Sun in Leo
What Sun in Leo means, the traditional facts behind it, and when the Sun is actually in Leo.
What Sun in Leo means
With your Sun in Leo, identity wants warmth and expression — you shine when you can create something and be genuinely seen for it. Leo is a fire sign, so generosity and play are how you recharge, not extras.
A sign placement reads the same in every house system.
These interpretations are drafted with software assistance and edited by our writers. Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science — take what's useful and leave the rest.
The sign: Leo
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Fixed
- Polarity
- Yang: outward, active
- Ruler
- Sun
Essential dignity
The Sun rules Leo. This is its home sign, or domicile, where the tradition sees it working most freely and most in character.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When the Sun is in Leo
The Sun is in Leo every year from about July 22 to August 23. The exact moments this year and next:
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026, 19:13 | Aug 23, 2026, 02:19 |
| Jul 23, 2027, 01:04 | Aug 23, 2027, 08:14 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
See where the Sun falls in your own birth chart
How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.