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August 22 zodiac sign: Leo or Virgo?

If you were born on August 22, you're Leo or Virgo depending on the time: Leo before the Sun enters Virgo, Virgo after. The Sun crosses from one sign to the other on this date in 19 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, and the minute shifts from year to year (2026: August 23, 02:19 UTC). At noon UTC it's Leo in 100% of years; the exact minute of the change for every year is below.

Leo or Virgo? Check your year

The Sun's entry into Virgo shifts by a few hours from year to year. Find your birth year, convert your birth time to UTC, and compare: born before the time shown, you're Leo; after it, Virgo. Years missing from the list had the crossing on a neighbouring day (the Sun was in one sign for the whole of August 22).

1980 23:40 UTC1984 23:00 UTC1988 21:54 UTC1992 21:10 UTC1996 20:23 UTC2000 19:48 UTC2004 18:53 UTC2008 18:02 UTC2009 23:39 UTC2012 17:06 UTC2013 23:01 UTC2016 16:38 UTC2017 22:20 UTC2020 15:45 UTC2021 21:34 UTC2024 14:55 UTC2025 20:33 UTC2028 14:01 UTC2029 19:51 UTC

Not sure about the time zone or the minutes? Compute your chart — it does the conversion and settles the sign. Or read the Leo–Virgo cusp: which are you?

Your sign: Leo (or Virgo)

The fixed fire sign that brings warmth and refuses to be small.

A Leo Sun puts the Sun in its own sign — your core identity is amplified, radiant, and visible. You generate energy that other people warm themselves on. The friend whose laugh fills the room, the colleague who turns a project into something people are proud to be part of, the host who makes a dinner party an actual event — that's you, in your element.

The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Leo born August 22 with the Moon in Leo runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Leo: see Leo Sun, Leo Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Leo Sun combinations show what each one changes.

Leo dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Leo birth chart looks like → · Virgo dates and traits →

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 12,256 babies were born on each August 22, rank 14 of 366 dates; Leo is number 1 of 12 signs (8.96%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on August 22, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on August 22 was most often in Aries and Scorpio (6 years each) and least often in Pisces (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On August 22, 2026, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 20:59 UTC.

In 23 of those 51 years (45%) the Moon changed sign during August 22 itself, so in those years the birth time decides the Moon as well as the rising sign. Cells with an arrow mark them, with the UTC time of the change. The Moon was exactly full on August 22 in 2002 and 2021, and new in 1998.

Find your birth year. One sign means the Moon spent the whole UTC day there; an arrow means it changed sign that day, at the UTC time shown: born before it, the first sign; after it, the second. The Moon sign calculator settles it in seconds; your birth chart adds the rising sign and houses.

Times in UTC: a birth late in the evening in the Americas, or early in the morning in Asia, can fall on the neighbouring UTC date.

August 2026: full moon August 28, 2026, Pisces · new moon August 12, 2026, Leo.

Your decan: the third decan of Leo

Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 20–30 of Leo belong to Mars: your drive — how you take action, what makes you angry, and what you fight for. Read it as Leo with a Mars accent — the fire core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Seven of Wands

Defence · Perseverance · Standing ground. The card assigned to this ten-degree slice of the zodiac — a birthday card in the same sense a sun sign is a birthday sign: one lens on the date, not a verdict.

Read the Seven of Wands in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for August 22: decan, sign, ruling planet and year card →

What the date can't tell you

The Sun is one placement out of ten. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so Leos born on August 22 in different years have different Moons; your rising sign changes every two hours and needs a birth time and place. Those two carry most of what people mean by "personality" in a chart.

Born August 22? Add your year, time and place

Your Moon and rising depend on the year and hour. Computed here in a few seconds — then your full chart with a preview of its reading, no sign-up.

Or browse the twelve possibilities: Leo Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for an August 22 birthday

By sun sign, Leo pairs most easily with Aries, Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.

Common questions

Is August 22 Leo or Virgo?

Both are possible. On August 22 the Sun moves from Leo into Virgo in most years, at a time that ranges from 14:01 UTC to 23:40 UTC UTC across 1980–2030 (in some years the crossing falls on the neighbouring day). Convert your birth time to UTC and compare it with the crossing for your year in the table above — before it you're Leo, after it Virgo.

What zodiac sign is August 22?

August 22 is a cusp day between Leo and Virgo; at noon UTC it falls in Leo in 100% of years between 1980 and 2030. Your birth year and hour decide it.

What decan is August 22?

The third decan of Leo (20°–30°), sub-ruled by Mars. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here your drive — how you take action, what makes you angry, and what you fight for.

What tarot card is August 22?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the third decan of Leo it is the Seven of Wands (defence, perseverance, standing ground). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.

What Moon sign is someone born on August 22?

It depends on the year, and in 45% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Capricorn; in 1990, Virgo; in 2000, Taurus or Gemini; in 2010, Capricorn or Aquarius; in 2020, Libra. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on August 22 was most often in Aries and Scorpio. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on August 22 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Leo or Virgo, but the Moon changes sign every two to three days, the rising sign every two hours, and the outer planets by year. Two people born August 22 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.