August 10 zodiac sign
For an August 10 birthday the Sun stands at about 17° Leo, in the later part of the Jupiter decan, where the sign’s big voice gathers a storyteller’s range and a teacher’s patience.
Sun signLeo
- Sun at 16°–19° Leo
- 2nd decan · Jupiter
August 10 in profile
By 17° the lion has grown easy in its own skin. Fixed fire is steady here rather than showy, and the second decan’s Sagittarian sub-sign brings Jupiter’s humour and broad outlook into play. An August 10 Leo often seems older than their years in company, comfortable holding a room without needing to dominate it. The Sun gives presence, Jupiter gives perspective, and together they produce someone who likes ideas almost as much as applause.
They speak in headlines. A voice note from them opens with the news and then circles back for the colour. Group chats come alive when they join and slump when they leave. They are good at speeches, toasts and difficult phone calls, and they prefer talking face to face to typing. Sarcasm aimed at them is usually returned with interest. Their best stories are about other people, told with obvious affection.
Friendship runs long. They keep school friends into middle age and still introduce them proudly at parties. They will drive a friend to the airport at five in the morning and remember it for years, which is part of the charm. The growth edge is asking about the quiet friend’s life first, before their own update, so the closeness goes in both directions.
Leo all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 10, in every time zone. This is not a cusp birthday: the nearest changes of sign fall around July 23 and August 22.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on August 10 every year; the Moon is not. It changes sign every two and a half days, so people who share this birthday can have any of the twelve Moon signs. Here is where it was on August 10 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Pisces
- 2018Cancer → Leo
- 2019Sagittarius
- 2020Aries → Taurus
- 2021Virgo
- 2022Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2023Gemini
- 2024Libra → Scorpio
- 2025Aquarius → Pisces
- 2026Cancer
Compatible signs for a Leo
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Leo gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. For an August 10 birthday, in the Sagittarius decan, Sagittarius is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for an August 10 birthday
A weekend away planned for them and two old friends, with the bookings already done, so the only task is turning up with stories.
Asked about August 10
What zodiac sign is August 10?
August 10 is Leo in every year: the Sun is at about 16°–19° Leo that day, in the sign’s 2nd decan.
Is August 10 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Leo on August 10. The cusp days, when the Sun changes sign, fall around July 23 and August 22. Astrology has no blended cusp signs anyway: at any moment the Sun is in one sign.
What decan is August 10?
August 10 falls in the 2nd decan of Leo. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Sagittarius and its ruler Jupiter, which colours the Leo Sun with a little of Sagittarius.
Your birthday is only the Sun
An August 10 birthday tells you where the Sun was. The Moon, the Rising sign and eight more planets each sit somewhere of their own, and they depend on the year, the hour and the place. The free calculator shows all of them.