In love
Romantic and demonstrative. Wants to be admired, not merely tolerated.
Settled date · day 17 of 32 in the sign
August 8 zodiac sign: Leo
The August 8 zodiac sign is Leo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 15°58′ into the sign, 16 days past its start and 15 days before Virgo begins.
- Sun sign
- Leo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,422 #8 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 220th 221st in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 15°58′ of Leo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
August 8 among the 366 days
August 8 averages 12,422 births a day in the US — the 8th most common of the 366 dates, 9.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Jupiter-ruled decan of Leo
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Jupiter
Sign ruler
Sun
Sun at noon, 2026
15°58′
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 8 birthday personality
People born on August 8 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 8th is read as a birthday for authority and results. The gift is practical judgment about money, people and power: seeing how an organization ought to run, sizing up character quickly and turning goals into measurable outcomes. Birthday number 8 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 8. 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 15.2° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 14.97° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 15.7° | 22 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 15.46° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 15.24° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 15.01° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 15.73° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 15.5° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 15.27° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 15.04° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1940 | Leo 15.76° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 15.53° | 22 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 15.3° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 15.07° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1944 | Leo 15.79° | 7 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 15.56° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 15.33° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury |
| 1947 | Leo 15.09° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 15.82° | 11 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Leo 15.59° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 15.36° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 15.14° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 15.86° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 15.63° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 15.4° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 15.17° | 9 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 15.89° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1957 | Leo 15.66° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Leo 15.43° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 15.2° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 15.92° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 15.69° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 15.46° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 15.22° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 15.95° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 15.72° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 15.49° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 15.26° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 15.98° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Leo 15.75° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 15.52° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 15.29° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 16.02° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 15.79° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 15.56° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 15.33° | 11 | Leo | Magha 2 | Venus |
| 1976 | Leo 16.05° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 15.82° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 15.59° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 15.35° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Leo 16.07° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 15.84° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 15.61° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 15.38° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 16.11° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 15.88° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 15.65° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 15.42° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Leo 16.15° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 15.92° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 15.69° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 15.45° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 16.18° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 15.95° | 11 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 15.72° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 15.48° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 16.21° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 15.97° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 15.75° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1999 | Leo 15.51° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 16.24° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 16° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 15.77° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 15.54° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 16.26° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2005 | Leo 16.04° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 2006 | Leo 15.81° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 15.58° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Venus |
| 2008 | Leo 16.31° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 16.08° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 15.85° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 15.62° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 16.34° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 2013 | Leo 16.11° | 22 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 15.88° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 15.64° | 6 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 16.36° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Leo 16.13° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 15.9° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 15.67° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 16.39° | 2 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 16.16° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 15.94° | 22 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 15.7° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 16.43° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 16.2° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 15.97° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 15.74° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2028 | Leo 16.46° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 16.23° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 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 8
Day of the year
221 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 2005, 2011, 2018, 2024, 2025
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1930, 1949, 1968, 1979, 1998, 2017, 2025
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 19 years
Counted for August 8 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 6
2007
Leo
life path 7
2008
Leo
life path 8
2009
Leo
life path 9
2010
Leo
life path 1
2011
Leo
life path 2
2012
Leo
life path 3
2013
Leo
life path 22
2014
Leo
life path 5
2015
Leo
life path 6
2016
Leo
life path 7
2017
Leo
life path 8
2018
Leo
life path 9
2019
Leo
life path 1
2020
Leo
life path 2
2021
Leo
life path 3
2022
Leo
life path 22
2023
Leo
life path 5
2024
Leo
life path 6
2025
Leo
life path 7
2026
Leo
life path 8
2027
Leo
life path 9
2028
Leo
life path 1
2029
Leo
life path 2
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
7 years · 7%
2
5 years · 5%
The most frequent is 3 with 11 years, tied with 7 other numbers; the scarcest is 2 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 7 of those years, 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about August 8 birthdays
What zodiac sign is August 8?
Leo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 15°58′ Leo on August 8, 16 days after the sign begins and 15 before Virgo takes over.
What life path numbers does August 8 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (11 years, tied with 7 other numbers); the rarest is 2 (5).
Which decan is August 8?
The 2nd decan of Leo, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can August 8 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993; 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1932, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2022.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “August 8 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/august-8/
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