Born on August 27

August 27 zodiac sign

If you were born on August 27, your Sun sign is Virgo.

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

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On August 27 the Sun stands between 2° and 5° 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 27, 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, 4 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 27 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 27 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Virgo on August 27, 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
1941Libra, then Scorpio from 01:49VirgoLibra
1942PiscesVirgoLeo
1943Cancer, then Leo from 17:50LibraVirgo
1944SagittariusVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1945Aries, then Taurus from 14:34Leo, retrogradeCancer
1946VirgoLeoLibra
1947CapricornVirgoVirgo
1948Taurus, then Gemini from 10:40VirgoCancer
1949LibraVirgoLibra
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Aquarius, then Pisces from 08:02VirgoLeo
1951CancerVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1952ScorpioLeoVirgo
1953AriesLeoCancer
1954LeoVirgoLibra
1955Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 18:57VirgoVirgo
1956TaurusLibraCancer
1957Virgo, then Libra from 07:42Virgo, retrogradeLibra
1958AquariusLeo, retrogradeLeo
1959GeminiLeoVirgo
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Libra, then Scorpio from 03:24VirgoVirgo
1961Pisces, then Aries from 22:49VirgoCancer
1962Cancer, then Leo from 03:30VirgoLibra
1963Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 00:15LibraVirgo
1964Aries, then Taurus from 17:24Virgo, retrogradeCancer
1965VirgoLeoLibra
1966Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:56LeoLeo
1967Taurus, then Gemini from 21:09VirgoVirgo
1968LibraVirgoVirgo
1969Aquarius, then Pisces from 04:04LibraCancer
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970CancerVirgoLibra
1971ScorpioVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1972AriesLeoCancer
1973Leo, then Virgo from 19:34LeoLibra
1974Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 00:15VirgoLeo
1975Aries, then Taurus from 00:45VirgoVirgo
1976Virgo, then Libra from 08:42LibraVirgo
1977AquariusVirgo, retrogradeCancer
1978Gemini, then Cancer from 19:59Leo, retrogradeLibra
1979Libra, then Scorpio from 20:13LeoVirgo
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Pisces, then Aries from 23:11VirgoCancer
1981LeoVirgoLibra
1982SagittariusVirgoLeo
1983AriesVirgoLeo
1984VirgoVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1985Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:32LeoCancer
1986Taurus, then Gemini from 01:01LeoLibra
1987LibraVirgoVirgo
1988Aquarius, then Pisces from 04:01VirgoCancer
1989CancerLibraLibra
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:58Virgo, retrogradeLeo
1991Pisces, then Aries from 15:01Leo, retrogradeLeo
1992Leo, then Virgo from 18:47LeoVirgo
1993CapricornVirgoCancer
1994TaurusVirgoLibra
1995VirgoVirgoVirgo
1996AquariusLibraCancer
1997Gemini, then Cancer from 06:11Virgo, retrogradeLibra
1998Libra, then Scorpio from 03:26LeoLeo
1999PiscesLeoLeo
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000LeoVirgoVirgo
2001SagittariusVirgoLeo
2002Aries, then Taurus from 23:32LibraLibra
2003Leo, then Virgo from 10:27VirgoVirgo
2004Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:09Leo, retrogradeCancer
2005GeminiLeoLibra
2006LibraLeoLeo
2007AquariusVirgoLeo
2008CancerVirgoVirgo
2009Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 03:17LibraLeo
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Pisces, then Aries from 02:50Virgo, retrogradeLibra
2011LeoLeoVirgo
2012CapricornLeoCancer
2013Taurus, then Gemini from 23:08VirgoLibra
2014Virgo, then Libra from 21:55VirgoLeo
2015Capricorn, then Aquarius from 08:04VirgoLeo
2016Gemini, then Cancer from 03:07VirgoVirgo
2017ScorpioVirgo, retrogradeLeo
2018PiscesLeoLibra
2019Cancer, then Leo from 23:54LeoVirgo
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 17:37VirgoCancer
2021Aries, then Taurus from 04:27VirgoLibra
2022Leo, then Virgo from 00:25LibraLeo
2023CapricornVirgo, retrogradeLeo
2024GeminiLeo, 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 27

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on August 27, Greenwich time.

  • 1969, penumbral lunar eclipse at 10:47
  • 1988, partial lunar eclipse at 11:04
  • 2045, penumbral lunar eclipse at 13:53

How common is a August 27 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,737 babies were born on August 27 each year. That makes it number 46 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 5% 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 27

What zodiac sign is August 27?

If you were born on August 27, your Sun sign is Virgo.

Is August 27 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Virgo all day on August 27 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Virgo.

What is the birthday star for August 27?

The Sun reaches Regulus on August 23 every year, 4 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 27?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On August 27 2025 the Moon was in Libra, and on August 27 2024 it was in Gemini. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on August 27?

On August 27 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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