August 25 zodiac sign: Virgo, not Leo
If you were born on August 25, your sign is Virgo, not Leo: from 1980 to 2030 the Sun always enters Virgo on August 22 or 23, so this date is Virgo at any hour. The Sun sits about 2° into Virgo on this date, in the first decan, where Virgo's core takes on a Sun flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Virgo
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
The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Virgo born August 25 in the small hours has Cancer rising, and a different first impression from one born at dawn. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Virgo Sun combinations show what each one changes.
Virgo dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Virgo birth chart looks like →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,656 babies were born on each August 25, rank 103 of 366 dates; Virgo is number 2 of 12 signs (8.94%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on August 25, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on August 25 was most often in Gemini and Scorpio (6 years each) and least often in Libra (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On August 25, 2026, the Moon moves from Capricorn into Aquarius at 09:02 UTC.
- 1980 Aquarius → Pisces 22:43
- 1981 Cancer
- 1982 Scorpio
- 1983 Pisces
- 1984 Leo
- 1985 Sagittarius → Capricorn 08:24
- 1986 Taurus
- 1987 Virgo
- 1988 Capricorn → Aquarius 04:05
- 1989 Gemini → Cancer 22:13
- 1990 Libra → Scorpio 09:56
- 1991 Aquarius → Pisces 05:51
- 1992 Cancer → Leo 19:15
- 1993 Sagittarius
- 1994 Aries
- 1995 Leo → Virgo 23:50
- 1996 Capricorn
- 1997 Gemini
- 1998 Libra
- 1999 Aquarius
- 2000 Cancer
- 2001 Scorpio → Sagittarius 14:59
- 2002 Pisces → Aries 10:48
- 2003 Cancer → Leo 04:48
- 2004 Sagittarius → Capricorn 11:47
- 2005 Taurus
- 2006 Virgo
- 2007 Capricorn → Aquarius 22:35
- 2008 Gemini
- 2009 Scorpio
- 2010 Pisces
- 2011 Cancer
- 2012 Sagittarius
- 2013 Aries → Taurus 13:13
- 2014 Leo → Virgo 09:33
- 2015 Sagittarius → Capricorn 04:22
- 2016 Gemini
- 2017 Libra
- 2018 Aquarius
- 2019 Gemini → Cancer 21:05
- 2020 Scorpio → Sagittarius 12:49
- 2021 Aries
- 2022 Leo
- 2023 Sagittarius
- 2024 Taurus
- 2025 Virgo → Libra 14:08
- 2026 Capricorn → Aquarius 09:02
- 2027 Gemini
- 2028 Scorpio
- 2029 Pisces
- 2030 Cancer
In 20 of those 51 years (39%) the Moon changed sign during August 25 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 25 in 1991, and new in 2014.
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 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 →All the tarot cards for August 25: 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 Virgos born on August 25 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 25? 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.
Your big three
- Sun
- Moon
- Rising
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Or browse the twelve possibilities: Virgo Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for an August 25 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
What zodiac sign is August 25?
August 25 is Virgo, the mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury. The Sun sits at roughly 2° Virgo on this date, in the first decan.
What decan is August 25?
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 25?
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.
What Moon sign is someone born on August 25?
It depends on the year, and in 39% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Aquarius or Pisces; in 1990, Libra or Scorpio; in 2000, Cancer; in 2010, Pisces; in 2020, Scorpio or Sagittarius. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on August 25 was most often in Gemini and Scorpio. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on August 25 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in 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 25 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.