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Born on August 26: Virgo
Quick facts
- Sign
- ♍︎ Virgo
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruler
- Mercury
- Decan
- Decan 1 · Mercury
- Sun degree
- 3° Virgo (noon, averaged over the years)
- Birthday number
- 8
- Day 238 of the year
Virgo, decan 1
Sub-ruler: Mercury
Mercury governs both the sign and this slice of it, which gives Virgo precision its sharpest edge. You notice what others miss, think in clear steps and genuinely enjoy making a messy thing work. Friends come to you with practical problems because you solve them calmly and without fuss. A critical eye that never switches off is the downside, especially when it turns on yourself. Not everything needs improving today. Learn to say “good enough” on the small stuff so you have energy for what matters. Express affection out loud, too; a fixed problem is not the same as a spoken “I love you.”
Birthday number 8
Big goals don’t intimidate you; they focus you. This birthday number is linked with authority, organization and the drive to build something substantial, whether that means running a team, a company or a very well organized household. You’re good with resources and comfortable making decisions others avoid. Respect matters to you, and you usually earn it. Watch for the habit of measuring yourself only by results, which can make rest feel like failure. Success lands better when the people around you are thriving too.
Born in August
August is ripe and golden, the part of summer when everything has grown as far as it will. Confidence tends to come naturally to its people. Leo rules through the 22nd or so, bringing warmth, pride and a love of celebration; Virgo follows and adds precision, modesty and an eye for what could be done better. Peridot, the olive-green birthstone, was once carried as a charm for good sleep and is now simply a stone of brightness and good cheer. The gladiolus, the sword-shaped birth flower, symbolizes strength of character. Many August people combine big-heartedness with a surprisingly careful streak.
Famous people born on August 26
- Mother Teresa (1910)Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
- Chris Pine (1980)American actor (born 1980)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)French poet (1880–1918)
- Robert Walpole (1676)British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
- James Franck (1882)German-American physicist (1882–1964)
- Katherine Johnson (1918)African-American mathematician
Source: Wikidata (CC0); ranked by the number of Wikipedia languages.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is August 26?
People born on August 26 are Virgo (August 23 – September 22). Element: Earth; ruling planet: Mercury.
What are people born on August 26 like?
They are born in decan 1 of Virgo, sub-ruled by Mercury. Mercury governs both the sign and this slice of it, which gives Virgo precision its sharpest edge. You notice what others miss, think in clear steps and genuinely enjoy making a messy thing work. Friends come to you with practical problems because you solve them calmly and without fuss. A critical eye that never switches off is the downside, especially when it turns on yourself. Not everything needs improving today. Learn to say “good enough” on the small stuff so you have energy for what matters. Express affection out loud, too; a fixed problem is not the same as a spoken “I love you.”
Which famous people were born on August 26?
Well-known people born on August 26 include Mother Teresa, Antoine Lavoisier, Chris Pine, Guillaume Apollinaire, Robert Walpole.
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The sign is computed from the Sun's position at noon (UTC) for the years 1940–2030; on cusp dates the exact sign depends on the birth time. Decan and numerology readings are traditional symbolic descriptions.