Birthday signs · Leo season
What zodiac sign is August 22?
Leo is the tropical zodiac sign that August 22 occupies. On August 22, at noon UTC, the Sun stood in Leo in all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 28.43° to 29.92° Leo. August 22 marks day 30 to 32 of the Leo season, and it sits in the late part with element fire.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
August 22 is Leo
| Leo at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 0 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
August 22 at a glance
| Sign | ♌︎ Leo, the Lion |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | fire, fixed |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | the Sun (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 28.4° to 29.9° Leo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 30 to 32 of Leo season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of Mars |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Leo |
| Day number | 22 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.
The decan: late Leo
| Noon Sun | 28.43° to 29.92° Leo |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Mars |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
August 22 by the numbers
| Day number | 22 () |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (8 + 22 = 30, then 3 + 0 = 3) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Leo season | 30 to 32 |
|---|---|
| Leo season opened | July 22 (7 years) or July 23 (79) or July 24 (15) |
| Leo season closed | August 22 (65 years) or August 23 (36) |
| Element and mode | fire, fixed |
| Traditional ruler | the Sun |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Leo season
Born in the last days of Leo, this person arrives at the end of a warm season with a strong sense of how things should be finished. Fixed fire gives them staying power and a wish to be seen doing things properly. The late part of the sign can make them impatient with half measures, especially when a project is nearly done and someone else wants to change it. They learn that letting a thing close on its own terms can feel like a gift they did not expect to give.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Leo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Leo | 4.9°–6.2° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on August 22
- Pope Leo XII (1760–1829), Pope of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829
- Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French classical composer
- Max Scheler (1874–1928), German philosopher
- Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), German filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist
- Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997), Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989
- Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), American author and screenwriter
- Dua Lipa (1995), British singer-songwriter
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.6
August 22 in history
Observed on this date:
- International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
- Flag Day (Russia)
- Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)
Events on August 22:
- 1791: The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
- 1902: The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
- 1973: The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
- 2007: The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
How the answer was worked out
From 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on August 22 was calculated at noon UTC each year with Astronomy Engine, and each year's sign was read from that longitude.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is August 22?
August 22 is Leo in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is August 22 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Each August 22 from 1930 to 2030 had the noon Sun in Leo, and August 22 lies no less than 0 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is August 22?
Under the Chaldean order, the face ruler is Mars for August 22, which is in the third decan of Leo (20°–30°) in every sampled year.
What is the birthday number for August 22?
August 22's day number in modern numerology is 22, and its month-day number is 3, both found by adding digits.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I, sections 11-21 — LacusCurtius, University of Chicago. Verified .
- Decan (astrology): the faces of the planets (after Lilly) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Life Path Number — Numerology.com (practitioner site). Verified .
- Ayanamsa (Lahiri and other sidereal conventions) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: August 22 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .