Sign 5 of 12 · Tropical zodiac
Leo
Leo is a fixed fire sign, traditionally ruled by the Sun. Continuity through personal expression. The emphasis is on sustaining a creative intention and giving it a recognizable form.
Find Leo in my chart- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Fixed
- Traditional ruler
- Sun
- Zodiac longitude
- 120° to <150°
Read Leo through the planet
A sign describes a style of expression. The planet supplies the subject. A Sun reading concerns identity; a Moon reading concerns emotional needs and familiar responses.
Sun in Leo
Sun in Leo is associated with expressing something you want others to recognize as your own. That might be creative work or a decision you are willing to defend. Appreciation can encourage that confidence; relying on approval can make it fragile.
Read the full Sun in Leo guideMoon in Leo
A Leo Moon is associated with wanting warmth and personal appreciation. Someone remembering the effort you put into a gift can matter more than a general compliment. Feeling overlooked can hurt even when you do not want public attention.
Read the full Moon in Leo guideLeo rising
The Ascendant describes the zodiac degree rising at the eastern horizon. In a reading, it concerns personal presence and the approach to unfamiliar situations. A birth time and location are needed to calculate it.
With Leo rising, the Sun is the traditional chart ruler. Its sign and house connect the rising-sign interpretation with another part of the chart.
Find my chart ruler and its placementA worked comparison
The same sign, different questions
A Leo Sun concerns the identity expressed through choices or creative work. A Leo Moon concerns the emotional experience of being seen. A person who enjoys a visible professional role can still prefer private reassurance after a disappointment. House placement helps separate those settings.
These are illustrative interpretations, not facts inferred about you.
Every planet in Leo
Choose the placement listed in your birth chart. Each guide explains its meaning and how houses or aspects change the reading.
Find the rest of the context
A sign label is one part of a placement. Read it alongside the planet, house and aspects. These describe different chart relationships.
The degree range, with an example
A longitude of 135° is 15° Leo. At exactly 150°, the next sign, Virgo, begins.
Every tropical sign spans 30°. The signs are equal coordinate divisions; the astronomical constellations have different boundaries.
Read the calculation methodsPlacidus houses with Leo rising
The Ascendant degree in Leo starts the 1st Placidus house. Its end and the remaining cusps depend on the exact birth time and location.
Read the calculated house list rather than counting one sign per house. A sign can appear on consecutive cusps or sit inside a house without starting one.
Read Placidus boundaries and house topicsRelated signs and chart angles
Aries and Sagittarius share the fire element. Aquarius is opposite Leo in zodiac order.
Matching degrees in opposite signs are 180° apart. Exact degrees and the permitted orb decide whether two placements form an aspect.
Sign categories do not provide a relationship score. A two-person comparison needs the placements in both charts.
Understand aspects and orbs · Compare two chartsWhen a birth time or sign boundary is uncertain
Calendar date lists are approximate. Near a Sun-sign boundary, the year and birth time can change the answer. If an uncertain birth period includes a sign change, Astriel shows the alternatives.
Unknown birth time leaves the Ascendant and houses unavailable. The available planetary signs remain in the result.
Calculate my Sun, Moon and rising signSources and reading limits
Elements, modalities and rulers are astrological conventions. They do not establish a measured personality profile or predict an event.
The symbolic explanations follow Astriel's editorial astrology reference and the linked placement guides. Worked comparisons illustrate the reading method.
Classification references: elements, modalities and traditional and modern rulerships. Degree examples follow the tropical zodiac. House teaching uses calculated Placidus cusps.
Sky calculation: apparent geocentric ecliptic of date; tropical zodiac. Ephemeris: astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Computed 2026-11-03T13:28:50.685Z.