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Sign compatibility

Leo and Virgo

How the Sun in Leo and the Sun in Virgo relate by element, modality and position, and what two traditions say about the pairing. It does not predict how two people get on.

  • Leo
  • Virgo
Elements
Fire and earth
Modalities
Fixed and mutable
Angle between the signs
Semisextile (30°), counted by sign

How common is each Sun sign

  • Sun in Leo8.78%of 2,000,000 simulated births, the most common of 12
  • Sun in Virgo8.71%of 2,000,000 simulated births, 3rd most common of 12

There is no simulated figure for the pair itself. These are the shares of each Sun sign on its own.

In plain words

  • Sun in Leo

    In Leo, the Sun expresses itself in a warm, open way.

  • Sun in Virgo

    In Virgo, the Sun expresses itself in a careful, detail-minded way.

Generic readingA generic description in the style of modern astrology, the same for everyone who has this placement. Not a prediction.

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What is being compared in Leo and Virgo?

  1. What is compared

    Two Sun signs

    This page sets the Sun in Leo against the Sun in Virgo: each has an element, a modality and a ruler. No tradition on this site claims to predict how two people get on.

  2. How the signs relate

    Semisextile (30°)

    Fire (hot and dry) and earth (cold and dry) share the quality dry. Fixed and mutable: one sits mid-season, the other closes one. Leo and Virgo are 1 signs apart, a semisextile (30°) counted by sign. Hellenistic astrologers call signs this far apart in aversion: they hold that the two signs do not see each other.

  3. How common it is

    No pair figure

    There is no simulated figure for the pair itself. These are the shares of each Sun sign on its own. Sun in Leo: 8.78% of simulated births, about 1 in 11; the most common of 12. Sun in Virgo: 8.71% of simulated births, about 1 in 11; 3rd most common of 12.

How do Leo and Virgo relate?

Leo

Fixed fire

Leo is a positive (yang) sign: fire and air signs are positive, earth and water signs negative.

Virgo

Mutable earth

Virgo is a negative (yin) sign: fire and air signs are positive, earth and water signs negative.

Fire (hot and dry) and earth (cold and dry) share the quality dry. Fixed and mutable: one sits mid-season, the other closes one. Leo and Virgo are 1 signs apart, a semisextile (30°) counted by sign. Hellenistic astrologers call signs this far apart in aversion: they hold that the two signs do not see each other.

How common is each of the two Sun signs?

How common is each Sun sign?

An even split of the 12 signsBars start at zero.Share of simulated births with the Sun in each of the 12 signs. Share of 2,000,000 simulated births (1950–2024), tropical zodiac.

When is the Sun in Leo and in Virgo?

Sun in Leo, last pass
ended 23 Aug 2026
22 July 2026, 19:13 UTC to 23 August 2026, 02:18 UTC (about 31 days)
Sun in Leo, next pass
from 23 Jul 2027
23 July 2027, 01:04 UTC to 23 August 2027, 08:14 UTC (about 31 days)
Sun in Virgo, last pass
ended 23 Sept 2026
23 August 2026, 02:18 UTC to 23 September 2026, 00:05 UTC (about 31 days)
Sun in Virgo, next pass
from 23 Aug 2027
23 August 2027, 08:14 UTC to 23 September 2027, 06:01 UTC (about 31 days)

Last, current and next passes

  1. Sun in Leo

    22 Jul 2026 → 23 Aug 2026 · about 31 days

    last pass

  2. Sun in Virgo

    23 Aug 2026 → 23 Sept 2026 · about 31 days

    last pass

  3. Sun in Leo

    23 Jul 2027 → 23 Aug 2027 · about 31 days

    next pass

  4. Sun in Virgo

    23 Aug 2027 → 23 Sept 2027 · about 31 days

    next pass

  • Each year the Sun is in Leo from about 22–24 July to 22–24 August (UTC dates, 1900–2050).
  • Each year the Sun is in Virgo from about 22–24 August to 22–24 September (UTC dates, 1900–2050).

As of 16 October 2026, 13:26 UTC. Dates are UTC, tropical zodiac, read from the ephemeris's table of sign entries. This page refreshes hourly.

What do different traditions say about Leo and Virgo?

AI-written text that an AI research review then checked against sources. No person has reviewed it; the notes and references behind each check are under its label.

Hellenistic

The astrology of the Greek-speaking Mediterranean from roughly the 1st century BCE to the 7th century CE, as recorded by authors such as Vettius Valens, Dorotheus and Ptolemy.

AI-written, checked by AI

1 Oct 2026

Leo and Virgo are adjacent, so Virgo is the second sign from Leo. Hellenistic astrologers place that in aversion: the signs do not see each other by any aspect. Leo is a masculine, fixed fire sign and Virgo a feminine, mutable earth sign. The Sun rules Leo and Mercury rules Virgo, so no ruler is shared. Neither planet has dignity in the other's sign, while Mercury both rules Virgo and is exalted there. Mercury is never more than about 28° from the Sun, which keeps the two lords near each other in the sky even though their signs are unconnected. This page applies the idea to two people's signs; the doctrine itself is stated for one chart.

Sources

  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I
  • Paulus Alexandrinus, Introductory Matters

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Aspects/aversion by sign (Ptolemy I.13, I.16), dignities, genders and modalities confirmed; the block already says it applies a one-chart doctrine to two people's signs as an extension, which is this page's choice and not an ancient claim. Fixed a contradictory 'though' clause.

Sources consulted

Modern psychological

The 20th-century Western approach shaped by Alan Leo, Dane Rudhyar and Liz Greene, drawing on Jungian psychology.

AI-written, checked by AI

1 Oct 2026

Leo and Virgo are adjacent signs, a semisextile, with Leo fixed fire and Virgo mutable earth. They share neither element nor modality. Modern psychological astrology reads this as a pairing of unlike emphases: Leo toward expression and generosity, Virgo toward refinement and practical service. In the traditional scheme Mercury rules Virgo and the Sun rules Leo. Leo is positive in polarity and Virgo negative. Hellenistic astrologers place adjacent signs in aversion, where they do not see each other, so the two have no aspect between them. Sign pairing is a general description; comparing charts needs the planets, the degrees and the houses. Sign comparison describes themes only; the planets, degrees and houses supply the detail.

Sources

  • Liz Greene, Relating: An Astrological Guide to Living with Others on a Small Planet (1977)
  • Stephen Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements (1975)
  • Chris Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune (2017)

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Verified: Virgo is 1 sign from Leo (aversion), fixed fire with mutable earth; Mercury rules Virgo; polarity positive versus negative. Added facts to reach 110 words. Interpretive keywords are consistent with the sign keywords in the project reference data but were not checked against the books' own text; no claim is made about how a pair will fare.

Sources consulted

Where they differ

Hellenistic astrology reasons from technique: essential dignity, sect and configuration by sign. Modern psychological astrology reasons from element, modality and the planet's function. They start from different questions, so the same placement can read differently, and neither reading is the verdict. Both use the tropical zodiac here.

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