In love
Shows love through practical help. Criticism is often affection badly aimed.
Settled date · day 9 of 31 in the sign
August 31 zodiac sign: Virgo
The August 31 zodiac sign is Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 8°06′ into the sign, 8 days past its start and 22 days before Libra begins.
- Sun sign
- Virgo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,825 #73 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 243rd 244th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 8°06′ of Virgo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 31 among the 366 days
August 31 averages 11,825 births a day in the US — the 73rd most common of the 366 dates, 4.2% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Virgo this falls
August 31 falls on day 9 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
8°06′
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 31 birthday personality
People born on August 31 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 31st reduces to 4 and combines 3 (creativity) with 1 (originality). Numerologists read it as practical imagination: those born on this day have inventive ideas and, unlike many creative people, the discipline to turn them into something that works. Birthday number 31 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 31. 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 7.35° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Virgo 7.11° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Virgo 7.85° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 7.61° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 7.38° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 7.15° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 7.88° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Virgo 7.65° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 7.42° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 7.18° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 7.91° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1941 | Virgo 7.68° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1942 | Virgo 7.44° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 7.21° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 7.94° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Virgo 7.7° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1946 | Virgo 7.47° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 7.23° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 7.97° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 7.74° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Virgo 7.51° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 7.27° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 8.01° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1953 | Virgo 7.77° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 7.54° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 7.31° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 8.04° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 7.8° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Virgo 7.57° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1959 | Virgo 7.33° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Virgo 8.07° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1961 | Virgo 7.83° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 7.6° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 7.36° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 8.09° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 7.86° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 7.63° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 7.39° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 8.13° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 7.9° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Virgo 7.66° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury |
| 1971 | Virgo 7.43° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Virgo 8.16° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1973 | Virgo 7.93° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Virgo 7.7° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 7.47° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 8.2° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1977 | Virgo 7.96° | 9 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Virgo 7.73° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1979 | Virgo 7.49° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 8.22° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 7.98° | 4 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 7.75° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1983 | Virgo 7.52° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Venus |
| 1984 | Virgo 8.25° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Virgo 8.02° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 7.79° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 7.56° | 1 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 8.29° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mars |
| 1989 | Virgo 8.06° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Virgo 7.83° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Virgo 7.59° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 8.32° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 8.09° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 7.85° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 7.62° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 8.35° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 8.11° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 7.89° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Virgo 7.65° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Virgo 8.38° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2001 | Virgo 8.15° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 7.91° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2003 | Virgo 7.68° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 8.41° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Virgo 8.18° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 7.95° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 2007 | Virgo 7.71° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | Venus |
| 2008 | Virgo 8.45° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Virgo 8.22° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 7.98° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 7.75° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Virgo 8.48° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 8.24° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 8.02° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 7.78° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Venus |
| 2016 | Virgo 8.5° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Virgo 8.27° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Virgo 8.04° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 2019 | Virgo 7.8° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Virgo 8.54° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 8.3° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 8.08° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 7.84° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 8.57° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 8.35° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 8.11° | 4 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 7.88° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 8.61° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 8.37° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 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 31
Day of the year
244 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2003, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2023
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1947, 1966, 1993, 2012, 2023
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for August 31 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 2
2007
Virgo
life path 3
2008
Virgo
life path 4
2009
Virgo
life path 5
2010
Virgo
life path 6
2011
Virgo
life path 7
2012
Virgo
life path 8
2013
Virgo
life path 9
2014
Virgo
life path 1
2015
Virgo
life path 2
2016
Virgo
life path 3
2017
Virgo
life path 4
2018
Virgo
life path 5
2019
Virgo
life path 6
2020
Virgo
life path 7
2021
Virgo
life path 8
2022
Virgo
life path 9
2023
Virgo
life path 1
2024
Virgo
life path 2
2025
Virgo
life path 3
2026
Virgo
life path 4
2027
Virgo
life path 5
2028
Virgo
life path 6
2029
Virgo
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%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; every other number turns up in 11 years. No master number is possible on this date: every year from 1930 to 2029 reduces to a single digit.
Questions about August 31 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 31?
Virgo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 8°06′ Virgo on August 31, 8 days after the sign begins and 22 before Libra takes over.
What life path numbers does August 31 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is August 31?
The 1st decan of Virgo, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by the Sun in the Chaldean order.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “August 31 Zodiac Sign: Virgo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-31/
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