In love
Romantic and demonstrative. Wants to be admired, not merely tolerated.
Settled date · day 21 of 32 in the sign
August 12 zodiac sign: Leo
The August 12 zodiac sign is Leo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 19°48′ into the sign, 20 days past its start and 11 days before Virgo begins.
- Sun sign
- Leo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,744 #83 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 224th 225th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 19°48′ of Leo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 12 among the 366 days
August 12 averages 11,744 births a day in the US — the 83rd most common of the 366 dates, 3.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Leo this falls
August 12 falls on day 11 of the Jupiter decan (2–August 12, 2026).
Jupiter-ruled decan of Leo
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Jupiter
Sign ruler
Sun
Sun at noon, 2026
19°48′
Jupiter widens the sign — more appetite, more optimism, and less patience with detail. The middle ten degrees are Leo at full strength: past the entry from Cancer, not yet leaning toward Virgo.
Personality
August 12 birthday personality
People born on August 12 are Leo, and the sign is read as warmth, presence and the need to be seen doing it. Genuinely generous, and lifts the mood of a room by walking into it.
The 12th reduces to 3 and is built from a 1 and a 2 — independence and cooperation. Numerologists read the combination as creative expression with a strong sense of audience: someone who can generate original ideas and then present them in a way others accept. Birthday number 12 in full →
At work
Natural in front-facing roles. Chafes when the credit goes elsewhere.
Stone and flower
The August birthstones are peridot and spinel (yellow-green), and the month's flowers are the gladiolus and poppy.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for August 12. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Leo 19.04° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 18.81° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 19.54° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 19.3° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 19.08° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 18.84° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 19.57° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 19.34° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 19.11° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 18.88° | 33 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1940 | Leo 19.6° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 19.36° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 19.14° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 18.9° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1944 | Leo 19.62° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 19.4° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 19.16° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury |
| 1947 | Leo 18.93° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 19.66° | 33 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Leo 19.43° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 19.2° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 18.97° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 19.69° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 19.47° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 19.24° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 19° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 19.73° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mars |
| 1957 | Leo 19.49° | 33 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1958 | Leo 19.27° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 19.03° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 19.75° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 19.53° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 19.29° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 19.06° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 19.79° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 19.55° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 19.32° | 33 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 19.09° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 19.82° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Leo 19.59° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 19.36° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 19.13° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 19.86° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 19.63° | 4 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 19.4° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 19.17° | 33 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Venus |
| 1976 | Leo 19.89° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 19.66° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 19.42° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 19.19° | 1 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1980 | Leo 19.91° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 19.68° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 19.45° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 19.22° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 19.94° | 33 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 19.71° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 19.49° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 19.25° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Leo 19.98° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 19.75° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 19.52° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 19.29° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 20.02° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 19.78° | 33 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 19.55° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 19.32° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 20.04° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 19.81° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 19.58° | 2 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1999 | Leo 19.35° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 20.07° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 19.84° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 19.61° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 19.38° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 20.1° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Leo 19.87° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 2006 | Leo 19.65° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 19.42° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Venus |
| 2008 | Leo 20.14° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 19.91° | 22 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 19.68° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 19.45° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 20.17° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2013 | Leo 19.94° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 19.71° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 19.48° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 20.2° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Leo 19.97° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 19.74° | 22 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 19.51° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 20.23° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 20° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 19.77° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 19.54° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 20.27° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 20.04° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 19.81° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 19.58° | 22 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Leo 20.3° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 20.07° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of August 12
Day of the year
225 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2018, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1946, 1965, 1984, 1992, 2003, 2022
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for August 12 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Leo
life path 1
2007
Leo
life path 2
2008
Leo
life path 3
2009
Leo
life path 22
2010
Leo
life path 5
2011
Leo
life path 6
2012
Leo
life path 7
2013
Leo
life path 8
2014
Leo
life path 9
2015
Leo
life path 1
2016
Leo
life path 2
2017
Leo
life path 3
2018
Leo
life path 22
2019
Leo
life path 5
2020
Leo
life path 6
2021
Leo
life path 7
2022
Leo
life path 8
2023
Leo
life path 9
2024
Leo
life path 1
2025
Leo
life path 2
2026
Leo
life path 3
2027
Leo
life path 22
2028
Leo
life path 5
2029
Leo
life path 6
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
4
8 years · 8%
33
7 years · 7%
6
5 years · 5%
22
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 7 with 11 years, tied with 6 other numbers; the scarcest is 22 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 3 of those years, 33 in 7 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about August 12 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 12?
Leo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 19°48′ Leo on August 12, 20 days after the sign begins and 11 before Virgo takes over.
What life path numbers does August 12 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (11 years, tied with 6 other numbers); the rarest is 22 (3).
Which decan is August 12?
The 2nd decan of Leo, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can August 12 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 3 of the 100 years: 2009, 2018 and 2027; 33, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “August 12 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-12/
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