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Sun and Moon pair

Leo Sun, Taurus Moon

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

  • Sun
  • Moon
Elements
Fire Sun, earth Moon
Modalities
Both fixed
Angle between the signs
Square (90°), counted by sign

How common

1 in 131

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

among the 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 Taurus

    In Taurus, the Moon feels and responds in a steady, unhurried 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 Taurus 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. Taurus is a fixed earth sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; earth is classically cold and dry. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: fixed signs sit in the middle of a season. Leo and Taurus 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 131

    Leo Sun, Taurus Moon: 0.76% of simulated births, about 1 in 131; among the 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 Taurus

    1 in 12

    8.35% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    within noise of an even split of 12

  3. Step 3

    Leo Sun, Taurus Moon

    1 in 131

    0.76% of 2,000,000 simulated births

    among the 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 Taurus 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 Taurus, last pass
ended 30 Sept 2026
28 September 2026, 14:40 UTC to 30 September 2026, 17:26 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Taurus, next pass
from 25 Oct 2026
25 October 2026, 23:34 UTC to 28 October 2026, 01:01 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 Taurus

    28 Sept 2026 → 30 Sept 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  3. Moon in Taurus

    25 Oct 2026 → 28 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 Taurus were last together from 5 August 2026, 02:35 UTC to 7 August 2026, 06:07 UTC.
  • The Sun in Leo and the Moon in Taurus are next together from 26 July 2027, 10:27 UTC to 28 July 2027, 16:10 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 Taurus 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 Taurus 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, the sign it rules. The Moon in Taurus is in exaltation, a sign of high honor, so both lights hold a major dignity. Among the twelve Sun-in-Leo pairs, only Leo with Cancer also has that double. By sign, Taurus is three signs behind Leo, a square, the tradition's hard configuration, so the two lights are strong but not in easy contact. The Moon stands roughly 240° to 300° ahead of the Sun along the zodiac, roughly the waning half near last quarter. Sign distance is coarse, so exact degrees matter. Venus, the planet that rules Taurus, has no dignity in Leo. Both signs are fixed, a quality Hellenistic astrologers call solid. The tradition looks to Venus and to the Sun's house next.

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. 'Only Leo with Cancer has the double' checked against dignities.

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 Taurus sit three signs apart, a square by sign, and share a modality, since both are fixed. The Sun in Leo is a fire sign aiming at recognition; the Moon in Taurus is an earth sign needing calm and comfort. Modern psychological astrology reads such a square as friction that motivates. The aim is expressive and the need is steady, so the pull between display and ease is the theme. Two fixed signs add shared persistence and a stubbornness that neither side yields easily. Hellenistic astrologers treat Taurus as the Moon's exaltation and read that rank as strength. They rate this Moon as strong in standing even though the lights are in a square. Moon-Sun phase depends on exact degrees, not on 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: Taurus is 3 signs from Leo (square), both fixed; Taurus is the Moon's exaltation in Ptolemy. The phase sentence is correct because sign distance alone does not fix elongation. 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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