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Compatibility
Leo Pig and Leo Rat

These two should have plenty in common thanks to the shared sign of firstwest, while the Chinese zodiac match of firsteast and secondeast contributes mutual admiration and the possibility of a close bond.

Western Zodiac sign, Leo
Western Zodiac sign, Leo

Western Zodiac

Leo and Leo

Compatibility overview

This is a roaring, inspiring, combustible match. In whatever context they meet, a pair of Leo natives will inevitably cause sparks to fly. As with any own-sign combination, a lack of balance may threaten harmony. But Leo is nothing if not driven to succeed. Given the resolve and capabilities of this sign, it may be possible to harness a double dose of Leo's great warmth and love into a brilliant union.

Leo and Leo - Relationship Horoscope

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Western astrology teaches that two natives of the same sign share the same element. Leo is a Fire sign, the most energized and intense element of all. Often two Leos will be brought together by previous successes or achievements, given the legendary capacity of this powerful sign.

Early contacts can be expected to be engaging, even thrilling. Leo tends to be a brilliant conversationalist, confident in themselves, their sense of humour, their knowledge, instincts, and skills. Two Leos will spur each other into even greater excitement than usual. Don't be surprised if these two draw a crowd! They are likely to see eye to eye on any subject where justice, honor, ambition, or generosity are concerned. Physical impressiveness is also par for the course for Leo, so intense attraction is more than likely. Maintaining momentum after this initial exhilaration may prove somewhat more challenging.

There is an all-or-nothing quality to the element of Fire, and Leo will expect to be the star of any show they are part of (often literally). Having to share center stage with a fellow Leo may lead to bruised egos and occasionally shameless displays of vanity. If these two sense the relationship is not carrying them towards success, they may erupt into a roaring temper or smoulder with resentment. Leo is a Fixed modality sign, productivity-focused but also quite inflexible. For two Leos, even disagreements that start small could ratchet up quickly because it is simply not in their shared nature to back down. Time apart could well provide an effective answer.

Leo is at heart a hugely caring, loving sign, whose self-worth often depends on sharing kindness and encouragement with those close to them. If two Leos understand and accept that they are both larger-than-life characters, with gifts and aspirations that will require some strategic balancing from time to time, they may find their alliance a source of incredible joy, impact, and tenderness.

Celebrity Leo/Leo Pairings*

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Ben Affleck and Kevin Smith
Ben Affleck and Kevin Smith (click for attribution/s)

Kevin Smith (8/2/1970, Leo Dog), Ben Affleck (8/15/1972, Leo Rat) : The director and actor were frequent collaborators in the 1990s, working together on movies including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma. After a period of estrangement, they reunited for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot in 2019. Smith has recounted: "I was scared to be rejected, but I texted [Affleck], 'To paraphrase the sad old King Osric in Conan the Barbarian? There comes a time when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a director’s love for the people he used to make pretend with.' And after a long beat of wondering how he’d receive this, my estranged friend wrote back as only he could: 'Of course you still liken yourself to a king,' he joked. And then ‘Would be a pleasure to see you again, Old Man.'"

Jennifer Lawrence (8/15/1990, Leo Horse), David O. Russell (8/20/1958, Leo Dog) : The actor and director have collaborated multiple times to great acclaim, including the movies, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and Joy. In a joint interview/conversation, Lawrence said to O'Russell: "I was so young and inexperienced. By the time I got to you, you shaped me. Watching our movies, everything I’ve learned, I’ve taken through my entire career. I was so amazed by you, and just open. You wrote it and I’d do it and you’d tell me how to do it better." O'Russell replied: "You showed up as a raw talent with no neurosis and no self-consciousness. She was completely fearless...She has a certain energy that hasn’t been in movies in a while. Young and old and loose and powerful and focused. You walk in 20 minutes into the movie and you take over the movie."

Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne
Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne (click for attribution/s)

Laurence Fishburne (7/30/1961, Leo Ox), Angela Bassett (8/16/1958, Leo Dog) : The two actors have been widely praised for their collaborations, which include the films, Boyz n the Hood (1991), What's Love Got To Do With It (1993), and Akeelah and the Bee (2006), as well as a stage production of Fences. Fishburne has described: "I don’t know how to explain it. The word that people use is ‘chemistry,’ that Angela and I just have a chemistry that is undeniable and innate. But I think it is really born out of the fact that we both love what we do. And when we come together, we make room for each other to really, really use all of our abilities and all of our talents. We complement each other."

