(July 23 – August 22)
If you always go for the lead singer, Leo will be your jam. Ruled by the radiant sun, this sign has a major presence. Sometimes it’s a quiet strength, and other times, it’s a showstopping flamboyance that turns every head in the room. If you’re okay with playing Best Supporting Castmate and capable of holding your own as part of the royal “we,” this could be the most fun you’ve ever had. Keep reading to see how your energy gels with this regal fire sign.
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LEO + ARIES (March 21 – April 19)
A pair of dynamic fire signs, Aries and Leo make a head-turning duo that whips up passion, adventure, and a heavy dose of drama everywhere you go. A flashy, outspoken pair, you’ll inspire envy. Get ready to reinvent the rules of relationships since your connection is certain to play by its own bold agenda. (Society, be damned!) Restless souls, you require ample stimulation—daily exercise, jetting off for long weekends, starting businesses, intense conversations that last late into the night. And let’s not forget the mind-blowing sex, which can heat up to exothermic temperatures as you rip each other’s clothes off in the crush of attraction. Warning: Things can get tricky after the initial surge of chemistry. Fire signs are, by nature, independent, plus Aries and Leo are notoriously competitive. You both need to make your own mark on the world, and you don’t like anyone stealing your shine. In fact, trouble starts when one of you eclipses the other’s big moment or makes the other look “foolish” in public. With your rash tempers and tender egos, even the most basic conflict can turn into a conflagration. To avoid this, commit to being each other’s biggest fans and champions… without relying on each other to be the entire fan club. Outside supporters like close friends, therapists, and devoted relatives will be needed to keep this union from devolving into a soap opera. As your relationship progresses, put more effort into dressing up and going out for dates, especially if you become parents. Because you’re so comfortable together, you could end up hanging around in burp cloths, dulling the sexy edge that attracted you in the first place.
LEO + TAURUS (April 20 – May 20)
This dynamic coupling is as stable as a lit match and a bag of bottle rockets. Yet, you can’t resist playing with fire just to see what happens. The sexual pyrotechnics alone are certainly tempting, and yes, there will be fireworks once you decide to experiment. The bad news? You’re both proud, fierce, and a touch egotistical—two incurable hotheads. The good news? You’re insanely attracted to each other’s showy flair. When it’s good, it’s damn good; each of you will get all the affection, doting, and hero-worship you crave. You love to glam up and paint every town together like rock-star royalty. When you’re in power-couple mode, you’ll draw attention wherever you go. Be warned that your shared vanity might keep you together past the relationship’s prime. Sex is raw, lusty, and hands-on. When the Lion tangoes in the sheets with the Bull, there might be bites and scratches. With your combined charisma and willpower, you could overthrow a midsized government or form your own dynastic regime. Bad days are brutal, though. The Lion assumes they’re in charge of everything, but nobody bosses the Bull around. While you’re not necessarily competitive with one another, you will both vie for domination. Drama, shouting, and ego showdowns are your favorite weapons of mass destruction, and woe betide the day you turn those on each other. You’re both capable of enacting a scene that brings down the house. Build a pair of time-out chairs—make that time-out thrones—and commit to retreating there as quickly as possible when your sizable tempers begin to flare. Emotional regulation techniques like these will be the saving grace of an otherwise luxurious bond.
LEO + GEMINI (May 21 – June 20)
There’s one simple reason this relationship can go the distance: The two of you make great friends, which is truly the secret to making it past the honeymoon phase. Put any subject on the table, and it’s sure to get digested. You both love to gab about everything from the Times to the tabloids, fashion week to flea markets. Conversations are fever-pitched and fascinating; you’re both well-versed culture hounds. Romantically, the temperature can grow tepid at times, so you’ll need to learn each other’s pathways to pleasure. Leo is a fire sign ruled by the blazing sun; the regal Lion wants to be consumed by passion, heat, devotion, attention. Gemini is an air sign driven by speedy, information-gathering Mercury. Conversation is foreplay to the Twin. (Oh, you thought Gemini was just texting you out of boredom?) In the bedroom, Gemini is experimental and quick and might just show up with a bag full of toys and accessories. Leo can bring Gemini out of their head and into their body, while Gemini can spice things up with variety. At times, your communication styles can go sideways. Listening to The Leo Monologues, which span from political diatribes to emotional melodramas, is sheer torture. When Gemini dares to interrupt, suggesting that they get to the point, hell breaks loose. Leo must learn to take Gemini’s tough love and unvarnished feedback in stride, not as an ego assault. Unconventional Gem should assent to traditional romantic gestures: red roses, the Tiffany bauble du jour. Learn to adapt. Gemini rules the hands and will need to put them on affection-hungry Leo more often, since the Lion is greatly reassured by touch. And yes, as an air sign, Gemini will need to blow a little smoke you-know-where; Leo can be a nightmare without regular doses of praise. Gush and flatter—it won’t be the first insincere thing to pass through Gemini’s lips. Leo should keep a battery of patient friends on speed dial. Gemini might have multiple personalities, but as a romantic partner, they can’t be your de facto shrink, psychic hotline, career coach, parent, and social director. Spread the demands around.
