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Sun and Moon pair

Leo Sun, Aquarius Moon

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

  • Sun
  • Moon
Elements
Fire Sun, air Moon
Modalities
Both fixed
Angle between the signs
Opposition (180°), 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 Aquarius.

about 39th 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 Aquarius

    In Aquarius, the Moon feels and responds in an independent, detached 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 Aquarius 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

    Opposition (180°)

    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. Aquarius is a fixed air sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; air is classically hot and moist. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: fixed signs sit in the middle of a season. Leo and Aquarius are 6 signs apart, an opposition (180°) counted by sign. Hellenistic astrologers hold that signs in opposition see each other.

  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 140

    Leo Sun, Aquarius Moon: 0.71% of simulated births, about 1 in 140; about 39th 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 Aquarius

    1 in 12

    8.30% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    within noise of an even split of 12

  3. Step 3

    Leo Sun, Aquarius Moon

    1 in 140

    0.71% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    about 39th 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 Aquarius 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 Aquarius, last pass
ended 24 Sept 2026
21 September 2026, 17:14 UTC to 24 September 2026, 03:23 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Aquarius, next pass
from 19 Oct 2026
19 October 2026, 01:39 UTC to 21 October 2026, 12:35 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 Aquarius

    21 Sept 2026 → 24 Sept 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  3. Moon in Aquarius

    19 Oct 2026 → 21 Oct 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 Aquarius were last together from 29 July 2026, 01:46 UTC to 31 July 2026, 12:13 UTC.
  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Aquarius are next together from 15 August 2027, 06:19 UTC to 17 August 2027, 19:11 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 Aquarius 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, 15:12 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 Aquarius 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

Sun in Leo and Moon in Aquarius are opposite signs, six apart, which Hellenistic astrologers treat as the hard opposition. Leo is the Sun's domicile, the sign it rules. Aquarius is its detriment, a concept the tradition names explicitly only late, so the opposition runs between those two signs. The Moon has no domicile, exaltation, detriment or fall in Aquarius. Opposite signs put the Moon roughly 150° to 210° ahead of the Sun along the zodiac, which means roughly full. Sign distance is coarse, so the exact degrees decide it. Saturn, the planet that rules Aquarius in the traditional scheme, is in detriment in Leo, so the Moon's lord is out of dignity in the Sun's sign. The tradition looks next to Saturn's sign and house, and to the Sun's.

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

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. Replaced 'strongest and weakest signs' with domicile and detriment.

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 Aquarius are opposite signs, six apart, an opposition by sign. Both are fixed and share positive polarity, but one is fire and the other air. A Leo Sun aims at personal warmth and recognition; an Aquarius Moon needs independence and room for ideals. Modern psychological astrology reads an opposition as a polarity to integrate: the individual against the group, heart against detachment. Authors describe a tension between wanting closeness and wanting distance, with loyal but stubborn positions on both sides. Hellenistic astrologers give the Moon no domicile, exaltation or fall in Aquarius and read its phase and house first. Traditional astrologers add that Aquarius is the Sun's detriment. The phase is set by degrees, not signs.

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)
  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I (dignities and sect)

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: Aquarius is 6 signs from Leo (opposition), both fixed and positive in polarity, fire with air. Corrected attribution as for Capricorn: Aquarius as the Sun's detriment now credited to traditional astrologers, and 'no rank by sign' replaced with the exact dignities. The phase sentence stays correct: an opposite-sign Moon is roughly near full, but degrees decide. 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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