In love
Romantic and demonstrative. Wants to be admired, not merely tolerated.
Settled date · day 29 of 32 in the sign
August 20 zodiac sign: Leo
The August 20 zodiac sign is Leo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 27°30′ into the sign, 28 days past its start and 3 days before Virgo begins.
- Sun sign
- Leo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,024 #40 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 232nd 233rd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 27°30′ of Leo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 20 among the 366 days
August 20 averages 12,024 births a day in the US — the 40th most common of the 366 dates, 6.0% 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
27°30′
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 20 birthday personality
People born on August 20 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 20th reduces to 2, and numerologists read the zero as amplifying the 2's sensitivity and cooperative instinct. Those born on this day are described as exceptionally attuned to other people — gifted at teamwork, peacemaking and understanding needs nobody has put into words. Birthday number 20 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 20. 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 26.73° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 26.5° | 6 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 27.23° | 7 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 26.99° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 26.77° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 26.53° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 27.26° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 27.03° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 26.8° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 26.57° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Leo 27.29° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 27.06° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 26.83° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 26.59° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Venus |
| 1944 | Leo 27.32° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 27.09° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 26.85° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1947 | Leo 26.62° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 27.35° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1949 | Leo 27.12° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 26.89° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 26.66° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 27.39° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 27.16° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 26.92° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 26.7° | 3 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 27.42° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mars |
| 1957 | Leo 27.18° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1958 | Leo 26.96° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 26.72° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 27.45° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 27.22° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 26.98° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 26.75° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 27.48° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 27.24° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 27.02° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 26.78° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 27.51° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Leo 27.28° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 27.05° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 26.82° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 27.55° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 27.31° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 27.09° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 26.86° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Leo 27.58° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 27.35° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 27.11° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 26.88° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1980 | Leo 27.6° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 27.37° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 27.14° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 26.91° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 27.63° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 27.41° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 27.17° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 26.94° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Leo 27.68° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 27.44° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 27.22° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 26.98° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 27.71° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 27.48° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 27.24° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 27.01° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 27.74° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 27.5° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 27.27° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Leo 27.04° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 27.76° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 27.53° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 27.3° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 27.06° | 6 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 27.8° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Leo 27.56° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2006 | Leo 27.34° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 27.11° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Venus |
| 2008 | Leo 27.83° | 11 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 27.61° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 27.37° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 27.14° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 27.87° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2013 | Leo 27.63° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 27.4° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 27.17° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 27.89° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2017 | Leo 27.66° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 27.43° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 27.19° | 4 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 27.92° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 27.69° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 27.46° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 27.23° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 27.96° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 27.73° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 27.5° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 27.26° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Leo 27.99° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 27.76° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
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 20
Day of the year
233 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
8 years — 1948, 1956, 1967, 1986, 1994, 2005, 2013, 2024
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 20 years
Counted for August 20 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 9
2007
Leo
life path 1
2008
Leo
life path 11
2009
Leo
life path 3
2010
Leo
life path 4
2011
Leo
life path 5
2012
Leo
life path 6
2013
Leo
life path 7
2014
Leo
life path 8
2015
Leo
life path 9
2016
Leo
life path 1
2017
Leo
life path 11
2018
Leo
life path 3
2019
Leo
life path 4
2020
Leo
life path 5
2021
Leo
life path 6
2022
Leo
life path 7
2023
Leo
life path 8
2024
Leo
life path 9
2025
Leo
life path 1
2026
Leo
life path 11
2027
Leo
life path 3
2028
Leo
life path 4
2029
Leo
life path 5
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
5
12 years · 12%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 5 with 12 years; every other number, 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about August 20 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 20?
Leo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 27°30′ Leo on August 20, 28 days after the sign begins and 3 before Virgo takes over.
What life path numbers does August 20 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is August 20?
The 3rd decan of Leo, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can August 20 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2008, 2017 and 2026.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “August 20 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-20/
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