2014 · sign changed at 04:50 UTC on this day
Born before 04:50 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
Boundary date · 39 switches since 1930
23 August — Virgo or Leo?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Virgo in 64% of years and Leo in 36%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015 · sign changed at 10:38 UTC on this day
Born before 10:38 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2016
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2017
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2018 · sign changed at 04:02 UTC on this day
Born before 04:02 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2019 · sign changed at 09:50 UTC on this day
Born before 09:50 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2020
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2021
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2022 · sign changed at 03:15 UTC on this day
Born before 03:15 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2023 · sign changed at 09:03 UTC on this day
Born before 09:03 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2024
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2025
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2026 · sign changed at 02:27 UTC on this day
Born before 02:27 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2027 · sign changed at 08:16 UTC on this day
Born before 08:16 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2028
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2029
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2030 · sign changed at 01:40 UTC on this day
Born before 01:40 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2031 · sign changed at 07:28 UTC on this day
Born before 07:28 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2032
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2033
Virgo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2034 · sign changed at 00:53 UTC on this day
Born before 00:53 → Leo. Born after → Virgo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 23 August. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 39 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Sun-ruled decan of Virgo
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Sun
Sign ruler
Mercury
Sun on this date
0.38°
Sun lends visibility and self-assertion, so this stretch reads more openly ambitious than the rest. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 23 August. 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 29.62° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 29.39° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Virgo 0.12° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 29.89° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 29.65° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 29.42° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 0.15° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 29.92° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 29.69° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 29.45° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 0.18° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 29.95° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 29.72° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 29.48° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 0.21° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 29.98° | 5 | Aquarius | Shatabhisha 1 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 29.75° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1947 | Leo 29.52° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 0.25° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 0.01° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 29.78° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 29.55° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 0.28° | 3 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1953 | Virgo 0.05° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 29.81° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 29.58° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 0.31° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 0.08° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1958 | Leo 29.84° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 29.61° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Virgo 0.34° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1961 | Virgo 0.11° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 29.88° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 29.64° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 0.37° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 0.14° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 29.91° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 29.67° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 0.41° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 0.17° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Leo 29.94° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 29.71° | 22 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Virgo 0.44° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Virgo 0.2° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 29.97° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 29.74° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 0.47° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1977 | Virgo 0.24° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Virgo 0° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 29.77° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 0.5° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 0.27° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 0.03° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 29.8° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Venus |
| 1984 | Virgo 0.53° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Virgo 0.3° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 0.07° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 29.83° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 0.56° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Virgo 0.33° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Virgo 0.1° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 29.86° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 0.6° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 0.36° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 0.13° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 29.9° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 0.63° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 0.39° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 0.16° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Leo 29.93° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Venus |
| 2000 | Virgo 0.66° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2001 | Virgo 0.43° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 0.19° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 29.96° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 0.69° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Virgo 0.46° | 2 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 0.22° | 3 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 29.99° | 22 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Venus |
| 2008 | Virgo 0.72° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Virgo 0.49° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 0.26° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 0.02° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Virgo 0.75° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 0.52° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 0.29° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 0.05° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Venus |
| 2016 | Virgo 0.79° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 2017 | Virgo 0.55° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2018 | Virgo 0.32° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Virgo 0.09° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Virgo 0.82° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 0.58° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 0.35° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 0.12° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 0.85° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 0.62° | 22 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 0.38° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 0.15° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 0.88° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 0.65° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 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 23 August
Day of the year
236 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Most recent of those
1998, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1945, 1964, 1983, 2002, 2021
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 20 years
Every figure here is specific to 23 August: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →
Year by year
2006
Virgo
life path 3
2007
Leo
life path 22
2008
Virgo
life path 5
2009
Virgo
life path 6
2010
Virgo
life path 7
2011
Virgo
life path 8
2012
Virgo
life path 9
2013
Virgo
life path 1
2014
Virgo
life path 2
2015
Virgo
life path 3
2016
Virgo
life path 22
2017
Virgo
life path 5
2018
Virgo
life path 6
2019
Virgo
life path 7
2020
Virgo
life path 8
2021
Virgo
life path 9
2022
Virgo
life path 1
2023
Virgo
life path 2
2024
Virgo
life path 3
2025
Virgo
life path 22
2026
Virgo
life path 5
2027
Virgo
life path 6
2028
Virgo
life path 7
2029
Virgo
life path 8
Notice the sign column changing — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
8
12 years · 12%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; the scarcest is 7 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer moves
There is no third sign and no blend — at your moment of birth the Sun was one side of the boundary or the other. For 23 August that came out Virgo in 64% of years and Leo in 36%, switching 39 times since 1930. Most recently in 2004, 2007, 2008.