Leo Compatibility: Who Is Leo Compatible With?

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

The zodiac sign Leo is one of twelve, and Leo compatibility is settled one pair at a time. To check Leo against any other sign, use the zodiac calculator. Every row of the list below opens a verdict page of its own. Cancer and Leo, for example, are next-door signs, a semisextile apart, and the full reading sits on Cancer and Leo. The rating reads two sun signs and nothing else.

How compatible is Leo with each zodiac sign?

The aspect column, not the distance around the wheel, is what orders this table. A trine is the angle our scoring pays most for, so the two fire signs four steps away sit at the top. A square pays least, which puts two signs three steps away at the bottom. Aquarius is the furthest sign from Leo, directly opposite, and still outranks four signs that sit closer. What it means is that near and far are not the ranking: this is our scoring of three traditional readings, not a forecast about anybody.

What is a good match for a Leo?

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

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

• Aries is fire, like Leo, and sits four signs away, the aspect astrologers read as the least effortful (same element, trine).
• Sagittarius reaches the same top score from the far side of the fire trine (same element, trine).
• Gemini sits two signs away, a sextile, which the tradition reads as friendly rather than effortless (paired elements, sextile).
• Libra forms the second sextile and scores level with Gemini, because air pairs with fire in the convention our scoring follows (paired elements, sextile).

Who is Leo not compatible with?

The lowest ratings for Leo are Taurus and Scorpio: 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.

Taurus and Scorpio share the bottom of the list for Leo, and one aspect explains both.

• Taurus sits three signs from Leo, a square of 90 degrees, which astrologers read as friction (same modality, unpaired elements).
• Scorpio makes the matching square from the other side and scores level with Taurus (same modality, unpaired elements).
• Both are fixed signs, as Leo is, and the tradition reads two fixed signs as two positions held rather than two positions traded. That is the whole of the reason: the square puts unpaired elements beside a shared mode, and our scoring is left with nothing to award.

The rating measures ease between two sun signs. It has no view on the people born under them, and the two questions readers ask next are answered from the same list.

Who is the best match for a Leo woman?

The ranking is the same for a Leo woman, because our scoring takes two signs and has no input for gender at all. Aries and Sagittarius stay at the top. Read through the element. Fire is the group astrologers tie to warmth shown openly, and the tradition's account of the fire trine is two people who say what they feel while they still feel it.

Who is the best match for a Leo man?

Aries 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. The Sun rules Leo and no other sign, which is why astrologers read Leo through identity rather than through a planet shared with a neighbour. Rulers colour a reading and score no points.

How is Leo in love, friendship and marriage?

Three questions, one set of ratings. The tradition reads warmth out of the element, ease out of the aspect and endurance out of the modality, changing the weighting rather than the list.

What does Leo need in love?

Leo needs to be seen. It is a fire sign, fixed by mode, ruled by the Sun, and astrologers read that combination as a sign that gives warmth openly and stays where it is appreciated. The ranking above follows from that, and not from anything about a particular Leo: the tradition puts the generous signs first.

Which signs are the best friends for Leo?

Easy company for Leo, in the tradition's reading, means Aries, Sagittarius and Libra.

• Aries and Sagittarius form the fire trine, and a trine is the aspect astrologers read as the least effortful between two signs.
• Libra sits a sextile away, which the tradition reads as friendly: air pairs with fire in the convention our scoring follows, and both signs would rather be out than in.

A sextile suits friendship better than romance, which is the tradition's way of saying that company asks less than partnership.

What sign will a Leo marry?

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

Leo runs July 23 to August 22 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, and the twelve line up differently once they are set side by side. The ranking across all twelve is in the best match for every sign.