August 23 Zodiac Sign: Virgo or Leo? Love Matches

August 23 is Virgo on the dates most calendars use, but it is a boundary day: from 1950 to 2029, about 80 percent of August 23 birth hours in US Eastern time fell in Virgo and about 20 percent in Leo.

Check an August 23 Virgo 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 23 birth hours, 1950 to 2029, US Eastern time
Sign	Share	The Sun's degrees
Virgo	80 percent	0.0 to 1.5 degrees of Virgo
Leo	20 percent	29.2 to 30.0 degrees of Leo

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 23 birth by year and time

August 23 zodiac compatibility

If you are a Virgo

By this site's zodiac points method, an August 23 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 23 Virgo is compatible with

Today's Virgo love horoscope

If you are a Leo

By this site's zodiac points method, an August 23 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 23 Leo is compatible with

Today's Leo love horoscope

Have your partner's birthday? Compare August 23 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.

Virgo at a glance for an August 23 birthday

If you are a Virgo

Element: earth
Modality: mutable
Ruler: Mercury
Position: day 1 of 31 of Virgo
Next sign: Libra, from September 23

If you are a Leo

Element: fire
Modality: fixed
Ruler: the Sun
Position: the day after Leo's last day on most calendars (August 22)
Next sign: Virgo, from August 23

August 23 decan (Tradition)

In the triplicity system of decans, a tradition, August 23 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 23

Kobe Bryant, basketball player, born 1978
Gene Kelly, dancer, born 1912
Roza Otunbayeva, politician, born 1950
Halimah Yacob, politician, born 1954
Konstantin Novoselov, physicist, born 1974

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

A note on August 23 birthdays

On this cusp date, Virgo holds about 80 percent of the day, from 0.0 to 1.5 degrees, while Leo keeps a last 20 percent, 29.2 to 30.0 degrees. The crossing between the two signs happens across August 22 and August 23. This site's points method scores Virgo's top pairings as Taurus and Capricorn, both an 8 point trine, and Leo's own top pairings as Aries and Sagittarius at that same trine score. Virgo opens its first decan here, sub-ruled by Mercury in the triplicity system of decans, tied by the tradition to talk and to ideas shared.

Questions people ask

Is August 23 a Virgo or a Leo?

Either, depending on the birth. On the dates most calendars use, August 23 is Virgo. From 1950 to 2029, about 80 percent of August 23 birth hours in US Eastern time fell in Virgo and about 20 percent in Leo; the year, the hour and the time zone decide.

Is August 23 on the Virgo and Leo cusp?

The Sun changes sign on or around August 23, so the day can belong to Virgo or Leo. A cusp is not a thirteenth sign in Western astrology or in this site's scoring: a August 23 birth is one sign or the other.

Who is an August 23 Virgo or Leo most compatible with?

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

Does the birth year change the zodiac sign for August 23?

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 23 sign. The calculator on the zodiac sign dates page checks one birth.

Birthdays around August 23

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