Born on August 26
Born on August 26: Virgo
On August 26, the Sun is in Virgo: that is your Sun sign, the core of your identity, your vitality and the way you shine.
Your sign: Virgo
With the Sun in Virgo, you see what others overlook, and you know how to make it better.
Ruled by Mercury in its Earth expression, the Sun in Virgo gives you an intelligence that is applied, methodical and deeply useful. You analyze, you sort, you organize, and you draw a concrete lesson from every experience. Your identity is built in service and work well done: you don’t need applause, you need to feel that what you do is useful. Someone with the Sun in Virgo has a real humility that often hides impressive skills. You’re the person everyone calls when something has to actually work, and that is a quiet but immense kind of power.
Your decan: 1st decan of Virgo
Mercury rules the first decan of Virgo alone: you are the mind that analyzes, sorts and improves, setting the world a little straighter every day.
From about August 23 to September 2, depending on the year and time of birth, the first decan of Virgo concentrates the full influence of Mercury. You’re the most Mercurial Virgo: quick, observant, with an intelligence that breaks problems down and spots the detail everyone else missed. Your critical mind is a precision tool, and your curiosity shows up in learning techniques, methods and useful knowledge. You love understanding how things work and have a gift for explaining them clearly, with the kind of modesty that makes your competence even more valuable.
The degree of the Sun
On August 26, the Sun sits between 2° and 3° Virgo depending on the birth year. Every degree has its own colour: decan, dwad, term, sometimes a fixed star. Read yours:
Your solar return
Every year around August 26, the Sun returns to the exact degree of your birth: that is your solar return, the chart of your year, from birthday to birthday. Calculate it for free (date, time and place of birth), then, if you want the full reading, have it read.
And the rising sign, the Moon, the houses?
The Sun sign is not the whole story. Your rising sign changes every two hours, the Moon changes sign every two and a half days, and the houses depend on the place. With your birth time and city, the free calculation gives you all of it in 30 seconds.
Frequently asked questions
What is the zodiac sign of someone born on August 26?
Someone born on August 26 is a Virgo: the Sun is in Virgo that day, between 2° and 3°.
What is the decan of someone born on August 26?
The 1st decan of Virgo, ruled by Mercury: it gives the sign a nuance of its own, described on the decan page.
How do I find my rising sign if I was born on August 26?
The rising sign depends on the time and place of birth, not only the date: it changes about every two hours. Enter your time and city in the free chart calculation.
What is the solar return of someone born on August 26?
The chart drawn at the moment the Sun returns, every year around August 26, to the exact degree of the birth. It describes the dynamic of the year that opens. The free calculator gives it, the year-ahead reading interprets it.