Pisces' need to withdraw.

  11. TaurusSquare, 90°Friction

    Both like the good life and both dig in. Taurus gives Leo loyalty, Leo gives Taurus warmth, and neither backs down in an argument.

  12. ScorpioSquare, 90°Friction

    Both are fixed and intense. Leo wants openness and applause, Scorpio wants privacy and control: powerful chemistry and serious power struggles.

The angle between two Sun signs is one of dozens that a full compatibility reading measures. What each angle means, and the chart for all twelve signs.

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Leo dates

Born on 22 or 23 July? The year decides

Horoscopes round the dates. We measured the moment the Sun entered Leo in every year from 1940 to 2030 with Astronomy Engine, the engine behind every Skyprint reading.

The Sun entered Leo on

  • 22 July44 of 91 years
  • 23 July47 of 91 years

It moved on into Virgo on

  • 22 August19 of 91 years
  • 23 August70 of 91 years
  • 24 August2 of 91 years
Dates are in UTC, so your local calendar date can differ by one. If your birthday is one of these days, your birth time and place settle it: check your exact Sun sign, free.

From the book

What the reading says when Leo turns up in a chart

Chapter 2Sun in Leo

You are meant to be seen, and you know it, which is exactly why you sometimes hide.

Your warmth makes rooms work. You have a natural authority that does not need a title, a generosity that is real rather than performed, and a sense of occasion: you make birthdays feel like birthdays. People feel more alive around you and they are not sure why. It is because you pay attention to them, and attention from a Leo is a spotlight.

The hunger underneath is to be seen by the right people for the right things, and when you are not, you go quiet or you go loud, and neither is you at your best. What you need is one honest audience, not a large one. The Leo who has that becomes generous without limit. The Leo who does not spends a lifetime auditioning.

Chapter 3Moon in Leo

Underneath the warmth, you need to be seen by the people you love.

You go cold when you are not. Praise from strangers is pleasant but it is not the point; what you need is the person across the table noticing what you did and saying so. When they do, you are the most generous heart in the zodiac. When they do not, you withdraw with a dignity that looks like indifference and is nothing of the kind.

You do not forgive being overlooked, and you rarely say that is what happened. Say it out loud, because they cannot read it behind your calm. And give what you need: the people around a Leo Moon flourish on the same attention you are hungry for, and you have more of it to give than anyone.

Chapter 6Venus in Leo

You love generously, and you need to be adored.

Romance for you is theatre in the best sense: gestures, loyalty, warmth, the sense that being with you is an event. You are proud of the people you love and you show them off. You give lavishly and you expect the same devotion back, and when you get it, you are the most loyal heart in the zodiac.

The trap is a love that needs an audience, and a pride that will not admit hurt. You can be wounded by inattention that the other person did not even notice. Say it once, plainly. The people who love you want to know how, and a Leo Venus that tells them gets everything it asked for.

Printed word for word from the Skyprint reading. A chart with the Sun in Leo gets the first page. The Moon and Venus pages appear only when those planets were in Leo too, and your own chart decides which of the twelve versions you read.
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You are more than a Leo

The Sun sign comes from your birth date alone. The Moon changes sign every two to three days and the rising sign roughly every two hours, so two people born under Leo a week apart can read very differently. Your birth date, time and place draw the whole sky, computed to the arcminute.

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Questions

Leo questions, answered

When are the Leo dates?

Leo usually runs from 23 July to 22 August. The start moves by a day: between 1940 and 2030 the Sun entered Leo on 22 July in 44 years and 23 July in 47 years, in UTC. If you were born on one of those days, your birth time and place decide your sign.

Who is Leo most compatible with?

By the geometry of the zodiac, Leo's easiest matches are Aries and Sagittarius, the other fire signs, followed by Gemini and Libra. Aquarius, the opposite sign, brings the strongest pull and the most work, and the squares to Taurus and Scorpio are the hardest angles. A real match also depends on the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising sign in both charts.

Why do Leos need so much attention?

Leo is ruled by the Sun, and astrology reads the sign as the part of us that wants to shine and be recognised. For a Leo, attention is how they know their effort landed. Sincere appreciation satisfies it; empty praise leaves them hungrier.

What is a Leo's biggest weakness?

Pride. It makes Leos brave and generous, and it also makes them slow to admit they are wrong or hurt. A Leo who learns to ask for help without feeling smaller becomes much easier to love.

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All signs and the compatibility chart. How this page was made: Skyprint is built and edited by Khalil Yazouri. The text was drafted with AI assistance. The sign dates were measured with Astronomy Engine for every year from 1940 to 2030, the compatibility follows the angles between the signs, and the sample pages are printed word for word from the reading's own library.