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Sun and Moon pair

Leo Sun, Scorpio Moon

The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Scorpio 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
Both fixed
Angle between the signs
Square (90°), counted by sign

How common

1 in 132

0.75% of 2,000,000 simulated births have the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Scorpio.

about 3rd 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 Scorpio

    In Scorpio, the Moon feels and responds in an intense, probing 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 Scorpio 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

    Square (90°)

    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. Scorpio is a fixed 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: fixed signs sit in the middle of a season. Leo and Scorpio are 3 signs apart, a square (90°) counted by sign. Hellenistic astrologers hold that signs in square see each other.

  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 132

    Leo Sun, Scorpio Moon: 0.75% of simulated births, about 1 in 132; about 3rd 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 Scorpio

    1 in 12

    8.32% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    within noise of an even split of 12

  3. Step 3

    Leo Sun, Scorpio Moon

    1 in 132

    0.75% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    about 3rd 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 Scorpio 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 Scorpio, last pass
ended 14 Oct 2026
11 October 2026, 15:21 UTC to 14 October 2026, 00:59 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Scorpio, next pass
from 7 Nov 2026
7 November 2026, 22:39 UTC to 10 November 2026, 08:35 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 Scorpio

    11 Oct 2026 → 14 Oct 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  3. Moon in Scorpio

    7 Nov 2026 → 10 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 Scorpio were last together from 17 August 2026, 21:46 UTC to 20 August 2026, 08:30 UTC.
  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Scorpio are next together from 7 August 2027, 22:52 UTC to 10 August 2027, 06:35 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 Scorpio 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 Scorpio 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 Moon in Scorpio is in fall, the sign opposite its exaltation. The Sun in Leo is in domicile, the sign it rules, so this pair joins one strong and one weak condition in Hellenistic terms. By sign they are a square, three signs apart, which the tradition counts as a hard configuration. Scorpio is a feminine, fixed water sign, so the Moon's gender matches the sign. The Moon stands roughly 60° to 120° ahead of the Sun along the zodiac, roughly around first quarter, though sign distance is coarse. Mars, the planet that rules Scorpio, has no dignity in Leo. It belongs to the night team under sect, the tradition's sorting of planets into day and night teams. The tradition looks to Mars's sign and house next, to judge whether the Moon's fall is supported. Fall describes standing, not temperament.

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.

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 a Scorpio Moon sits three signs apart, a square by sign, with both signs fixed. Fire and water differ as elements, so modern psychological astrology reads the pairing as a friction that motivates. The Sun's aim is open display; the Moon's need is privacy, depth and loyalty. Modern readings describe strong feeling kept under a visible surface, with persistence from both fixed signs. The tension is control: the self wants to be seen while the emotional life resists exposure. Hellenistic astrologers place the Moon in its fall in Scorpio and read it as weakened by sign. Modern authors emphasize intensity and depth instead and do not share that judgment. The lunar phase depends on 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: Scorpio is 3 signs from Leo (square), both fixed, fire with water; Scorpio is the Moon's depression (fall) in Ptolemy I.19. Changed 'weakened by rule' to 'weakened by sign' for clarity and 'Authors describe' to 'Modern readings describe'. 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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