The The Lion
Leo
July 23 – August 22
The sun at noon. Generosity as authority — the part of you that shines on purpose, not by accident.
Element
fire
Modality
fixed
Polarity
positive
Ruler
Sun
Natural house
5th house
Body rulership
Heart, spine, upper back
Where Leo sits in the wheel
Axis partner · 180°
Aquarius
The sign directly opposite. Every axis has a lesson: the way Leo’s instinct gets completed — or challenged — by Aquarius’s.
fire triplicity
Leo · Aries · Sagittarius
The three signs that share Leo’s elemental key. Trines form naturally between them — they move by the same logic even when they look nothing alike.
Decans — the sign in three acts
Each sign divides into three 10° decans, each with its own Chaldean planetary ruler. A Sun at 4° Leo lives in the first decan and takes a different colour from a Sun at 24°, even though both are Leo.
I
0° – 10°
Ruled by Saturn
II
10° – 20°
Ruled by Jupiter
III
20° – 30°
Ruled by Mars
Planets that live here
Which bodies find their home, their honour, their friction, or their humbling when they fall into Leo. Hover any planet to open its reference page.
How to use this reference
Practitioner facts above. Personal interpretation below.
The structured reference above — element, modality, ruler, natural house, body rulership, the one-line practitioner read — is what you need to ground your work with Leo. For how this sign shows up in yourchart specifically (Sun, Moon, or Rising, with the houses and aspects that modify it), bring the chart to a calibrated reading rather than a generic essay. That’s where the depth lives — in the specifics of your chart, not in another paragraph about the archetype.
In the meantime — your chart doesn’t wait. If you want to see how Leo actually sits in your sky, run your birth chart. The tool uses real ephemeris math and the interpretations already live in the Natal chamber.
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Tarot correspondences
Tarot cards classically attributed to this sign
In the Golden Dawn tarot tradition, every Major Arcana card walks a zodiacal or planetary path on the Tree of Life, and every minor pip card carries a specific decan. The cards below are the Tarot keys that resonate with this sign’s energy.
Combinations with Leo
How Leo pairs with the other 11 signs
Your Sun is one of three foundational reference points in a chart. Pair it with each Moon, Rising sign, or partner’s sign for the full combinatorial reading. 36 reference pages below — pick the configuration that matches your chart or relationship.
Leo Sun + Moon (12 pairings)
Leo Sun + Rising (12 pairings)