LEO + CANCER (June 21 – July 22)
Lights, camera, high-intensity drama! Between Cancer’s unpredictable moods and Leo’s outsized ego, you’re a camera crew away from being a reality show—the kind that makes you want to change the channel, but you can’t look away from the impending crash. (Harsh, but true.) Both signs can be needy and bossy, but in different ways. Cancer is insecure and possessive, and this sign’s sensitive water element can drench fire-sign Leo’s excitement. Leo is the zodiac’s theatrical diva, ruled by the sun, while Cancer is ruled by the fluctuating moon. You two literally can be as different as night and day. However, your knee-jerk reactions and tempers cause equal levels of destruction when they go unchecked. So, what works about this match? It’s packed with passion and romance, something you both adore. Cancer and Leo are heart-driven signs, and emotional highs are your breath of life. For all the crashes, meltdowns, and train wrecks this causes, you remain fiercely, enigmatically loyal. Self-awareness is crucial to this relationship’s survival. You both need to take responsibility for the friction you’re capable of stirring up. In the best cases, you’ll meet after you’ve learned to temper your emotions or, even better, logged a few dedicated years of therapy. Cancer’s nurturing and Leo’s magnanimity can be put to good use with spoiling one another. While other signs might bristle at the baby talk and coddling, the two of you will lap it up.
LEO + LEO (July 23 – August 22)
Welcome to the jungle. Two hungry Lions in love is a feisty sight to behold. You two ferocious creatures can consume each other with raw passion or destroy each other with cutthroat competition and pride. The relationship begins as a gushing fest. Since Leos understand the power of praise, you quickly form a mutual admiration society. Sensing a kindred spirit, your receptors start whirring and purring. You’ll spend hours in fiery dialogue about everything under the sun, pouring on the flattery. Lust spawns as the conversation reaches a fever pitch, and soon, your hearts eclipse all common sense. The Leo-Leo coupling of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck spawned the celebrity-name-combining trend and gave us Bennifer 1.0 and 2.0. Leos love to spoil and indulge your mate—but watch out, or you’ll turn into a pair of hedonistic monsters. On the savannah, the lioness is the hunter; the male prowls the territory and sleeps up to 20 hours a day. Leo men can quickly become lazy and indulgent, while Leo women toil tirelessly on their omni-empires (think: Madonna, Martha Stewart). In rare cases, you can become a gruff, curmudgeonly couple—like two disenchanted cats who hiss and scratch but stay together for nine lives anyway. That’s a surefire sign that you’re spending too much time in the lair. Make a point of getting off your thrones and tapping into the festive, party-loving side of your personalities.
LEO + VIRGO (August 23 – September 22)
This match is, at best, both energetic and stable. Passionate Leo is a fire sign ruled by the sun, whose solar power can light up a universe. Grounded Virgo is an earth sign who can contain Leo’s heat and turn that energy into something practical and even profitable. But this is the best-case scenario. Skeptical Virgo is the zodiac’s critic, and their incisive feedback can crush Leo’s praise-hungry spirit—or throw dirt on the Lion’s flames before they have a chance to combust into a world-changing wildfire. It’s a shame how quiet and subdued the awesome Lion becomes around perfectionistic Virgo. Meanwhile, Virgo is only trying to be helpful, like a momager throwing cues from the sideline and sculpting raw talent into a masterpiece. But Virgo’s earthy nature should be no more than terra firma beneath the Lion’s trusty paws. In turn, Leo must build up internal confidence, rather than take flaw-finding Virgo’s feedback to heart. While Virgo is the helper sign, a codependent vibe can quickly form if they try to manage Leo’s demanding, dramatic life. Your signs are completely different; what’s good for the goose is dead-wrong for the gander. Live and let live.
