Sun in Leo, Moon in Cancer

In you, the active, outgoing side and the receptive, inward side are equally strong. You feel deeply and react on impulse, and behind your active, confident surface there is a tender core that is easily hurt. Like sunlight, your energy is open, steady and warm, and those around you feel at home in it. You are kind, generous and rightly proud of yourself, and you use your rich creativity to express who you are. On the whole you look at life with optimism, yet anything that touches your safety or the safety of your loved ones is a sensitive point for you.

You have the gift of a dramatic actor, and it goes hand in hand with a love of being admired. You open up easily, yet you keep your rich inner world away from curious eyes and share your feelings only with the people closest to you. You love the spotlight and know how to hold it, but at times your sensitivity sends you back into the shell you have built for yourself. You make your decisions as independently as you can, feeling that nobody understands the problem better than you, and here you are completely sure of yourself. When you carry those decisions out, however, you are gentle and careful, with a fine sense of timing and of how others will react.

You like to be the one who decides, and at the same time you are very aware of how people will respond to your words and actions. Compliments mean a lot to you, and you quietly hope to be admired, so it helps to find some of that recognition in yourself. You love luxury, elegance and abundance, yet in daily life you are economical, thrifty and careful with money. For holidays you like great comfort and convenience, and a fashionable resort suits you well. At heart you know your worth well, and you would rather show it through what you do than spend effort trying to impress.

You relax best at home, in a warm, familiar atmosphere among your family and the people dear to you. Being near water also helps you unwind.

You sense your surroundings intuitively. A quiet worry about the future lives in you, and a full pantry gives you a sense of security. Your mother has a strong influence on your inner world, and you are likely to stay emotionally close to her all your life. You have a gift for sympathy and empathy, and you know how to soothe and comfort. You do equally well when a situation calls for willpower and when it calls for warmth and understanding. Still, your conscious aims and your inner needs don't always sit easily together, and giving each its due is part of your path.

In a man's chart, this combination gives an active, strong-willed, emotional and loving character, and he is often drawn to a partner who is tender, romantic and sensitive. In a woman's chart, it gives a harmonious expression of her receptive, feminine side, with a strong focus on family, children and home, and she is drawn to a man who is expressive, generous, proud, open and spontaneous.