In love
Romantic and demonstrative. Wants to be admired, not merely tolerated.
Near a boundary · day 31 of 32 in the sign
August 22 zodiac sign: Leo
The August 22 zodiac sign is Leo at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029 — but not at every hour: in 19 of those 100 years a birth late in the day (UTC) had the Sun already in Virgo.
- Sun sign
- Leo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,256 #14 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 234th 235th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 29°25′ of Leo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 22 among the 366 days
August 22 averages 12,256 births a day in the US — the 14th most common of the 366 dates, 8.0% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Leo this falls
August 22 closes Leo in 2026, inside the Mars decan — the Sun moves on to Virgo at 2:19 AM UTC on August 23.
- Leo at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Leo at midday UTC in all 100 years, but in 19 of them — 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 … 2025, 2028, 2029 — the Sun changed sign during August 22 itself (UTC), so a birth in the last hours of that day could already be Virgo.
Mars-ruled decan of Leo
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Sun
Sun at noon, 2026
29°25′
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 22 birthday personality
People born on August 22 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 22nd is the master builder's birthday. It reduces to 4, but numerologists treat 22 as a master number: the practicality of the 4 joined to the vision of the 11. Birthday number 22 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 22. 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 28.66° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 28.43° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 29.15° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 28.92° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 28.69° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 28.46° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 29.19° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 28.96° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 28.72° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 28.49° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Leo 29.22° | 8 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 28.98° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 28.76° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 28.52° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Venus |
| 1944 | Leo 29.25° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 29.01° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 28.78° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 1947 | Leo 28.55° | 33 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 29.28° | 7 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1949 | Leo 29.04° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 28.82° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 28.58° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 29.32° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 29.09° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 28.85° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 28.62° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 29.35° | 33 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mars |
| 1957 | Leo 29.11° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1958 | Leo 28.89° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 28.65° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 29.37° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 29.14° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 28.91° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 28.68° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 29.4° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 29.17° | 33 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 28.94° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 28.71° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 29.44° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Leo 29.21° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Leo 28.97° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 28.74° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 29.48° | 4 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 29.24° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 29.02° | 33 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 28.78° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Leo 29.51° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 29.28° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 29.04° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 28.8° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1980 | Leo 29.53° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 29.29° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 29.07° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 28.83° | 33 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 29.56° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 29.33° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 29.1° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 28.87° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Leo 29.6° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 29.37° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 29.14° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 28.91° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 29.63° | 33 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 29.4° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 29.17° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 28.93° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 29.66° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 29.43° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 29.2° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Leo 28.96° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 29.69° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 29.46° | 33 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 29.23° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 28.99° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 29.72° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Leo 29.49° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2006 | Leo 29.26° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 29.03° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Venus |
| 2008 | Leo 29.76° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 29.53° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 29.3° | 33 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 29.06° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 29.79° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 2013 | Leo 29.56° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 29.33° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 29.09° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 29.81° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 2017 | Leo 29.58° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 29.35° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 29.12° | 33 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 29.85° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 29.62° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 29.39° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 29.16° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 29.88° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 29.66° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 29.43° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 29.19° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Leo 29.92° | 33 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 29.68° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 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 22
Day of the year
235 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1937, 1956, 1964, 1975, 2002, 2021
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 19 years
Counted for August 22 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 11
2007
Leo
life path 3
2008
Leo
life path 4
2009
Leo
life path 5
2010
Leo
life path 33
2011
Leo
life path 7
2012
Leo
life path 8
2013
Leo
life path 9
2014
Leo
life path 1
2015
Leo
life path 11
2016
Leo
life path 3
2017
Leo
life path 4
2018
Leo
life path 5
2019
Leo
life path 33
2020
Leo
life path 7
2021
Leo
life path 8
2022
Leo
life path 9
2023
Leo
life path 1
2024
Leo
life path 11
2025
Leo
life path 3
2026
Leo
life path 4
2027
Leo
life path 5
2028
Leo
life path 33
2029
Leo
life path 7
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
12 years · 12%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
33
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; every other number, 11 and 33 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years, 33 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer almost always holds
August 22 sits 30 days past the start of Leo and reached 29°25′ this year — close enough to the end of the sign that the hour starts to count: in 19 of those 100 years a birth late in the day (UTC) had the Sun already in Virgo. At midday it is Leo in every year tested, so on this date the question worth asking is the birth time, not the birth year.
Questions about August 22 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 22?
Leo at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029, but not at every hour: in 19 of those 100 years a birth late in the day (UTC) had the Sun already in Virgo.
What life path numbers does August 22 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is August 22?
The 3rd decan of Leo, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can August 22 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1934, 1943, 1952, 1961, 1970, 1979, 1988, 1997, 2006, 2015 and 2024; 33, in 11 of the 100 years: 1938, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2019 and 2028.
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AstroHot. “August 22 Zodiac Sign: Leo, but the Hour Can Matter.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-22/
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