In love
Romantic and demonstrative. Wants to be admired, not merely tolerated.
Settled date · day 26 of 32 in the sign
August 17 zodiac sign: Leo
The August 17 zodiac sign is Leo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 24°36′ into the sign, 25 days past its start and 6 days before Virgo begins.
- Sun sign
- Leo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,765 #79 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 229th 230th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 24°36′ of Leo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 17 among the 366 days
August 17 averages 11,765 births a day in the US — the 79th most common of the 366 dates, 3.7% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Mars-ruled decan of Leo
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Sun
Sun at noon, 2026
24°36′
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. The last ten degrees of Leo already turn toward Virgo, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
August 17 birthday personality
People born on August 17 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 17th reduces to 8 and blends 1 (initiative) with 7 (analysis). Numerologists read it as ambition backed by research: those born on this day tend to study a field thoroughly, plan carefully and then act with real decisiveness. Birthday number 17 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 17. 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 23.84° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 23.61° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 24.34° | 22 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 24.1° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 23.88° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 23.65° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 24.37° | 8 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 24.15° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 23.91° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 23.68° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Leo 24.41° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 24.17° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 23.94° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 23.71° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Venus |
| 1944 | Leo 24.43° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 24.2° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 23.96° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1947 | Leo 23.73° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 24.46° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1949 | Leo 24.23° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 24.01° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 23.77° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 24.5° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 24.27° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 24.04° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 23.81° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 24.54° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mars |
| 1957 | Leo 24.3° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1958 | Leo 24.07° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 23.84° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 24.56° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 24.33° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 24.1° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 23.86° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 24.59° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 24.35° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 24.13° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 23.9° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 24.62° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Leo 24.39° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 24.16° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 23.93° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 24.66° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 24.43° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 24.2° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 23.97° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Leo 24.69° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 24.46° | 22 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 24.23° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 23.99° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1980 | Leo 24.72° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 24.48° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 24.25° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 24.02° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 24.74° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 24.52° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 24.29° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 24.06° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Leo 24.79° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 24.56° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 24.33° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 24.1° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 24.82° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 24.59° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 24.36° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 24.12° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 24.85° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 24.61° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 24.38° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Leo 24.15° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 24.87° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 24.64° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 24.41° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 24.18° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 24.91° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Leo 24.68° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2006 | Leo 24.45° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 24.22° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Venus |
| 2008 | Leo 24.95° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 24.72° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 24.49° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 24.25° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 24.98° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 2013 | Leo 24.75° | 22 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 24.51° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 24.28° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 25° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 2017 | Leo 24.77° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 24.54° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 24.31° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 25.03° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 24.8° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 24.57° | 22 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 24.34° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 25.07° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 24.84° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 24.61° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 24.38° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Leo 25.1° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 24.87° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
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 17
Day of the year
230 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1940, 1951, 1970, 1989, 2008, 2016, 2027
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Counted for August 17 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 6
2007
Leo
life path 7
2008
Leo
life path 8
2009
Leo
life path 9
2010
Leo
life path 1
2011
Leo
life path 2
2012
Leo
life path 3
2013
Leo
life path 22
2014
Leo
life path 5
2015
Leo
life path 6
2016
Leo
life path 7
2017
Leo
life path 8
2018
Leo
life path 9
2019
Leo
life path 1
2020
Leo
life path 2
2021
Leo
life path 3
2022
Leo
life path 22
2023
Leo
life path 5
2024
Leo
life path 6
2025
Leo
life path 7
2026
Leo
life path 8
2027
Leo
life path 9
2028
Leo
life path 1
2029
Leo
life path 2
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
7 years · 7%
2
5 years · 5%
The most frequent is 3 with 11 years, tied with 7 other numbers; the scarcest is 2 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 7 of those years, 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about August 17 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 17?
Leo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 24°36′ Leo on August 17, 25 days after the sign begins and 6 before Virgo takes over.
What life path numbers does August 17 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (11 years, tied with 7 other numbers); the rarest is 2 (5).
Which decan is August 17?
The 3rd decan of Leo, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can August 17 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993; 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1932, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2022.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “August 17 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-17/
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