♌︎ Leo

August 16 Zodiac Sign: Leo — Traits and Famous Birthdays

The August 16 zodiac sign is Leo, a fixed fire sign. The Sun is in Leo on this date in every year from 1900 to 2026, in every time zone, between 21° and 26° of the sign, which puts August 16 in the third decan of Leo.

Madonna, James Cameron and Charles Bukowski were born on August 16. StarMap has birth charts for 23 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on August 16 stand differently in every year and at every hour: see the sky on this date for a year, a time and a place of your choosing, drawn as a star map.

Leo traits

Born on August 16, your Sun is in Leo. You shine. Warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who you really are run through everything you do. A Leo Sun grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.

Your Sun sign is one part of a chart. The Moon and the rising sign, which need the time and place of birth, say as much about you. StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection.

Born on August 16 too?

Your Sun, Moon and rising sign from the real sky at your birth. Free, no account needed.

Famous birthdays on August 16

Madonna, James Cameron and Charles Bukowski were born on August 16. StarMap has birth charts for 23 people born on this date, the best known first.

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, for every year from 1900 to 2026. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

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