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July 23 – August 22 · The lion

Leo

Being seen and being generous: creating, performing and giving.

  • Warm
  • Proud
  • Dramatic
Element
Fire
Mode
Fixed
Ruler
Sun
Opposite
Aquarius
Body
Heart and spine
Degrees
120°–150°
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Strengths

What Leo does best

You bring warmth and confidence into a room, and you make other people braver. You are generous, loyal and kind.

Challenges

Where it trips up

Your need to be seen can turn into a need to be right. Pride makes it hard to apologise. Being ignored hurts you more than it should.

Love

Leo in love

You are big-hearted and romantic. You want to love and be loved openly, and you give everything to a person who does that.

Work

Leo at work

You suit work where people watch and listen: leading, creating, presenting, entertaining. Give others credit freely and they will follow you.

Compatibility

Leo with the other signs

This uses Sun signs only, which is the simplest kind of compatibility. Tap a pair for love, friendship and work.

Easiest

Most challenging

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What are Leo’s dates?

Leo season usually runs July 23 – August 22. In 2026 the Sun enters Leo on 22 July 2026 at 19:13 UTC and leaves on 23 August 2026. If you were born near a change of sign, your exact birth time and place decide your sign.

What element and mode is Leo?

Leo is a fixed fire sign. Its ruling planet is Sun.

Who is Leo most compatible with?

By sign alone, Leo’s easiest matches are Sagittarius, Aries, Gemini. Its most difficult matches are Capricorn and Taurus. Real compatibility depends on whole charts: the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising signs.

What is Leo’s opposite sign?

Aquarius. Opposite signs have the same mode and elements that complete each other. Each sign has what the other one is learning.

What does it mean to have a Leo Moon or rising sign?

A Leo Moon has Leo feelings and needs (warm, proud, dramatic). A Leo rising shows these qualities to other people. Use the birth chart calculator to find yours.