August 23 Zodiac Sign

People born on August 23 are Leo or Virgo.

Most zodiac date tables put August 23 in Virgo, but the Sun changes sign at a slightly different moment each year. In 184 of the 201 years from 1900 to 2100 it moved from Leo into Virgo during August 23 somewhere in the world, and in the other 17 the whole day was Virgo. So a August 23 birthday can be either sign: the year, the hour and the place decide.

Your birth time and place settle it: your free birth chart shows exactly which sign the Sun was in when you were born.

What Leo is like

Symbol: The Lion
Element: Fire
Modality: Fixed
Ruler: The Sun
Usual dates: July 23 to August 22

Leo is warmth with the volume up. A fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun itself, Leo is here to create, to express, and to make the people nearby feel a bit more alive for having been noticed.

Strengths

Warm
Generous
Creative
Loyal
Encouraging

Growth edges

Proud
Needs recognition
Dramatic
Takes slights hard

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What Virgo is like

Symbol: The Maiden
Element: Earth
Modality: Mutable
Ruler: Mercury
Usual dates: August 23 to September 22

Virgo notices. A mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury, Virgo sees the detail everyone else walked past: the thing that's slightly off, the step that would make this work properly, the small fix that quietly saves the day.