The Snake year (Fire 火, yin) meets a Leo sun (Fire, Fixed).
Fire · yinFire · Fixed巳 sì
The chart, computed
Verified
Animal rank
6 of 12
Branch
巳 (sì)
Year element
Fire 火 · yin
Sun sign
Leo
Sign element
Fire
Modality
Fixed
Ruling planet
Sun
Hours ruled
09:00–10:59
Season · direction
Summer · South-Southeast
These values are computed from the Earthly Branch and tropical sign, not looked up in a table. The year element follows the sexagenary cycle; the sign facts follow the tropical zodiac.
Two Fires again, but Leo is fixed and ruled by the Sun, so this is the Snake at its most magnetic and most immovable. Where most Snakes prefer the shadows, the Leo Snake actually wants the light, then plays it cooler than any other lion would dare. They radiate a banked, deliberate warmth, a charisma that seems effortless and is in fact rationed with care. Fixed Fire means they commit hard and rarely reverse, in loyalty and in pride alike. In love they are generous, a little theatrical, and quietly insistent on being adored, though the Snake keeps them from begging for it; they would rather withdraw than ask. At work they lead by presence and long memory, and they do not forget who doubted them early. Because both signs reinforce, the coherence is strong and so is the risk: the same self-certainty doubled becomes hard to dent, and feedback bounces off. The Leo Snake's blind spot is vanity wearing the mask of standards. Their finest version uses the patience of the Snake to cool the ego into genuine command.
Personality
At core, this is someone whose Snake year understands the situation completely before it tips its hand, filtered through a Leo sun that brings warm, generous pride. As a fixed sign, the Leo side holds things. It commits hard and changes direction reluctantly, which is both its anchor and its trap. The blend reads as all of a piece, the kind of person who plays a long, quiet game and rarely loses it while wanting, underneath, what every Leo wants: to be seen and appreciated.
In love
In love, the Snake is intensely loyal and just as intensely private, while the Leo side gives loyalty and a sense of occasion. What this person ultimately wants from a partner is to be seen and appreciated, and they give devotion the Snake's way. The old summer-season, South-Southeast-facing symbolism of the 巳 branch points at the same rhythm of approach and retreat that a good partner learns to read.
Career
At work, the Snake plays a long, quiet game and rarely loses it. The Leo layer adds loyalty and a sense of occasion, and the fixed cast means this person holds things. Sun-ruled, the Leo Snake is at its strongest given a clear aim and the room to pursue it its own way.
The shadow side
The shadow side is specific. The Snake in this person withholds and calculates when it should simply speak; the Leo in them can over-rely on warm, generous pride. Under stress the two failure modes can feed each other, withholds and calculates when it should simply speak reinforcing a Leo that digs in. Naming it is most of the cure: this combination grows the day it stops defending the weakness as a virtue.
The Leo Snake combines the Snake year (Fire, yin) with a Leo sun (Fire, Fixed, ruled by Sun). The Leo Snake sets Snake's still, strategic depth against Leo's warm, generous pride. Here the Eastern and Western readings point the same way: the fire of the animal year and the fire of the sun sign reinforce each other rather than pulling apart, which tends to make the character unusually consistent.
Do the Eastern and Western sides of a Leo Snake agree?
Yes. The Fire of the Snake year and the Fire of the Leo sun reinforce each other, which tends to make the character unusually consistent.
Who is the Snake most compatible with?
In the branch relations, the Snake's natural ally (六合) is the Monkey, its trine partners (三合) are the Rooster and Ox, and its classic clash (六沖) is the Pig.
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For entertainment only. This page presents traditional astrological compatibility frameworks (Theodora Lau's Triangle of Affinity for Chinese astrology; classical Hellenistic correspondences for Western signs). Readings are not psychological, medical, financial, or relationship advice.
