Rooster/Leo and Horse/Taurus meet at 55-60%, a cross pairing of maximum volume and minimum volume. A manic cannonball of a personality courts a homebody who downplays every one of its own obvious gifts.
Rooster/Leo runs hot and cold by the hour, and its moody misbehavior is genuinely magnetic to the right audience. Horse/Taurus wants a cozy, womb-warm home and a lover who prods gently, not one who crows and crashes. Attraction sparks off the contrast; comfort has a harder time following.
Rooster/Leo announces, boasts, and broadcasts its weather to the whole room. Horse/Taurus understates, hedges, and would rather stay in than perform. One talks to be seen, one talks to feel safe, and both keep missing the other's frequency.
Friction comes when a Rooster/Leo gloom-fit fills the house and Horse/Taurus, skittish under the noise, retreats deeper into its shell. The quiet one's withdrawal reads as indifference, which only makes the loud one louder.
Horse/Taurus offers Rooster/Leo the non-negotiable calm it secretly needs after the crowing stops, plus hugs for instant cheer. Rooster/Leo drags Horse/Taurus out the front door and proves the world's attention is survivable, even pleasant.
At 55-60%, Rooster/Leo and Horse/Taurus are mismatched but possible. It works if the cannonball learns an indoor voice and the homebody learns to cheer out loud.