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Sun and Moon pair

Leo Sun, Capricorn Moon

The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Capricorn at the same birth: what the two signs share, how often the pair occurs, and when it next happens.

  • Sun
  • Moon
Elements
Fire Sun, earth Moon
Modalities
Fixed Sun, cardinal Moon
Angle between the signs
Quincunx (150°), counted by sign

How common

1 in 140

0.71% of 2,000,000 simulated births have the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Capricorn.

about 43rd most common of 144Sun and Moon pairs

In plain words

  • Sun in Leo

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

  • Moon in Capricorn

    In Capricorn, the Moon feels and responds in a disciplined, long-term 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 does a Leo Sun with a Capricorn Moon mean?

  1. What the Sun and Moon govern

    One expresses, one responds

    Astrologers treat the Sun as the body that expresses itself and the Moon as the body that feels and responds. Each does it in the manner of the sign it is in.

  2. What the two signs add

    Quincunx (150°)

    Leo is a fixed fire sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; fire is classically hot and dry. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: fixed signs sit in the middle of a season. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; earth is classically cold and dry. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: cardinal signs open a season. Leo and Capricorn are 5 signs apart, a quincunx (150°) 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

    About 1 in 140

    Leo Sun, Capricorn Moon: 0.71% of simulated births, about 1 in 140; about 43rd most common of 144.

How does the pair compare with each placement alone?

  1. Step 1

    Sun in Leo

    1 in 11

    8.78% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    the most common of 12

  2. Step 2

    Moon in Capricorn

    1 in 12

    8.30% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    within noise of an even split of 12

  3. Step 3

    Leo Sun, Capricorn Moon

    1 in 140

    0.71% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    about 43rd most common of 144

Share of simulated births; the pair is ranked among all 144 Sun and Moon sign pairs, each placement alone among the 12 signs.

How common is each Moon sign for a Leo Sun?

How common is a Leo Sun with each Moon sign?

The average of the twelveBars start at zero.Share of simulated births with the Sun in Leo and the Moon in each of the 12 signs. Share of 2,000,000 simulated births (1950–2024), tropical zodiac.

What happens when a Rising sign is added?

  • Aries6.14%
  • Taurus6.96%
  • Gemini8.39%
  • Cancer9.50%
  • Leo9.67%
  • Virgo9.36%
  • Libra9.38%
  • Scorpio9.66%
  • Sagittarius9.49%
  • Capricorn8.37%
  • Aquarius6.99%
  • Pisces6.11%

An even split of the 12 signsBars start at zero.A third placement splits every Sun and Moon pair twelve ways. Share of simulated births with each Rising sign on the Ascendant, whatever the Sun and Moon.

When are the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Capricorn together?

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)
Moon in Capricorn, now
since 16 Oct 2026
16 October 2026, 12:57 UTC to 19 October 2026, 01:39 UTC (about 3 days)
Moon in Capricorn, last pass
ended 21 Sept 2026
19 September 2026, 04:54 UTC to 21 September 2026, 17:14 UTC (about 3 days)
Moon in Capricorn, next pass
from 12 Nov 2026
12 November 2026, 20:27 UTC to 15 November 2026, 09:24 UTC (about 3 days)

Last, current and next passes

  1. Sun in Leo

    22 Jul 2026 → 23 Aug 2026 · about 31 days

    last pass

  2. Moon in Capricorn

    19 Sept 2026 → 21 Sept 2026 · about 3 days

    last pass

  3. Moon in CapricornNow

    16 Oct 2026 → 19 Oct 2026 · about 3 days

    now

  4. Moon in Capricorn

    12 Nov 2026 → 15 Nov 2026 · about 3 days

    next pass

  5. Sun in Leo

    23 Jul 2027 → 23 Aug 2027 · about 31 days

    next pass

  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Capricorn were last together from 22 August 2026, 20:59 UTC to 23 August 2026, 02:18 UTC.
  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Capricorn are next together from 12 August 2027, 17:34 UTC to 15 August 2027, 06:19 UTC.
  • Each year the Sun is in Leo from about 22–24 July to 22–24 August (UTC dates, 1900–2050).
  • A visit of the Moon to Capricorn lasts about 2.3 days at the median, from 2.0 to 2.5 days (2,018 visits, 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.

How do different traditions read a Leo Sun with a Capricorn Moon?

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

The Moon in Capricorn is in detriment, opposite its home of Cancer, and the tradition names detriment explicitly only late. The Sun in Leo is in domicile, the sign it rules. Capricorn is five signs from Leo, which Hellenistic astrologers call aversion: the signs share no aspect. Saturn, the planet that rules Capricorn, is in detriment in Leo, so the Moon's lord is itself out of dignity in the Sun's sign. With the Moon five signs ahead of the Sun, it stands roughly 120° to 180° ahead along the zodiac. That is roughly gibbous and nearing full, though sign distance is coarse. Capricorn is a feminine, cardinal earth sign, so the Moon's gender matches. Saturn belongs to the day team under sect, the tradition's sorting of planets by day and night. The tradition looks next to Saturn's sign, house and sect condition. Detriment describes standing in the scheme, not temperament.

A note on “detriment”: the early Hellenistic texts note a planet opposite its own sign without naming it. The term is defined only in late and medieval sources, and scholars disagree on whether the idea was implicit earlier.

Sources

  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I
  • 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

Sign-count configurations (Ptolemy I.13, I.16) and Moon-phase ranges (rechecked by arithmetic against the Sun in Leo and the lunar-phase angles) hold. Changed 'easiest' wording to Ptolemy's 'harmonious' where it appeared. Added a note that detriment is a late-named concept.

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

A Leo Sun with the Moon in Capricorn places the luminaries five signs apart, a quincunx by sign. Fixed fire meets cardinal earth, so they share neither element nor modality. Modern psychological astrology reads the Sun's aim as warm, visible expression and the Moon's need as structure, reserve and competence. The pairing is associated with a tension between spontaneity and restraint, where feeling is held back so that the self-image stays composed. Traditional astrologers place the Moon in its detriment in Capricorn, opposite its domicile in Cancer, a rank formalized after the Hellenistic period. Hellenistic astrologers treat the two signs as being in aversion. Modern authors see the same placement as emotional self-discipline instead, so the two traditions describe the pair in opposed terms.

Sources

  • Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas, The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope (1992)
  • Stephen Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements (1975)
  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I (dignities and sect)
  • 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: Capricorn is 5 signs from Leo (quincunx, aversion), fixed fire with cardinal earth; it is opposite the Moon's domicile Cancer. Corrected attribution: the Moon's 'detriment' was credited to Hellenistic astrologers, but the formal concept is later (Ptolemy has none), so the text now says traditional astrologers use it and Hellenistic astrologers use aversion. The detriment statement rests on one secondary source and the reference data. Modern interpretive keywords are consistent with the sign keywords in the project reference data but were not checked against the books' own text. Brennan's coverage of aspects, sect and aversion is confirmed from contents summaries and reviews, not from the pages.

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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