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What zodiac sign is August 31?
Under the tropical zodiac, August 31 is set in Virgo. Each noon UTC on August 31 in the 101 years from 1930 through 2030 finds the Sun in Virgo, at 7.11° to 8.61° Virgo. Day 8 or 9 of Virgo season is August 31, located in the early part and associated with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
August 31 is Virgo
| Virgo at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 7 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
August 31 at a glance
| Sign | ♍︎ Virgo, the Maiden |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 7.1° to 8.6° Virgo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 8 or 9 of Virgo season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of the Sun |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Leo |
| Day number | 4 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Virgo
| Noon Sun | 7.11° to 8.61° Virgo |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | the Sun |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
August 31 by the numbers
| Day number | 4 (3 + 1 = 4) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (8 + 4 = 12, then 1 + 2 = 3) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Virgo season | 8 or 9 |
|---|---|
| Virgo season opened | August 23 (65 years) or August 24 (36) |
| Virgo season closed | September 21 (1 year) or September 22 (73) or September 23 (27) |
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Traditional ruler | Mercury |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Virgo season
Born in the first stretch of Virgo, this person arrives with a sharp eye for loose ends. Late summer is still warm, yet they already notice which list is missing a line and which drawer needs sorting. Friends call on them to proofread a wedding toast or fix a broken schedule. Their steady care makes them reliable, though they can hold themselves to a standard nobody else asked for.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Leo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Leo | 13.6°–14.9° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on August 31
- Jahangir (1569–1627), the fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 to 1627
- Théophile Gautier (1811–1872), French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894), German physicist and physiologist
- Maria Montessori (1870–1952), Italian physician and educator
- Richard Gere (1949), American actor
- Tsai Ing-wen (1956), 14th and 15th President of Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Hassan Nasrallah (1960–2024), Leader of Hezbollah
- Mohammed bin Salman (1985), Saudi crown prince
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
August 31 in history
Observed on this date:
- Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)
- Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
- Departure Day, celebrates the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.
- Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova, Ukraine)
- Sabah Day (Sabah, Borneo)
Events on August 31:
7How the answer was worked out
The tropical longitude of the Sun on August 31 was calculated at noon UTC for every year from 1930 through 2030 by Astronomy Engine, with each year's sign read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is August 31?
Among 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, August 31 is Virgo in every case, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is August 31 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Between 1930 and 2030, the noon Sun stood in Virgo on every August 31, and no August 31 lies within 7 days of a sign change.
What decan is August 31?
August 31 is found in the first decan of Virgo (0°–10°) in every sampled year, and the corresponding Chaldean face ruler is the Sun.
What is the birthday number for August 31?
Modern numerology gives August 31 a day number of 4 and a month-day number of 3, found by summing the digits.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I — 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 .
- Virgo (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: August 31 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .