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August 23 zodiac sign

By Maren Tremblay, Fatesight editor · Last updated October 30, 2026

August 23 is either Virgo or Leo, depending on the year and the hour: Virgo in 39 of the 61 years from 1950 to 2010 and Leo in 22. Put another way, at noon UTC on this date from 1950 to 2010, the Sun stood between 29°32' Leo and 0°43' Virgo, with the constellation Leo behind it.

The years the Sun changed sign on August 23

The Sun moved from one sign to the next on this date in 52 of the 61 years. If you were born on one of these days, your birth time decides your sign: 1950 at 17:23 UTC, into Virgo, 1951 at 23:16 UTC, into Virgo, 1952 at 05:03 UTC, into Virgo, 1953 at 10:45 UTC, into Virgo, 1954 at 16:35 UTC, into Virgo, 1955 at 22:19 UTC, into Virgo, 1956 at 04:15 UTC, into Virgo, 1957 at 10:07 UTC, into Virgo, 1958 at 15:45 UTC, into Virgo, 1959 at 21:43 UTC, into Virgo, 1960 at 03:34 UTC, into Virgo, 1961 at 09:18 UTC, into Virgo, 1962 at 15:12 UTC, into Virgo, 1963 at 20:57 UTC, into Virgo, 1964 at 02:51 UTC, into Virgo, 1965 at 08:42 UTC, into Virgo, 1966 at 14:17 UTC, into Virgo, 1967 at 20:12 UTC, into Virgo, 1968 at 02:03 UTC, into Virgo, 1969 at 07:43 UTC, into Virgo, 1970 at 13:33 UTC, into Virgo, 1971 at 19:15 UTC, into Virgo, 1972 at 01:03 UTC, into Virgo, 1973 at 06:53 UTC, into Virgo, 1974 at 12:28 UTC, into Virgo, 1975 at 18:23 UTC, into Virgo, 1976 at 00:18 UTC, into Virgo, 1977 at 06:00 UTC, into Virgo, 1978 at 11:56 UTC, into Virgo, 1979 at 17:46 UTC, into Virgo, 1981 at 05:37 UTC, into Virgo, 1982 at 11:15 UTC, into Virgo, 1983 at 17:07 UTC, into Virgo, 1985 at 04:35 UTC, into Virgo, 1986 at 10:25 UTC, into Virgo, 1987 at 16:09 UTC, into Virgo, 1989 at 03:46 UTC, into Virgo, 1990 at 09:20 UTC, into Virgo, 1991 at 15:12 UTC, into Virgo, 1993 at 02:50 UTC, into Virgo, 1994 at 08:44 UTC, into Virgo, 1995 at 14:34 UTC, into Virgo, 1997 at 02:18 UTC, into Virgo, 1998 at 07:59 UTC, into Virgo, 1999 at 13:51 UTC, into Virgo, 2001 at 01:27 UTC, into Virgo, 2002 at 07:17 UTC, into Virgo, 2003 at 13:08 UTC, into Virgo, 2005 at 00:45 UTC, into Virgo, 2006 at 06:22 UTC, into Virgo, 2007 at 12:07 UTC, into Virgo and 2010 at 05:26 UTC, into Virgo.

What these decans are read as

The first decan of Virgo is read as Virgo twice over, Mercury sorting everything it meets. People here tend to see the mistake on page nine before anyone else gets there. In love they show care by fixing things, and at work they are trusted with whatever cannot go wrong.

The third decan of Leo is read as carrying a touch of Aries and Mars. It is the Leo who would rather act than pose. People here tend to defend their own at once, to pursue openly in love and to choose work where they can win something and see that they did.

What the number 5 adds

Numerology reads a birthday that comes to 5 as the mark of a free mover. It tends to mean a low tolerance for routine, a taste for change and travel, and a need for a partner who doesn't keep score of where you were.

The sky on August 23, 1950 to 2010

Mercury: Virgo in 40 and Leo in 21 of 61 years. Retrograde in 1951, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2004 and 2010. Mercury in Virgo.

Venus: Leo in 16, Cancer in 15, Virgo in 15 and Libra in 15 of 61 years. Retrograde in 1951, 1959, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1991, 1999 and 2007. Venus in Leo.

Mars: Leo in 10, Virgo in 10, Libra in 8, Cancer in 7, Scorpio in 7, Gemini in 6, Taurus in 4, Sagittarius in 4, Pisces in 2, Aries in 1, Capricorn in 1 and Aquarius in 1 of 61 years. Retrograde in 1956, 1971 and 2003. Mars in Leo.

New Moons: 1968 and 2006. Full Moons: 1964 and 1983. No eclipse peaked on this date.

Every year's sky on August 23

At noon UTC. R: retrograde.

Who you tend to match with

Virgo: closest Capricorn, Taurus and Cancer; hardest Sagittarius. All twelve.

Leo: closest Sagittarius, Aries and Gemini; hardest Scorpio. Its third decan leans Aries. All twelve.

How we calculate the sky

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