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Sun and Moon pair

Leo Sun, Libra Moon

The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Libra 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
Fixed Sun, cardinal Moon
Angle between the signs
Sextile (60°), counted by sign

How common

1 in 132

0.76% of 2,000,000 simulated births have the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Libra.

about 2nd 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 Libra

    In Libra, the Moon feels and responds in a balanced, relationship-minded 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 Libra 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

    Sextile (60°)

    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. Libra is a cardinal 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: cardinal signs open a season. Leo and Libra are 2 signs apart, a sextile (60°) counted by sign. Hellenistic astrologers hold that signs in sextile see each other.

  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 132

    Leo Sun, Libra Moon: 0.76% of simulated births, about 1 in 132; about 2nd 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 Libra

    1 in 12

    8.35% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    within noise of an even split of 12

  3. Step 3

    Leo Sun, Libra Moon

    1 in 132

    0.76% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    about 2nd 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 Libra 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 Libra, last pass
ended 11 Oct 2026
9 October 2026, 08:10 UTC to 11 October 2026, 15:21 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Libra, next pass
from 5 Nov 2026
5 November 2026, 14:38 UTC to 7 November 2026, 22:39 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 Libra

    9 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  3. Moon in Libra

    5 Nov 2026 → 7 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 Libra were last together from 15 August 2026, 14:19 UTC to 17 August 2026, 21:46 UTC.
  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Libra are next together from 5 August 2027, 18:54 UTC to 7 August 2027, 22:52 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 Libra 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, 13:56 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 Libra 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 in Leo and the Moon in Libra, the two lights are two signs apart, a sextile, an easy configuration in Hellenistic astrology. Libra is a masculine, cardinal air sign, and the Moon has no domicile, exaltation, detriment or fall there. Libra is the sign of the Sun's fall, a fact about the sign, not about this chart, where the Sun is in Leo, the sign it rules. The Moon stands roughly 30° to 90° ahead of the Sun along the zodiac: roughly a waxing crescent through to near first quarter, though sign distance is coarse. Venus, the planet that rules Libra, has no dignity in Leo. The tradition looks next to Venus's sign and house.

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
  • Paulus Alexandrinus, Introductory Matters
  • 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

Leo with a Libra Moon pairs fixed fire with cardinal air, two signs apart, a sextile by sign. Modern astrology commonly treats fire and air as compatible, since air feeds fire. The Sun's aim is personal expression and recognition; the Moon's need is harmony, fair exchange and company. Modern readings describe the combination as gracious and sociable, with a talent for making others comfortable. The tension is between the wish to be the center and the wish to keep the peace, so a view may be softened to preserve balance. Hellenistic astrologers read the sextile as mild ease. They give the Moon no domicile, exaltation or fall in Libra, so its phase and house decide more than the pairing does.

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: Libra is 2 signs from Leo (sextile), fixed fire with cardinal air; the Moon has no domicile, exaltation or fall in Libra. Hedged the fire-air claim to 'commonly treats' (secondary confirmation only), replaced 'Authors describe' and 'no rank by sign'. 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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