Rat/Leo and Rabbit/Leo score 75-80%, good chemistry with one recurring negotiation. The Rat wants to go out and dazzle, the Rabbit wants to stay in and exhale, and the shared Leo sun gives both a warmth that keeps pulling them back together anyway.
The affection is real and surprisingly tender. Rabbit/Leo hides deep feeling under a composed exterior, and Rat/Leo is charming enough, and persistent enough, to coax it out. Once the Rabbit trusts, this becomes a deeply loyal romance.
Rat/Leo talks in headlines, Rabbit/Leo talks in watercolors. The Rat should resist steamrolling, because the Rabbit will not be ordered about and simply goes quiet instead of arguing. Gentle questions get more truth than confident assertions.
The Rabbit avoids conflict, the Rat can explode after long provocation, and Leo pride sits on both sides of the table. Fights are rare but fog can linger. Naming the problem early, while it is still small, is the entire art of this pairing.
Rat/Leo draws the private Rabbit into a bigger, brighter social world. Rabbit/Leo teaches the busy Rat the luxury of stillness and the diplomacy that wins without a fight. Each rounds off the other's sharpest corner.
At 75-80%, Rat/Leo and Rabbit/Leo are a warm match with different volume settings. Respect the Rabbit's quiet and feed the Rat's sparkle, and the Leo glow does the rest.