Water Sun · Fire Moon

Pisces Sun, Leo Moon

You lead with feeling and settle through motion. What Pisces shows the world, Leo needs underneath. Here's how the two fit, and where they don't.

Sun–Moon aspectQuincunxTranslating
Born underWaxing gibbousapproximate lunar phase
RulersNeptune (Jupiter) · SunSun ruler · Moon ruler

What you show, what you need

01

In daylight you read as intuitive, compassionate and dreamy. The private register underneath is generous, dramatic and loyal. Your Sun is receptive and your Moon outward-facing: you present quietly, but your feelings want a stage, and they'll find one.

The geometry

02

Five signs apart: a quincunx, a few days before the Full Moon. Your Sun and Moon share nothing: not element, not modality, not polarity. They have to be translated to each other constantly, and that translation is a skill you've been practising your whole life. People with this geometry are often unusually good at holding two truths at once.

When a Pisces Sun, Leo Moon is born

1940–2027

The Sun spends about a month in Pisces; the Moon passes through Leo for roughly two and a half days of it, sometimes twice. These are the exact stretches, computed from the ephemeris, when both are true.

Pisces season 1990 · UTC

  • Born between and ?You have this combination (55 hours).

Times in UTC unless you switch to your time zone, rounded to the minute. Born within a few hours of either edge? The Moon moves about half a degree an hour, so the birth time (and its time zone) decides which side you fall on: check your exact Moon with the Moon sign calculator.

