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Sun and Moon pair

Leo Sun, Leo Moon

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

  • Sun
  • Moon
Elements
Both fire
Modalities
Both fixed
Angle between the signs
Same sign (conjunction), counted by sign

How common

1 in 141

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

about 53rd 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 Leo

    In Leo, the Moon feels and responds in a warm, open 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 Leo 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

    Same sign (conjunction)

    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. 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. Leo and Leo are the same sign, so the two placements share one element, one modality and one ruler.

  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 141

    Leo Sun, Leo Moon: 0.71% of simulated births, about 1 in 141; about 53rd 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 Leo

    1 in 12

    8.37% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    within noise of an even split of 12

  3. Step 3

    Leo Sun, Leo Moon

    1 in 141

    0.71% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    about 53rd 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?

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 Leo 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 Leo, last pass
ended 7 Oct 2026
4 October 2026, 22:54 UTC to 7 October 2026, 02:52 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Leo, next pass
from 1 Nov 2026
1 November 2026, 04:18 UTC to 3 November 2026, 08:27 UTC (about 2 days)

Last, current and next passes

  1. Sun in Leo

    22 Jul 2026 → 23 Aug 2026 · about 31 days

    last pass

  2. Moon in Leo

    4 Oct 2026 → 7 Oct 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  3. Moon in Leo

    1 Nov 2026 → 3 Nov 2026 · about 2 days

    next pass

  4. Sun in Leo

    23 Jul 2027 → 23 Aug 2027 · about 31 days

    next pass

  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Leo were last together from 11 August 2026, 08:38 UTC to 13 August 2026, 10:18 UTC.
  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Leo are next together from 1 August 2027, 18:24 UTC to 3 August 2027, 17:57 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 Leo lasts about 2.3 days at the median, from 2.0 to 2.5 days (2,019 visits, 1900–2050).

As of 16 October 2026, 13:56 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 Leo 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

With the Sun and the Moon both in Leo, the two lights are conjunct by sign, the closest configuration. Leo is the Sun's domicile, the sign it rules. The Moon has no domicile, exaltation, detriment or fall in the masculine fire sign Leo. The Sun, which rules the sign, is the planet the tradition checks for its condition. Same-sign Sun and Moon put the Moon within about 30° of the Sun, so it is roughly new and close to dark. Sign distance is coarse, and exact degrees decide how close the conjunction is. Hellenistic astrologers watch whether the Moon is separating from the Sun or applying to it. They also ask whether the chart is a day chart, which depends on birth time. That sets how sect, their sorting of planets into day and night teams, treats the pair.

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
  • Vettius Valens, Anthology, 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. Replaced 'borrows its standing' with a statement about the sign lord.

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 also in Leo places both luminaries in one fixed fire sign, a conjunction by sign. Modern psychological astrology reads the Sun's aim and the Moon's need as the same: warmth, expression and acknowledgment. Modern readings describe a self that is direct about what it wants, with little distance between purpose and feeling. The tension described is the lack of contrast, so that pride can have no counterweight and recognition becomes the single measure of safety. Sharing one sign puts the Moon within 30° of the Sun, so it lies near new Moon as a rough guide. Exact degrees say whether it falls before or after the conjunction. Hellenistic astrologers give the Moon no domicile, exaltation or fall in Leo and read its phase and house first.

Sources

  • Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas, The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope (1992)
  • Dane Rudhyar, The Lunation Cycle (1967)
  • Stephen Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements (1975)

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: same sign gives a Sun-Moon elongation under 30°, so 'near new Moon' holds as a rough guide (reworded from 'about 30°' to 'within 30°' and hedged); the Moon has no domicile, exaltation or fall in Leo (Sun's domicile). Replaced 'no rank by sign' and 'Authors describe' as in the other blocks. Modern interpretive keywords are consistent with the sign keywords in the project reference data but were not checked against the books' own text.

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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