Worth the risk
You sit directly across the zodiac from each other, which is less a clash than a mirror held at arm's length. Leo runs on the personal: my people, my warmth, my loyalty. Aquarius runs on the collective: the group, the principle, the bigger idea. Both fixed, so both convinced. The 70 is fair, because the fascination is instant and the negotiation is permanent, given that Leo wants to be somebody's favourite and Aquarius is suspicious of favourites on principle. What saves it is that oppositions complete each other. Leo warms the theory, Aquarius widens the world.
Fire and air — you feed each other. Plans get bigger in the telling, and somehow still happen. What carries the two of you: you are heading the same way, so the five-year conversation will be short. And you talk the same way — the long message and the two-word reply both land.
Try this first: Ask where they see themselves living in five years. Compare notes.
That is the Sun only. Your Moon and your Rising move these numbers more than the Sun does, and almost nobody knows theirs — the app reads all three. 18+
Leo and Aquarius, asked properly.
What makes Leo and Aquarius attract each other?
Opposites on the same axis want what they are missing. Leo is drawn to Aquarius's cool refusal to be impressed, which makes their approval feel like a prize worth winning. Aquarius is drawn to Leo's total lack of embarrassment about wanting things. Each of you finds the other genuinely unlike everyone else in the room.
Is Aquarius too detached for Leo?
Detached is the wrong word, selective is closer. Aquarius commits rarely and then completely, but shows it through inclusion rather than adoration. Leo has to learn to read being brought into Aquarius's world as the declaration it is, and Aquarius has to occasionally just say the flattering thing out loud.
How do Leo and Aquarius handle an argument?
Badly at speed, well with a pause. Leo gets hot and personal, Aquarius gets cold and theoretical, and both moves look like contempt to the other. Agree to break for an hour before continuing. These two do their best repair work in a conversation that was deliberately scheduled rather than one that erupted.