Born on August 23
A cusp birthday. In most years the Sun crosses from Leo into Virgo during August 23, so people born this day are one or the other depending on the hour. At noon UTC it's Virgo in 86% 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 23).
Not sure about the time zone or the minutes? Compute your chart — it does the conversion and settles the sign.
Your sign: Virgo (or Leo)
The mutable earth sign that notices everything and refines until it works.
A Virgo Sun has an analytical mind paired with a service orientation — a rare combination. You're the person who actually reads the manual, who notices what's off in the system, who stays late to make sure the thing works the way it's supposed to. You're not loud about it. You just do the work.
- ElementEarth
- ModalityMutable
- RulerMercury
- SeasonAugust 23 – September 22
Full Virgo guide → · What a Virgo birth chart looks like → · Leo guide →
Your decan: the first decan of Virgo
Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 0–10 of Virgo belong to Sun: the core of who you are — your conscious identity, your will, your essential self. Read it as Virgo with a Sun accent — the earth core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Eight of Pentacles
Skill · Diligence · Mastery. 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 Eight of Pentacles 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 Virgos born on August 23 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: Virgo Sun with each Moon →
Classic matches for an August 23 birthday
By sun sign, Virgo pairs most easily with Taurus, Capricorn, Cancer, Scorpio. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
Is August 23 Leo or Virgo?
Both are possible. On August 23 the Sun moves from Leo into Virgo in most years, at a time that ranges from 00:45 UTC to 17:07 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 23?
August 23 is a cusp day between Leo and Virgo; at noon UTC it falls in Virgo in 86% of years between 1980 and 2030. Your birth year and hour decide it.
What decan is August 23?
The first decan of Virgo (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Sun. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here the core of who you are — your conscious identity, your will, your essential self.
What tarot card is August 23?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Virgo it is the Eight of Pentacles (skill, diligence, mastery). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.
Does everyone born on August 23 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in Virgo or Leo, 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 23 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.