Leo & Pisces Compatibility
This pairing can work with effort, requiring understanding and a willingness to meet each other halfway.
✦Reviewed by the CosmyDay Astrology Team
Overall Compatibility
50%
Love
55%
Friendship
50%
Work
Leo & Pisces: Astrological Fast Facts
- Leo
- Jul 23 – Aug 22 · Fire · Fixed · ruled by Sun
- Pisces
- Feb 19 – Mar 20 · Water · Mutable · ruled by Jupiter
- Zodiacal aspect
- Quincunx (150°)
- Elements
- Fire + Water — contrasting elements with different core needs; harmony comes through effort.
- Modalities
- Fixed + Mutable — different rhythms that can balance each other well.
- Polarity
- Opposite polarity (one Yang, one Yin) — the classic active/receptive attraction.
- Rank for each sign
- #12 of 12 for Leo · #9 of 12 for Pisces
In astrology, Leo and Pisces sit in a quincunx to each other — an awkward angle — very different natures that call for adjustment and acceptance.
Are you sure you are Leo and Pisces?
Sun-sign dates shift by a day or two from year to year, so the ranges printed on most sites — including the conventional Jul 23 – Aug 22 in the summary above — are a rounded average, not the real boundary. Leo season has begun on 2 different calendar days since 1930, and the Sun last actually entered Leo on the conventional date in 2011. If either birthday falls near a boundary, check the exact year below — and if it is the boundary day itself, the free birth chart settles it to the minute.
| Year | Leo season | Pisces season |
|---|---|---|
| 2030 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2029 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2028 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 19 |
| 2027 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2026 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2025 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2024 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 19 |
| 2023 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2022 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2021 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2020 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 19 |
| 2019 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2018 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2017 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2016 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 2015 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2014 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2013 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2012 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 2011 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2010 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2009 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2008 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 2007 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2006 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2005 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2004 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 2003 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2002 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2001 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 2000 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1999 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1998 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1997 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1996 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1995 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1994 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1993 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1992 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1991 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1990 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1989 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1988 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1987 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1986 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1985 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1984 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1983 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1982 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1981 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1980 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1979 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1978 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1977 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1976 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1975 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1974 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1973 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1972 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1971 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1970 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1969 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1968 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1967 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1966 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1965 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1964 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1963 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1962 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1961 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1960 | Jul 22 – Aug 22 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1959 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1958 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1957 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1956 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1955 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1954 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1953 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1952 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1951 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1950 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1949 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1948 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1947 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1946 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1945 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1944 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1943 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1942 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1941 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1940 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1939 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1938 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1937 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1936 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1935 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1934 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1933 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 18 – Mar 20 |
| 1932 | Jul 22 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 20 |
| 1931 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
| 1930 | Jul 23 – Aug 23 | Feb 19 – Mar 21 |
Computed with the Swiss Ephemeris, bisected to the minute and shown in US Eastern time. A season ends the moment the next one begins. Every upcoming sign change is in the zodiac seasons calendar.
Overview
Leo and Pisces is a bit of a mixed bag, requiring work to thrive. The fiery Leo, known for their confidence, might find the dreamy Pisces a bit too sensitive. Pisces, in turn, may feel overwhelmed by Leo's need for the spotlight. It's a pairing that needs understanding and compromise.
Love & Romance
Romantically, Leo is drawn to Pisces' gentle nature and creativity, while Pisces appreciates Leo's warmth and generosity. However, Leo's need for attention can clash with Pisces' desire for quiet intimacy. Misunderstandings can arise from their different communication styles, requiring patience and open dialogue to bridge the gap.
Friendship
As friends, Leo and Pisces can enjoy each other's company, sharing creative pursuits and a love of fun. Leo brings energy and excitement, while Pisces offers empathy and a listening ear. Conflicts may surface if Leo dominates or Pisces withdraws, but open communication can resolve these issues.
Work & Collaboration
Professionally, Leo's leadership skills can complement Pisces' creativity and intuition. Leo can take charge, while Pisces brings imaginative ideas. However, Leo's directness might hurt Pisces' feelings, and Pisces' indecisiveness could frustrate Leo. Finding a balance in roles is key for success.
Tips for This Pairing
- ✓Leo, remember to appreciate Pisces' sensitivity.
- ✓Pisces, try to be more direct in your communication.
- ✓Find shared creative projects to bond over.
- ✓Leo, give Pisces space when they need it.
- ✓Practice active listening and understanding each other.
Want a deeper compatibility reading?
This page shows general Leo–Pisces compatibility based on Sun signs. For a personalized analysis using your exact birth dates, times, and locations — including Moon, Venus, and Mars placements — try our free calculator.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Leo and Pisces score 52% overall — 50% in love, 55% in friendship and 50% at work. The two signs sit 150° apart on the zodiac wheel, a quincunx: an awkward angle — very different natures that call for adjustment and acceptance. Of the twelve signs Leo can pair with, Pisces ranks #12.
Leo scores highest with Sagittarius (88%), Aries (85%), Gemini (80%). The most challenging pairing is Pisces (52%). Pisces sits at #12 of 12.
Pisces scores highest with Cancer (83%), Scorpio (82%), Taurus (75%). The most challenging pairing is Aries (50%). Leo sits at #9 of 12.
Leo is Fixed and Pisces is Mutable, so they start, sustain and change direction on different timetables. On the elements: Fire + Water — contrasting elements with different core needs; harmony comes through effort. Leo is ruled by the Sun and Pisces by Jupiter, which is where their instincts about safety and risk diverge. Their lowest score is 50%, so that is the area to work on deliberately.
Their friendship score (55%) is at or above their love score (50%), which usually means the bond outlasts the initial spark — these two tend to do better as it settles. Opposite polarity (one Yang, one Yin) — the classic active/receptive attraction. Sun signs describe roughly a twelfth of a chart, though — Moon, Venus and Mars placements decide far more of how a real relationship runs.
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