Natasha Henstridge (8/15/1974, Leo Tiger), Darius Campbell Danesh (8/19/1980, Leo Monkey) : The actor and singer were involved in an on-off relationship for around 12 years in total from 2004 to 2016, and for a time co-parented Henstridge's two children from a previous relationship. Danesh, who died tragically at 41 in August 2022, described after their break-up: "It was a long distance relationship for half of it. That in itself was an amazing experience, but a painful one. When you love someone you want to be with them...So I have nothing but gratitude for this relationship. And we'll be there for one another if the chips are down."

Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffiths
Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffiths (click for attribution/s)

Antonio Banderas (8/10/1960, Leo Rat), Melanie Griffith (8/9/1957, Leo Rooster) : The two actors were married from 1996 to 2015. They had a daughter together and helped to raise Griffiths' two children from previous marriages. Speaking after their divorce, Banderas said: "Melanie is not my wife anymore, but I think she is my best friend. I love her and will love her until the day I die. She’s my family."

Sean Penn (8/17/1960, Leo Rat), Madonna (8/16/1958, Leo Dog) : The singer-songwriter and actor were famously married for four years during the 1980s. In recent times they have both spoken fondly of one another. In 2016, Madonna attended Penn's Help Haiti Home Gala, saying, "I want to say [to] Sean that I loved you from the moment that I laid eyes on you. And I still love you just the same." Interviewed in 2018, Penn said simply, "I love my first wife very much."

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant (click for attribution/s)

Alison Krauss (7/23/1971, Leo Pig), Robert Plant (8/20/1948, Leo Rat) : The two singers—Plant a founding member of rock band Led Zeppelin and Krauss a celebrated bluegrass singer—teamed up for the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning album Raising Sand in 2007. They reunited for the album Raise the Roof in 2021. Speaking of their original collaboration, Plant described: "We've got our own individual strengths, and it's a miracle that they can ever meld. But they do. In the beginning it was difficult, because I wasn't used to being tutored and, 'Why don't you do it like this?' And I just thought, 'Oh, baby!' Still, I like it. I like the idea of learning new stuff… I felt so much more accomplished when it started to work good."

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Chinese Zodiac sign, the Pig
Chinese Zodiac sign, the Rat

Chinese Zodiac

Pig and Rat

Compatibility overview

The best and worst matches in the Chinese zodiac tend to hog the limelight, but the often rewarding combination of the firsteast and the secondeast fits more into the gray area in between. These two may sometimes make each other nervous, but they also have the potential to share significant mutual admiration, and can form lengthy and deeply enjoyable attachments.

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The four Trine Families that shape compatibility in Chinese zodiac divide naturally into two streams. The Pig and the Rat are from different streams. Their respective families—which for the Pig includes the Rabbit and Sheep, and for the Rat, the Dragon and Monkey—tend to approach each other somewhat warily. But while there are some notoriously challenging matches in this larger group (such as the Pig and Monkey, or the Rat and Sheep), the Pig and Rat themselves escape the really challenging aspects of this surrounding atmosphere. In fact, they often feel profound respect and fondness for each other.

They are too of the most gregarious signs, the Pig generous to a fault and the Rat endlessly charming and fascinated by people, so in social settings they can be expected to establish rapport and friendliness quickly. They also each have a tendency to be underestimated, at least in terms of their commitment and resourcefulness. The Pig may seem lazy on occasion, but they are dynamite when the chips are down or there is an occasion they need to rise to. The Rat might seem superficial or flighty to those who do not know them well, but their insightfulness and determination can be as powerfully effective as anyone's. Hence these two can often find each other very relatable and impressive, in the way they each achieve high visibility, yet the true abundance of their talents hides in plain sight.

The underlying tensions of their dynamic are likely to surface around information or resources. The Pig is probably the most trustworthy and naive of all the Chinese zodiac signs, while the Rat may well be the cagiest. Hence the Pig could find the Rat to be frustratingly withholding or hard to read, while the Rat may be horrified by the Pig's lack of strategic guile or worldliness. The Pig also tends to be magnanimous at every turn, where the Rat is instinctively far more calculating—managing shared endeavors could prove frequently stressful for both.

Over time, it can perhaps be expected that these two will operate quite independently in the relationship, uniting now and then to share friendly banter and admiration. The prospects of success should not be discounted, though—these are two of the luckiest signs there are, and together they may attract incredible fortune and joy.

Celebrity Pig/Rat Pairings*

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Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (click for attribution/s)

Brad Paisley (10/28/1972, Scorpio Rat), Kimberly Williams-Paisley (9/14/1971, Virgo Pig) : The musician and actor have been married since 2003 and have two children. Williams-Paisley has described how the couple commemorate each wedding anniversary by recording their "greatest hits" of the past year: "We record the meaningful moments, the best laughs. That's a big part of our relationship—focusing on the laughter and keeping a sense of play." Paisley has said: "A lot of married couples would rather do anything but spend the evening together. That's not the case in our house."