LEO + LIBRA (September 23 – October 22)
Your glamorous signs sure do make a pretty pair. And you’re certain to be attracted to the other’s standout style and silver-tongued charm. The courtship phase of this connection comes with all your favorite trimmings: oversized bouquets delivered to your office for all your co-workers to see, carefully chosen playlists of your favorite love songs, celebrations of every “first” that you share together. Schmaltzy as it all can be, Leo and Libra are two of the zodiac’s most romantic signs. You’ll spare no expense when you’re falling for one another. On the surface, everything between you looks pleasant and harmonious. The challenge comes when it’s time to deal with a conflict—something Libra would rather avoid until it’s absolutely necessary to confront. Rather than show their unpleasant humanity, Libra might coat issues in saccharine, avoiding touchy topics to keep the happy vibes flowing. However, the artificial sweetness leaves a bitter aftertaste, especially for Leo who might consider a couples’ fight a form of foreplay. (Oh, the passionate makeup sex!) The Lion is a fire sign, with a much more passionate disposition than cooler air-sign Libra. Leo is pushy, Libra procrastinates, and you can get caught in a dance of anger as a result. When truly upset, the Lion roars. Libra can bellow right back but is more likely to withdraw and withhold attention, the thing that Leo most craves. Leo’s demands for affection, praise, and validation can drain Libra after a while. Dramatic highs and lows tip Libra’s scales off balance, inciting a passive-aggressive backlash. You might be better off as friends if you can’t get beyond this impasse.
LEO + SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21)
This combustible combination serves nonstop power plays, a white-hot dynamic you both find infuriating and sexy in equal measure. In many ways, you’re complete opposites. Secretive Scorpio is a private soul who rules the night. Leo is an exhibitionist ruled by the sun, and those piercing rays expose Scorpio’s hidden shadows. Scorpio hates to feel this vulnerable—especially in public—yet behind closed doors, being fully naked to Leo’s approving eyes can become an addictively hot experience that you’ll both return to again and again… and again. In bed, you’re both passionate and imaginative. There’s very little you won’t try. As business partners and collaborators, you can make a dream team, too. You’re both super intense, outdoing most mortals with your drive and focus. Leo plays the glamorous showstopper, and Scorpio acts as producer behind the scenes. At least you don’t compete for the spotlight, which can be a saving grace. But you’ll struggle for the upper hand, since Scorpio likes to be in control, and Leo is the bossy ruler of the jungle. Flirtatious, charismatic Leo can also spark Scorpio’s jealous streak. Remember: Darkness absorbs light. Leo must be careful not to get swept into Scorpio’s powerful undertow and vengeful obsessions.
LEO + SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 21)
This is a lively match of two compatible fire signs, and if you can stay in the same place long enough to allow your attraction to ignite, lucky you! A lifetime filled with a fun and adventurous playmate could be in store. Eternal “students of life,” there’s so much you want to see, try, learn, and experience together. “No” is not a word often used in either Leo’s or Sagittarius’ lexicon. As a result, you both juggle many projects and interests, often running on fumes. While neither of you might be around to keep the home fires burning, conversation and creativity are far more important to you than starched linens and perfectly prepared casseroles. You’d rather enjoy takeout Thai when the fridge gets empty or sleep under the stars when you run out of clean sheets. Living on the edge is fun, as long as you don’t fall off the cliff, especially with finances, which are easy to drain in this hedonistic pairing. During stressful times, you can exhaust each other, as you both can be emotionally demanding and dramatic. Leo needs more personal attention than Sagittarius, but the truthful Archer doesn’t dole out false compliments. Sag should learn to sing Leo’s praises, if only to prevent time-consuming emotional meltdowns. Consider the benefits: a little acknowledgment keeps Leo purring for days and gives Sagittarius uninterrupted time to read, start businesses, and edit documentary film. When life gets routine, mix it up with a spur-of-the-moment road trip, a long hike, or a night at a decadent boutique hotel.