Every year, 1940–2027 (UTC)
  • 1940 Feb 21 04:19–Feb 23 04:11; Mar 19 14:15–Mar 20 18:23
  • 1941 Mar 9 19:19–Mar 11 22:51
  • 1942 Feb 27 19:06–Mar 2 03:06
  • 1943 Feb 19 12:40–Feb 20 04:20; Mar 16 23:41–Mar 19 11:43
  • 1944 Mar 5 20:19–Mar 8 09:18
  • 1945 Feb 23 21:58–Feb 26 08:13
  • 1946 Mar 13 11:14–Mar 15 17:32
  • 1947 Mar 3 23:00–Mar 6 00:46
  • 1948 Feb 22 10:07–Feb 24 09:22
  • 1949 Mar 11 04:33–Mar 13 05:24
  • 1950 Mar 1 08:30–Mar 3 12:24
  • 1951 Feb 19 11:10–Feb 21 16:43; Mar 18 16:44–Mar 21 01:39
  • 1952 Mar 7 12:30–Mar 10 00:51
  • 1953 Feb 25 10:05–Feb 27 22:51
  • 1954 Mar 14 18:17–Mar 17 04:21
  • 1955 Mar 5 02:48–Mar 7 08:09
  • 1956 Feb 23 14:10–Feb 25 15:05
  • 1957 Mar 12 10:12–Mar 14 10:20
  • 1958 Mar 2 18:27–Mar 4 19:15
  • 1959 Feb 20 21:38–Feb 23 02:06; Mar 20 07:22–Mar 21 08:55
  • 1960 Mar 9 05:25–Mar 11 14:47
  • 1961 Feb 27 01:34–Mar 1 14:12
  • 1962 Feb 19 03:15–Feb 19 12:26; Mar 16 05:56–Mar 18 18:33
  • 1963 Mar 6 09:15–Mar 8 18:34
  • 1964 Feb 24 18:11–Feb 26 22:30
  • 1965 Mar 13 13:23–Mar 15 14:55
  • 1966 Mar 4 00:57–Mar 6 00:36
  • 1967 Feb 22 08:04–Feb 24 09:04
  • 1968 Mar 10 20:27–Mar 13 01:51
  • 1969 Feb 28 18:12–Mar 3 04:07
  • 1970 Feb 19 01:42–Feb 21 03:42; Mar 17 21:40–Mar 20 10:30
  • 1971 Mar 7 19:55–Mar 10 08:10
  • 1972 Feb 26 00:15–Feb 28 08:39
  • 1973 Mar 14 16:07–Mar 16 20:42
  • 1974 Mar 5 04:49–Mar 7 05:33
  • 1975 Feb 23 15:13–Feb 25 14:37
  • 1976 Mar 12 07:55–Mar 14 09:59
  • 1977 Mar 2 09:25–Mar 4 15:19
  • 1978 Feb 20 07:09–Feb 22 17:39; Mar 19 15:12–Mar 20 23:33
  • 1979 Mar 9 10:47–Mar 11 23:42
  • 1980 Feb 27 10:10–Feb 29 21:53
  • 1981 Feb 18 17:52–Feb 18 22:34; Mar 15 21:02–Mar 18 05:20
  • 1982 Mar 6 07:50–Mar 8 11:27
  • 1983 Feb 24 19:47–Feb 26 19:49
  • 1984 Mar 13 15:21–Mar 15 15:47
  • 1985 Mar 3 21:28–Mar 5 23:43
  • 1986 Feb 21 22:25–Feb 24 04:58
  • 1987 Mar 11 03:54–Mar 13 14:55
  • 1988 Feb 29 00:12–Mar 2 13:06
  • 1989 Feb 18 16:21–Feb 20 11:34; Mar 17 06:13–Mar 19 17:39
  • 1990 Mar 7 12:24–Mar 9 19:47
  • 1991 Feb 25 23:13–Feb 28 01:50
  • 1992 Mar 14 19:20–Mar 16 20:13
  • 1993 Mar 5 05:40–Mar 7 05:52
  • 1994 Feb 23 10:48–Feb 25 13:27
  • 1995 Mar 12 20:28–Mar 15 03:54
  • 1996 Mar 1 16:47–Mar 4 04:13
  • 1997 Feb 19 13:52–Feb 22 02:38; Mar 18 20:08–Mar 20 13:55
  • 1998 Mar 8 20:46–Mar 11 07:35
  • 1999 Feb 27 03:44–Mar 1 10:04
  • 2000 Feb 19 08:33–Feb 19 15:53; Mar 15 21:43–Mar 18 00:48
  • 2001 Mar 6 10:30–Mar 8 10:44
  • 2002 Feb 24 19:36–Feb 26 19:47
  • 2003 Mar 14 10:06–Mar 16 13:52
  • 2004 Mar 3 09:18–Mar 5 17:18
  • 2005 Feb 21 05:55–Feb 23 17:44
  • 2006 Mar 10 09:42–Mar 12 22:24
  • 2007 Feb 28 11:30–Mar 2 21:32
  • 2008 Feb 19 06:49–Feb 21 00:06; Mar 17 01:04–Mar 19 07:25
  • 2009 Mar 7 13:24–Mar 9 15:34
  • 2010 Feb 26 01:08–Feb 28 00:52
  • 2011 Mar 15 19:33–Mar 17 20:53
  • 2012 Mar 4 23:17–Mar 7 03:27
  • 2013 Feb 22 22:12–Feb 25 06:52
  • 2014 Mar 12 02:09–Mar 14 14:17
  • 2015 Mar 1 23:34–Mar 4 11:57
  • 2016 Feb 20 02:17–Feb 22 11:24; Mar 18 07:54–Mar 20 04:30
  • 2017 Mar 8 16:45–Mar 10 22:07
  • 2018 Feb 27 04:42–Mar 1 05:57
  • 2019 Feb 18 23:04–Feb 19 14:47; Mar 17 00:57–Mar 19 01:41
  • 2020 Mar 6 09:28–Mar 8 10:47
  • 2021 Feb 24 12:23–Feb 26 17:07
  • 2022 Mar 13 19:32–Mar 16 04:59
  • 2023 Mar 3 15:16–Mar 6 03:38
  • 2024 Feb 21 13:40–Feb 24 01:37; Mar 19 19:33–Mar 20 03:06
  • 2025 Mar 9 22:59–Mar 12 07:56
  • 2026 Feb 28 08:17–Mar 2 12:34
  • 2027 Feb 18 21:34–Feb 20 19:59; Mar 18 03:41–Mar 20 05:37

Not sure your Moon is in Leo? Check it

The Moon changes sign every two to three days, so the date alone can't say. Your real Sun, Moon and rising, computed here — then your full chart with a preview.

How the elements combine

03

A water Sun with a fire Moon feels more than it shows and then, suddenly, shows all of it. Outwardly you're intuitive, protective, slow to trust; inwardly there's a reactor: quick anger, quick joy, a need to act on feeling the moment it arrives. People who only know the surface are startled by the eruptions. This is a passionate combination that suffers when it hides: the Moon needs expression and the Sun's instinct is to withhold. Find the people you can be loud with. Keep them.

