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Sun and Moon pair

Leo Sun, Cancer Moon

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

  • Sun
  • Moon
Elements
Fire Sun, water Moon
Modalities
Fixed Sun, cardinal Moon
Angle between the signs
Semisextile (30°), 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 Cancer.

about 42nd 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 Cancer

    In Cancer, the Moon feels and responds in a protective, attached 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 Cancer 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

    Semisextile (30°)

    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. Cancer is a cardinal water sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; water is classically cold and moist. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: cardinal signs open a season. Leo and Cancer 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

    About 1 in 140

    Leo Sun, Cancer Moon: 0.71% of simulated births, about 1 in 140; about 42nd 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 Cancer

    1 in 12

    8.36% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    within noise of an even split of 12

  3. Step 3

    Leo Sun, Cancer Moon

    1 in 140

    0.71% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    about 42nd 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 Cancer 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 Cancer, last pass
ended 4 Oct 2026
2 October 2026, 19:54 UTC to 4 October 2026, 22:54 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Cancer, next pass
from 30 Oct 2026
30 October 2026, 02:05 UTC to 1 November 2026, 04:18 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 Cancer

    2 Oct 2026 → 4 Oct 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  3. Moon in Cancer

    30 Oct 2026 → 1 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 Cancer were last together from 9 August 2026, 07:45 UTC to 11 August 2026, 08:38 UTC.
  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Cancer are next together from 30 July 2027, 18:24 UTC to 1 August 2027, 18:24 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 Cancer 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, 13:26 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 Cancer 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 Sun in Leo is in domicile, and the Moon in Cancer is in domicile too, so each light sits in the sign it rules. The two signs are adjacent, and Cancer is the twelfth sign counting from Leo. Hellenistic astrologers place that in aversion: the signs cannot see each other by any aspect. The Moon stands roughly 300° to 360° ahead of the Sun along the zodiac, roughly a late waning crescent near new Moon; sign distance is coarse. Cancer is a feminine, cardinal water sign and Leo a masculine, fixed fire sign. Because both lights rule their own signs, the tradition has no other planet to consult for either, and reads their houses and the Moon's phase instead.

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.

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 Cancer places the luminaries in adjacent signs, one sign apart, a semisextile. Leo is fixed fire and Cancer cardinal water, so they share neither element nor modality. Modern psychological astrology reads the Sun's aim as recognition and the Moon's need as security and belonging. The pairing is associated with a warm, protective self-presentation, and a tension between wanting the spotlight and wanting shelter. Hellenistic astrologers say adjacent signs are in aversion, meaning they do not see each other, and treat Cancer as the Moon's domicile, a placement of strength. They judge the Moon's strength more than the relationship to the Sun; modern authors stress the relationship.

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)
  • 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: Cancer is 1 sign from Leo (aversion, no whole-sign aspect, per Ptolemy's disjunct signs), cardinal water; Cancer is the Moon's domicile (Ptolemy's houses chapter and 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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