Thunderball meets For Your Eyes Only.
This is a highly combustible and energetic combination. In the signs of Aries and Leo, we have, of course, two fire signs ruled by Mars and the Sun, respectively, indicating two highly masculine energies coming together. These signs are sure to create a relationship that’s a whirlwind of excitement, and this match has a lot of romantic potential. Since both signs are fairly confident and outgoing, they are not backward in coming forward. They understand each other’s natures and temperaments, making them both admirers of each other and quick to forgive indiscretions, as they both bounce back from defeats.
However, one of the issues here is that they are very competitive with each other, and that can fuel success and ambition, and even personal growth, but it can also lead to clashes and unpleasantness at perceived one-upmanship. It’s always important that these signs remain humble and never forget to appreciate the relationship for the massive potential it has.
Leo, being a fixed sign, can bring stability to Aries, and Aries can help Leo gain in confidence. Sometimes Leo goes through patches of ego fragility, which Aries can help negate as Aries tends not to overthink.
The ruler of Leo, the Sun, is exalted in Aries, which means there are very positive dividends for self-worth, the unfolding of destiny, and the abundance of opportunity for the Leo partner. What’s more, Aries benefits greatly from the warmth and positivity that Leo naturally generates.
This combination has a 70% chance of success.
Romantic Compatibility
There are two main ingredients fueling romantic success for this particular love match, and that is the ability to forgive and take the high road, and also the love of life and the fact that they ignite a youthful energy in both. These are two playful signs; they enjoy both competitive activities, social and sporting pursuits, and therefore there’s a wide range of things that they can do together that can make their life feel full and complete.
What’s more, neither of them ever stands still for long. They are always looking for the next best thing. However, one problem can be a little bit of FOMO creeping in if one of the partners has a bad spell when one of life’s ups and downs strikes. One drawback of this relationship is when one partner wants to keep the momentum going, while the other partner is having a blue patch. The “blue” partner may be left feeling that the other lacks sympathy or is taking an attitude of “pull yourself together.”
So, while this relationship has sparkle, passion and excitement, and they are likely to bring a great deal of joyfulness into each other’s lives, when one has the blues it’s always important that
the other shows empathy and patience. Lack of patience and empathy during the hard times can dampen romance and deplete that feeling of being cared for.
This relationship is more twin flames than soulmate.
Sexual Compatibility
Since both signs are optimistic and positive, this is a big endorsement of each partner’s essential nature, which leads to strong sexual compatibility. However, Leo often likes to be put on a pedestal, and they can be very ego-erotic. In bed, the Aries is more in need of a team player, someone who is very visually exciting and who pays a lot of attention to them in love, whereas Leo loves to fantasize and use their imagination to escape in order to arouse themselves sexually.
So, their sexual love languages are different: Aries needs a lot of affection, warm embraces and loving words, and Leo wants their imagination to be stimulated and to fantasize. So, they have to bring these two elements together, creating loving fantasies to excite and enthrall, but not forgetting the practicality of lovemaking, which is also about sensuality and tangible things.
Aries needs something tangible, whereas for Leo it tends to happen more in the mind.
Friendship
As both these signs have a great deal of energy and desire to achieve and fulfill themselves, they are likely to find many projects that they can combine on. As friends, they are natural allies, but the competitive aspect that both of them harbour, and that need to win at all costs, can be a thorn in this relationship’s side.
A relationship shouldn’t be about competition, it should be about complementing, supporting each other, and loving each other. While initially this relationship is filled with surprises and originality, the power battles and need for dominance can be a potential tinder box. Both these signs have an aspect of their nature which is bossy and uncompromising. They don’t always yield to each other, so when things are going well and when they agree, it’s fantastic, but when they disagree, they can forget the rules of friendship and neglect to play fair, and this may hinder the relationship.
Marriage and Long-Term Potential
The ability to make a marriage work and achieve long-term potential is heightened with this pair, simply because they tend to look forwards and have a strong ability to bounce back. These are very resilient signs, and as Aries mellow and Leo grows more secure, the marriage becomes much stronger.
However, if the Aries has failed to grow as a person, and if Leo is suffering from a lack of success, that can indicate a tricky patch for the relationship. Leo can be prone to going into periods where they are sulky, feel sorry for themselves, and become withdrawn. While this is against their higher nature, it is something they can fall into if they give into weaker energies. During these periods, Aries can become frustrated and annoyed, and this is when the relationship can grow apart, although there will always be enough faith in each other to pull through, even if there are long periods where they both find each other hard going.
The rule for marriage is to always appreciate each other’s shadow side and to welcome it rather than to shun it. Sometimes this partnership is in denial about each other’s true natures and that can cause problems.
Time has to be allowed for emotional reboots and reassessment of emotional needs, the relationship must have a few pit stops in order to catch up with itself.
Strengths and Challenges
These signs are full of creativity and passion. They enjoy showing love to each other in unique and original ways and creating surprises for each other, which keeps the relationship fresh.
Since both parties have a resilient and vibrant spirit, it’s easy for them to tackle and overcome hurdles together.
These astrological signs have the power to spur each other on, increasing each other’s confidence, encouraging each other in their ambitions, and showing each other a lot of warmth romantically.
Negatively, the Leo’s stubbornness and the Aries’ unwillingness to compromise can lead to stalemates in the relationship, which can cause prolonged periods of difficulty—but these are not insurmountable.
If competitiveness turns into underhandedness, this relationship can become one that turns to love-hate.
While there’s a high level of desire, this desire can become one of anger that even turns hateful. In that case, the couple needs to be very aware of what they might do to jeopardise the relationship. Sometimes they will take risks with the relationship to prove a point.
This relationship can lack humility, and that can be its ultimate downfall. When things are going well, things are going really well, but when things go badly, they can go from bad to worse, because the combination of the Sun and Mars represents a very combative, aggressive energy, which, misused, can lead to conflict.
Final Verdict
This is a relationship full of fun and joie de vivre. It is a relationship that has strong elements of mutual respect and compatibility. It’ll help both parties to grow as people, discover truths and thrive. There is a lot of sexual compatibility because of the vibrant and passionate nature of each. There’s also the ability to knuckle down and achieve goals, as they both have a strong will and powerful personalities.
However, both are leaders. Neither wants to be subordinated, thus it’s so important that they both have an avenue to express leadership and assume the reins; otherwise, there can be resentment, and their natural competitiveness can lead to anger and bitterness.
This has a 70% chance of surviving.
Third decan Aries match well with all Leo decans. Second decan Leo are the best match to Aries.
As always, there are other key factors in the horoscope relationship chart. For example, synastry between the respective Moon and Ascendant signs, which are based on the day, time, and place of birth, will have a bearing on the relationship outcome. The interaction between their Venus and Mars will tell us a lot more about sexual compatibility and attraction.