LEO + CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19)
The attraction is insatiable, but you often end up hurting each other through a series of misunderstandings and ego battles. Leo is ruled by the confident sun, Capricorn by self-doubting Saturn. That’s just the start of your differences. Leo is a starry-eyed fire sign who believes that anything can be achieved by sheer willpower and the refusal to take “no” for an answer. Capricorn is a conventional earth sign, equally ambitious but rarely willing to color outside the lines. Cap approaches life like a steady Mountain Goat, taking tentative steps toward lofty-but-sensible 10-year goals. Your different pacing could drive you both mad. Although loyal Capricorn is usually the stalwart partner in relationships, Leo is far more devoted in this match. Lusty Capricorn is mostly interested in sex. While you’ll have plenty of hot romps, Leo can mistake Capricorn’s physical attraction for love. Oops! The Lion must perform due diligence and assume nothing. Unlike Leo, Capricorn’s love is hard-won, not something handed out like candy to trick-or-treaters. Then, there’s the cheerleading that grates on the Goat. Leo urges Cap to believe in their own power, which the Goat laughs off as fluff ripped straight from a cheesy self-help tome. Capricorn scoffs at Leo’s dreams, and Leo sets out to prove Capricorn wrong (“I’ll show you!”). Raising a family can often be the saving grace in this mashup. Children provide a shared focus and Leo’s playful parenting style really shines—and lets Capricorn off the hook from having to crawl around on the floor playing with blocks and making “goo goo ga ga” sounds. Leo might happily back down from the career quest that is Capricorn’s lifeblood and let the Goat bring home the bacon that the Lion will fry up in the pan and serve family style. Your home might turn into its own mini dynasty, creating a template that you can apply to future shared endeavors—and rise into your destiny as a zodiac power couple.
LEO + AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18)
These opposite signs can be a passionate and sometimes volatile match. Self-focused Leo is a born star and showstopper whose power is palpable when they sashay into any room. Team-player Aquarius is the sign of groups and society, everyone’s BFF who manages to be both the class president and its rabble-rousing radical. Together, you turn into competitive spotlight-grabbers who can fight dirty, especially as you jostle to outdo each other. Yet, Leo is a hopeless romantic filled with haughty pride, standing loyally by a mate, fiddling while Rome burns. You both spark each other’s jealousy, Leo by flirting with everyone in sight, Aquarius by treating their bazillion friends as though they have equal relationship status to Leo (news alert: they do). Leo is needy, demanding constant attention, but cool-headed Aquarius feels smothered by too much affection and togetherness. Aquarius will listen patiently to Leo’s dramas, but only to a point. Leo must keep a stable of supportive friends on hand, and not turn the relationship into an exhausting soap opera script. Aquarius will need to show a little more emotion (besides anger) and tenderness, stepping aside to allow Leo’s star to shine.
LEO + PISCES (February 19 – March 20)
Hot-and-heavy passion on the high seas of love! That’s what happens when dramatic Leo signs on to play the lead in Pisces’ masterfully scripted fairy tale. Your signs might be different as day (Leo is ruled by the sun) and night (Pisces is connected to the dream realm), but they often gel into a lasting relationship. It’s easy for you to fall into a natural rhythm together. Pisces is a flowy, sensitive water sign who needs a decisive mate. Confident Leo, a fire sign, is a natural leader, eager to rule the relationship. Because Pisces takes longer to articulate their needs, Leo could mistakenly assume they’ve got the upper paw and that Pisces is content to follow. Not so fast. In your own ways, you both wear your hearts on your sleeve, but you need to tune into each other’s sensitive spots. Both signs are incredibly romantic, and the tender passion between you is great in the beginning. However, you might hit a dry spell when it’s time to get truly intimate. The reason? Secretive Pisces feels so vulnerable when their soul is exposed and might lash out at Leo in an unconscious reaction to the Lion’s strength. These cruel barbs are actually just a projection of Pisces’ own self-doubt, but they plunge a thorn in the Lion’s paw no less. Pisces must work through the tedious knots of their insecurities, which lie deep in their psyche. Leo is a powerhouse who can run the show with their eyes closed, but they’ll do their best to also support the Fish in finding a place to shine. Shy Pisces is a true creative force, but their brilliant imagination and keen intuition can be eclipsed by Leo’s showboating. Luxury is a weakness for your signs, and you love to indulge. You might need to take courses on money management together or team up to make a fortune, so you never have to worry about the bill again.
