Aries Compatibility: Who Is Aries Compatible With?

In Western astrology, Aries is rated highest with Leo and Sagittarius (a strong match, 8 of 8 points) and lowest with Cancer and Capricorn (a challenging match, 1 of 8). The list below ranks all eleven other signs; the same-sign pair is noted under it.

Aries compatibility is read one pair at a time, and Aries is one of twelve signs. To check Aries against any other sign, check two signs. Every row of the list below opens a verdict page of its own. Aries and Sagittarius, for example, share the fire element and sit a trine apart, and the full reading sits on Aries and Sagittarius compatibility. The rating reads two sun signs and nothing else.

How compatible is Aries with each zodiac sign?

The table falls into five tiers built by one rule. The two signs at the top share Aries's fire element and sit a trine away, the angle our scoring weighs most heavily, with the element next and the modality least. The two at the bottom sit a square away, the angle astrologers read as friction. Between them sit two sextiles, one opposition, and four signs a semisextile or a quincunx away, where the tradition reads adjusting rather than argument. What it means is narrow on purpose: this is our scoring of three traditional readings, not a forecast about anybody.

Who is a good match for Aries?

The tradition's best match for Aries is Leo and Sagittarius: a strong match at 8 of 8 points, same element, trine.

Our scoring puts Leo and Sagittarius level at the top for Aries, and nothing in the tradition as we read it separates them.

• Leo shares Aries's fire and sits four signs away, the aspect astrologers read as the least effortful between two signs (same element, trine).
• Sagittarius reaches the top by the same route, and differs from Aries in mode, which our scoring counts in the pair's favour (same element, trine).
• Gemini sits two signs from Aries, a sextile, which the tradition reads as friendly rather than effortless (paired elements, sextile).
• Aquarius forms the second sextile and scores level with Gemini, because air pairs with fire in the convention our scoring follows (paired elements, sextile).

What is a bad match for Aries?

The lowest ratings for Aries are Cancer and Capricorn: a challenging match at 1 of 8, unpaired elements, square. A low rating is the tradition's reading of two sun signs, not a fact about two people.

Cancer and Capricorn share the bottom of the list for Aries, and one aspect explains both.

• Cancer sits three signs from Aries, a square of 90 degrees, which astrologers read as friction (same modality, unpaired elements).
• Capricorn sits three signs the other way and forms the same square, so it lands level with Cancer (same modality, unpaired elements).
• Both are cardinal signs, and so is Aries: three signs that each prefer to start something, meeting at a right angle. The square is the one aspect that puts unpaired elements and a shared mode together.

A low rating is about ease, not about people. It says two sun signs start from different places, and nothing at all about the two holding them. The same ranking answers the two questions readers ask next.

Who is the best match for an Aries woman?

The ranking is the same for an Aries woman, because our scoring takes two signs and has no input for gender at all. Leo and Sagittarius stay at the top. Read through the mode, Aries is cardinal, which astrologers tie to starting things, so the tradition's account of the fire trine is a partner who says yes at the same speed.

Who is the best match for an Aries man?

Leo and Sagittarius again, for the same reason: the scoring reads two sun signs and knows nothing about the people holding them. Read through the ruler rather than the mode. Mars is the planet astrologers tie to drive and assertion, and that is the usual explanation for the tradition putting Aries easiest beside the other two fire signs. Rulers colour the reading and add no points.

How is Aries in love, friendship and marriage?

The same eleven ratings answer all three questions, and only the emphasis moves. The tradition looks to the element for warmth, to the aspect for ease, and to the modality for anything measured in years.

What does Aries need in love?

Aries needs pace. It is a fire sign, cardinal by mode, ruled by Mars, and astrologers read that combination as a sign that opens things and wants company that keeps up. That is the reason behind the ranking above rather than a claim about any Aries: the signs rated highest are the ones the tradition reads as quick to agree.

Which signs are the best friends for Aries?

Leo, Sagittarius and Aquarius are the signs the tradition reads as easy company for Aries.

• Leo and Sagittarius form the fire trine, and a trine is the aspect astrologers read as the least effortful between two signs.
• Aquarius sits a sextile away, which the tradition reads as friendly: air pairs with fire in the convention our scoring follows, and neither sign asks the other to slow down.

Friendship asks less of two charts than love does, which is why a sextile reads better here than it does above.

Who do Aries usually marry?

Leo and Sagittarius are the two signs the tradition pairs with Aries for the long run, with Gemini and Aquarius behind them. Marriage is the reading where the modality carries most weight: two signs of one mode read as a contest, two of different modes as a division of work. Aries is cardinal, so the tradition is easiest on a fixed or mutable partner, and no page here says who anyone marries.

Aries runs March 21 to April 19 on the dates most calendars use. A birthday on either edge can belong to the sign next door, because the Sun's entry shifts by up to a day with the year and the time zone. Every sign has a best and a worst match in the tradition, and the twelve line up differently once they are set side by side. The ranking across all twelve is in best zodiac matches.