Ox/Leo and Goat/Leo work at 65-70%, a workable match between the zodiac's most opposite temperaments. In the Chinese cycle the Ox and the Goat face each other across the wheel: discipline versus whimsy, ledger versus canvas. The shared Leo sun is the bridge, generous and warm on both banks.
The Goat's charm and creativity genuinely delight the Ox, and the Ox's strength is the shelter the anxious Goat dreams of. Affection is real. Friction comes later, in the everyday, when the Ox wants order and the Goat wants atmosphere.
Ox/Leo speaks in facts and plans, Goat/Leo in feelings and colors. Each can find the other baffling. It helps enormously when the Ox asks how something feels and the Goat answers what it actually needs, in nouns.
The classic opposition: the Ox finds the Goat impractical, the Goat finds the Ox unromantic, and Leo pride stops either from admitting hurt. Money is the usual battlefield. Separate spending pockets and shared big goals keep the peace.
Goat/Leo teaches the Ox that beauty and rest are not laziness, they are the point of the harvest. Ox/Leo gives the Goat security no mood can shake. If each honors the other's currency, both end up rich.
At 65-70%, Ox/Leo and Goat/Leo are a workable pairing that runs on deliberate appreciation. The builder and the artist, sharing one sunny roof when they remember why.