Settled date · day 9 of 31 in the sign
31 August — Virgo
Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.
Where in Virgo this falls
Sun-ruled decan of Virgo
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.
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Every year, computed
All 100 years for 31 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 | 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 7.41° | 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 7.71° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1946 | Virgo 7.47° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 7.24° | 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 7.3° | 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 7.34° | 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 7.37° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 8.1° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 7.87° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 7.63° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 7.4° | 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 7.46° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 8.19° | 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 8.23° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 7.99° | 4 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 7.76° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1983 | Virgo 7.52° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Venus |
| 1984 | Virgo 8.26° | 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 7.82° | 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 8.12° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 7.88° | 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 7.92° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2003 | Virgo 7.68° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 8.42° | 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 8.21° | 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 8.01° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 7.78° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Venus |
| 2016 | Virgo 8.51° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Virgo 8.28° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Virgo 8.04° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 2019 | Virgo 7.81° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Virgo 8.54° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 8.31° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 8.07° | 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 8.34° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 8.11° | 4 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 7.87° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 8.6° | 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 31 August
Every figure here is specific to 31 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
The sign column never changes; only the number does.
Life path numbers this date produces
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; the scarcest is 6 with just 11. No master number is possible on this date at all — every year reduces to a single digit. That is not true of most dates, and it is a property of these two numbers rather than of anything astrological.
Why the answer holds
31 August sits 8 days past the start of Virgo and reached 8.11° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.