August 8 Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Date

August 8

Sun sign

Leo

Usual range

July 23 to August 22

Place in sign

middle, decan 2

Sub-ruler

Jupiter

Element

Fire

Modality

Fixed

Ruling planet

Sun

Changeover

No

Constellation

Cancer

August 8 is Leo. At noon UTC, the Sun was in Leo in every year of the 41 years from 1992 to 2032. Anyone born on August 8 has Leo as a Sun sign.

Leo dates are July 23 to August 22. August 8 falls in the middle part of Leo. It is a fire sign, fixed, ruled by Sun. Warm, proud, happiest creating or performing.

In 2024 at noon UTC, the Sun on August 8 is in the second decan of Leo, the middle 10 degrees of the sign. The triplicity sub-ruler of that slice is Jupiter.

The constellation behind the Sun on August 8 is Cancer. That is the true place of the Sun in the stars, and it is a separate fact from the astrological sign.

Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars still need a birth time and place. This page only settles the Sun sign.

Sign page: Leo. Check this birthday in the zodiac calculator.

Questions

What zodiac sign is August 8?

August 8 is Leo. These pages read the Sun at noon UTC, which is the same tropical sign the zodiac calculator reports for a birth at 12:00 UTC. From 1992 to 2032 that noon figure stays in Leo. Use a birth time in the calculator if you were born near a nearby changeover.

Is August 8 a cusp birthday?

No. Noon UTC on August 8 stays in Leo for every year from 1992 to 2032. A cusp in this system is a day when the Sun actually changes sign, which this date does not. Edge days of July 23 to August 22 are the ones that still need a year and a clock.

What is the August 8 star sign?

People searching for the August 8 star sign usually mean the Sun sign. On this page that is Leo, a fire sign, fixed, ruled by Sun, in the middle decan with Jupiter as the triplicity sub-ruler. Leo dates are July 23 to August 22. The constellation behind the Sun is a separate fact.