August 22 Zodiac Sign: Leo or Virgo? Love Matches

August 22 is Leo on the dates most calendars use, but it is a boundary day: from 1950 to 2029, about 91 percent of August 22 birth hours in US Eastern time fell in Leo and about 9 percent in Virgo.

Check an August 22 Leo against any sign

You were born on a boundary day. The exact changeover shifts by up to a day depending on the year and the time of birth, so both signs are shown.

Share of August 22 birth hours, 1950 to 2029, US Eastern time
Sign	Share	The Sun's degrees
Leo	91 percent	28.3 to 30.0 degrees of Leo
Virgo	9 percent	0.0 to 0.6 degrees of Virgo

The Sun's move into Virgo landed between August 22 and August 23 (US Eastern time) in those years; the tropical year is about 365.24 days, so the moment shifts by hours from year to year and moves back after each leap day.

Check an August 22 birth by year and time

August 22 zodiac compatibility

If you are a Leo

By this site's zodiac points method, an August 22 Leo scores highest with Aries and Sagittarius, a strong match at 8 of 8 points, then Gemini and Libra, a good match at 5 of 8.

Pair	Verdict	Points	Aspect
Aries and Leo	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Leo and Sagittarius	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Gemini and Leo	good match	5 of 8	sextile
Leo and Libra	good match	5 of 8	sextile

who an August 22 Leo is compatible with

Today's Leo love horoscope

If you are a Virgo

By this site's zodiac points method, an August 22 Virgo scores highest with Taurus and Capricorn, a strong match at 8 of 8 points, then Cancer and Scorpio, a good match at 5 of 8.

Pair	Verdict	Points	Aspect
Taurus and Virgo	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Virgo and Capricorn	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Cancer and Virgo	good match	5 of 8	sextile
Virgo and Scorpio	good match	5 of 8	sextile

who an August 22 Virgo is compatible with

Today's Virgo love horoscope

Have your partner's birthday? Compare August 22 with your partner's birthday.

Scores come from this site's zodiac points method (formula 1.1), reviewed by Jahben R., astrologer, on 2026-09-23. How it works is on the methodology page.

Leo at a glance for an August 22 birthday

If you are a Leo

Element: fire
Modality: fixed
Ruler: the Sun
Position: day 31 of 31 of Leo
Next sign: Virgo, from August 23

If you are a Virgo

Element: earth
Modality: mutable
Ruler: Mercury
Position: the day before Virgo's first day on most calendars (August 23)
Next sign: Libra, from September 23

August 22 decan (Tradition)

In the triplicity system of decans, a tradition, August 22 falls at the end of the third decan of Leo (20 to 30 degrees), ruled by Mars, or the start of the first decan of Virgo (0 to 10 degrees), ruled by Mercury, depending on the year and hour.

The older Chaldean system of decans assigns different rulers.

Famous people born on August 22

Deng Xiaoping, politician, born 1904
Ray Bradbury, writer, born 1920
Dua Lipa, singer, born 1995
Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer, born 1908
Tori Amos, singer-songwriter, born 1963

Birth dates from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-09-26.

A note on August 22 birthdays

This cusp birthday splits between Leo and Virgo, about 91 percent in Leo's final degrees, 28.3 to 30.0, and about 9 percent already into Virgo, 0.0 to 0.6. The sign's ingress falls between August 22 and August 23. Leo's stretch is its third decan, where astrologers name Mars as sub-ruler in the triplicity system of decans, while Virgo's sliver opens its first decan, sub-ruled by Mercury, read as talk and shared ideas. This site's points method gives Leo its top trine with Aries and Sagittarius, 8 points, and gives Virgo an equal trine with Taurus and Capricorn.

Questions people ask

Is August 22 a Leo or a Virgo?

Either, depending on the birth. On the dates most calendars use, August 22 is Leo. From 1950 to 2029, about 91 percent of August 22 birth hours in US Eastern time fell in Leo and about 9 percent in Virgo; the year, the hour and the time zone decide.

Is August 22 on the Leo and Virgo cusp?

The Sun changes sign on or around August 22, so the day can belong to Leo or Virgo. A cusp is not a thirteenth sign in Western astrology or in this site's scoring: a August 22 birth is one sign or the other.

Who is an August 22 Leo or Virgo most compatible with?

By this site's zodiac points method, a Leo scores highest with Aries and Sagittarius (a strong match, 8 of 8 points), then Gemini and Libra (a good match, 5 of 8); a Virgo with Taurus and Capricorn (a strong match, 8 of 8 points), then Cancer and Scorpio (a good match, 5 of 8).

Does the birth year change the zodiac sign for August 22?

Yes. The Sun's move into Virgo landed between August 22 and August 23 (US Eastern time) from 1950 to 2029, so the year, the hour and the time zone decide a August 22 sign. The calculator on the zodiac sign dates page checks one birth.

Birthdays around August 22

Sources

astronomy-engine 2.1.19: the Sun's position; the methodology page records its check against NASA JPL Horizons, and the build checks it against published equinox and solstice times
This site's zodiac points method: formula 1.1
Wikidata (CC0): birth dates, fetched 2026-09-26