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August 23 zodiac sign: Virgo or Leo

If you were born on August 23, your zodiac sign is Virgo (August 23 – September 22). It is a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury. It is a cusp day, though: on this date the Sun often moves into the neighbouring sign, Leo. Details and times below.

Sign: ♍ Virgo
Element: earth
Modality: mutable
Ruling planet: Mercury
Decan: 1st decan (0–10°), the Sun
Tarot card of the sign: The Hermit
Decan card: Eight of Pentacles
Day number: 5
Birthstone: peridot

Is August 23 a cusp date?

Across 1950–2025 (76 years), on August 23 the Sun was: all day in Virgo: 28 years; changed from Leo to Virgo during the day: 48 years. If you were born in a change year, your birth time decides: before the Sun's ingress you have the earlier sign, after it the new one.

US Eastern time

Time of the sign change in each year (US Eastern time)

1950: 13:23
1951: 19:16
1952: 01:02
1953: 06:45
1954: 12:36
1955: 18:18
1956: 00:15
1957: 06:07
1958: 11:45
1959: 17:43
1961: 05:18
1962: 11:12
1963: 16:57
1965: 04:43
1966: 10:18
1967: 16:12
1969: 03:43
1970: 09:34
1971: 15:15
1973: 02:53
1974: 08:28
1975: 14:23
1977: 02:00
1978: 07:57
1979: 13:46
1981: 01:38
1982: 07:15
1983: 13:07
1985: 00:35
1986: 06:26
1987: 12:09
1990: 05:20
1991: 11:12
1994: 04:44
1995: 10:34
1998: 03:59
1999: 09:51
2002: 03:17
2003: 09:08
2006: 02:22
2007: 08:08
2010: 01:27
2011: 07:20
2014: 00:46
2015: 06:37
2018: 00:08
2019: 06:02
2023: 05:01

Traits: Virgo

Virgo sees details others miss. Reliable, helpful and fond of order that makes life easier. The challenge is being too critical, of others and of oneself.

1st decan: The Sun adds self-confidence, warmth and a need to be seen.

Birthday numerology: 23

Five: freedom, movement and a hunger for the new.

Best matches

Traditionally Virgo gets on most easily with signs of the same element (Taurus, Capricorn) and with the complementary element, water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).

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Questions

What zodiac sign is August 23?

If you were born on August 23, your zodiac sign is Virgo (August 23 – September 22). It is a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury.

Which tarot card matches August 23?

Virgo corresponds to The Hermit in tarot, and the 1st decan to the Eight of Pentacles.

What does birthday number 23 mean?