The rhythm

04

A mutable Sun with a fixed Moon: adaptable outside, immovable inside. People see someone easygoing and are surprised to hit bedrock: on loyalty, on certain principles, on how you need to be treated. The fixed Moon gives the mutable Sun something to come home to. Don't let "easygoing" talk you out of your own non-negotiables.

The gift and the friction

05
The gift

Pisces Sun, at its best: deep empathy that lands as real care. Leo Moon, at its best: lifts the energy of every room they enter. That second quality is the one people miss when they judge you by your Pisces surface, and it's usually the one that keeps the first from tipping into excess.

The friction

The internal friction is specific. The Pisces pattern: porous boundaries — absorbs others' feelings as own. The Leo pattern: pride that prevents asking for help. On a good week the two take turns. On a bad one they compound: the Sun does the thing, the Moon reacts to it, and you're managing both at once.

In love

06

Two lists, and they don't fully agree. Signs that suit your Pisces Sun (Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus and Capricorn) keep you interested and match your public pace. Signs your Leo Moon relaxes with (Aries, Sagittarius, Gemini and Libra) are who you call at 2am. No sign appears on both lists, which is why the people you're drawn to and the people you feel safe with can be different people. Long-term partners need to satisfy the Moon; the Sun can be entertained elsewhere. A partner's moon sign tells you more about how they'll fit than their sun.

At work

07

You work by reading the room: you sense what a team or client needs before they've said it, and you're wasted in roles that ignore that. Underneath, you need to feel the work matters and moves; a job that's safe but static will make you irritable for reasons you can't name.

Under stress

08

Stress shows as heat: short temper, restlessness, a need to do something, anything, right now. Movement discharges it; sitting with it makes it worse. The Leo Moon specifically: a Leo Moon needs to be loved out loud.

Your Pisces Sun in full

Sun in Pisces →

A Pisces Sun is built around empathy and imagination. You feel things that haven't been said. You read the room, the energy, the unspoken — and you're often right. This intuition is real, and it makes you formidable in any creative or healing field that rewards seeing what's beneath the surface.

The struggle with being a Pisces Sun is boundary-drawing. You can lose yourself in other people's emotions, in projects, in addictions, in partners — porousness without protection. Your growth edge is the unsexy work of saying "this is mine, this is yours" — and learning that being soft and being clear aren't mutually exclusive.

Your imagination is a gift that needs a container. Without one, it becomes escapism; with one — a craft, a daily practice, a real artistic discipline — it becomes some of the most affecting work a human can produce. Many of the great artists have strong Pisces in their charts. The ones who lasted built routines that channeled the dreaminess into form. The ones who didn't drowned in it. The fish has to learn to swim with intent, not just float.

Your Leo Moon in full

Moon in Leo →

A Leo Moon needs to be loved out loud. You self-soothe through being seen — through warmth, attention, applause from people who matter to you. You're generous with your own love language: you tell people they're brilliant, you celebrate their wins. The flip side is that perceived withdrawal of attention hits hard, and you can read neutrality as rejection. Your inner life thrives on being mirrored back.

Common questions

FAQ
What does Pisces Sun Leo Moon mean?

Your Sun sign (Pisces) is your conscious identity — how you act, what you pursue, how you're seen. Your Moon sign (Leo) is your emotional life — what you need to feel safe and how you recover. Together they describe someone who leads with feeling and settles through motion.

Is Pisces Sun Leo Moon a good combination?

It carries built-in tension — a quincunx — which is uncomfortable at times and also what keeps people with this combination growing. No Sun–Moon pairing is good or bad in itself; the question is whether you know which half is talking.

How do I find my Sun and Moon signs?

Your Sun sign comes from your birth date alone. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so you need the date and ideally the time — our free moon sign calculator computes it from your birth details, and the full birth chart shows both together with your rising sign.

Two of ten

Sun and Moon are two placements

Your rising sign sets the stage, Venus and Mars decide how you love and fight, and the aspects between all of them are where the real texture lives. See the whole chart free — birth time optional — then decide if you want it read.