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August 22 Zodiac Sign: Leo or Virgo — Traits

The August 22 zodiac sign is Leo or Virgo, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Leo for Virgo on or about August 22, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Leo is a fixed fire sign and Virgo is a mutable earth sign. In 2026 the Sun is in Leo throughout August 22 (UTC). The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Dua Lipa, Ray Bradbury and Tori Amos were born on August 22. StarMap has birth charts for 20 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on August 22 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 or Virgo traits

If 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.

If your Sun is in Virgo: You refine. You notice what could be better and quietly make it so, and your standards are highest for yourself. The art of a Virgo Sun is knowing when good enough is the wiser choice.

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 22? Find out which side of the change you are on.

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

Famous birthdays on August 22

Dua Lipa, Ray Bradbury and Tori Amos were born on August 22. StarMap has birth charts for 20 people born on this date, the best known first.

August 22, year by year: Leo or Virgo

Times are UTC. A birth in another time zone happened at a different clock time, so within a few hours of the change the place of birth decides the sign as much as the hour does. A chart drawn from the full birth details settles it.

Years in which the Sun entered Virgo on August 22

1980 at 23:40
1984 at 23:00
1988 at 21:54
1992 at 21:10
1996 at 20:23
2000 at 19:48
2004 at 18:53
2008 at 18:02
2009 at 23:39
2012 at 17:06
2013 at 23:01
2016 at 16:38
2017 at 22:20
2020 at 15:45
2021 at 21:35
2024 at 14:55
2025 at 20:33

Leo all day: 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026.

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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