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Settled date · day 7 of 31 in the sign
August 29 zodiac sign: Virgo
The August 29 zodiac sign is Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 6°10′ into the sign, 6 days past its start and 24 days before Libra begins.
- Sun sign
- Virgo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,338 #12 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 241st 242nd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 6°10′ of Virgo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 29 among the 366 days
August 29 averages 12,338 births a day in the US — the 12th most common of the 366 dates, 8.7% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Virgo this falls
August 29 falls on day 7 of the Sun decan (August 23–September 2, 2026).
Sun-ruled decan of Virgo
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Sun
Sign ruler
Mercury
Sun at noon, 2026
6°10′
The Sun lends visibility and self-assertion, so this stretch reads more openly ambitious than the rest. In its first ten degrees Virgo shows in its rawest form: Leo has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
August 29 birthday personality
People born on August 29 are Virgo, and the sign is read as precision, usefulness and noticing what is off. Spots the flaw everyone else missed, and fixes it rather than pointing at it.
The 29th reduces to 11, a master number, before becoming 2. Numerologists read it as the intuition and emotional depth of the 11 combined with the humanitarian breadth of the 9. Birthday number 29 in full →
At work
Exceptional where accuracy matters. Struggles to delegate and to stop editing.
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 29. 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 | Virgo 5.41° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Virgo 5.18° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Virgo 5.91° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 5.68° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 5.45° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 5.21° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 5.95° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Virgo 5.71° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 5.48° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 5.25° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 5.97° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1941 | Virgo 5.74° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1942 | Virgo 5.51° | 8 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 5.27° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 6° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Virgo 5.77° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Virgo 5.54° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 5.3° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 6.03° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 5.8° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Virgo 5.57° | 7 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 5.34° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 6.07° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1953 | Virgo 5.84° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 5.61° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 5.38° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 6.1° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 5.87° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Virgo 5.64° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury |
| 1959 | Virgo 5.4° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Virgo 6.13° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1961 | Virgo 5.9° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 5.66° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 5.43° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 6.16° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 5.93° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 5.7° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 5.46° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 6.19° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 5.96° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Virgo 5.73° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1971 | Virgo 5.5° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Virgo 6.23° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1973 | Virgo 6° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Virgo 5.77° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 5.53° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 6.26° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1977 | Virgo 6.03° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Virgo 5.79° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1979 | Virgo 5.56° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 6.28° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 6.05° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 5.82° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1983 | Virgo 5.58° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Venus |
| 1984 | Virgo 6.32° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Virgo 6.09° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 5.85° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 5.62° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 6.36° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1989 | Virgo 6.12° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Virgo 5.9° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Virgo 5.66° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 6.39° | 22 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 6.16° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 5.92° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 5.69° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 6.42° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 6.18° | 9 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 5.95° | 1 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Virgo 5.71° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2000 | Virgo 6.44° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2001 | Virgo 6.21° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 5.98° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 2003 | Virgo 5.75° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 6.48° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Virgo 6.24° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 6.02° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2007 | Virgo 5.78° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Venus |
| 2008 | Virgo 6.51° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Virgo 6.29° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 6.05° | 22 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 5.82° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2012 | Virgo 6.55° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 6.31° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 6.08° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 5.84° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Venus |
| 2016 | Virgo 6.57° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2017 | Virgo 6.34° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Virgo 6.1° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 2019 | Virgo 5.87° | 22 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Virgo 6.6° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 6.37° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 6.14° | 7 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 5.91° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 6.64° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 6.41° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 6.18° | 2 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 5.94° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 6.68° | 22 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 6.44° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
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 29
Day of the year
242 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2023
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1939, 1958, 1977, 1985, 1996, 2004, 2015
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 20 years
Counted for August 29 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Virgo
life path 9
2007
Virgo
life path 1
2008
Virgo
life path 2
2009
Virgo
life path 3
2010
Virgo
life path 22
2011
Virgo
life path 5
2012
Virgo
life path 6
2013
Virgo
life path 7
2014
Virgo
life path 8
2015
Virgo
life path 9
2016
Virgo
life path 1
2017
Virgo
life path 2
2018
Virgo
life path 3
2019
Virgo
life path 22
2020
Virgo
life path 5
2021
Virgo
life path 6
2022
Virgo
life path 7
2023
Virgo
life path 8
2024
Virgo
life path 9
2025
Virgo
life path 1
2026
Virgo
life path 2
2027
Virgo
life path 3
2028
Virgo
life path 22
2029
Virgo
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%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 5 with 12 years; every other number, 22 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about August 29 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 29?
Virgo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 6°10′ Virgo on August 29, 6 days after the sign begins and 24 before Libra takes over.
What life path numbers does August 29 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is August 29?
The 1st decan of Virgo, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by the Sun in the Chaldean order.
Can August 29 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1938, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2019 and 2028.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “August 29 Zodiac Sign: Virgo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-29/
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