Born on August 29

August 29 zodiac sign

If you were born on August 29, your Sun sign is Virgo.

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

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On August 29 the Sun stands between 4° and 7° 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 29, 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, 6 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 29 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 29 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Virgo on August 29, 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
1940CancerVirgoCancer
1941Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 04:13VirgoLibra
1942AriesVirgoLeo
1943LeoLibraVirgo
1944Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 00:13Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
1945Taurus, then Gemini from 16:47Leo, retrogradeCancer
1946LibraLeoLibra
1947AquariusVirgoVirgo
1948Gemini, then Cancer from 16:34VirgoCancer
1949ScorpioLibraLibra
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Pisces, then Aries from 15:45LibraLeo
1951Cancer, then Leo from 10:10Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
1952SagittariusLeoVirgo
1953TaurusLeoCancer
1954VirgoVirgoLibra
1955CapricornVirgoVirgo
1956GeminiLibraCancer
1957Libra, then Scorpio from 08:46Virgo, retrogradeLibra
1958PiscesLeo, retrogradeLeo
1959CancerLeoVirgo
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 08:19VirgoVirgo
1961AriesVirgoCancer
1962Leo, then Virgo from 14:36VirgoLibra
1963Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 11:58LibraVirgo
1964Taurus, then Gemini from 21:16Virgo, retrogradeCancer
1965LibraLeoLibra
1966AquariusLeoLeo
1967GeminiVirgoVirgo
1968ScorpioVirgoVirgo
1969Pisces, then Aries from 05:58LibraLeo
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970LeoVirgoLibra
1971SagittariusVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1972TaurusLeoCancer
1973Virgo, then Libra from 22:53VirgoLibra
1974Capricorn, then Aquarius from 12:53VirgoLeo
1975Taurus, then Gemini from 11:54VirgoVirgo
1976Libra, then Scorpio from 10:05LibraVirgo
1977PiscesVirgo, retrogradeLeo
1978CancerLeoLibra
1979ScorpioLeoVirgo
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Aries, then Taurus from 23:41VirgoCancer
1981Leo, then Virgo from 03:32VirgoLibra
1982CapricornLibraLeo
1983TaurusLibraLeo
1984LibraVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1985Aquarius, then Pisces from 20:25LeoLeo
1986Gemini, then Cancer from 13:40LeoLibra
1987Libra, then Scorpio from 06:50VirgoVirgo
1988Pisces, then Aries from 03:30VirgoCancer
1989LeoLibraLibra
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990SagittariusVirgo, retrogradeLeo
1991Aries, then Taurus from 22:00Leo, retrogradeLeo
1992Virgo, then Libra from 18:11LeoVirgo
1993AquariusVirgoLeo
1994GeminiVirgoLibra
1995LibraLibraVirgo
1996PiscesLibraCancer
1997Cancer, then Leo from 16:19Virgo, retrogradeLibra
1998Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 15:56LeoLeo
1999AriesLeoLeo
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000VirgoVirgoVirgo
2001CapricornVirgoLeo
2002TaurusLibraLibra
2003Virgo, then Libra from 13:42Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
2004Aquarius, then Pisces from 14:34Leo, retrogradeCancer
2005CancerLeoLibra
2006ScorpioVirgoLeo
2007PiscesVirgoLeo
2008LeoLibraVirgo
2009Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 14:45LibraLeo
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Aries, then Taurus from 14:36Virgo, retrogradeLibra
2011VirgoLeoVirgo
2012AquariusLeoCancer
2013GeminiVirgoLibra
2014LibraVirgoLeo
2015Aquarius, then Pisces from 08:51LibraLeo
2016Cancer, then Leo from 08:12VirgoVirgo
2017SagittariusVirgo, retrogradeLeo
2018AriesLeoLibra
2019Leo, then Virgo from 23:58VirgoVirgo
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020CapricornVirgoCancer
2021Taurus, then Gemini from 16:42VirgoLibra
2022Virgo, then Libra from 09:45LibraLeo
2023AquariusVirgo, retrogradeLeo
2024CancerLeoVirgo
2025ScorpioLeoLeo

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 29 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,924 babies were born on August 29 each year. That makes it number 20 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 7% 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 29

What zodiac sign is August 29?

If you were born on August 29, your Sun sign is Virgo.

Is August 29 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Virgo all day on August 29 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Virgo.

What is the birthday star for August 29?

The Sun reaches Regulus on August 23 every year, 6 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 29?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On August 29 2025 the Moon was in Scorpio, and on August 29 2024 it was in Cancer. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on August 29?

On August 29 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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