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August 23 Zodiac Sign: Leo or Virgo — Traits

The August 23 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 23, 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 change falls at 02:19 UTC on August 23. The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Kobe Bryant, Gene Kelly and River Phoenix were born on August 23. StarMap has birth charts for 19 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on August 23 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 23? Find out which side of the change you are on.

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Famous birthdays on August 23

Kobe Bryant, Gene Kelly and River Phoenix were born on August 23. StarMap has birth charts for 19 people born on this date, the best known first.

August 23, 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 23

  • 1900 at 15:20
  • 1901 at 21:07
  • 1904 at 14:36
  • 1905 at 20:29
  • 1908 at 13:57
  • 1909 at 19:44
  • 1912 at 13:01
  • 1913 at 18:48
  • 1916 at 12:09
  • 1917 at 17:54
  • 1918 at 23:37
  • 1920 at 11:21
  • 1921 at 17:15
  • 1922 at 23:04
  • 1924 at 10:48
  • 1925 at 16:33
  • 1926 at 22:14
  • 1928 at 09:53
  • 1929 at 15:41
  • 1930 at 21:26
  • 1932 at 09:06
  • 1933 at 14:52
  • 1934 at 20:32
  • 1936 at 08:10
  • 1937 at 13:58
  • 1938 at 19:46
  • 1940 at 07:28
  • 1941 at 13:17
  • 1942 at 18:58
  • 1944 at 06:46
  • 1945 at 12:35
  • 1946 at 18:26
  • 1948 at 06:02
  • 1949 at 11:48
  • 1950 at 17:23
  • 1951 at 23:16
  • 1952 at 05:03
  • 1953 at 10:45
  • 1954 at 16:36
  • 1955 at 22:19
  • 1956 at 04:15
  • 1957 at 10:07
  • 1958 at 15:46
  • 1959 at 21:43
  • 1960 at 03:34
  • 1961 at 09:18
  • 1962 at 15:13
  • 1963 at 20:57
  • 1964 at 02:51
  • 1965 at 08:42
  • 1966 at 14:17
  • 1967 at 20:12
  • 1968 at 02:03
  • 1969 at 07:43
  • 1970 at 13:34
  • 1971 at 19:15
  • 1972 at 01:03
  • 1973 at 06:53
  • 1974 at 12:28
  • 1975 at 18:23
  • 1976 at 00:18
  • 1977 at 06:00
  • 1978 at 11:57
  • 1979 at 17:47
  • 1981 at 05:38
  • 1982 at 11:15
  • 1983 at 17:07
  • 1985 at 04:35
  • 1986 at 10:26
  • 1987 at 16:10
  • 1989 at 03:46
  • 1990 at 09:21
  • 1991 at 15:13
  • 1993 at 02:50
  • 1994 at 08:44
  • 1995 at 14:35
  • 1997 at 02:19
  • 1998 at 07:59
  • 1999 at 13:51
  • 2001 at 01:27
  • 2002 at 07:17
  • 2003 at 13:08
  • 2005 at 00:45
  • 2006 at 06:23
  • 2007 at 12:08
  • 2010 at 05:27
  • 2011 at 11:20
  • 2014 at 04:46
  • 2015 at 10:37
  • 2018 at 04:08
  • 2019 at 10:02
  • 2022 at 03:16
  • 2023 at 09:01
  • 2026 at 02:19

Leo all day: 1902, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1947.

Virgo all day: 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025.

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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