Paul Dano (6/19/1984, Gemini Rat), Zoe Kazan (9/9/1983, Virgo Pig) : The two actors have been in a relationship since 2007, and have two children. They have collaborated on the films, Meek's Cutoff (2010), Ruby Sparks (2012, written by Kazan), and Wildlife (2018, written by Dano and Kazan, and directed by Dano). In a 2012 interview, Kazan described: "You can’t pick and choose a person. It’s not ‘choose your own adventure.’ You kind of have to take the whole package. And that’s something that I’ve really felt in my relationship with Paul, and in other relationships. Loving someone wholly, loving someone for themselves, loving someone for all the parts of them is how you grow and become an adult person...[Love] becomes all about choice — choosing to love someone, choosing not to cheat on them. It becomes this long series of choices, and that’s actually where your mettle as a person is tested."

Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett (click for attribution/s)

Kate Jackson (10/29/1948, Scorpio Rat), Farrah Fawcett (2/2/1947, Aquarius Pig) : The two actors co-starred memorably in the original series of Charlie's Angels (1976-1981). After Fawcett died in 2009, Jackson recalled: "[At the first Hollywood party I went to] I was almost blinded by the most gorgeous, magnificent, glorious girl about my age...I thought, ‘Oh God, I better go home and, you know, be a teacher or something.' She was so funny, and we had the best time that [first] year that she did Charlie’s Angels because we got into the habit of just sort of ad-libbing on camera and trying to make the other one laugh, or doing something unexpected...When the first year of Charlie’s Angels ended, our friendship didn’t. It just grew stronger and closer through the years...I think that is the reason the show worked. I think it’s even better than the movies because we truly cared about each other and still do. It was a pleasure and a privilege."

Emily Baldoni (10/18/1984, Libra Rat), Justin Baldoni (1/24/1984, Aquarius Pig) : The two actors have been married since 2013 and have two children. Emily Baldoni described during quarantine in 2020: "You cannot run away anymore. You can't go off to work and get distracted. You can’t go and have a coffee with a friend and get distracted. You're in it. So we're forced to look at the things that maybe before we were not willing to look at...Really what's helping us survive this without major meltdowns is that we can speak to each other, we know how to listen to each other and we've created a safe space to have these conversations."

Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus
Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus (click for attribution/s)

Jeremiah Brent (11/24/1984, Sagittarius Rat), Nate Berkus (9/17/1971, Virgo Pig) : The two interior designers/television personalities married in 2014 and have two children. Brent described about their first outing, going furniture shopping: "I was sitting in a brown leather chair and we were just talking. And I remember thinking to myself, oh God, what is this? This is not what I thought it was. There was something about him that, in his presence, I just felt so safe."

Kenneth Branagh (12/10/1960, Sagittarius Rat), Emma Thompson (4/15/1959, Aries Pig) : The two actors were married from 1989 to 1995. Thompson described their early relationship by saying, "[Branagh] was incandescent with ambition and performance energy. Like two mating lobsters, we clashed claws." They collaborated on films including Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), and Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Their marriage ended in scandal, when Branagh began a relationship with actor Helena Bonham Carter during the making of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). Thompson said later, "I was utterly, utterly blind to the fact that he had relationships with other women on set. What I learned was how easy it is to be blinded by your own desire to deceive yourself."

Eminem and Snoop Dogg
Eminem and Snoop Dogg (click for attribution/s)

Eminem (10/17/1972, Libra Rat), Snoop Dogg (10/20/1971, Libra Pig) : The two legendary rappers have shared a longstanding close and at times competitive friendship. In 2021, Snoop apologized for comments that led Eminem to respond in his song, 'Zeus', "I’m used to people knocking me/But just not in my camp… Last thing I need is Snoop dogging me." Snoop described: "You got to understand we really love each other. So we don’t want the public to put a spin on something that’s not even that serious…. And we truly respect each other. So we wanted to get an understanding behind closed doors… We’re brothers, man...And that’s what it is when you make records with people that you love and family. It’s competitive, but it’s competitive for the right reasons to bring the best out of each other." The pair have since performed together at the Super Bowl and VMAs.


Combined Relationship Horoscope

Final Words

The combination of two firstwest natives gives this relationship the dependable bedrock of a shared element, even if overfamiliarity sometimes causes a lack of excitement or makes dispute resolution difficult. The energy between the firsteast and secondeast involves perhaps a little more hesitation, but these signs can greatly admire each other, and with sensitivity and respect are likely to forge a supportive and lasting connection.

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