In love
Romantic and demonstrative. Wants to be admired, not merely tolerated.
Settled date · day 14 of 32 in the sign
August 5 zodiac sign: Leo
The August 5 zodiac sign is Leo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 13°05′ into the sign, 13 days past its start and 18 days before Virgo begins.
- Sun sign
- Leo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,630 #109 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 217th 218th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 13°05′ of Leo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 5 among the 366 days
August 5 averages 11,630 births a day in the US — the 109th most common of the 366 dates, 2.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Leo this falls
August 5 falls on day 4 of the Jupiter decan (2–August 12, 2026).
Jupiter-ruled decan of Leo
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Jupiter
Sign ruler
Sun
Sun at noon, 2026
13°05′
Jupiter widens the sign — more appetite, more optimism, and less patience with detail. The middle ten degrees are Leo at full strength: past the entry from Cancer, not yet leaning toward Virgo.
Personality
August 5 birthday personality
People born on August 5 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 5th sits in the middle of the single digits, and the reading is about movement and experience. Those born on this day are said to learn best by doing: traveling, experimenting, changing jobs, meeting people unlike themselves. Birthday number 5 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 5. 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 12.33° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 12.1° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 12.82° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 12.59° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 12.36° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 12.13° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 12.86° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 12.63° | 6 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 12.4° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 12.16° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1940 | Leo 12.89° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 12.65° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 12.42° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 12.19° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1944 | Leo 12.91° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 12.68° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1946 | Leo 12.45° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury |
| 1947 | Leo 12.22° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 12.95° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Leo 12.72° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 12.49° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 12.26° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 12.98° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 12.75° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 12.53° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 12.29° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 13.02° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1957 | Leo 12.78° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Leo 12.55° | 9 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 12.32° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 13.04° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 12.81° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 12.58° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 12.35° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 13.07° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 12.84° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 12.61° | 8 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 12.38° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 13.11° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1969 | Leo 12.87° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 12.65° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 12.42° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 13.14° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 12.92° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 12.69° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 12.45° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1976 | Leo 13.18° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 12.94° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 12.71° | 2 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 12.48° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Leo 13.2° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 12.97° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 12.74° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 12.5° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 13.23° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 13° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 12.77° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1987 | Leo 12.55° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Leo 13.27° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 13.04° | 22 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 12.81° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 12.58° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 13.31° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 13.07° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 12.84° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 12.61° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 13.33° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 13.1° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 12.87° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1999 | Leo 12.64° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 13.36° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 13.13° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 12.9° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 12.67° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 13.39° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 2005 | Leo 13.16° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury |
| 2006 | Leo 12.94° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 12.7° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2008 | Leo 13.43° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 13.2° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 12.97° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 12.74° | 8 | Scorpio | Chitra 4 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 13.46° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 2013 | Leo 13.23° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 13° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 12.76° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 13.49° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Leo 13.26° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 13.02° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 12.8° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 13.52° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 13.29° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 13.06° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 12.83° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 13.56° | 3 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 13.33° | 22 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 13.1° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 12.87° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2028 | Leo 13.59° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 13.36° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 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 5
Day of the year
218 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
21 of 100 years
(21%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2005, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2024, 2025
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1933, 1952, 1963, 1982, 2009, 2028
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for August 5 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 3
2007
Leo
life path 22
2008
Leo
life path 5
2009
Leo
life path 6
2010
Leo
life path 7
2011
Leo
life path 8
2012
Leo
life path 9
2013
Leo
life path 1
2014
Leo
life path 2
2015
Leo
life path 3
2016
Leo
life path 22
2017
Leo
life path 5
2018
Leo
life path 6
2019
Leo
life path 7
2020
Leo
life path 8
2021
Leo
life path 9
2022
Leo
life path 1
2023
Leo
life path 2
2024
Leo
life path 3
2025
Leo
life path 22
2026
Leo
life path 5
2027
Leo
life path 6
2028
Leo
life path 7
2029
Leo
life path 8
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
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; 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 5 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 5?
Leo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 13°05′ Leo on August 5, 13 days after the sign begins and 18 before Virgo takes over.
What life path numbers does August 5 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 8 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is August 5?
The 2nd decan of Leo, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can August 5 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1935, 1944, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2016 and 2025.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “August 5 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-5/
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