Born on August 25

August 25 zodiac sign

If you were born on August 25, your Sun sign is Virgo.

The harvest season, gathering, sorting and making things whole.

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On August 25 the Sun stands between 0° and 3° Virgo, in the 1st decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Virgo for the whole of August 25, wherever in the world you were born.

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Add your birth year, and your time and place if you know them. Hali will work out exactly where the Sun stood when you arrived, and when it next returns there.

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Your birthday star

Regulus

The Sun reaches Regulus on August 23 every year, 2 days before your birthday. The heart of the Lion, called the little king since Greek times. In modern lore it is one of the four royal stars, the Watcher of the North. It crowns its people with leadership, and keeps them crowned as long as they stay kind.

Regulus sits at 0° Virgo.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On August 25 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Leo, the lion, even though the sign is Virgo. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

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August 25 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Virgo on August 25, but the Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving. Open your decade to see where they were on your birthday. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so if the Moon changed sign that day, your birth time and place decide which side of the line you were born on.

The 1940s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1940Taurus, then Gemini from 22:13LeoCancer
1941LibraVirgoLibra
1942Aquarius, then Pisces from 23:56VirgoLeo
1943Gemini, then Cancer from 05:07VirgoVirgo
1944ScorpioVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1945Pisces, then Aries from 13:30Leo, retrogradeCancer
1946LeoLeoLibra
1947SagittariusLeoLeo
1948Aries, then Taurus from 01:04VirgoCancer
1949VirgoVirgoLibra
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Capricorn, then Aquarius from 02:53VirgoLeo
1951GeminiVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1952Libra, then Scorpio from 19:11LeoVirgo
1953PiscesLeoCancer
1954Cancer, then Leo from 18:23VirgoLibra
1955Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 06:04VirgoLeo
1956AriesVirgoCancer
1957Leo, then Virgo from 08:26VirgoLibra
1958CapricornLeo, retrogradeLeo
1959TaurusLeoVirgo
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960LibraLeoVirgo
1961Aquarius, then Pisces from 23:03VirgoCancer
1962CancerVirgoLibra
1963ScorpioVirgoVirgo
1964Pisces, then Aries from 12:16Virgo, retrogradeCancer
1965LeoLeo, retrogradeLibra
1966Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 11:37LeoLeo
1967Aries, then Taurus from 08:22VirgoVirgo
1968VirgoVirgoVirgo
1969Capricorn, then Aquarius from 03:36VirgoCancer
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970GeminiVirgoLibra
1971LibraVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1972PiscesLeoCancer
1973Cancer, then Leo from 17:49LeoLibra
1974SagittariusVirgoLeo
1975AriesVirgoVirgo
1976Leo, then Virgo from 07:04VirgoVirgo
1977CapricornVirgo, retrogradeCancer
1978Taurus, then Gemini from 08:32Leo, retrogradeLibra
1979Virgo, then Libra from 08:14LeoVirgo
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Aquarius, then Pisces from 22:44VirgoCancer
1981CancerVirgoLibra
1982ScorpioVirgoLeo
1983PiscesVirgoVirgo
1984LeoVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1985Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 08:25LeoCancer
1986TaurusLeoLibra
1987VirgoVirgoVirgo
1988Capricorn, then Aquarius from 04:05VirgoCancer
1989Gemini, then Cancer from 22:14VirgoLibra
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Libra, then Scorpio from 09:57VirgoLeo
1991Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:52Leo, retrogradeLeo
1992Cancer, then Leo from 19:16LeoVirgo
1993SagittariusLeoCancer
1994AriesVirgoLibra
1995Leo, then Virgo from 23:51VirgoVirgo
1996CapricornVirgoCancer
1997GeminiVirgo, retrogradeLibra
1998LibraLeoLeo
1999AquariusLeoLeo
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000CancerVirgoVirgo
2001Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 15:00VirgoCancer
2002Pisces, then Aries from 10:48VirgoLibra
2003Cancer, then Leo from 04:49VirgoVirgo
2004Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 11:47Leo, retrogradeCancer
2005TaurusLeoLibra
2006VirgoLeoLeo
2007Capricorn, then Aquarius from 22:36VirgoLeo
2008GeminiVirgoVirgo
2009ScorpioVirgoCancer
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010PiscesVirgo, retrogradeLibra
2011CancerLeo, retrogradeVirgo
2012SagittariusLeoCancer
2013Aries, then Taurus from 13:14VirgoLibra
2014Leo, then Virgo from 09:33VirgoLeo
2015Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 04:22VirgoLeo
2016GeminiVirgoVirgo
2017LibraVirgo, retrogradeCancer
2018AquariusLeoLibra
2019Gemini, then Cancer from 21:06LeoVirgo
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 12:49VirgoCancer
2021AriesVirgoLibra
2022LeoVirgoLeo
2023SagittariusVirgo, retrogradeLeo
2024TaurusLeo, retrogradeVirgo
2025Virgo, then Libra from 14:09LeoCancer

Moon at midnight and the minute it changed sign, Mercury and Venus at noon, all Greenwich time. Your exact placements need your birth time and place. Find your exact Moon sign

How common is a August 25 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,576 babies were born on August 25 each year. That makes it number 76 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 4% more than an average day.

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The Virgo in you

Your gift

Devotion. You make the world work, one thoughtful fix at a time.

Your growing edge

Perfection. The bar you hold yourself to can be higher than anyone ever asked.

Your decan, the first part of Virgo

Ruled by Mercury

Mercury runs the sign and this decan too, which may explain the colour coded notes. Precise, perceptive and quietly witty, you understand things by taking them apart.

Read about the first decan of Virgo

Questions about August 25

What zodiac sign is August 25?

If you were born on August 25, your Sun sign is Virgo.

Is August 25 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Virgo all day on August 25 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Virgo.

What is the birthday star for August 25?

The Sun reaches Regulus on August 23 every year, 2 days before your birthday. The heart of the Lion, called the little king since Greek times. In modern lore it is one of the four royal stars, the Watcher of the North. It crowns its people with leadership, and keeps them crowned as long as they stay kind.

What was the Moon sign on August 25?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On August 25 2024 the Moon was in Taurus, and on August 25 2023 it was in Sagittarius. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on August 25?

On August 25 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Leo, the lion, even though the sign is Virgo. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

Your Sun sign is one star in a whole sky. Your Moon and rising sign tell the rest of your story.

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