Born on August 26

August 26 zodiac sign

If you were born on August 26, your Sun sign is Virgo.

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

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On August 26 the Sun stands between 1° and 4° 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 26, 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, 3 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 26 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 26 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Virgo on August 26, 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
1940GeminiLeoCancer
1941LibraVirgoLibra
1942PiscesVirgoLeo
1943CancerVirgoVirgo
1944Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 16:52Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
1945AriesLeo, retrogradeCancer
1946Leo, then Virgo from 15:54LeoLibra
1947Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:31LeoVirgo
1948TaurusVirgoCancer
1949Virgo, then Libra from 03:24VirgoLibra
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950AquariusVirgoLeo
1951Gemini, then Cancer from 21:45Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
1952ScorpioLeoVirgo
1953Pisces, then Aries from 17:46LeoCancer
1954LeoVirgoLibra
1955SagittariusVirgoVirgo
1956Aries, then Taurus from 11:24VirgoCancer
1957VirgoVirgoLibra
1958Capricorn, then Aquarius from 10:28Leo, retrogradeLeo
1959Taurus, then Gemini from 03:19LeoVirgo
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960LibraLeoVirgo
1961PiscesVirgoCancer
1962CancerVirgoLibra
1963ScorpioVirgoVirgo
1964AriesVirgo, retrogradeCancer
1965Leo, then Virgo from 13:37LeoLibra
1966CapricornLeoLeo
1967TaurusVirgoVirgo
1968Virgo, then Libra from 03:45VirgoVirgo
1969AquariusVirgoCancer
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Gemini, then Cancer from 04:58VirgoLibra
1971Libra, then Scorpio from 05:09Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
1972Pisces, then Aries from 18:41LeoCancer
1973LeoLeoLibra
1974SagittariusVirgoLeo
1975AriesVirgoVirgo
1976VirgoLibraVirgo
1977Capricorn, then Aquarius from 07:41Virgo, retrogradeCancer
1978GeminiLeo, retrogradeLibra
1979LibraLeoVirgo
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980PiscesVirgoCancer
1981Cancer, then Leo from 22:10VirgoLibra
1982Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 04:11VirgoLeo
1983Pisces, then Aries from 03:08VirgoVirgo
1984Leo, then Virgo from 13:33Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
1985CapricornLeoCancer
1986TaurusLeoLibra
1987Virgo, then Libra from 21:36VirgoVirgo
1988AquariusVirgoCancer
1989CancerLibraLibra
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990ScorpioVirgo, retrogradeLeo
1991PiscesLeo, retrogradeLeo
1992LeoLeoVirgo
1993Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 13:58VirgoCancer
1994Aries, then Taurus from 06:14VirgoLibra
1995VirgoVirgoVirgo
1996Capricorn, then Aquarius from 09:11LibraCancer
1997GeminiVirgo, retrogradeLibra
1998LibraLeoLeo
1999Aquarius, then Pisces from 17:50LeoLeo
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Cancer, then Leo from 23:17VirgoVirgo
2001SagittariusVirgoCancer
2002AriesVirgoLibra
2003LeoVirgoVirgo
2004CapricornLeo, retrogradeCancer
2005Taurus, then Gemini from 08:43LeoLibra
2006Virgo, then Libra from 07:02LeoLeo
2007AquariusVirgoLeo
2008Gemini, then Cancer from 00:19VirgoVirgo
2009ScorpioLibraCancer
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010PiscesVirgo, retrogradeLibra
2011Cancer, then Leo from 16:09Leo, retrogradeVirgo
2012Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 13:59LeoCancer
2013TaurusVirgoLibra
2014VirgoVirgoLeo
2015CapricornVirgoLeo
2016GeminiVirgoVirgo
2017Libra, then Scorpio from 08:53Virgo, retrogradeLeo
2018Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:33LeoLibra
2019CancerLeoVirgo
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020SagittariusVirgoCancer
2021AriesVirgoLibra
2022LeoLibraLeo
2023Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 13:06Virgo, retrogradeLeo
2024Taurus, then Gemini from 03:04Leo, retrogradeVirgo
2025LibraLeoLeo

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

Eclipses on August 26

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on August 26, Greenwich time.

  • 1942, total lunar eclipse at 03:47
  • 1961, partial lunar eclipse at 03:08
  • 1980, penumbral lunar eclipse at 03:30

How common is a August 26 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,620 babies were born on August 26 each year. That makes it number 64 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 26

What zodiac sign is August 26?

If you were born on August 26, your Sun sign is Virgo.

Is August 26 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Virgo all day on August 26 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Virgo.

What is the birthday star for August 26?

The Sun reaches Regulus on August 23 every year, 3 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 26?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On August 26 2025 the Moon was in Libra, and on August 26 2022 it was in Leo. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on August 26?

On August 26 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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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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