The sign Leo is ruled by the planet, the Sun, signifying intelligence, heart, male progeny, royalty and magnificence.  This sign is fiery, positive, barren and signifies benevolence.  Leo born people with weak and/or afflicted Sun in the chart face weak health, weak digestion, malfunctioning of heart, disease of spine and blood, lack of stamina and strong will power and weak eyesight.
Leos are rulers, extroverts, best organisers, patient listeners, jealous, decisive, art lovers, generous, authoritative and anxious to retain and expand their domain.  As the weakness prone planet, Mercury, rules their second house ruling kingdom, their status is mostly short lived and they are always on the move to solve the problems one after the other.  They are receptive to the ideas of others but provide leadership as per their own conviction.  They are anxious to oblige others by favors so that they are recognised by others as royal.  They intend to punish the guilty and rarely apologize those who do not surrender completely. A king needs help of all specialists and cannot afford to be ease-loving. As such, the Moon, the planet representing ease is the functional malefic for Leo born people.  The Leo born people are most alert and very fast in assimilating diversified activities and problems.  Mercury, the planet of analytical faculties, rules the second house representing concentration.
The initiatives of a king are for financial prosperity and enjoyment ruled by Venus, whose mooltrikona sign falls in the third house. The fifth house ruling intelligence, benevolence, generosity and justice is governed by the planet of divine grace, Jupiter.  The advisors and courtiers, ruled by the seventh house, are generally greedy and try to secure their future.  They are ruled by Saturn in a Leo nativity. Yogakaraka Mars represents the executive power of the king as the mooltrikona sign of Mars falls in the ninth house ruling father and fortune.
Functional benefics, Mars, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, well placed and-strong, devoid of close conjunction/aspect of the functional malefics, the Moon, Rahu and Ketu, certainly help the native in acquiring leadership, or a top position in the Govt., in today's context, even if the native is born in an ordinary family.
Merely Leo rising is helpful to Leo-born people in assuming positions of power in the favorable periods with even average strength of planets.  However, the weak and afflicted Sun and other planets mentally torture Leos as they cannot adjust with compromising situations and are always trying to assume control of the circumstances beyond control.

my chart has leo rising and i am cancer my moon sign is cap, how conflicting can it get????????! i do see whilst reading stars in paper or mag that i can relate to leo more than my cancer sun sign. i am deep down a true cancer (life revolves around family,compassionate,emotional,jealous)but i feel like a leo alot like i walk proud and take great pride in my appearance, like to be noticed,love attention(although i hate people invading my personal space), feel like i am the main event. i know that sounds terrible to some people but i actually feel like its all eyes on me when i walk in a room without sometimes even wanting that reaction. i love to feel appreciated and my pride and joy is always my hair! does this sound like typical leo?

my chart has leo rising and i am cancer my moon sign is cap, how conflicting can it get????????! i do see whilst reading stars in paper or mag that i can relate to leo more than my cancer sun sign. i am deep down a true cancer (life revolves around family,compassionate,emotional,jealous)but i feel like a leo alot like i walk proud and take great pride in my appearance, like to be noticed,love attention(although i hate people invading my personal space), feel like i am the main event. i know that sounds terrible to some people but i actually feel like its all eyes on me when i walk in a room without sometimes even wanting that reaction. i love to feel appreciated and my pride and joy is always my hair! does this sound like typical leo?