Born on August 22
A cusp birthday. In most years the Sun crosses from Leo into Virgo during August 22, so people born this day are one or the other depending on the hour. At noon UTC it's Leo in 100% of years.
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).
Not sure about the time zone or the minutes? Compute your chart — it does the conversion and settles the sign.
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.
- ElementFire
- ModalityFixed
- RulerSun
- SeasonJuly 23 – August 22
Full Leo guide → · What a Leo birth chart looks like → · Virgo guide →
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.
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 →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.
Or browse the twelve possibilities: Leo Sun with each Moon →
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.
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.