Born on August 31
August 31 zodiac sign
If you were born on August 31, your Sun sign is Virgo.
The harvest season, gathering, sorting and making things whole.
On August 31 the Sun stands between 6° and 9° 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 31, wherever in the world you were born.
Find your exact Sun degree
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.
Your birthday star
Zosma
Zosma gets its yearly visit from the Sun on September 4, 4 days after your birthday. The back of the Lion. A star for people who carry weight for others, and grow strong doing it.
Zosma sits at 11° Virgo.
The stars truly behind your Sun
On August 31 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.
August 31 in every year from 1940 to 2025
The Sun is in Virgo on August 31, 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
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Leo | Virgo | Cancer |
| 1941 | Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 07:18 | Virgo | Libra |
| 1942 | Taurus | Libra | Leo |
| 1943 | Virgo | Libra | Virgo |
| 1944 | Capricorn, then Aquarius from 03:45 | Virgo, retrograde | Virgo |
| 1945 | Gemini, then Cancer from 21:00 | Leo | Leo |
| 1946 | Libra, then Scorpio from 05:50 | Leo | Libra |
| 1947 | Aquarius, then Pisces from 02:04 | Virgo | Virgo |
| 1948 | Cancer, then Leo from 18:42 | Virgo | Cancer |
| 1949 | Sagittarius | Libra | Libra |
The 1950s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Aries | Libra | Leo |
| 1951 | Leo, then Virgo from 21:00 | Virgo, retrograde | Virgo |
| 1952 | Capricorn | Leo | Virgo |
| 1953 | Gemini | Virgo | Leo |
| 1954 | Libra | Virgo | Libra |
| 1955 | Aquarius | Virgo | Virgo |
| 1956 | Cancer | Libra | Cancer |
| 1957 | Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 13:08 | Virgo, retrograde | Libra |
| 1958 | Pisces, then Aries from 06:35 | Leo, retrograde | Leo |
| 1959 | Cancer, then Leo from 01:34 | Leo | Virgo |
The 1960s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 11:09 | Virgo | Virgo |
| 1961 | Taurus | Virgo | Leo |
| 1962 | Virgo | Libra | Libra |
| 1963 | Capricorn, then Aquarius from 20:38 | Libra | Virgo |
| 1964 | Gemini | Virgo, retrograde | Cancer |
| 1965 | Scorpio | Leo | Libra |
| 1966 | Pisces | Leo | Leo |
| 1967 | Cancer | Virgo | Virgo |
| 1968 | Sagittarius | Virgo | Virgo |
| 1969 | Aries, then Taurus from 10:50 | Libra | Leo |
The 1970s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Leo, then Virgo from 05:36 | Virgo, retrograde | Libra |
| 1971 | Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:55 | Leo, retrograde | Virgo |
| 1972 | Gemini | Leo | Cancer |
| 1973 | Libra | Virgo | Libra |
| 1974 | Aquarius | Virgo | Leo |
| 1975 | Gemini, then Cancer from 19:35 | Libra | Virgo |
| 1976 | Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 12:29 | Libra | Virgo |
| 1977 | Aries | Virgo, retrograde | Leo |
| 1978 | Leo | Leo | Libra |
| 1979 | Sagittarius | Leo | Virgo |
The 1980s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Taurus | Virgo | Cancer |
| 1981 | Virgo, then Libra from 11:03 | Virgo | Libra |
| 1982 | Capricorn, then Aquarius from 05:24 | Libra | Leo |
| 1983 | Gemini | Libra | Leo |
| 1984 | Scorpio | Virgo, retrograde | Virgo |
| 1985 | Pisces | Leo | Leo |
| 1986 | Cancer | Virgo | Libra |
| 1987 | Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 13:24 | Virgo | Virgo |
| 1988 | Aries, then Taurus from 04:23 | Libra | Cancer |
| 1989 | Virgo | Libra | Libra |
The 1990s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Capricorn | Virgo, retrograde | Leo |
| 1991 | Taurus | Leo, retrograde | Leo |
| 1992 | Libra, then Scorpio from 19:39 | Leo | Virgo |
| 1993 | Aquarius, then Pisces from 09:19 | Virgo | Leo |
| 1994 | Gemini, then Cancer from 07:00 | Virgo | Libra |
| 1995 | Scorpio | Libra | Virgo |
| 1996 | Aries | Libra | Cancer |
| 1997 | Leo | Virgo, retrograde | Libra |
| 1998 | Sagittarius | Leo | Leo |
| 1999 | Aries, then Taurus from 02:41 | Leo | Leo |
The 2000s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Virgo, then Libra from 01:33 | Virgo | Libra |
| 2001 | Aquarius | Virgo | Leo |
| 2002 | Gemini | Libra | Libra |
| 2003 | Libra, then Scorpio from 16:00 | Virgo, retrograde | Virgo |
| 2004 | Pisces, then Aries from 17:46 | Leo, retrograde | Cancer |
| 2005 | Cancer, then Leo from 07:15 | Leo | Libra |
| 2006 | Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 07:00 | Virgo | Leo |
| 2007 | Aries | Virgo | Leo |
| 2008 | Virgo | Libra | Libra |
| 2009 | Capricorn | Libra | Leo |
The 2010s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Taurus | Virgo, retrograde | Libra |
| 2011 | Libra | Leo | Virgo |
| 2012 | Pisces | Leo | Cancer |
| 2013 | Cancer | Virgo | Libra |
| 2014 | Scorpio | Virgo | Leo |
| 2015 | Pisces, then Aries from 08:33 | Libra | Leo |
| 2016 | Leo, then Virgo from 15:23 | Virgo, retrograde | Libra |
| 2017 | Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 08:19 | Virgo, retrograde | Leo |
| 2018 | Aries, then Taurus from 01:31 | Leo | Libra |
| 2019 | Virgo, then Libra from 23:09 | Virgo | Virgo |
The 2020s
| Year | Moon | Mercury | Venus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Aquarius | Virgo | Cancer |
| 2021 | Gemini | Libra | Libra |
| 2022 | Libra, then Scorpio from 17:12 | Libra | Leo |
| 2023 | Pisces | Virgo, retrograde | Leo |
| 2024 | Leo | Leo | Libra |
| 2025 | Sagittarius | Leo | Leo |
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 31
Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on August 31, Greenwich time.
- 1932, total solar eclipse at 20:03
- 1970, annular solar eclipse at 21:54
- 1989, partial solar eclipse at 05:30
How common is a August 31 birthday?
In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,555 babies were born on August 31 each year. That makes it number 84 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
Devotion. You make the world work, one thoughtful fix at a time.
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.
Questions about August 31
What zodiac sign is August 31?
If you were born on August 31, your Sun sign is Virgo.
Is August 31 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is in Virgo all day on August 31 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Virgo.
What is the birthday star for August 31?
Zosma gets its yearly visit from the Sun on September 4, 4 days after your birthday. The back of the Lion. A star for people who carry weight for others, and grow strong doing it.
What was the Moon sign on August 31?
It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On August 31 2025 the Moon was in Sagittarius, and on August 31 2024 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 31?
On August 31 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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